File:Arbutus (1921) (14579285119).jpg

Identifier: arbutus00indi_20 (find matches)
Title: Arbutus
Year: 1921 (1920s)
Authors: Indiana University
Subjects: Indiana University College yearbooks Universities and colleges
Publisher: Bloomington, Ind. : Indiana University
Contributing Library: Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center
Digitizing Sponsor: Internet Archive

View Book Page: Book Viewer
About This Book: Catalog Entry
View All Images: All Images From Book
Click here to view book online to see this illustration in context in a browseable online version of this book.

Text Appearing Before Image:
on; the Captain,Clarence Miller; Lavinia, Esther Meek; Lentulus, David Wylie; Metellus, Robert Williams;Spintho, Robert Coleman; Ferrovius, Toner Overley; an Ox Driver, Robert Bonham; theEditor of the Coliseum, Maurice Wilkinson; the Call Boy, Nelson Poynter; the MenagerieKeeper, Robert Bonham; Retiarius, Wilber Cogshall; Secutor, John Dalton; the Emperor,Maurice Yarling. The play tells with the many embellishments typical of Shaw, the old story of An-drocles, who meeting a lion with a thorn in its paw, relieves the beast of its pain by re-moving the offending object. Later, he is captured by the Romans and is thrown to thelions in the Arena, only to again meet the same lion that he has helped in the forest. Thegrateful animal refuses to eat his old friend, and so astonished and frightened are theRomans that they suffer the two to go in peace. Shaw introduces a semi-love storybetween Lavinia, another captured Christian, and a captain of the Roman legions; as INDIANA VNIVEP^^SITY (250J
Text Appearing After Image:
The Lion Tamed — Hes as Gentle as a Lamb well as a most entertaining picture of Androcles and his wife, and a number of keen andclever observations on the early Christians and their Roman lords. The prologue, laid in the jungle, with its amusing dialogue between the large, overbearing, cry-baby of a Megaera and her small, long-suffering but patient husband, and,its picture of the frightened Androcles rendering first-aid to the howling lion was highlyamusing. The second act, just outside the arena, was full of action, showing the Christiansgoing off to their expected death, the sudden outburst of the huge Ferrovius, and Andro-cles meeting with the lion. The whole performance was marked by a general and mostpleasing competence on the part of the large cast; and by stage pictures and settings ofmore than ordinary interest. These were designed by Andrew Hepburn and erected by him and Mr. Charles Hays,while the many-colored costumes, made under the direction of Julia Fennel, contributedm

Note About Images