THE MAIL

To the Editors of the CRIMSON:

I think that the casting of a male in the role of Saint Joan is a captivating idea. Might I say that the idea, scintillating as it may be, is not original with the Harvard group. I remember distinctly viewing a dramatization of "Joan" staged by the Whimsy Players of Long neck on the cpae, where several of the young men of the group fairly sparkled in their newly-discovered outlets.

One must be sure, of course, that nothing is allowed to interfere with the job at hand. The man chosen for the part must literally throw himself into the vast sea that was the soul of the Savieur de France. I remember well the case of Reginald Arbutney, who gave the Longneck Theater its greatest evening in the first male "Joan." Unfortunately, Reginald was never allowed to follow his star for he inadvertently tied a corset string to one spur and thereby broke his neck mounting his white charger in the last act. May the Harvard Joan have more care. J. Thisby McManus '41.