THE MICHIGAN DAILY 'layers Will eature Two Jnusual Plays To Give Millay Drama, New Broadway Show Two unusual plays by Ameri- can authors will be featured by the speech department's Michi- gan Repertory Players this season. "The King's Henchman", by the noted poetess Edna St. Vincent Millay will receive one of the few Sperformances it has known in its original form July 17-19. It was adapted as an opera by music1 critic Deems Taylor shortly after its publication and was produd'ed in its musical setting for three consecutive seasons by the Metro- politan Opera Company. The play, which follows the Tristan motif, is set in England in the tenth century. It deals } with the disloyalty of Aethelwold, friend of King Eadgar of England, and its tragic results. "Temper the Wind", a current Broadway play on contemporary problems in occupied Germany will be presented by the Players July 31 through Aug. 2. The play was written first hand by Edward Mabley and Leonard1 Mins who were stationed in Ger- many for many months with the armed forces. Depicting the struggles of a sin- cere, far-seeing American officer to plant everlasting peace, the play shows not the Nazi, but a bored soldier and an ambitious business man as posing the great- est obstacle in the officer's suc- cess. Tickets for both plays may be purchased at the Lydia Mendels- sohn Theatre box-office.. Helps Students In Costuming Prof. Berneice Prisk of Iowa State University will direct the costuming of the Michigan Reper- tory Players for the summer sea- son. With a staff of student assist- ants Miss Prisk will design and create the elaborate costumes for the tenth century English "The King's Henchmen", the Spanish gypsy costumes for Carmen and the late Victorian wardrobe for "Candida." Union Cards Ready Union membership cards will be available at the desk to men en- rolled for full-time summer pro- grams, Franklin Kuenzel, Union executive manager, announced yesterday. STAR IN 'CANDIDA'--Beth Laikin and Roger Cleary will star in the Speech Department's production of Shaw's popular comedy. *, , 'I. * * SHAVIAN COMEDY: Repertory Players Rehearse For Performance of 'Candidu' Opera Will Be Final Offering Of Summer 'Carmen' Features Speech, Music Group The speech department's Mich- igan Repertory Players, collabor- ating with the music school for the thirteenth consecutive season will present Bizet's "Carmen" as the final offering of the summer series. Although now one of the most popular of all operas, "Carmen" was coolly met at its first perform- ance and its composer died before it gained its universal popularity. The opera is set in Seville in the 1820's with the colorfully brilli- ant music revolving around the varied activities of the heartless coquette Carmen whose love of the excitement of the moment leads her eventually to her violent death. Based on Merimee's romance of Spanish gypsy and peasant life, "Carmen", although Spanish in music, costumes and sets is writ- ten in Bizet's native French. Prof. Valentine Windt of the speech department will direct the opera assisted by the full Univer- sity orchestra and music school students. Season Wickets On Sale Now Season tickets for perform- ances of the speech depart- m e n it's Michigan Repertory Players are on sale now at the Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre box-office. Tickets for single perform- ances will go on sale at 10 a.m. Monday at the box-office. (Continued from Page 2) Faculty Recital: Joseph Knitzer, Violinist, will present a recital in Hill Auditorium at 8:30 Tuesday, July 1. Head of the Violin Depart- ment of the Cleveland Institute of Musical Art, Mr. Knitzer is a member of the summer session faculty in the School of Music. His program for Tuesday evening will include Sonata in D major by Vi- valdi, Chaconne for Violin Alone by Bachl, Sonata for Violin and Piano by Herbert Elwell, Buncome County, N.C. by Ernst Bacon, Hoe-1 down, from "Roedo" by Aaron Copland, and Ruralia Hungarica, by Ernst