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Play "Bell, Book and Candle"Entry/Object ID
2024.17.09Scope and Content
A Bay Players Production
p. 10 Welcome frientds: Ann Randolph, President
p. 11 BAY PLAYERS 1954 / Present
SUMMER THEATRE / During / JUNE AND JULY
COMMUNITY HOUSE / On / THE SHORES OF LAKE ERIE
STAY COOL / GOOD ENTERTAINMENT / BRING THE FAMILY
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p. 12 Bay / Village / Players / Spring Production
Twenty-SIXTH season 1953-54
"BELL, BOOK AND CANDLE"
A play in three acts / by / John Van Druten
Under the direction of / Paul Yaple
Bay Village High School Auditorium
March 31st / Through April 3rd
p. 13 FOR THIS PRODUCTION (those who assisted) 22 names listed for various jobs, some more than once.
p. 14 Cast
Marty Robinson
Tom Fletcher
A Cat (Pyewacket)
Marybell Cooney
Jay Bender
Richard Morrison
The action of the play takes place in Gillian Holroyd's apartment in the Murray Hill District of New York City.
Act One and Act Two and Act III
p. 16 Cast Chatter
Bell, Book and Candle is a 1950 Broadway play by John Van Druten
Gillian Holroyd is one of the few modern people who can actually cast spells and perform feats of supernaturalism. She casts a spell over an unattached publisher, Shepherd Henderson, partly to keep him away from a rival and partly because she is attracted to him. He falls head over heels in love with her at once and wants to marry her. But witches, unfortunately, cannot fall in love, and this minute imperfection leads into a number of difficulties. Ultimately, the lady breaks off with her companions in witchery, preferring the normal and human love offered her by the attractive publisher. But before the happy conclusion of the romance, Gillian comes very near to losing him—but doesn’t.
Regarding the play itself, author Druten stated in an interview: “Originally Bell, Book and Candle was a rather more serious play, but then I asked myself what constitutes witchcraft ... and I felt the answer lies in the fact that witches primarily seem to exist for their own self-gratification. However, one has to stop living in terms of ‘self’ if aspects of love are ever to be realized.”
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