The Middletown
High School Drama Club
The Junior Class (of 1968) Play
The Admirable
Crichton
by Sir James M. Barrie
performed April 14 & 15, 1967
Directed by Mrs. Linda Dewing
Student Director: Richard McCarthy
Faculty Advisor: Ms. Helen Bagley
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The Cast
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| Mr. Crichton |
Joe Miniclier
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| The Hon. Ernest Wooley |
Clark Westneat
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| Lady Agatha Lasenby |
Toni DeMarco
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| Lady Catherine Lasenby |
Diane Austin
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| Lady Mary Lasenby |
Sue Goldman
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| The Rev. John Treherne |
Jay Benson
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| Lord George Brocklehurst ("Brocky") |
John Peterson
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| The Earl of Loam |
James Murphy
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| Mrs. Perkins |
Paula White
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| Monsieur Fleury |
Alex Marikian
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| Rolleston |
[William] Monte Neves
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| Tompsett [the Coachman] |
Jeff Chaplin
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| Miss Fisher |
Karen Krueger
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| Miss Simmons |
Anne Sokol
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| Mlle. Jeanne |
Trish Smith
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| Thomas |
Paul Reis
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| John |
Mike Santos
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| Jane [the Kitchen Maid] |
Kathy Creany
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| Gladys |
Ann Taylor
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| Eliza "Tweeny" |
Lorna Hussey
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| Stable Boy |
Warren Blakely
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| Kitchen Wench |
Linda Zagaglia
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| Page Boy |
Mike Sullivan
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| Naval Officer |
Monte Neves
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| British Naval Captain |
James Murphy
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| The Countess of Brocklehurst |
Shelly Jackerson
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The Crew
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| Director |
Mrs. James (Linda) Dewing
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| Student Director |
Richard McCarthy
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| Stage Manager |
Thomas Needham
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[Stage Crew]
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Penny Benson, Paul Reis, Jim Braman, Linda Silvia, David Harlow, Virginia Sullivan, Jo Marie Hershey, Kit Turano, Sharon Kenny [Kennedy?], Nancy White, Mike Milner [also Susan Desjardins, Susan Duckett, Kara Lee Silvia?] |
| Set Design |
Jo Hershey & Holly Glaser
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| [Set Construction] |
Cindi Borges, Dennis O'Neill, Jim Braman, Paul
Reis, Toni DeMarco, Virginia Sullivan, Sharon Kenny, Linda
Silvia, Betsy McClintock, Kit Turano, Mike Milner, Nancy White,
Tom Needham
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| Props & Set Furnishings |
David Harlow
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| [with] |
Penny Benson, Robert Schuster, Kathy Price, Manuel P. Silvia |
| Lighting |
Dennis O'Neill & Paul Reis
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| Costumes |
Betsy Silvia
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| [with] |
Kathy Creany, Kathy Kirkpatrick, Betty Devine,
Virginia Sullivan, Karen Kruger, Paula White, Linda Zagaglia
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| Make-Up |
Lois Abromitis
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| [with] |
Betty Devine, Pam Rice, Debbie Duckett, Diane
Kundrat, Lorna Hussey, Phyllis Mellekas, Linda Kraus, Linda
Zagaglia
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| Tickets and House |
Paula White and Batty Sharpton
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[with] |
Alice Blaney, Connie Heilig, Lenore Cordeiro,
Karen Silvia, Debbie Duckett, Anne Sokol, Susan Goldman
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| Programs and Publicity |
Debbie Duckett
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| [with] |
Holly Glaser, Susam Goldman, Joe Miniclier
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The Synopsis
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| "James Barrie's "fantasy in four acts" takes place
just after the turn of the century. The haughty, aristocratic
English family whose head, Henry, Earl of Loam, has ideas about
the qualities of all men, take a vacation cruise on his private
yacht and are shipwrecked on an island in mid-ocean. The play
shows the family reverting to a state of Nature, where the best
man is no longer the most aristocratic, and their former butler
proves a natural leader.
Barrie is commenting on the rigidity of the mores of the times, for upon the re-turn to England, the household settles itself (but not without difficulty) into the patterns developed by society." [from the program] |
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The Pictures
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Standing (L-R): ?, ?, ?, Paul Ries,
Jay Benson, ?, ? |
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?, ?, ?, James Murphy, ?
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Betty Devine
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Diane Austin, Jay Benson, Sue Goldman, Jim
Murphy, Toni DiMarco, Clark Westneat, Joe Menichlier (sp)
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Lorna Hussey, Clark Westneat
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Toni DiMarco, Clark Westneat, Diane Austin, Jim
Murphy, Sue Goldman
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Lorna Hussey, Clark Westneat
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Joe Miniclier, Clark Westneat, Sue Goldman
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Jay Benson, Clark Westneat, Lorna Hussey
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| Lorna Hussey, Jay Benson, Clark Westneat, Jim Murphy, Sue Goldman, Toni DiMarco, Diane Austin, Joe Miniclier | Mike Santos, Karen Krueger, Clark Westneat, Alex Merikian, William Neves, Paul Ries, Kathy Creany, Ann Sokol, Jay Benson, Lorna Hussey, Sue Goldman's dress |
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| Special Thanks We would like like to thank Miss Helen Bagley for organizing and encouraging the Publicity Committee, Mr. Robert Sullivan for helping with the posters, and Miss Frances Martin for giving so generously of her time and excellent assistance to the Costume Committee. The members of Lord Loam's household wish to extend their deepest thanks to Mr. and Mrs. Warren Anthony for the furnishings to make their drawing room possible. Captain Elton Manuel, Newport Artillery Company Mr. Charles Kempenaar of Boulevard Nurseries Mrs. James Dunn of the Newport Antiques Shop Gamache Costumes, Inc. |
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| Thank You to Clark Westneat for sending me some great pictures and a copy of the program! | |
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