von Dohnanyi. He will be accompanied by Marian Owen, Pianist. The general public is invited. DAILY OFFICIAL BULLETIN Thursday, June 26, at 3:00 p.m. in Room 3201 Angell Hall. Algebra Seminar, 3201 Angellj Hall. Thursday, 3:30 p.m.: S. A. Jennings: Representations of cer- tain groups in rings. La Sociedad Hispanica will meet at the International Center for tea on Thursday, June 26 at 4 p.m. La p'tite causette today and ev- ery Thursday at 4 p.m. in the In- ternational Center. All foreign students interested in speaking French are cordially invited to join "La p'tite causette", that meets also every Tuesday and Wednesday, at 3:30 p.m. in the Cafeteria of the Michigan League. Charles E. Koella A meeting will be held Thurs- day at 4:00 p.m. at the League for all girls interested in being hos- tesses and assistant teachers for the dancing classes. Classes will be held each Tuesday at 7:00. There will be both beginning and intermediate classes. There will be a special business meeting of the Christian Science Organization Thursday evening, June 26. at 7:30 in the upper roon of Lane Hall. The first presentation of the Regular Thursday Evening Rec- ord Concerts will include a group of Bach's Toccatas and Fugues, Schuberts Symphony No.5 in B flat, and Mozart's Divertimenti in E flat. All graduate students are cordially invited. The concert be- gins at 7:45 p.m. in the Rackham Building. French Club: The first meeting of the Summer Session French Club will take place on Thursday, June 26, at 8 p.m. in the second floor Terrace Room of the Mich- igan Union. Election of officers, "roup singing of popular French songs, social hour and on inform- al talk by Professor Charles E. Koella entitled: "La grave re- sponsabilite de la France". All (Continued on Page 4) IELD OVER CLARIBEL BAIRD . . . visiting director * * * Rehearsals are now underway for George Bernard Shaw's, com- edy-drama "Candida", to be pre- sented July 3-5 at Lydia Mendels- sohn Theatre by the speech de- partment's Michigan Repertory Players. Beth Laikan and Roger Cleary Players Will Give 'Arseici And Old Lace' Mixing gentle homicide with gleeful, if slightly murderous, madness the speech department's Michigan Repertory Players will present Joseph Kesselring's now classic comedy "Arsenic and Old Lace" July 10-12 at Lydia Men- delssohn Theatre. The maniacal saga of the two mild and benevolent maiden la- dies whose distress at seeing any- one lonely and unhappy leads them to kindly administer poison to such unfortunates all but sways the audience to the benign theory of their "charitable" work. Wtih their brother who is con- vinced that he is Teddy Roose- velt, that the staircase is San Juan Hill and that the basement is Pan- ama where is building the Pan- ama Canal lock by lock, the gen- tle murderesses lead an interest- ing life. The long New York run, road tours and the motion version have prevented earlier presentation. of the comedy by the Players.. Tickets will go on sale at 10 a.m. Monday at Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre box-office. will star in the play which opens the nineteenth summer season of the players. One of the best known of the S h a v i a n comedies, "Candida" deals with the home life of the Reverend Dr. James Morrell an unimaginative a n d ungracious "old school" gentleman who is a stickler for form and dignity, and his tactful and intelligent wife Candida. Candida's personality is an im- portant factor in the success of her narrow-minded husband but the situation is complicated when Candida tries to help a maladjust- ed poet and Morrell, misunder- standing the relationship, declares that she must choose between himself and Marchbanks, the young poet. The play's ending comes as a surprise when Candida chooses to stay with Morrell, saying that since he is the weaker of the two he needs her most. Tickets for the production, which will be directed by Prof. Valentine Windt of the speech de- partment, will go on sale at 10 a.m. Mcapday at