Elevated view of six students rehearsing on set.

Five actors on stage in Middle Eastern costume.

Two actors on stage in Middle Eastern costume.

Individual photographs of Arts and Science students grouped. Walter C. Murray, University President, and E.H. Oliver, Professor of History and Economics, shown with students.

Frances Hyland and other drama students in costume pose in front of a forest themed backdrop.

Bio/Historical Note: Frances Jean Hyland was born in 1927 in Shaunavon, Saskatchewan. She was raised by her mother's family in Ogema, Saskatchewan. Her mother put herself through teacher's college to support her daughter's acting career. Hyland graduated in 1948 from the University of Saskatchewan with a BA in English. She earned a scholarship to and graduated from the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London. After graduation Hyland made her professional debut in London in 1950, as Stella in A Streetcar Named Desire. In 1954 she returned to Canada to perform as Isabella in the Stratford Festival production of Shakespeare's Measure for Measure. She became a regular at the festival, performing in ten seasons. Her roles there included Isabella (in Measure for Measure), Portia (in The Merchant of Venice), Olivia (in Twelfth Night), Perdita (in The Winter's Tale), Desdemona (in Othello) and Ophelia in (in Hamlet). Hyland directed the Stratford Festival's 1979 production of Othello. She also performed with the Shaw Festival and on Broadway (opposite Tony Perkins in Look Homeward, Angel). On television Hyland co-starred on The Albertans and played Nanny Louisa on Road to Avonlea. Hyland was considered a champion of Canadian actors' campaign for higher status and pay. In 1970 Hyland was appointed an Officer of the Order of Canada. In 1994, Hyland received the Governor General's Performing Arts Award, Canada's highest honour in the performing arts, for her lifetime contribution to Canadian theatre. Frances Hyland died of respiratory failure following surgery in 2004.

Scene from the play "The Immigrant," written by Frank Holroyd, head, Drama Department, was mimed by the entire Greystone Theatre company. The play starred Volodymyr Romanow.

Bio/Historical Note: Frank Holroyd was appointed instructor of Drama at the University of Saskatchewan in 1948. One year later he was promoted to assistant professor, a position he held until his retirement in 1959. Holroyd performed the technical work and was a set designer. He returned to the Drama Department as a part-time instructor after his retirement, and eventually moved to Tangiers in 1962. He died there in 1971. The workshop in the old Hangar Building was named the Frank Holroyd workshop.

Actors Ron Williams as Willie Loman, Marjorie Gilbart as Willie's wife Linda, Dale Hicks as Biff, and Lloyd Widenmaier as Happy.

Top image is a scene from Candida, starring Frances Hyland and directed by Emrys Jones. Bottom image is a scene from Picnic, Dec. 1965; actors (l to r): Don Evanishen, Helen Burton and Eric Peterson.

Head and shoulders image of Jane Carson.

Six students dressed in costume standing on outdoor stage.

Drama instructor at podium and students seated in bleachers in Greystone Theatre (Hangar Building).

Students rehearsing on stage; bleachers and stage lights visible.

Scene from the play.