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20 WILMETTE LIFE April 16, 1926 made a character of charming personalit v a nd skillful . interpreta tion, by t'he acting ancl singing of Kurti s Brownell. Hi~ performance ·was of such outstand ing _for~c and gr~ce as to hor?er on ~he protesswnal. ~uch splend td acttng plus the beauty of a YQice remarkably dear and \\'ell -controlled. make hiut. indeed, the hero of the opera. One of the most (lifficult role s vvas tltat of Gaspard. the imane miser played by Hardin \'an Deur se n. Thi-; role had the advantage of being a character part and gave an exce ll ent ~cope for splend id acting, which H ar·din fulh· supplied . His interpretation \\'as 111a.rn·lous and sta rtling in tht· tint·s~L· \\'ith '"hicl· he rxecuted it. Eleanor Calhoun Scores 1-:IL'anur Calhoun, as Serp()lettl'. \\'a ~ ju~t thl' dl'lightfttlly sa ucy, impudent . littk mischid -makn \Yho provtdes so lllllC h l'n tl' rta in men t. Ra rc ly is a per !'lUll iound \\'hose face an<l g<:sturc ran expre-.. ~ ~. uch count ks~ lightnin g thought-.. a-> ·did Eleanor:s. Since her appearalll'l' in "Hobin 1 Iood" her voiu h a~ den·lopt·d bt· au ti fully. C t' rm a illt'. t h c !nn·ly ltt:rninc \\'a" -.ung hy \ ' irginia ~tarshall. She gaH' the rnk a,, interpretation of appt'aling rhar111 and ~rare. :-)he proH·rl ltn~elf a ~ing,·r cd. lint· abi lity hn \·nice having a rich ht"ll -likl' quality, tllltbttal indeed . The part oi t lll' l'f)\\'ardly Y()\lllg fi:-lt erntan. tltt' \'illain. \\a~ :-ung by Riclg " a\· Daggy . . \n t·xcruriatingl _ \· funny rh;;racter rc,k, n ·n · wcll -playL·d. still kl\·lng ~ c,n lt truly hL·autiful !'-lo los, \rhiclt :.Hnh" Dagg\· ~;tng in a splendid tctwr . Charle' Trny pla~· t· (l cxcel'dingly we ll the part c1 i the Bailli cldl' rl~· amorou .... conceit< d. affording much gt·ttttint· amtbl'lJH·nt tn an appreciative audient:e . Some prai-..t is due Auguste Bahizc. fohn Panushka and \Villiatn Gibson for fl'\\' hits of humorous action. ~{anY of the most stirr ing moments \\"ere s-upplied by a chorus of 60 girls ancl bo,·s. members of the I\c\\· Trier ~lee cltths unusually \\·ell-trained. Th_eir fim· work is clue the l'Xcellent coachtng of ~frs. Cotton. }.fiss St:lll\\·ood and Jimm~· (~riffin . ~f rs. Cotton, not only directed her orchestra, hut acted in thL' capacit~· of general mu sic director. Mis s Stan\\'oocl and ~f r. Griffin co operated in dramatic coaching the com bined efforts of these three unsurpas. ahle cnachcs resulting in the two ex cellent perfnrmatH'l':' of last Friday and "CHIMES OF NORMANDY" IS BRIUIANTLY·DONE ,- I Dramatic and Music Groups I Is Splendid Success I Opera Staged by New Trier FOUNTAIN SUUAKb;, EVANSTON I I sv CRIT1c eA. Veritable.; ustyle Show" in Shoes ~~B rtStyleJ" created by the foremost rdesigners of the shoe world await 1 ' I your critical inspection. 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