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May 26, 1928 WINNETKA TALK 41 Play-Writing Group Displays a Lengthy List of Achievements A record of production to which it points with justified pride has been announced recently as the output of the Town and Gown project play- writing class. Plays that have won prizes for their producers and fame for their play- " wrights make up the list of recognized accomplishment that has come out of this project directed by the play-writ- ing class of the Drama Club of Ev- anston and the School of Speech, Northwestern university. Together the work of the two groups is known as that of the "Playshop," and the project covers the course of the plays from their origination on the part of the playwrights to their presentation with casts drawn from the community and the student body of the School of Speech. Honor Winning Cast At a luncheon arranged at the North Shore hotel last week for members of the cast who won the Edith Rocke- feller McCormick cup for the best one- act plays entered in the Drama League competition at the Kenneth Sawyer Goodman theater, connected with the Art Institute, Chicago, two weeks ago, the summary of this Town and Gown project output was presented. The following list of writers and plays shows plays which have had public production at the Playshop, or have had publication or won honors locally or outside Evanston: "Their Honor, the Mayor," three-act play by Miss Emma Behl; won a $3,000 prize in a contest by the Swarthmore chautauqua in 1923. "St. Patrick's Day in the Morning," by Alice Andrews, produced. '"The Best of All Ways," by Julia Whitely, produced. "Rich Man, Poor Man,'" by Bertha Y. Burrill, produced as "For the Love of Pete," published. "As It Was in the Beginning," by Mrs. Burrill, produced. 'Seven O'Clock," by Mrs. Helen Tor- rence, produced. "Tarrantella," by Helen Talbot, pro- duced. "Cabbages," by Edward Staadt, pro- duced. "O Solo Mio," by Edward Staadt, pro- duced. "The Kick," 'Together Alone," and "Poor Me," by Helen Hill, produced. "Nancy," "It Never Fails," by Martha Linn, produced. y '"Noctourne," by Shelton Sackett, pro- duced and published; 'Late Spring," "A Quiet Evening at Home," ok whiny "The Burglar Alarm," "Introducing Mr. Grimes," "Double Trouble," by Mrs. John C. Shaffer, produced. "Lydia Laughs Last," by Margaret Walsh, produced. "The Knot," "Spirals," "These Men," by Marion Lawrence 'Nelson, produced. 'The Quadrangle," by Louise Ayres Garnett, produced. "A Perfect Thirty-Six," 'The Royal Makeup," "His Model Wife," and three children's plays in book form called, "Three to Make Ready," including 'The Hilltop," "Muffin," and "The Big Prince." All these plays by Mrs. Garnett have been produced. "Alibi Baby," by Audrey Scheivley, pro- duced. "Milady's Yuletide," by Isabel Meaker and Eleanor Perkins, published and pro- duced. "The Alabaster Box," by Isabel Meaker and Anna Harmwell, published. "The Knife," "Sojourners," '"Spinet and Saxophone," "Holly and Cypress," "Daughter of Her Mother," and "At Home," by Isabel Meaker, all produced and the majority published. "Co-op Love," 'The Undercurrent," by Faye Ehlert, produced. "The Mandarin Coat," (book of plays) including "The Mandarin Coat," "Sponge," "Their Anniversary," "Radio," 'Skim Milk," "The Blacksuitcase," "Taxi," "The Weathervane Elopes," published and produced; "Ashes," "Vintage," 'Lobster Newberg," and "The Bubble Peddler," "Amelia," "Eating Bitterness," (now "Then Came Ann"), by Alice C. D. Riley. Mrs. Riley's "Amelia," a three-act com- edy, has been produced poth in Evans- ton and in Pasadena, Calif.,, in Gilmore Brown's "Play-box." Mrs. Riley has also had published a book of children's plays: "Ten Minutes by the Clock," "The Poet's Well," "Blue Prince," and "Tom Piper and the Pig," its title play the first-mentioned. ie he Town and Gown play-writing class is planning a June program in the garden of Mrs. Riley, 1822 Sheri- dan road. At the luncheon of last week, which complimented the cast presenting "The Undercurrent," a play by Mrs. Max Ehlert, wife of the Chilean consul, who live at the Belmont, Chicago, guests included Harriett Allyn, C. Russel Small, Ethel R. Swift, Gladys Pfeffer, Helen Sanford and Charles White. Theodore B. Cloak directed the pro- duction. Miss Lucille Stevenson and her mother of 544 Chestnut street have moved to Kenilworth. Public Forum Tuesday, May 22, 1928 Editor, WINNETKA TALK: In behalf of the Woman's society of the Winnetka Congregational church, it gives me great pleasure to express our appreciation for the courtesy and efficient service you have given us during the past year. 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