A performance in Yorkton of the play MACBETH. Circa 1910. (Photo: H. Jackson Collection). William Shakespeare (1564-1616) had a company of players who performed for the Court of England. He had been commanded by the King to produce a story of Scottish history and "MACBETH" was the end result. Stage performances were very popular in olden days, as they were in the days of settlement. A yearning for entertainment would have drawn all the large population of Anglo-Canadian, Scottish and English settlers of the town and of the neighboring rural areas to the performance. The actors were: 1. Allan Tuckwell, 2. Lilly Speers, 3. Faith Carpenter, 4. Marjory Turner, 5. Sylvia Trueman, 6. Adrian Horn, 7. Miler Magrath, 8. Miss Hotson, 9. Lawrence Homer, 10. Mr. Cram, 11. Pearl Clement, 12. Mr. Bean, 13. Josephine Hendrickson, 15. Fred Lawton, 16. Proctor Foster, 17. Frank Christie, 18. Loy Matheson, 19. Frank Clark, 20. Percy Pearce, 21. Dan Young, 22. James Magrath, 23. Milford Switzer, 24. John Montgomery, 25. Roy Hukins, 26. Allen Hall, 27. Harold Ashdown, 28. Herbert Reed, 29. N. Murray, 30. Frank Ferguson.
Contact:
Therese LeFebvre Prince,
Heritage Researcher,
City of Yorkton, Box 400
37 Third Avenue North
Yorkton, Sask. S3N 2W3
306-786-1722
[email protected]
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