Home Economics

The maid (Lori Buglewicz) admonishes Dr. Sloper

(Mark Daiy) to be home early. —Ca11away Studios.

Notre Dame has presented the two faces of drama this year. The face of comedy was presented by ‘Our Hearts Were Young and Gay’, while the more serious side was shown in ‘The Heiress’. This is the story of a young girl who is destroyed because her father does not love her. Mary Lohmeier and Mark Daly portrayed the father-daughter team which was really not a family since it lacked love. Catherine Sloper’s Aunt Penniman (Kathy Jones) tried to help her learn to love unsuccessfully until Morris Townsend (Chris Crotty) entered her life. Catherine naively failed to realize that Morris was really after her money. Dr. Sloper was less naive, however, andhe threatened to disinherit his daughter if she married Morris. He jilted her, and over the years her bitterness increased. A more mature andpeni— tent Morris returned two years later after Dr. Sloper’s death, but this time the cynical Catherine rejected him completely.

The cast gave a superbperformance, drawing the audience into the tension. The crew created a setting so realistic that it was hard to believe it was not an actual home.

Congratulations to the directress, Mrs. James O’Neill

Catherine (Mary Lohmeier) clings to her father as she dreads yet another social failure. —Callaway Studios.