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Radcliffe's Idler has turned to the Eighteenth Century and Isaac Bickerstaffe's ballad opera for its latest offering, and has gathered enough musical talent from the Choral Society and the Glee Club to make possible a production which, if not a complete success, surmounts considerable production weakness to charm its audience...
...straitened confines of Agassiz impose horrible limitations on any production crew. A tiny stage and woefully inadequate lights are bad enough, but unfortunately the Idler staff was further weakened by poor designers. The exterior scene--purporting to be a garden--had all the carmarks of a grammar school watercolor exercise; and the interior seemed overcomplicated for the small stage. Costuming was excellent, but makeup again seemed amateurish to an inexcusable degree, as principals frequently appeared with faces mottled by huge black spots...
...Love in a Village," eighteenth century comic opera, will be staged jointly this December by the Idler and the Choral Society, Radcliffe's two largest organizations, and the Harvard Glee Club...
This pooling of talent will occur for the first time since the three groups presented Gilbert and Sullivan's "Iolanthe" during the war. The cast, announced last night by May Bloom '48; Idler chairman, will be headed by Peter H. Davison '49 and Martha Hopkins...
Basic Pay Day amount, required of every 'Clifieldweller, is $5.75--$2.00 for Student Government, $2.00 for class dues, and $1.75 for a compulsory subscription to the Radcliffe News. Actually, the average student contribution to organizational coffers is something over $6.50, since 15 clubs and 'Idler' levy additional taxes on their memberships...