| The Enchanted | |
|---|---|
| by | |
| Jean Giraudoux | |
| Maurice Valency | Adaptation into English of Giraudoux's "Intermezzo" |
| Season 39 |
| Dec 28 to Dec 29, 1951 |
Saturday Players (production for children); EODL 1952 Regional Festival (full-length) and Dominion Drama Festival entry
The Enchanted was repeated at the OLT on Feb. 16, 1952, as a benefit performance to defray the expenses of performing at the EODL (Eastern Ontario Drama League) Festival in Peterborough.
It was performed again on Feb. 29, 1952, as one of the OLT entries into the Festival in Peterborough. There it won the Rupert Davies Cup for Best Presentation of a Full-Length Play.
"The Enchanted" was subsequently selected from among the other regional Best Production winners to represent Eastern Ontario at the Dominion Drama Festival (Apr 28-May 3) in Saint John, NB. Ottawa audiences had one more opportunity to see it when it was performed again at the OLT on Apr 5, 1952.
It was performed at the DDF on May 1, 1952, where it won top honours - the coveted Bessborough Trophy for Best Production. Julia Murphy also won the Louis Jouvet Trophy for Best Director, and Clesson Goodhue won Best Supporting Actor.
| Cast | ||
|---|---|---|
| Clesson Goodhue | The Mayor | |
| Roland McNicoll | The Doctor | |
| Andrée Cunningham | Isabel | |
| Sheila Simpson | Little Girl: Gilberte | |
| Maureen Carson | Little Girl: Denise | |
| Connie Feller | Little Girl: Viola | |
| Ruth Addleman | Little Girl: Daisy | |
| Carolyn Aide | Little Girl: Lucy | |
| Beverley Goldberg | Little Girl: Irene | |
| Sheila Rogers | Little Girl | replacement for the DDF performance |
| Mary Lewis | Little Girl | replacement for the DDF performance |
| William (Bill) Armstrong | The Inspector | |
| Christopher Taylor | The Supervisor | |
| Grant Munro | The Supervisor | replaced Christopher Taylor for DDF performance |
| Paul Lapointe | The Ghost | |
| Marian Taylor | Armande Mangebois | |
| Therese May | Leonide Mangebois | |
| Richard (Dick) Lamb | 1st Executioner / Papa Tellier | |
| John Haydon | 2nd Executioner / Monsieur Adrien |
| Production Team | ||
|---|---|---|
| Julia Murphy (MacBrien, Mrs. G. Arnold Murphy) | Director | |
| Stan White | Set Design | |
| George L. Palmer | Lighting | |
| Francis Poulence | Music |