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Orlando Sentinel

Sunday, June 18, 1972 Section G

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The “Cross and Sword”
comes to St. Augustine Friday
when a troupe of. professional

—and- amatieur-actors and act-

resses recreate the founding

of St. Augustine in a display
of pageantry.

From the formal courts of
Prince Phillip Il comes the
intrepid commander Pedro
Menendez de Aviles to the
shores of Florida to establish a
new colony. Menendez is por-
trayed by Paul Bahan, his
friend Capt. Jose Alvarez by
Brad Bonnell, and the Cardinal
by Rion Carswell.

There are tender moments
as Oriba, the Indian chief,
presents young Notina, the
Indian maiden, to Menendez as
Captain Alvarez and Stufa,
the Indian witch doctor, look
on. Playing the different parts
are Wade Popwell as Oriba,
Linda Hall as Notina, and Dick
Tracy as Stufa.

In a lighter vein, Basilio,
played by Tom Rahner, who
has been director of “Cross and
Sword” since the idea was con-
ceived in 1960, is cast as the
shipwrecked sailor whose wife
he left behind, played by his
real wife, Jean Rahner. She
catches him and gives him a
good scrubbing to make him
more “socially acceptable.”

The play was written by
Paul Green and presented of-
ficially in 1965. It is enacted
in a natural amphitheatre,
with remarkably authentic
props to supplement the nat-
ural setting. The “Cross and
Sword,” which runs through
Sept. 3, will be presented each
evening except Sunday, at
8:30.