Show High School Play Arsenic and Old Lace Pr Proved wed To Be Outstanding Entertainment Another fine floe performance was given last Friday night when the arlt ark City High School presented te e annual school play Arsenic and Old Lace Year par after year rear under antler the able direction of ot Mr Milliner these students give ghe to tIO lC fortunate enough to witness witless it tt It at evening of up superb rb entertain entertain- ent worth worthy of schools much large and with a 1 much larger student bod body Con Congratulations to tou M 11 u Milliner and to his hU cast and andLa ii La 1 all aU v 0 who ho made this play possiblE pos sible Bible Fine 1 Port Portrayals ru uK 1 The first shock of many during the he evening e came when two such lIuch lonely lo ovel el young oung ladles ladies as Sue Fisher Isher and aud Carol Carolyn Caroln n appeared as dowd dowdy old maids with a kind but misguided urge to bring peace and rest relit to homeless old men via the he poisoned Elderberry wine hot hot- tie e. e The They were convincing con In their portrayal as Martha I rtha and Abbie Abble and we grew to lo love e ethem them hem and wanted to protect them themas as s did their loving nephew Mortimer Mortimer Mor- Mor timer Imer firewater Brewster played by Dilly Billy teed Reed HU Ills performance as a sane normal ormal young man In a family of eccentrics brought many a well well- timed laugh from the audience Gary Mason Iason took the part of another nother nephew Teddy Brewster who Imagined himself as President d dent ent nt Teddy Roosevelt proving harmless armless but useful to his benefactors benefactors benei bene- bene i factors actors as the graved grave I 1 g g gin 1 i n g gleans means leans to dispose of the bodies I In n the Panama Canal for which he e was excavating in the basement basement basement base base- ment of the old mansion In Brook Brook- lyn yn His charge up the stairs delighted the audience Marvin Wright who played a third nephew Jonathan Brewster gave ave a convincing performance asa as asa a villainous villainous' character with a horrible looking face and a record records as s long as that of his hili aunts' aunts twelve welve each His Ills partner in crime Dr Einstein Eins- Eins ein tein played toy Iby Robert Wallin amused mused the audience with his abundant down over the eyes hairdo and the way he pronounced pronounced pro- pro the name of Johnny J as I Shawnee Show nee IA t I tA A refreshing note among the gruesome grues me proceedings was the pretty retty young fiance of ot Martimer la Brewster Elaine Harper Harper played t 69 iy y Carol Johnson a good bit of casting asting Well Acted The remainder o of the cast gave I I I I II t I I excellent portrayals Kenny portrayals Kenny Buck Buckas as the precise dignified Dr Harper liar Hal per Max lax Grose AS Mr fr GIbbs a anear anear anul near nul victim I Jim Roach as Lt Rooney determined to do his I rl duty and to keep a close check on his officers David officers Da David I Santy Canty as Officer Klein Harold I Wright as Officer Brophy both plain spoken plain spoken men and Mike lIke I Spinos p. nos as Officer OHara O'Hara OUara OMara with a astory story to tell and a bottle to keep keel hi his tongue oiled while telling j jClair I Clair Wilde as Mr Ir spoon iv who I ho came cane to take the ladles and Teddy to a sanitarium but lingered linger linger- ed to have a glass of Wine wine John Roach as the corpse who was dragged In and out of windows window boxes and up and down I stairs I II i I The stage setting and lighting handled by Bruce Druce Dalr Bair and the I make up by Irs Mrs were I I exceptionally good Marie Mlles Miles was the student director I All In all a play well acted and andI I WEll welt directed to furnish an eve evening I ning of enjoyable entertainment eve I 11 M. A A. A I Publicity Publicity Officer P |