Illinois News Index

Wilmette Life (Wilmette, Illinois), 18 Jan 1940, p. 23

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it wi ubepresented te evenmngs of February 13 and 14 at the Winnetka Community theatre. Large Cast ,Rehearses More thari thirty of! the Winnetka Drama club's most experienced Thespians will be put through their paces by Director George Fogle, a "rfamily Portrait" goes, into rehears- ai. The departmnents of scenery, lighting, properties, and al the oth- er contributors to the production, are industriousIy. at work to help make 1.Family Portrait"ý one of the mos t -brilliant' presentations .yet staged by the W#inneétka Drama club. Without the audience ever being aware of it, ««Family Portrait"' speeds through. seven scenies ý.in no time at ail, it is explained. The rea- son the play has such fiuency, such pace, is because the Cowans, who are top4lght Hollywood scearists, widely steered elear of biblical Ian- guage,terms and costumes. Modern, unadorned language gives the play a ".streamlined" approach to human problems, yet takes away nothing from the ageless ever-fresh simpli- city of the story. "Family Portrait" is not wrltten as a religious drama. It is a commercial play with a re- ligious theme. And proof that it is thundering good "theatre" is' that it has been welcomed throughout the country with imm~ense enthusiasmn. Oaleago: 4935 Bro.dway Moffett Photo S. J. Gililan -of. Glemoe ha been -elected. president of F. E. Compton and compunVy u t the annual meeting of the board of -irec.tors, it .was unnounced thits week bV F. ,E. Compton, of Glencoe, chairmun of the boardc. Mr. GilUflun succeeds H. C. John son ywho hi een e1cte executive director. F. E. Compton and company, pub- lishers of Compton's Pictured Ency- clopedia, is one of the oldest and largest of subseription book publish- ing companies ini the country. The. business was organized i Chicago in 1893 and maintains thirty branch offices in the United States and for- eign offices i London,. Milan, and Stockrholm. Winuetkas 5SU LincoelnAve. Free Garage Paiklmg fror Pea FLORSAMPLE SALI 0OF BLANKE TS HOLLAND BLAN:KEtTS Mail. ~ ~ ~ h .1Pr ol-hFineat Qw*iy i DaU~lColora 7 Reg. $22.50 Value at 1 OTHER BLANKETS Ranging from $2.50 $1" to $900 to $15 for This Sale... The St. Louis Little Theatre, The Goodmani Theatre of Chicago, Stan- ford university, and MacMurray Col- lege theatre, Jacksonville., Ill. (Izaak 'WallonI League Newsf ed n the fut usae.*O . is stated. à ë 1 a 1

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