JYellow Jacket' Casts Namesake
In Charles Coburn Famous Role
By LeJEUNE GRIFFITH
Staff Writer, The Emerald
Chorus, the oriental version of
the master of ceremonies, will ap
pear in “The Yellow Jacket” in the
person of Keith Cockburn, fresh
man liberal arts major, from Mil
ton, Oregon.
The Hazelton and Benrimo play,
a picturesque, magnificently cos
tumed production which opens
March 6 on the University stage, re
tains the flavor of the Oriental the
ater. The chorus and property man
are essentials of this stage tradition.
Introduces Characters
Chorus remains on the stage dur
ing the play, introduces most char
, acters before they enter, and pro
nounces the prologue and epilogue,
including the history of the Chinese
theater and meaning of the play,
Cockburn relates.
Chorus is a dignified suave, well
fed, and affable gentleman who
confides in the audience little subtle
ties about the play and little philo
sophical observations.
Cockburn’s makeup for the play
offers the problem of achieving the
effect of Oriental eyes. To help ac
complish this end, he has clipped off
about half his eyebrows.
Theater seems to run in the Cock
burn blood. Keith and his brother
Bob appeared in “Dark of the
Moon” as Uncle Smelicue and Floyd
Allen, respectively, and Bob appears
in “The Yellow Jacket” as the first
assistant property man.
Coburn Vehicle
Cockburn cites an interesting co
incident. Charles Coburn, now of
the movies, is the most famous Cho
rus connected with “The Yellow
Jacket.” Coburn toured in the play
for many years and had complete
sights to it for some time. Cock
burn’s first name is Charles, and
the Scottish pronunciation of his
name is Co’burn.
During the war Cockburn served
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KEITH COCKBURN . . .
in the navy on the personnel trans
port U.S.S. John Land. He spen
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the Philippine Islands and the Or
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Cockburn’s high school theate
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thur in “A Connecticut Yankee ii
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ested in music and plays five in
struments, the piano being his mail
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