HISTORY AND GENEALOGY RESEARCH

  SENIOR CLASS
    OF MARIPOSA HIGH
                      TO GIVE PLAY

    "The Green Dragon Emerald," a
  mystery play in three acts, will be
  given by the Senior Class at the
  high school at 8:oo o'clock Friday
  night, May 15th.
     The story is suggeste by an
  ancient Chinese legend.  A certain
  Manchu Emperor, learning of his
  young wife's unfaithfulness, ordered
  a Mah Jong set made with the Green
  Dragon tile hollow.  In the hollow
  he placed a beautiful emerald,
  poisoned with an instantly deadly
  poison, and then invited his wife
  to a game of Mah Jong.  He pre-
  sented her with the jewel, this caus-
  ing her instant death.  The Ap-
  parition of the Unfaithful Wife re-
  turned to haunt the Palace, bring-
  ing death to anyone whom she could
  forrce to take the Green Dragon tile
  for a third time.
     Our play opens with the reap-
  pearance of the ghostly Mah Jong
  set in a cabinent in the home of
  Milford Ashley, a wealthy Amer-
  ican, living in Peking.
     The master mind criminal is Sang
  Wu, a brilliant Chinese, who was
  educated at Yale University, U. S.
  He gets a powerful influence over
  Corinne Ashley.  She later dis-
  appears on the eve of a Kuomintang
  riot.
     Robert Valentine, finace' of Cor-
  inne, unites with her father to search
  for her, but to no avail.  they are
  unceasingly harassed by the con-
  stant occurances of most unusual
  events.
  The characters are printed in the
  order of their appearance.
                  Cast

  Robert Valentine....Joe Sovulewski
  Corinne Ashley..............Ruth Ellis
  Ty Lee........................Glenn Moss
  Sam Wentworth........Frank James
  Milford Ashley..........Adrian Quick
  Mammy..................Dorothy Beery
  San Wu.....................Roy Jastram
  The Apparition............Ralph Hern
  Sui San.................Eulalla Johnson
  Ah Ming...................Eleanor Saimi
  Colonel Leighton......Pete Thomson
  Dr. James Willis........Walter Argall
  Budda........................Alvin Nelson
  Wong, evil servant....................???
                  Time: Present
                   Place: Peking, China
     Every member of the Senior
  Class has a part in the play.  The
  seniors and their play director, Miss
  McCombs, have been rehearsing
  long hours to make this play a suc-
  cess.  the Chinese costumes worn
  by Roy Jastram are all real Chinese
  costumes and cost one hundred dol-
  lars.
     Everyone is urged to lend their
  support to help the Seniors.
     Prices are fifty cents for adults
  and twenty-five cents for all school
  pupils.
 

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