Word: josefina
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...sycophancy and scandal; nothing is left out. Beauty and the Bull, colors and shrugs flashing lavishly excited and Latin, speech a sparkle and--everybody throws physic to the dogs. For this, let it be urged, is a DeCanterbury Pilgrimage, and there is Wine, of course. Be calm, and imagine Josefina, the Governor's Wife, asking her husband's over attentive secretary for a glass of water. The secretary is consistent and thoughtful and makes charming mistakes. . . . She drinks...
There are lines in "The Governor's Wife" that haunt us. It is a keen rapier that writes them, but it is a rapier which tickles without wounding. Josefina insists on her husband's "lack of character," imploring him to make up his mind about anything. "If it turns out to be wrong, all the more reason for sticking to it." She conceives of her husband heroically: "If he rides into office on horseback like Don Quixote, he will ride out on an ass like Sancho Panza." She leaves no doubt in his mind: "I loved you out of pity...
...enough. If you would be completely delighted spend an evening with "The Governor's Wife." Miss Dorothy Sands as Josefina will prove irresistible, in appearance, in subtle naivete, in ease of carriage and suavity of enunciation she recalls Mrs. Fiske--a Spanish Mrs. Fiske--plus always her own enchanting, voluble self. Mr. Walton Butterfield '20, as Don Santiago, the Governor, and Mr. Harding Scholle ocC., as Don Baldomero, the Multi of Moraleda, are unforgettable characters. Manolo, the "Governor's secretary, finds in Mr. Barton Leach '22 a winning address and, except for a certain insistent springiness of motion, an excellent...
...love with Esperanzo, Powell Robinson, ocC. Reguera, a man about town, F. S. Stranahan '21 Marquis of Torrelodones, from Madrid, C. S. Howard '20 Don Basilio, rector of the University, R. B. Ayer '21 Jimena, his daughter, Miss Grace Cobb '21 Belisa, his daughter, Miss Janet Evins '20 Josefina, the Governor's wife, Miss Dorothy Sands '15 Marchioness of Torrelodones, daughter of the Marquis, Miss Mildred Ellis '21 Don Baldomero, the richest man in Moraleda, Harding Scholle, ocC. Menolo, the Governor's secretary, Barton Leach '22 Marchioness of Villaquejido, Miss Maryalice Secoy '22 Teresa, her daughter, Miss Kathleen Middleton...
Miss Dorothy Sands is taking the leading role as "The Governor's Wife." Miss Sands has had considerable experience in dramatics, having been prominent in 47 Workshop productions for several years. The long and difficult part of Josefina, around which the entire play revolves, will require acting of the highest order, and the Dramatic Club feels that it is very fortunate in having Miss Sands as the leading lady...