SELECTIONS FROM SHAKESPEARE

Dominion, Volume 28, Issue 167, 11 April 1935, Page 18

SELECTIONS FROM SHAKESPEARE

Lyceum Club Drama Circle Every year, about the date of Shakespeare’s birthday, the Drama Circle of the Lyceum Club present, in costume, selections from his works. This year’s presentation was held last evening, before a large audience, all present greatly appreciating the efforts of the performers and of Aliss Hardings Alaltby, who' so capably arranged and produced the various scenes. The title of the performance was ‘‘Scenes and Songs from Shakespeare.” selections being given from “As You Like It,” “Twelfth Night,” “The Alerry AVives of AVindsor,” "A AVinter’s Tale,” and -“The Alerehant of Venice.” The costuming and the scenery were features of the evening, the picturesque dresses of the periods of thewarious plays being most pleasing to the eye. The programme and the performers were as follow: — “As You Like It”: Rosalind, Airs. G. Berry; Celia, Airs. AV. AVatson; Orlando. Air. AV. B. Ross; Touchstone, Air. Eric North; Jaques, Airs. J. Thompson ; Audrey, Aliss Gwen Harrison; AVilliam, Air. L. O’Donoghue. “Twelfth Night”: The Countess Olivia. Aliss Frances Sunley; Viola, Aliss G. Boyd : Alalvolio. Aliss Christine ■Thompson. Extract from "The AVinter’s Tale”: Aliss Catherine Keddell, “The Alerry AVives of AVindsor”: Alistress Ford, Airs. David Herbert; Alistress Page, Aliss Al. 15. P. Ahern; page to Ali.stress Ford, Master Alan Hancox. Extract from “As You Like It” : Aliss K. Fagan. “The Alerehant of Venice”: Bassanlo, Air. AV. B. Ross; Lancelot GobbO; Airs. Sample; old Gobbo, Aliss O’Donoghue; page. Alaster Alan Hancox. The following songs were sung:— "AVho is Sylvia?” and,“When Daisies Pied” (Air. Eric Rishworth), and “Orpheus to His Lute” and “Hark, Hark, the Lark” (Aliss Ailsa Dillon). Airs. Fouhy and Aliss Kay were the accompanists. A dainty supper brought the evening to a dose.