Alcalá 1960

The fo un di ngpu rp os eof the Alcala Pa rk Pl ayers is that tho se in ter es tedin dr am at icar t may pu t in to pra cti ce theory lear ne d in dr ama cou rses, with th e hope that a lov e fo r go od theatre, may be fo st er ed ,which wil l en rich the know led geof his tor y and lit erat ur elea rned in aca dem ic cours es. To st ar t off the yea r, Cr ai g Noe l, the res ide nt di recto rof San Diego'sOld GlobeThe at re , spok econcer n­ ing the thea tre of toda y. Mr. No el empha sized the fact that parti ci patio n in dr am at ics,whether ama­ teu r or pr of es sio na l,mu st be acc ompanied by co nstan teffort and pr ev ai lin g in tere st .He sta ted that the gr ea test rewa rd in th ea tr ewo rk is the pe rso na lsen se of ach ievement ra ther than mo ne tar y remunera ­ tion or recogn ition . An ac tor, oractr ess, has a spi ri t ofde dic ationand a belie f in hi s, orhe r, wor k, and th is expl ains the ha rd wo rk and long hours which are mor e tha n made up fo r with th e bu rst of ap plau se at the end of a go od pe rfo rman ce . Th e Alc ala Pa rk Pl ayers endeavor in al l the ir pr od uc tio nsto cr ea te the atmos ph er eof true thea­ tre . Sc rip ts ar e ap proa ch ed first on the basis of the in terp re tatio n of th e imageryconnote din the lin es . Improv isa tio n is the next ste p as the actr ess ana lyses he r chara cte r as to mo tives behin d the acti onand wor ds , and acts ou t in her own word s the ch ar acte r'sresponse to va rio us si tuat ions .On ly af te r th is is do ne is th e sc rip t memoriz ed an d po lis hed for the final prod uc tio n.

The first pr esen tat ionwa s th e BISH OP 'SBEG­ GA R on the Pr es iden t'sFeast. Thi s shor t play wa s gi ven as chamber thea tre, th e stage devo id of scen­ ery, and the act ion al te rn at in gbetween na rrat io n, di al og ue and ac tio n. On No vembe r 20, and 21s t, th e Pla yer s an d the Alc ala Masqu ersof the Men 's Co lle ge pr ese nte dTHE LATE GEORGE APLEY, a sa tir e on Boston soc iety in th e early dec ade s of th e twen tie thcentu ry. For Re ve ren dMot he r'sFea st Wish es , Febru ary 11 th , a ve rse read ing was pre ­ sente d which po rtr ay ed th e fo re sh adow ing of the reali tie sof the New Co ve na nt,the liv ing sacr ifice , by th e off eri ngof bre ad and wi ne by Me lch isedec h, an d the manna gi ven to the Jew s in the de se rt. Th es e rea lit ies ga ve a de ep er un ders tand ing of the da ily Sacrif ice of the Alta r and a more pr of ou nd rea liz ati on of Ch ris t's Pre sen ce in the Ta be rnac le . Oth er pr od uc tio ns ,in co nj un cti onwith the Mas­ qu er swe re the orig inalmu sic al,THE GIR LFROM HISPA NIOLA, on Februa ry 27, 28t h, and the Pas­ sion Play on Palm Su nd ay . The sp ri ng prod uc tio nwa s JANE EYRE.

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