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Show Campus community production Plays opens tonight the auditorium, there are plenty of seats," Adams said. Loosely based on the lives of the famous Barrymores, "The Royal Family" is a witty and sarcastic comedy about the Cavendishes, a theatrical family ruled by Fanny Cavendish, wife of the deceased Aubrey Cavendish, "the first actor of his day," who at 70 is planning her tour for the coming season. "If you're familiar with the Barrymores you'll immediately recognize their eccentricities and lifestyle in this play," the many articles has made the production possible. "North East Furniture, Boulevard Home Furnishings and Leigh Furniture and Carpet, Cedar City, have combined to create the setting," the director said, "with china from First Security Bank and fine silver and crystal from Hunter-Cowan." Mountain Bell has loaned the drama department authentic 20s telephones. Judy Morris, Parowan, is providing two malamutes, and Zion Sun Floral is making flower arrangements, arranged in the style popular in the 1920s. "Great pains are being taken by SUSC costumer Sandra Stiglinski to make the costumes authentic," Adams said. "Clothing is being constructed after patterns and studies of costuming of the period, with hairstyles and even mustaches carefully planned." Furs used in the production have been donated to the department , CEDAR CITY - "The Royal Family" opens tonight at Southern Utah State College and director Fred C. Adams says it's a "historical memory trip." "A great deal of attention has gone into recreating the era of the 1920s for this campus-community campus-community production," Adams, professor of theater arts at SUSC, said, "The costumes, make-up, furnishings and even the acting style has a definite sense of the 20s." The fall quarter production will be staged at SUSC Dec. 3-5 and again the weekend of Dec. 10-12. Showtime is at 8 p.m. in the SUSC Auditorium. Tickets are available by calling the SUSC Box Office, 586-7876, 586-7876, from 1 to 5 p.m. weekdays and from-1 p.m. until curtain-time on' days of performances. "Because 'The Royal Family' is being staged in director said. "I think audiences will find a lot of charm and humor in the production." "The Royal Family" is a very expensive production. Expensive, Adams jsaidbecauseoi,. tbev very (elaborate settings "and costumes. "It's our 'money' play," he said, adding that donations and the loan of |