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\ poh PLAYERS T0 OFFER THREE PLAYS HERE Members of North Shore Players Plan Evening of Entertainment in May The critical theater-going folks of Wilmette are soon to have the oppor- tunity to pass judgment on the much heralded North Shore players. They will be seen at the Winnetka Woman's club, probably May 11 and 12, in three concert plays and if their per- formance lives up to the standard so far maintained, the villagers are due to receive a decidely new impression of amateur dramatic attempts. Jessie Royce Landis acclaims this group of players as being as thorough- ly efficient an organization as she has Elizabeth Duffy had occasion to study and coach off the professional stage. While most of thie players are North Shore people | not engaged professionally in this work, yet, nearly all have professional experience and have reached a high degree of attainment in their art and | have won considerable recognition in theatrical circles. The program will consist of three one-act plays fully costumed and staged. A sixteen piece orchestra under the direction of Earl Fox will furnish the incidental music. Three One-Act Plays "The Last Rehearsal" is one of the pays which will be produced. Just te ive an inkling of the strength of the cast, the following is given as the history of each character in the play. Joe Driscoll takes the part of the director. Many will remember his splendid work in "Sham" "The Brink of Silence," and the "Marble Arch." Mr. Driscoll is secretary of the Graeme Dramatic club. Mary Rickson plays the part of the star. Miss Rickson has had consid- erable professional experience in Stock companies and road shows, having played for some time with the William Rock company. On the north shore she has attained success and will be well remembered for her work in "Suppressed Desire," "Scandal," "Bought and Paid For," and "Pot- boilers." Joan Golden appears as the her- oine's sister. Miss Golden was recently commended by a well known critic of a Chicago daily as possessing rather unusual talent, and prophesying a splendid career if she continued theat- rical work. James Gibson will have the part of the leading man. He has a large following along the north shore and has appeared in many plays at the Northwestern university. He will be perhaps best remembered for his work in the "Neighbors," "If I were King," "Sham," and "What Men Live By." Miss Rall gives a splendid character- ization of the playwright. She has won exceptional success in many plays given by the Northwestern university. "The Last Rehearsal" is an extreme- ly amusing farce, cleverly written and "chuck full" of opportunities for such clever players. "Mansions® by Hildegrade Flanner is another popular one-act play to be given the same evening. The part of Lydia will be played by Miss Eliza beth Duffy. Miss Duffy is a graduats of the Northwestern University Dra- matic Course. During the season of 1920, she played the lead parts for the Wales Players, (Midlund Chautauqua). She has done considerable work as a stage coach and is considered one of the most promising of talented young people in the semi-professional theat- rical work in the West. Many will remember her really splendid work in the following plays: "Too Much Business," "Belchazzar," "Suppressed Desires," "The Wonder Hat," "Where But in America." Aunt Harriet falls to Miss Speck who is new to the audiences of north shore. ; A fine bit of acting is displayed in the work of Robert Andrews as Joe. Mr. Andrews is a member of the Most Expensive Farm In World Is Bought By Realty Firm; Will Be Subdivided Enlarge Community House Is the Verdict of Leaders (Continued fram Page 1) : and stimulated his thought than the se development of Community House. a Eli B. Felsenthal, representing the ; Hubbard Woods Improvement asso- ciation, asked for literature that might be sent to all the members. His group will be very glad to help, he said, believing as it does in such a valuable community activity. Mr. Gerhard raised the question of relation between Community House and the Congregational church, asking that any misunderstanding be avoided | and suggesting that either an entire | separation or an even closer affiliation | might prove more satisfactory to some groups. Several members of the Board of Governors responding by defining | the relation, as, in effect, one of basic | financial guarantee only and stated | that the experience of 11 years had | demonstrated the entire independence | of the Governors of Community House | from any partisan or denominational atmosphere. "The test of the Church's underly- ing support but utter