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The Spike: or, Victoria College Review, Annual Extravaganva July 1923

ACT I.—A Prehistoric Village in Gordzone Country

ACT I.—A Prehistoric Village in Gordzone Country.

Cast of Characters in the order of their appearance.

Sheezastunna (Queen of Gordzone Country)

Mr. A. J. Mazengarb

Paint the pretty face,
Dye the coral lip,
Emphasize the grace
Of her ladyship!

—Mikado.

Wottabute Miss F. Churchill

The angels in pink and the angels in blue
In muslins and moires so lovely and new.

—Clough.

Yourethewun Miss T. Baldwin

Subjected to your heavenly grace (Poetical phrase)
My brain is turned completely.

—Utopia Limited.

Imeanother Miss M. Pigou

Attendants on Sheezastunna
A voice, whose every word and tone
Might make a thousand hearts its own.

—Prued.

Bill Mushie Mr. P. Martin-Smith

A clever spouter
He'll sure turn out.

—R. A. Millikin.

Tom Trillforth Mr. I. Hjorring

"Love you?" said I, then I sighed, and then I gazed upon her sweetly—
For I think I do this sort of thing particularly neatly.

—Gilbert.

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Hairy Harry Mr. N. Whiteman

Suitors of Sheezastunna
My mother bids me mind my hair.

—McCaw.

Sir Robert Spout Mr. S. E. Baume

He was wonderfully active for so very stout a party.

Bab Ballads.—

Princess Ivanellovanitch Mr. K. L. Matthews

Go away, madam;
I should say, madam,
You display, madam,
Shocking taste.

—Iolanthe.

Mayor Fright Mr. D. Veitch

Oh, innocents, listen in time,
Avoid an existence of crime,
Or you'll be as ugly as Im.

—Gilbert.

E. B. Takin Mr. A. W. Lawn

Prisoners up for Sentence
I shall tell him I've recovered my forgotten moral senses,
But I don't care twopence halfpenny for any consequences,

—Ruddigore.

Court Crier Mr. J. L. McDuff

With no language but a cry.

—Tennyson.

Cavemen, Women, etc., etc.