The Masque, La Salle University's student-run theater organization, was founded in 1934. With the support of faculty advisor Joseph Sprissler the Masque presented its first performance on December 27, 1934 with the play Sun Up. Though there have been some gaps (particularly during WWII when the group briefly disbanded), the Masque has continued to put on plays and musicals almost continuously since its inception.
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The Sweetest Girl in Town
La Salle College
STORY OF THE PLAY
The scene is a reception room in a smart summer hotel, and briefly the story concerns the romance of young Harry Hart for Jackie Sweet, a manicurist. Harry's father, Lyon Hart, has made a million dollars with Hart's Famous Mustard Sauce and Mrs. Hart, his mother, is determined to use their wealth to achieve great social position. She is the "boss" of the family and insists that her son marry Truly Hunting, a girl who is long on background but short on cash, and who desires to make a successful marriage, financially. Mrs. Hart determines to break off Harry's engagement to Jackie and has Jackie discharged from her position in the hotel. Harry's roommate and pal was young Jack Stewart, whose initials happen to be the same as Jackie's, so Harry concocts a scheme to have Jackie impersonate his pal and pay him a visit. In act two we find Jackie looking very trim in boy's clothes, and being adored by all the girls, especially Harry's mother. All goes well until the real Jack Stewart puts in his appearance. Riotously funny complications then develop. There are several amusing minor romances running through the play, including Willie Love, a bashful and studious youth, and lda Downe, a romantic young thing; also a comic Doctor Quack who tries desperately to escape the attentions of Mrs. Lotta Doe, a wealthy widow with imaginary ills.