Written by Aurania Rouverol
Directed by Mrs. C. B. Pollard
The production of the Gainesville
Little Theatre "Skidding", is a three act comedy that was held at the High
School Auditorium.
"A highly diverting travesty
on home life is the plot that winds itself upon the family of Judge Hardy
who seeks renomination as judge. His political campaign is interrupted
by the hectic love affair of his youngest daughter, Marion, who comes home
from college only to run for legislature; his other daughters, Estelle
and Myra, who decide simultaneously that matrimony is not for them; his
wife who finds housekeeping not as diverting in the 31st year as in the
first; his son, Andy who possesses all the restless enthusiasm of 100 per
cent American pep. together with his own troubles and that of his immediate
family, the lacrimations of his sister-in-law, "Aunt Millie", are also
added to the judge's everyday fare. The one bright light of the older generation
is furnished by the lamp carried by Grandpa Hardy who is a philosopher
of the old school, untarnished by Twentieth Century skepticism.
Between the second and third
acts. Mrs. E. L. Caton, president of the Gainesville Little Theatre, spoke
briefly to the audience explaining the real meaning of the purpose of the
nucleus around which civic organizations may gain fresh impetus to greater
things in the cultural field. During the evening an orchestra furnished
by R. DeWitt Brown added to the pleasure of the entertainment. Ushers in
orange and blue suits with swanky hats to match, sold sweets and smokes
during the intermissions under the direction of Miss Willie Pearl Beville.
The lobby of the auditorium
was decorated with the posters entered in the Little Theatre poster competition
among freshmen students at the University of Florida School of Architecture
and Allied Arts, together with rare palms and ferns."---Gainesville Daily
Sun, May 11, 1932 and May 14, 1932