Twilight Auction

A Moment From Yesterday



In this scene from Twilight Auction by John L. Ruth, young Harvard-educated Sam confronts his traditional Mennonite family’s willingness to sell treasured family heirlooms. Doug Millar, left, is the father, and Dale Shantz, holding the vase, plays Sam in this 1969 Conrad Grebel College production. The play explores themes of family and spiritual estrangement, and the tensions between traditional and modern ways of life. How might such themes resonate if the play was performed today?

For more historical photos in the Mennonite Archival Image Database, see archives.mhsc.ca.

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