the Lydia Men- delssohn Theatre box-office. League To Offer Evening of Bridge The League will sponsor an eve- ning of contract bridge for all students interested at 7:30 p.m. today in the League. The sponsors advise students to come in pairs, although an effort will be made to find partners for those who come alone. The room location will be posted on the main bulletin board. U' Graduate Will Produce 'Millay Drama Prof. Claribel B. Baird of Okla- homa Women's College, University' of Michigan graduate will return to Ann Arbor this summer to di- rect the speech department's Michigan Repertory Players in their production of Edna St. Vin- cent Millay's drama "The Kings Henchman". The Players' managing director this summer will be Prof. Valen- tine Windt of the speech depart- ment. Prof. Windt has been in charge of the group since its in- ception in 1929. He will direct George Bernard Shaw's "Candida" and Bizet's "Carmen" this season. Prof. Windt will be assisted by Prof. William Halstead, also of the speech department. "Arsenic and Old Lace" and "Temper The Wind" will be under his leadership this season. Exhibit: Through June. Rotun- da of University Museums Build- ing. "Michigan Fungi". Events Today Mathematics S e m i n a r s. All those interested in Seminar work in the Summer Session will meet DRIVER to CALIFORNIA WANTED New 1947 Air-Conditioned Lincoln-12 Sedan. Due to illness, owner must return by train. Contact Dr. Aus- tin, Phi Rho Sigma, 25695, with references. Exhibitions - """""""'""""" II TAVERN CAFETERIA LUNCH 11:00-1:30 DI NNER 5:00-7:00 338 MAYNARD STREET Opposite the Arcade r. n M. II CONTINUOUS DAILY FROM 1 P.M. -I Now Showing riEITmAlTEo Always C-O-O-L 11' QUICK WORK ON PRINTING NEEDS * POSTERS 0 HANDBILLS 0 INVITATIONS S STATIONERY * PROGRAMS RAMSAY-CANFIELD Ite. Opposite P-Bell 119 E. Liberty Phone 7900 DRU at , LOWEST POSSIBLE PRICES at MARSHALL'S . 235 South State Next to State Theatre Save up to 30% on DRUGS - COSMETICS Marshall's Cut Rate Drug Co. F " . ;.. .. -?! ON A Also Alladin's Harvest News Lamp of the Sea Coming Sunday! "STALLION ROAD" .. 1 I THE DEPARTMENT OF SPEECH presents THE MICHIGAN REPERTORY PLAYERS. . #I WEEKS OF SUMMER THEATRE FIVE PLAYS I1 JULY 3 TO AUGUST 11 CANDIDA July 3-5 " George Bernard Shaw once remarked that unless a play improved with forty years wear it was not worth writing. Candida is now 47 years old, and remains one of the major classics of the modern theatre, standing with Saint Joan and Heartbreak House as Show's best plays. The resilient humor and high relish of Shavian dialogue and characters have made this touching portrait of human intangibles a perennially popular comedy. EVENINGS AT 8 P.M. - SAT. MATINEES (Except Carmen) 2:30 P.M. Superb Entertainmnent SEASON TICKETS NOW ON SALE $4.80 -$4.20 - $3.00Qax Inc. Single Admissions on sale June 30 Plays $1.20, .90; .60-Oper$1.50,$1.20, .90Tax Inc. Box Office Hours -]OA.M.-5 P.M. Daily Fxcept Sunday Phone,6300 LYDIA MENDELSSOHN THEATRE The Kings Henchmen July 1719 *.The King's Henchman is one of the few plays by the brilliant American poetess Edna St. Vincent Mil- lay. It was written in 1.927 and served as the libretto for Deems Taylor's opera of the same name. It pro- vides a spectacular portrayal of the court of England in the tenth century,.and tells the story of tragic love which other poets have dramatized with the names of Paola and Francesca, Pelleas and Melisande, Tristan and Isolde, and Launcelot and Guinivere. 11 Arsenic and Old Lace July10-2 * Critics agree that the theatre, which is several thousand years old, never produced anything quite CARMEN August 7, 8, 9, and 11 Temper the Wind July 31-Aug. 2 e "By lifting an episode out of post-war history, Ed- ward Mabley and Leonard Mins have written the most forceful and absorbina topical drama of the season." 11 eFor the thirteenth consecutive season, the School of Music will collaborate with the Department of Speech :-.L. - m..-+;rtinn of rnmM, ,ner CnCrmAn is acol- 1)