UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA

THE BANFF SCHOOL OF FINE ARTS

EXPERIMENTAL PRODUCTIONS OF

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W R ITTEN B Y ST U D E N T S IN PRO FESSOR K O C H 'S CO U R SE IN PL A Y W RITIN G

A N D E X P E R IM E N TA L P R O D U C T IO N

1940

^PROFESSOR KOCH has, for twenty-five years or more, been faithful to that first idea of his, and he has so thoroughly taught and demonstrated it all over the country that to him we owe not a little of the authentic honesty that has come into Am­erican drama . . . On every side we hear: Write of the life around you, protest against the condition that attempts to engulf you, dramatize America . . . Professor Koch has every reason to exult that his private idea of folk drama as first practiced in North Dakota and further sustained in North Carolina has been so thoroughly assimilat­ed throughout the land.”

THE BANFF SCHOOL AUDITORIUM

THE FOURTH SERIES OF

A F O L K TH E A TRE

—MONTROSE J. MOSES

BANFF, ALBERTA

August 28th, 1940

DR. K O C H w i l l i n t r o d u c e th e a u th o r s o f th e p lays , w h o w i l l speak b r ie f l y o f t h e i r sources.

QIl|tpmitnk aui» Slip GDrol-UuntanA Le gend o f th e O k a n a g a n In d ia n s

By Elizabeth Renyi, Oliver, British Columbia

T H E C H A R A C T E R S

K O T S - S E - W E - A H T O O M - A H .........G r a n d m o th e r C h ip m u n kK O T S - S E - W E - A H ................................................................... C h ip m u n kS N E E - N A H .............................................................................. O w l W o m a nS I N - K A - L I P ........................................................................................ C oyo teW Y - W E T Z K U L A .......................................................... M e a d o w L a r k

All the characters in the play will be enacted by A N ­TH O N Y W A LS H , drama instructor of the Inkameep In- ndian Reserve.

S C E N E 1: A c le a r in g in th e f o r e s t w i t h b e r r y bushes in the b a c k g ro u n d .

S C E N E . I I : T h e teepee o f K O T S - S E - W E - A H T O O M A H , G r a n d m o th e r C h ip m u n k .

T I M E : A n e a r l y a f t e rn o o n in th e m o n th o f A u g u s t .

UUjpu 5>1jp (Sbpsp 3UyA C o m e d y o f V i l l a g e L i f e

By T. H. Lonsdale, Banff, Alberta

T H E C H A R A C T E R S

D A N K E N N E D Y , the village store keeper ......... Geo rge H a r d yM A R Y K E N N E D Y , his sister and house keeper

M u r ie l N iv e nM R S . J A N E M O R R IS , the village gossip . . . . P eggy Bensen M A R T H A R O N N I N G , the village spinster . . . M a r io n C ooperH A M I L T O N ( H A M ) B R A D , a bachelor .................... B i l l L i t t l eR E V . J O H N H A R R I S , the village minister . . S i g u r d S orenson

S C E N E : T h e v i l l a g e o f W e s t w a r d H o in th e f o o t h i l l s o f th e P ro v in c e o f A lb e r t a .

T I M E : T h e presen t . A n a f t e rn o o n in O c to be r .

D i re c te d by Jo h n A . P o l le t te

grafts of IGiylftA P la y o f a S m a l l - T o w n F a m i l y

By Billy Carr, Warner, Albert a

T H E C H A R A C T E R S

M A W A D E , the mother ........................................... E l le n C o x w o r thA D A W A D E , the daughter .................................. M a g d a le n GrossJ O H N W A D E , the married son ...................................... B r e t S w ee t

S C E N E : T h e l i v i n g ro o m o f th e ho m e o f M a W a d e in a l i t t l e t o w n in S o u th e rn A lb e r t a .

T I M E : T h e p resen t . T w o o’c lo c k in th e a f t e rn o o n o f a s u n n y da y in June .

D ire c te d by G w en P h a r is R in g w o o d .

filial iEfrtttmtA C o m e d y o f a S m a l l - T o w n E d i t o r

By John A. MacNaughton, Brandon Manitoba

T H E C H A R A C T E R S

M E R T P A L M E R , owner and editor o f“ T h e S m o k e R iv e r C l a r i o n ” . . . F r a n k L o w e

M R S . J E R O M E H A D D E R S L E Y ,self-styled social leader . . . . R ow en a H a w k i n g s

E L M E R , M ert’s right-hand man .................... F o s te r I s h e rw o o dT H E D O C T O R , his friend ................................ F r e d e r ic k W a g n e rC H I E F P E M B E R T O N , Chief of Police ........... R a lp h Y a rw o o dM R . W I L L O U G H B Y , a business man ................ A r t h u r E v a n s

S C E N E : T h e o f f ic e o f “ T h e C la r i o n ” , w e e k ly n e w s p a p e r in S m o k e R iv e r , M a n i to b a .

