Jan 1943

Page 31

" Caesar and Cleopatra " is not an easy play to produce, and Mr. Burgess, Mr. Fawcett, and indeed everybody, must have had their full share of headaches. The settings were fully up to the high standard we expect from Mr. Fawcett and his helpers, and what is more, they were a masterpiece of wartime ingenuity and contriving. (How much space was there for Cmsar and his friends to dive from the lighthouse ?) Mrs. Baird's incidental music was well adapted to the play, and well rendered, as usual. We particularly enjoyed the " Danse Arabe." As for the producing, its excellence is implicit in all we have said. We suggested last year that we should like to see a Shakespeare comedy— we enjoyed " Caesar and Cleopatra " just as much.

CHARACTERS. Cleopatra .- J. D. Dench Julius Caesar P. G. R. Dench Ftatateeta ... W. P. Anelay Pothinus ... J. P. CorryPtolemy ... D. H. Tate Theo dotus ... J. M. Banister Achillas ... J. D. Bulmer Rufio ... D. H. Denholm Britannus ... D. L. Pryer Lucius Septimius E. Sheriff Sentinel ... C. J. Price Apollodorus P. Hodgson. Centurion ... D. M. Hart Boatman R L Banister Porters ... A. G. Reynolds, G. M. Smith Charmian ... J. C. Hilton: Iras ... P. R. Sykes Harp Girl G. R. Claybourn Music Master ... ... R. L. Banister Major Domo ... J. F. Spink Nubian Slave ... ... T. F. Morris Priest ... ... P. A. Shardlow Roman Soldiers—F. B. Baker, P. J. T. Coward, C. J. Price, P. B. Toyer Courtiers—W. H. Gaitskell, A. J. Marx, P. B. Legat, A. G. Reynolds, P. A. Shardlow, G. M. Smith, J. F. Spink. Cleopatra's Ladies—J. H. Amos, E. A. K. Denison, P. W. Weighill Palace Attendants—A. G. Reynolds, G. M. Smith.

J. T. C. The work of the Corps continued as efficiently as ever during the past term under the able and enterprising direction of Captain Rhodes. Circumstances of a military nature, which were entirely beyond our control, prevented the holding of the Field Day,, 30


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