voice, but one that a young Englishman might use to impersonate an older lady. It is hard enough to do a feminine voice, but a semi-feminine voice with an English accent yet?

The play was to be done in turn-of-the-century costumes, so rehearsal skirts were used to let the actresses get used to the full length skirts. You can imagine my secret pleasure at being asked to wear a skirt like the rest of the girls! It turned out that my costume didn't do a thing for me. There was a long black skirt, a padded bodice trimmed in white, a white cotton shawl, and an absolutely hideous wig. Ah, well, we can't have everything, I guess.

Performance time came much too soon. I would have loved to have kept up the rehearsals because they were such fun. We played to about four hundred people a night. Opening night Joyce made her debut as an actress. My brother had been through several opening nights, but this one was my very first!

I must admit that it was hard work. I had to take several pratfalls in the interest of comedy, and I bruised myself in a number of places. The quick changes were hectic and it was hot under those lights, especi- ally in a long black dress with woolen men's slacks on underneath.

People's comments were interesting. Several references were made about what a "lovely girl" I was (not true, as the picture will attest). One person said that I should have a chance for both the best actor and the best actress awards of the season. A GG who knows all about me said, "The others may think it was your brother up there, but I could tell it was Joyce.”

It was great fun, of course, to appear before hundreds of people "dressed" with their approval and applause. I would have preferred playing a younger lady, but Donna Lucia was better than nothing.

I wonder how many of the people who have played this role were FPs who enjoyed it as much as I did. At any rate, it was an experience that will live in this actress' mind forever.

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