Smyrna Times

FINE HOME-TALENT PLAY
"Who's Wilde," Auspices Smyrna 20th Century Club, Held 2 Nights

One of the best home-talent shows in years was that given at the new auditorium of the John Bassett Moore High School, Thursday and Friday, under the auspices of the Smyrna Twentieth Century Club. The title of the home-talent play was "Who's Wilde," groomed by the Wheeler Producing Company of Wilmington, a successful concern that has grown until now they are producing their plays in eleven states.

Mr. and Mrs. H. J. Wheeler gave the Smyrna folks their own personal service, Mrs. Wheeler coaching and drilling our home talent, and Mr. Wheeler looking after the assembling of stage.

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property which he did to a nicety, making the stage effect as up-to-date as you would find in any play-house. The roomy stage of the school auditorium was ideal for taking care of the Smyrna home-talent aggregation of 100 or more people and the excellent coaching work of Mrs. Wheeler made the production stand out unique as one of the best ever given in Smyrna. When it is considered that only two weeks, and to some not that much, the good Smyrna talent as usual, rose to the occasion and delighted everybody. Those taking the prominent parts were: Dixie Taylor, as "Peggy Blaine," one of the newly weds; Darwin Davidson as "Tom Walker," Peggy's husband, much in love with Peggy but forced through circumstances to be but one of her many admirers: Alice Breme as "Ann Darling," a friend of both; Dorothy Riggs as "Polly," the unsophisticated country girl; Ed. Everhart as "Jack Summers," a suitor for Peggy's hand in marriage; Francis Yeates as "Hi Hopple," the country chore boy, and Nelson Everhart as "Mr. Walker, Sr," the fiery old uncle. The supporting casts were composed of boys and girls, men and women of the community. The little folks introduced the program with a fantasie entitled "Springtime," and it won hearty applause. Shapley's orchestra furnished the music, Miss Thelma Rogers being the piano accompanist not only for the orchestra but for most of the solos and concert singing. Mrs. Wheeler delighted audiences with her solo work as did Mr. Moffett who came before the footlights during the shift of scenes. Mr. Wheeler thanked the people of Smyrna and community, the Women's Club and the cast and said Smyrna should be proud of its school auditorium, he not finding anything like it in the eleven states he is producing plays.