NO SPRING PRODUCTION BY THE DRAMATIC CLUB

It has been decided that there will be no spring production given by the Dramatic Club this year. Old members of the club are returning to College slowly, and at present there are not enough experienced men to furnish the nucleus for a successful production. Most of the members who went overseas have not yet returned, but many of them will be back for the fall term. Even a greater obstacle than the lack of experienced men is the precarious financial outlook. A spring production would necessarily be coincident with the Victory Loan, and with the big war work organizations needing and campaigning for funds, the public would hardly be able to give the club the financial support it has in the past, and which is essential if the high standardset by former productions is to be maintained.

During its period of enforced inactivity, the Dramatic Club has published a volume of its one-act plays produced in former seasons, and the venture has been a decided success, over twelve hundred copies having been sold in the course of a few months. A new edition is in preparation and will be placed upon the market shortly.

Dramatic Club Has Unique Position.

Plans are already under way for a resumption of activities upon the opening of the fall term. To men with a liking for any branch of theatrical work, unusual opportunities are offered. The Harvard Dramatic Club has occupied a unique position among university stage organizations, being the only college dramatic club to write, act, and produce its own plays, and the only one, with the exception of certain societies in co-educational institutions, to have women act the women roles, a policy which has brought its performances much nearer to the professional standard than is possible where men do the female parts. Membership in the club is determined by competitions, which are held in acting, business, publicity, and stage managing, scenery and costume designing, and lighting. No previous experience is necessary for candidates, some of the most successful men in the past having acquired all their experience in the club itself.

Professor Baker's Workshop 47 which is not an undergraduate organization but which is closely allied to the Dramatic Club will give one or more additional productions this year. Men who desire to do theatrical work with a view to making the Dramatic Club in the fall may come out for this, and if they can be used, credit will be given them for their work, when the competitions are held for the club next fall. These men should report to R. T. Bushnell '19 Standish A 14 as soon as possible.

All present members of the Dramatic Club, whether they will return to College next year or not are urged to send their addresses to Standish A 14 that they may be notified of an important meeting to be held in the near future.