unselfishness of | purpose," said Mr. Wolf, "was in the { present control of Community House | by a Board of Governors representing | all elements of village life, two-thirds | of whom are not members of the Con- gregational church." Ihe Manouey aru, a LRIrty-rous | acre bit of farm land on Lake Michi- | gan in Kenilworth, just north of Wil- | mette, bought in the '50's for $1,750, | was sold Monday for a reported | $225,000 to J. Fred McGuire of Me- | | Map showing location of " Amer- ica's most expensive farm." Guire & Orr, who will subdivide it. | It is said to be America's most ex-| pensive farm. The old farmhouse and ! the stone pillars marking the south limits of Kenilworth are shown in the photograph. "Lady Betty's Burglar." The performance will wind up with the one-act play "Home For Lunch." Kathryn Crush takes the part of the wife. . Miss Crush has appeared in "Overtour"' and the "Neighbors" and other plays at New Trier High School and with the North Shore Players. She has a host of friends and is pai ticularly well cast in this part. Sidney M. Spiegel, Jr., will play the husband. He has studied dramatic art and interpretation with Jessie Royce Landies and is president of the North Shore Players. A great deal of the unusual suc: cess that has come to the North Shore Players is due to the careful coaching of Jessie Royce Landis. Expert Direction Before her marriage Mrs. Landis appeared on the professional stage and with large road and stock com- panies in such plays as "Get-Rich- Quick Wallingford," "The Blindness of Virtue," etc. In moving pictures she played opposite Francis X. Bush- man for some time. Of late, Mrs. Landis has been doing only semi- professional work and has appeared in the following plays on the North Shore: "Quality Street," "The Two Sisters," "Fourteen," "Tea for Three," "Daddy T ong Legs" and -the "Tangle." For three years Mrs. Landis was head of the Dramatic Art and Production Department of the Henshaw Conser- vatory and now maintains her own studio in the Kimball Building. Under Mrs. Landis' Direction the stage work, properties, rehearsals, music and scenery have all been high- ly organized to perhaps as great a degree of efficiency as any commer- cial organization of the same size. Chas. Rummler assisting in the stag- ing has had experience in the same work with such plays as "Daddy Long Legs," "If I were King," etc. The North Shore Players include in their organization, Robert Andrews, who has made a special study of scenery at the Academy of Fine Arts and the Hickox studios. The properties will be under the direction of Dorothy Whidden who has done this work so well at the New Trier and with the North Shore Play- ers in the past. She will be assisted by Emily Hadley who also has had considerable experience in the work. Tre Players have decided to give the profits of the production to local charities so that on top of seeing an honest-to-goodness performance the audience can know it is assisting in a worthy cause. Junior Drama League and scored un- | usual success for his performance inl | 235 Woodland ave.; $200 garage for | per, at 414 Winnetka avenue; $7,000 | M., McCalmon at 827 | residence for Walter S. | Private place: Mrs. Wortley gave a striking en- dorsement of the absolute community | spirit free from any partisan influ- Private Garages Lead | Wesks ab 555: 21x strest; $10,003 Tosi ' o] ge «.--['dence for Dr, C. Roy Terry, at 1224 | ence, which she has experienced in Week's Building Permits | Asbury avenue: $5,000 bungalow for [her three years as Assistant Director Building permits issued this week | Richard A. Ballenger at 1453 Asbury | of Community House. Thomas Wheat- | y i . " | : ted ley alifi 3 'S } i | by the Winnetka Department of Pub-| avenue: $200 alterations and addition | !€Y unqualifiedly endorsed Community responded in a way that left no doubt as to the feelings of the group that Community House | had attained a full measure of service to the community under its present organization. Mr. S. Bowles King i se. hers [on J. V. Stixrud residence at 607 Wil- House. Others Jert Kershaw, at|low street; $350 garage for G. A. Har- lic Works included: $500 garage for | residence for G. Lindahl, at 878 Burr | avenue; $800 garage for Charles H. Coffin at 675 ™"lackthorne avenue; | Cherry street; $200 porch addition on Otto Spiegel | residence at 545 Provident avenue; | $1,200 garage for Hinton G. Clabaugh | spoke of the constant study of the | $15,000 residence for John M. Hender- | at 1324 Scott avenue; $300 garage for Board of Governors toward possible json at 720 Lincoln avenue; $2,100 |. H. 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