Leads for New Show Selected by Pudding Theatrical Directors

The Hasty Pudding Theatricals, having finished a week of auditions, last night announced the names of the leading characters in this year's musical comedy, "Heart of Gold."

Frederick H. Gwynne '50 has been assigned to the role of sheriff, while Kerr R. Lyne '52 and Peter D. Dibble will play the owners of a movie theater in the story of an embryonic stock company.

The musical, which takes place in "Purple Hills," deals with the difficulties of the struggling thespians. Nicholas Benton '50 will portray a stage-struck widow, and Wayne A. Clark '52 will portray her playwright son who tangles with the stock company. Edward L. Bullard '50 will play the widow's lover.