1918 Yearbook
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1918 Yearbook
Description
Scene in Play
(A Newspaper account of the Play)
COLLEGE PLAY MADE BIG HIT
"IT PAYS TO ADVERTISE" PRESENTED IN FASHION AT
ST. AMBROSE
"It Pays to Advertise," staged at St. Ambrose by the College Dramatic
club last night, was probably the best amateur production of the season and
one that rivalled in its success any previous production given in the College
Auditorium. In spite of the inclement weather, all seats were occupied before the program commenced. The characters were admirably interpreted
by the youthful actors and interest was kept until the final conversion of
the soap king to modern methods of advertising.
Aloysius Cone, playing the son of the soap king, played the leading
role, and, as an actor of experience, more than lived up to his reputation.
Thomas Wolfe, impersonating Miss Mary Grayson, set a new standard for
impersonators of pretty and clever girls. Newman Flanagan, who had
previously scored several successes in playing foreign characters, took
advantage of an opportunity to display his great mimic power in the role of
the "Comtesse De Beaurien." As Cyrus Martin, the soap king, Edward
O'Conner added another success to his long list of peevish old men he has
taken off. Arthur Mallon, as a French maid, and William Judge, as the
butler, took the parts for which they were cast in an excellent manner.
(A Newspaper account of the Play)
COLLEGE PLAY MADE BIG HIT
"IT PAYS TO ADVERTISE" PRESENTED IN FASHION AT
ST. AMBROSE
"It Pays to Advertise," staged at St. Ambrose by the College Dramatic
club last night, was probably the best amateur production of the season and
one that rivalled in its success any previous production given in the College
Auditorium. In spite of the inclement weather, all seats were occupied before the program commenced. The characters were admirably interpreted
by the youthful actors and interest was kept until the final conversion of
the soap king to modern methods of advertising.
Aloysius Cone, playing the son of the soap king, played the leading
role, and, as an actor of experience, more than lived up to his reputation.
Thomas Wolfe, impersonating Miss Mary Grayson, set a new standard for
impersonators of pretty and clever girls. Newman Flanagan, who had
previously scored several successes in playing foreign characters, took
advantage of an opportunity to display his great mimic power in the role of
the "Comtesse De Beaurien." As Cyrus Martin, the soap king, Edward
O'Conner added another success to his long list of peevish old men he has
taken off. Arthur Mallon, as a French maid, and William Judge, as the
butler, took the parts for which they were cast in an excellent manner.
Publisher
Wagner's Printery
Date
1918
Rights
St. Ambrose University, 518 W. Locust St., Davenport, IA 52803
Identifier
http://cdm16810.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p16810coll2/id/6672