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Those leaving the play were Stephen H. Randall '60, Mark J. Mirsky '61, James M. Swan '59, Nathan C. Douthit '60, and Roger A. Moldovan...
...title role in the play, which will be given in two months, went to Doris Allen 1G. Other leads are Robert D. Gamble '60, Edith Iselin '61, Gerald M. Medearis '60, David H. Mills 1G, Mark J. Mirsky '61, Roger A. Moldovan '59, Stephen H. Randall '60, James M. Swan '59, and Jacqueline Tabachnick...
...farcial plot centers around a house in London during plague-time, transformed in its owner's absence to a headquarters for "casting figures, telling fortunes, news, selling of flies, and bawdry." The servant Face (James Stinson) and the Alchemist, Doctor Subtle, (Roger Moldovan) conspire with Doll-Common (Phyllis Ferguson) to dupe avaricious visitors who seek the gift of the philosopher's stone...
Stinson, who also produced the play, switched from a supplicating housekeeper to a gentleman, from matchmaker to confidante, with life and versatility. Moldovan, as the Doctor, swirls about the stage conferring blessings, oaths, and sorcery chants with skill and equanimity. Miss Ferguson picks her toes, rubs her thighs, and on occasion seems in doubt what to do with her hands--but convinces the audience she is common, and keeps it laughing...
...death. Seven-year-old Rachel Whitman is most fetching and unaffected as the young daughter. Phyllis Ferguson is completely believable as the sister-in-law, mixing resentment for her toiling and skimping with a warmth and tenderness. James Stinson plays her sympathetic husband with suitable low pressured earnestness. Roger Moldovan is more than effective in the lead, without being over-sentimental. Robert Hesse looks properly drunk and idiotic in the walk-on part, and Lee Jefferies is suberbly plastered as an old love of the hero who intrudes at an inconvenient moment...