T I M E : T h e p resen t . A m o r n in g in la te M ay .

D ire c te d by G w en P h a r is R in g w o o d .

iiarueiit SiratA P la y o f A lb e r t a W h e a t F ie ld s

By N. Alice Frick, Edmonton, Alberta

T H E C H A R A C T E R S

B O B R U S K , farm er ............................................................ B re t S w ee tM R S . R U S K , his w ife ............................................... E d n a O e s t re ic hF R A N K R U S K , their twenty-year-old son . . . George H a r d y F R E D A R U S K , their fourteen-year old

daughter ...........................E l iz a b e th A u s t i nM R . D I N M O N T , machine dealer from town . . . A r t h u r E va n s

S C E N E : T h e edge o f a w h e a t f i e l d on th e f a r m o f Bob R u s k in E a s te r n - C e n t r a l A ib e r t a .

T I M E : T h e p resen t . N oon o f a h o t d a y in th e la te A u g u s t .

D i re c te d by G w en P h a r is R in g w o o d .

South? SureA P la y o f B e ys ’ L i f e

By Stuart Carson, Edmonton, Alberta

T H E C H A R A C T E R S

A N D Y ......................................................................... D o n a ld M a c D o n a ldB O B S ................................................................................... D ic k M a c D o n a ldA R C H ..................................................................................... W i l f r e d B enyM A B E L .............................................................................. Rebecca R o v n e r

S C E N E : A C a n a d ia n c i t y . T h e B oys ’ C lu b - h o u s e on “ th e o th e r s ide o f th e t r a c k s ” .

T I M E : T h e p resen t . A n i g h t in la te s p r in g .

D i re c te d by G w e n P h a r is R in g w o o d .

TH E P R O D U C T IO N S T A F F

P R O D U C T I O N D I R E C T O R ................ G w en P h a r is R in g w o o dT H E S E T T I N G S ................................................. R ic h a rd M a c D o n a ldT H E S T A G E M A N A G E M E N T ............................. R o b e r t H u n t e rT H E M A K E U P .......................................................... Inez M a c D o n a ldT H E L I G H T I N G .......................................................... H e r b e r t S m i thS T A G E A S S I S T A N T S : E i le en B a w d e n , M a r io n C ooper,

L i l i a n F e rb e y , E v e ly n H a r t . I va R u p p , S onya S y d n e y R u th T a n n e r , Joh n M a c N a u g h to n , J o h n n y H ic k e y .

THE BANFF SCHOOL OF FINE ARTS

The Banff School of Fine Arts was founded in 1933 by E. A. Corbett, then Director of the Department of Extension of the University of Alberta, as a result of a grant made by the Carnegie Corporation in 1932, tor the purpose of develop­ing interest in the Fine Arts.

If In August, 1933 the Banff School of F'ine Arts was open­ed, giving four weeks of intensive instruction and practise in theatre arts: voice, speech, acting, staging etc. By 1936 curricula in painting (thanks to a fortunate alliance with the Provincial Institute of Technology and Art) and music— piano and voice—had been added.

Each year since 1933, the school has continued to grew in popularity and usefulness, until today it is recognized as an international school devoted to the arts. Superbly situated in the heart of the Canadian Rockies amidst scenery unsur­passed the world over, the Banff School of Fine Arts offers unexcelled opportunities for a delightful holiday, combined with stimulating study in music, art, and dTama under the leadership of outsit anding instructors assembled from all over the American continent.

U While the school was designed primarily to raise the cul­tural standards of community life by catering to the needs of nonprofessional people, professional credits which are ac­cepted by Departments of Education and Universities in the United States and Canada are given.

U During the last four years a special effort has been made to encourage the writing and production of native Canadian drama. Under the leadership of Dr. Frederick H. Koch, Head of the Department of Dramatic Art of the University of North Carolina, the response has been most gratifying, with the result that Canadians are beginning to draw on the rich storehouse of dramatic material which the life and history of the country so richly provide.

U In recognition of the growing importance of the Banff School of Fine Arts among institutions in Canada, the Banff School Board, with assistance from the Dominion Government and the University of Alberta, erected for occupancy in 1940 a splendid new auditorium containing one of the best stages in Western Canada. Students of the Fine Arts find a delight in working in a building especially designed to harmonize with their mountain setting.

U Information may be obtained by writing to Donald Cam­eron, Director, Banff School of Fine Arts, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada.