WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 1958 Gilbert & Sullivan To Present Comic'P By ANN EICHLER Weeks of work on staging, sing- ing, dancing and publicity by members of the Gilbert and Sul- livan Society will come to a cli- max when poets, fair maidens and handsome soldiers appear on the Lydia Mendelssohn stage to- morrow. The curtain will rise on the so- ciety's fall production, "Patience," at 8 p.m. tomorrow. Performances will also be given Friday and Sat- urday nights. "Construction on the sets for G&S were finished much earlier than expected," was the comment of Jan Willoughby, '60, chairman of staging. "The sets, using pink castles and such, blend in very well with the action of the show, and they provide a fine frame for the story. Backdrops have been ready since last Sunday." Battle of Wiles "Patience," also called "Bun- thorne's Bride," is a battle of the wiles of twenty young maidens and the wits of Bunthorne, an aesthetic poet and twenty dra- goons who are in love with the maidens. The poet rejects the love of the young girls and Lady Jane, an un- appealing old maid, to seek that of Patience. The latter, however, loves Bunthorne's rival, Gros- venor. Characters for the story, which takes place in England, are Ger- shom Morningstar, Grad., as Bun- thorne, a satirization of Oscar Wilde; Carla Cargill, '59, Patience; John Vavroch, '59SM, Grosvenor; and Althea Romaine, '60, Lady Jane. Follows Tradition "I feel that, as usual, G&S So- ciety is maintaining its high repu- tation not only as actors, but also is highly competent in presenting music," Jim Bob Stephenson of the speech department, dramatic director, said. "The tradition es- tablished over the last ten years will be continued in this perform- ance as well." Music director, Robert Denison, '59SM, agreed that "the show will be terrific." He also discussed the orchestra, composed of "students who come 'en masse' out of the goodness of their hearts, to lend their services to G&S." Denison also added that he be- lieves that Morningstar has fi- nally arrived as his greatest role in his portrayal of the poet. To Rehearse Final dress rehearsals and work on the stage were held last night and will be continued tonight. The overture for the Society's production of "Patience" was written by Robert Brandzel, '57. During the years that the Gil- bert and Sullivan Society has been )tience Tomorrow DRAGOONS-Three of the Queen's soldiers show the uniforms that they will be wearing in the performances of "Patience" at 8 p.m. tonorrow, Friday and Saturday in Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre. Tickets are now on sale at the theatre box office. on campus, it has tried to do a variety of authors' shows. Includ- ed in its University presentations have been "Thespis," "Trial by Jury," "HMS Pinafore," "Sorcer- er," "Pirates of Penzance," and "Ruddigore." Lose Music Original music for "Thespis" had been lost after the first pro- duction of the play in England in the 1800's. Score for the show was written by Jerry Bilik, '55, former music director of Gilbert and Sul- livan Society. The group plans to continue its annual out-of-town appearances by performing "Patience" on Dec. 5 in Toledo, Ohio and on Dec. 6 in Detroit. Committee chairmen for the production are Edith Goldstein, '60 A&D, set and poster designs; Nancy Lind, '61 and Karen Chan- in, '61, programs; Marshal Kievit, '59E, lighting; Ann Polak, '60, publicity; Jerry Davies, '61M, makeup; Terrell Rodefer, '60, properties, and Mona Morning- star, '59, tickets. Union To Present Folksingers Seeger, Terry in Concert for International Week Folksingers Pete Seeger and Sonny Terry will take over the Hill Auditorium stage tomorrow, complete with banjo and mouth- organ. The concert, presented by the Union as part of International Week, will include songs of Amer- ica and of the world. Seeger, born in New York in 1919, has been called by young musicians the chief factor in the rise of popularity of folk music. He helped found the Weavers in 1949, the quartet which prompt- ly produced hit after unlikely hit: "Goodnight, Irene," "Tzena, Tzena, Tzena," and "Kisses Sweeter Than Wine." Revived recently with consider- able success, the Weavers have presented a more international fla- vor than ever. Seeger has a special repertory of African songs he introduces in their concerts and encourages the audience to par- ticipate in. Seeger has done research on folk music in the Library of Con- gress, and done research of a dif- ferent sort by "hoboeing around with a banjo." I I IheVascola arbers PETE SEEGER I near Michigan Theatre ... to give concert U m I (the, - Ve4, I n 46. . b lo 00A-of Only $10.95