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the devils disciple " The Devil 's Disciple ," George Bernard Shaw's attempt to write a romantic drama to do in all the romantic dramas of all time, was the first Theatre Arts Department presentation of the year. The conflict of events and personalities of the American Revolution served as a setting for the theme of inner conflict– of righteousness versus piety, and of compassion versus what Shaw terms selffulness . Ken Butler, PSC 's audio-visual librarian (and most authentic Englishman) , played Gentleman Johnie Burgoyne in the finest tradition of the English music hall comedian . Anthropology professor Joe Pierce was the intensely good-natured parson, so good natured, in fact, that no one around him could relax. And there was a whole cabinet of ninnies-the Dudgeons, led by William Tate as Dick Dudgeon , the Devil 's disciple . 30 Diane Heater was a nice little Presbyterian-type wife.