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TUESDAY, MARCH 2.1948
UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
PAGE SEVEN
Author Of 'Cry Of Players' Affable Despite New Fame
Will Gibson, the Kansan who wrote "A Cry of Players," was affable and informal despite his new fame, when a University Daily Kansan reporter interviewed him at the Arts and Crafts festival. With Gibson was Miss Margaret Webster, who will produce and direct his play in New York next fall.
Although Mr. Gibson was born in New York, he came to Kansas in 1940 so that his wife could obtain her doctorate in psychology at the University.
Working On Another Play
Mr. Gibson said that he chose Shakespeare in writing his play because the wild and misspent youth of the English writer is "justified by history." He said that "Shakespeare provides interest of situation by which we see how invalid the judgments of a given time are."
The author is now working on an an-
nouncement with the present title of
"Sea Change."
Mr. Gibson's main interest, however, is writing poetry. His first volume of poems, "Winter Crook," was published this month.
The playwright believes that the University men—Herk Harvey, Loren Kennedy, Tom Rea, and Tom Shay—did exceptionally good work in "A Cry of Players." I couldn't have put the show on without them," Gibson said.
Miss Webster comes from an acting family. She is the daughter of Tame May Whitty and the late Ben Webster, both famous Shakespeare actors. The director herself was an actress until she "got bored with going to the theater every night." She then decided to direct and to experiment with theater productions in London. In 1937 she came to New York to direct "Richard II" starring Maurice Evans.
Miss Webster Prefers Moderns
When asked why she chose to direct the classics instead of modern plays. Miss Webster said, "No modern writers are good enough." She liked "A Cry of Players," because "it is true to human experiences."
Author of "Shakespeare Without Tears,' which is used as a reference book by University drama students, Miss Webster is currently working on two other-books. One is on Shakespeare and the other on her family and its experiences in the theater.
Ruth E. Henry, fine arts, and Oliver D. Leighton, education, both freshmen, triumphed over Carl Nidy and Virginia Yagdy of the Des Moines in the mixed doubles elimination. The scores were 21-17, 21-13, 21-14
KU Places High In Table Tennis
Miss Henry was defeated by Miss Yagdy for the women's singles championship. After winning two games 21-17 and 21-16 Miss Henry lost the remaining three 17-21, 18-21, 17-21.
The tournament, sponsored by the Des Moines Table Tennis association, was of the straight elimination type. There was no limitation on age or groups represented. A number of teams entered from Omaha, Minneapolis, and Iowa towns, Cowley said.
Leighton reached the quarter finals in men's singles.
K. U. table tennis teams placed first in mixed doubles, second in women's singles and reached the quarter finals in men's singles at the Central Western Open tournament at Des Moines Sunday.
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