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Wilmette Life (Wilmette, Illinois), 25 Oct 1929, p. 7

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...... October 25, 1929 WiLM.E.T ;T E. LIFE tending. the plays and enioying them as an evening's entertainment. Playing as it does in each of the north shore towns, the guild literally "brings its theater to the door-steps of its subscribers," and this policy is responsible, i·n part, for the increasing subscription lists in every town. Information about the North Shore Theater Guild and it · work may be obtained by calling the local chairman or any r.n ember of her committee. Or literature descriptive of the season's plans will be sent 011 application to guild headquarters in Exanston. The managers of the guild are planning a most interesting s· . - 7 SUAW MELODRAMA FIRST THEATRE GUILD VEHICLE · first ·_gu'ild . production. He · is a~sisted hy Eugene N. Frost. a designer for the stage, if1 the outlines· for the several scene·s. The guild maintains its own workshop · in . . conhmction with the -studio, w~ere ·all . scenery is made and Committees . Busy Preparing f<)r --p~inte.tl ,, and from where the finished Production of. "1ne Devi.l's productJOn ·_goes by' t~uck . to ~he sev·· ~ · , · e ra) towns on tht gu!ld c1rcu1t, ready Disciple Here for immediate use on any ·of the stages _____:__ which the guild uses. By John L. Stewart Ninety percent of the guild audience is made . up of season ticket holders. (Business . Manager, North Shore The ·guild's subscription lists are open Theater Guild) to anybody, to those who desire to In selecting "The Devil's Disciple" for assht in some phase of the work, or Catholic Woman's Club j . of Wilmette · conducting a RUMMAGE SALE at 1917 Central St., Evanston Friday-Saturday, November Ist-znd .. 1ts of the currentGuild sea~·on the production North Shore · Theatre has · ~hose11 to present a play which should please everv member of the Guild audiences. The play is a melodrama, and one of Sha,v' best. Melodrama is une of the earliest forms of stage \Hiting, . and certainlv it is the most pnpular, even in this -day of the self-appointed intelligentsia which :\t rirc s so earncstl.v to point the way our theater should go · to keep its footsteps in righteous paths. And, I>\· tiL: same token, Shaw ha s nothing to be ashamed of in '~'fhc Dcvil's Disciple," cvcn t lwugh it ranks among the first nlavs he contributed to the stage. It is sp lendidly entertaining melodrama irom start to finish, and whatever decisive pokes at society and the world it mav contain, are subjugated by the si delines by the even-flowing storY of tl1 e plaY. Sha\\', contrary to the opinion of manv, can he va sth· amusing .. \\'ithout being profound, and "The Devil's Disciple" is an excellent example of this. Macy Heads Committee A best Guild's production committee has been a sse mbled to do justice to thi s first play of the season. ]. \Villiams ~1acy of \Vinnetka heads the group, and has, as his first assistant. Charlotte Barrows Chorpenning, of Evanston who as director of the plav is in charge of the cast. Mrs. Charpenning is well-known for her productions of plavs written by north shore residents which she has produced as director of the Plav Shop Acting company of Northwestern universitv. Ha · vast experience and her intimate knowledge of the plays of Shaw make lier 'tiwicc IJ\' the guild a very haDpY one. The guild management take s plea sure in announcing her directorship of "The Devil's Disciple." Tn charge of costuming is :M rs. B . E. Filii . of Winnetka. Mrs. Fillis ha s a technical knowledge o'f stage costuming and coloring, developed through . tudv at the Art Institute, \Yhich makes her most valuable in this phase of t'11e work. "The Dcvil's Disciple" i~ a play about the war of the American Revoltition, and the .quiet, sombre attire of the villagers contrasted with the brilliant uniforms of the British and Hessian officers and the splendor of' the redroats will create a very interesting stage picture. Costuming will be authentic in everv detail. Uniforms and complete outfits will be furnished lw Minna Schmidt companv of Chicago. and other costumes will be made in the guild studio under Mrs. Fillis' direction. Comb Antique Shops The pronerties' committee chairman is Miss Mirjane Strong of Highland Park. Miss Strong is combing t~1c furniture shops of the north shore. and the antique shops as well. for pieces and hric-a-hrar authentic to the Colonial period. Much of what will he tlsrd will be loaned to the guild from nri\'::Jfc l10mes on the north shore: it ~Youkl alwavs he interesting to know how manv homes contribute tn the I store of stage-nrnnerticc; for a North Shnre Thrater Guilcl nroduction. 1'. T. 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