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Thursday evening April 23, 1931, the Davis Rotary Club
staged a comedy show at the Varsity Theater on Second between G and F. The
apparently all-male cast consisted of pretty much “everyone who was anyone” in
Davis at that time, including Calvin Covell
and Chester Roadhouse attempting to perform other than their usual
gender.
A rather detailed account of the event was printed in the Woodland Democrat of April 24, 1931 and discovered
by the indefatigable Hiram Jackson, who sent me a copy. I have segmented,
enlarged and “enhanced” the microfilm image for publication here. (A few
sections are still difficult to read and may be upgraded.)
There are a fair number of interesting interpretative
observations to make on this report, but I am going to forego them. However, if
anyone is moved to write an interpretative analysis and send it to me, I would
be happy to publish it, with author credit, here on Davis History Today.
By coincidence, in about the same year the leading males of
Davis also made a group photo of themselves. So, we can also see pictures of
a fair number of the participants in this show. With a list of their names, the
photo is reproduced following the Democrat
report.
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