THE WOULD-BE GENTLEMAN IMAGE By M. de Moliere ADAPTED BY F. ANSTEY Programme ---- Sixpence I Have Five Daughters, an adaptation by Margaret MacNamara of Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen, was the choice for March 1956, production by Mrs M A Beatty, daughters played by Heather Till, Dilys Halden, Ann Newall, Jacqueline Wright and Lesley Kent, Mr and Mrs Bennett by Madeleine Cole and H Baddeley, Bingley by B Rockell and DArcy by G Dunkin. Early in the school year 1959-1960 An Entertainment was presented by the Lower Forms of the School and met with great success as, later on, did the School Play, Arms and the Man, and the performance of Messiah, presented by the Choral Society. The Prospect Players The Old Scholars Prospect Players gave their first public performance at an Old Scholars' Social Evening on the 24th April 1948: Ken Fitt introduced and ably compered an amusing and witty sketch entitled In Town Tonight, in which Sylvia Thom appeared as Marie Antoinette, D S Webb as Big Chief Pow-Wow, and S Shindler as Julius Caesar. Then Gerry Eades (otherwise known as Hoagy Carjerry) delighted the company with two piano solos, which were enthusiastically received. The boys then worked off their surplus enthusiasm, and awakened old memories by singing Waltzing Mathilda, Gaudeamus Igitur and the Orderly Song always a favourite at the School fruit-farming camps. By this time the stage had been set for an extremely funny and well-executed sketch by Betty Barfield and Jack Mitchell. We then heard some really delightful singing by Elizabeth Robinson, followed by enthusiastic 'efforts' from the French and German Choir. By December 1948 the Prospect Players were ready with their first full production for which they chose Bernard Shaw's Arms and the Man directed by Miss Harland and seems by all accounts to have been a resounding success with Betty Barfield and Geoffrey Springett playing Louka and Bluntschli; Peter Boyntan, Sergius; Sylvia Thom, Raina; and Donald Manning, Petkoff, while Roy Knight stage managed, Mr Sheldrake, Jim Williams and M Deavin lighted, Geoff and Rae Elsworth with Mr Johnson designed sets and Mills and Junkin built them. Music and sound effects were provided by Gerry Eades. In the following years they went on to produce Christopher Fry's A Phoenix Too Frequent with which they gained first place in A Drama competition at the Ealing Festival in 1949; Saint Simeon Stylites; Thornton Wilder's The Skin of Our Teeth to celebrate the School's 10th Anniversary; the medieval French farce, The Farce of the Worthy Master Pierre Patelin; Sheridan's The Critic, Who is Sylvia and The Importance of Being Earnest, to mention but a few. IMAGE A MIDSUMMER NIGHTS DREAM Given in the SCHOOL HALL at 7 p.m. on DECEMBER 6th, 7th, 9th and 10th 1949 A Look into the Future. . .in 1957 At the November 1957 Speech Day the pupils were given a look into the future and asked to reflect on some aspects vvhich we could well consider today: 'What sort of world will you live lit' We are nearing the day of the 4-day week', said Mr J Compton. former Ealing Education officer, who presented prizes and page 53