WKU Archives Records WKU Archives 12-1958 UA68/17/2 Macbeth
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UA68/17/2 MacbethWKU Western Players
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Recommended CitationWKU Western Players, "UA68/17/2 Macbeth" (1958). WKU Archives Records. Paper 6156.https://digitalcommons.wku.edu/dlsc_ua_records/6156
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Greetings and Welcome to Weste rn!
Western Kentucky State College
presents with pride, anothe r outstanding
dr amatic production by the Western College
Playe r s .
We are confident that the presentation of MACBETH, by Director
Russell H. Mille r and his Weste rn s tudent cas t , will be a superior one .
We are highly pleased to have you present, and we solicit
your continued s upport of "the drama " on the Hill.
Kelly Thompson
Pres ident
The plan worked OUl several
years ago by Mr. Miller to produce a classic
play at regular intevals and to invite neighboring
high schools to make this playa part of the
English progr ams for the yea r has always had
m y he artiest approval. This gives Western a chance to widen its
influence in the area and to consolidate the Englis h program in both
high school and college . We welcome all ollr visitors and trus t that
you will r e turn on all similar occasions , to he lp all of us in our problems
of producing worth - while plays.
Gordon Wilson
Chairman of English Department
The Cast
Duncan, King of Scotland Malcolm ) his sons Donaldbain ) Macbeth,) General s of the Banquo ) Scottish Army Macduff, ) Ross, Lennox , Menteith , Angus , Caithness
) ) Noblemen of ) Scotland ) )
Gordon ) Fleance, Son to Banquo Siward , Earl of Northumberland ,
General of the English Forces
Young Siward , his son Seyton , an Officer of Macbeth's
Attendant to Macbeth A Porter A Sergeant A Scotch Doctor Two Murderers
Lady Macbe th Lady Macduff A Gentlewoman , attending
Lady Macbeth The Weird Sisters
Hecate
Charles F. Shields David Polk Harold White Dennis Preston William L. Greer William C. Main Glenn L. Johnson Brank McKinsey James Crabtree Don Morris David Armistead William Forester Danny Boggs
Lacey Wallace Douglas Hardgrave Jim Head
Socrates Vurnis Joe Walsh Douglas Hardgrave Wallace Thomas John Baird , Joe Walsh
Barbara Utley Sue Grafton
Nancy Boyles Judy Neill, Lu Rouse ,
Connie Yeage r Susan Moses
Also - Lords, Gentlemen , Officers . Soldiers , Messengers, Appa ritions, Attendants.
Technical Staff:
Stage Manager Set Designed and Constructed by Lighting and Sound designed by Assistant to Director Assis tant Stage Manager Script Assistants
John Minton Walter Langsford Charles F. Shields John C . Baird Cliff Hurst Vivian Booker, Nancy Boyles, Sus an Moses , Sue Grafton
A YEAR WITH WESTERN PLAYERS
T HE MOUSETRAP
An intriguing "Whodunit " from the pen of Agatha Christ ie , a master
of mystery, is currently popular on London' s "West Side" . Pat Stiff and
Brad Shaw as the leads , opened the 1958 season
MY THREE ANGELS
This delightfully wicked farce by Sam and
Bella Spewack set in the French penal colony
of Guiana made "Angel s " of three well -
meaning criminals, who led by Joe Wal sh ,
took malicious delight in their angels
assignments .
WESTER N
Summer Theatre , now in its 4th season at
Western gave both students and townspeople
a chance at t he fascinating art of play making
with arena s taging.
\ I SUMMER AND SMOKE
Tennessee Williams' hauntingly poetiC study in frus trated love was given
proscenium treatment in a new version with Mary Ruth Grise and Walter
Langsford as the author's young lovers .
MACBETH
In Shakespeare's master tragedy of impatient ambition ,
Dennis Preston brings to life this man of great strength
and great weakness. Barbara Utley plays Lady Macbeth,
the Bard 's greatest female creation . Charles Shields is
Macbeth's victim , Duncan , King of Scotland. Judy Neill
leads the supernatur al chor us composed of the Weird
Sis te rs .
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Added to this was a sparkling repertoire
of plays from authors Noel Coward,
F. Hugh Herbert and Tennessee Williams.
SUMMER AND SMOKE HAYFEVER T HE MOON IS BLUE
Synopsis of Scene s
Act One
Scene 1: A desert place Scene 2: King Duncan's camp near Forres. Scene 3: A heath on the way to Fon-es. Scene 4: Duncan's camp again. Scene 5: Inverness. Macbeth 's castle. Scene 6: Courtyard of Macbe th 's castle. Scene 7: Late r that evening. Scene 8: Late at night. Scene 9: After midnight.
Scene 1: Scene 2: Scene 3: Scene 4: Scene 5: Scene 6: Scene 7: Scene 8: Scene 9:
Intermission of Ten Minutes
Act Two
Inverness. The courtyard of Macbeth;s castle. The same at daybreak . The Palace at Forres . The Palace of Forres. A few minutes later. A park near the Palace. Later The Great Hall of the Palace . The de sert place again. Cavern of the Weird Sisters. Fife. Macduff' s cas tle .
Scene 10: England . Before King Edward's Palace.
Scene 1: Scene 2: Scene 3: Scene 4: Scene 5: Scene 6: Scene 7: Scene 8:
Intermission of Ten Minutes
Act Three
The open country near Duns inane. The same. Dunsinane. Macbeth 's cas tle. Duns inane . A room in the castle. The same. Dunsinane. Within the castle. The same. The s ame .
Scene . - - Scotland; England.
(The action of the play transpires between 1040 and 1057 A. D.)
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The Western Players wish to express their appreciation to :
Park City Daily News , The College Heights He rald , WLBJ and WKCT, for cooperation in publiCity.
The Crew
Crew for Set Decoration and Construction
Sue Grafton, Vivian Booker, Judy Neill, William Forester , Lloyd Willis , John C. Baird , Wallace Thomas, Connie Yeager David Armistead, Barbara Utley Donald Morris
Properties
Make -Up
Costumes
Promotion
Vivian Booker , Peggy Grider, Carolyn Jones , JoAnn Hall , Sara Neville , John C. Baird
Mrs. Elizabeth G. Walz , Naomi Dempsey, Sally Coker, JoAnn Hall
Helen Stinnett , Shirley Enz , Eaves Cos tume Company of
New York City
Walter Langsford , Joe Walsh , Sue Grafton, Lloyd Will is , William Foreste r " Judy Terry , Rachel Chadwick
House Cha irmen Pat Stiff, Sandra Dempsey, Mary Ruth Grise
Through the years, the Western Players has been that lodestone that attracted and united those students at Western whose interest in drama, entertainment, and the theatre has provided them a medium for creative expression.
Through its sessions and activities have passed hundreds who have found the fun they sought at whatever depth they dared and among these the dedicated few who found a means of satisfying a keener aesthetic appreciation because they possessed the precious spark of human creativity.
Each is welcome - - each has his place - - for it is the purpose of theatre to hold the mirror up to life to show us what we are and what we might be.
Rus sell H. Mille r
Director
Office r s for the year 1958-59
Chairman of the Board
Secretary
Business Manager
Publici ty Manager
Personne l Manager
Stage Manage r
Program Chai r man
Historian
Director
T he Western Players Wes tern Kentucky State College Bowling Green , Kentucky
Walte r Langsford
Sandra Dem psy
David Polk
Joe Walsh
Par Stiff
John Minton
JoAnn Hall
Junior Wortham
Russe ll H. Mille r