High School Dramatic Club

 The High School Dramatic Club, founded by Anne Shirley for a few extra funds, was begun in Summerside, PEI.

Founding
Anne Shirley, the principal and a teacher at Summerside High School at the time, founded the High School Dramatic Club for high school students interested in the dramatic arts.

Mary, Queen of Scots
Mary, Queen of Scots was a play that the Dramatic Club put on as their first production, in the November of Anne's first year as principal. At Katherine Brooke's insistence, Jen Pringle played Mary. One evening, though, Anne found Sophy Sinclair in tears. When Anne found out that Sophy had desperately wanted to play Mary, she found another copy of the script and practiced with Sophy, for fun. The two did hav a great deal of fun together, because Sophy was full of quiet vivacity. When the night of the performance arrived, though, Jen couldn't come—she was sick! Anne's eyes turned green.

"Sophy will play the part," she announced!

Sophy played the part—and was Queen Mary—looked Queen Mary—felt Queen Mary as Jen Pringle could never have done. The cast led up to her, and the play went off well. The curtains closed to a gigantic applause.

As a result, Sophy Sinclair was to become a leading actress in America—and Mrs. Pringle had a story to take home to Jen Pringle!

Appearances
Anne of Windy Poplars