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SUCCESS IN SCOTLAND ELAINE HAMILL PRAISED "As Sarah, Duchess of Marlborough, Elaine Hamill does magnificently in the most important part she has had since joining the company. Her dignity and looks are in keeping with the role." says a Scottisli paper in referring to the success of the Dundee Repertory Society in "Viceroy Sarah." The play is of the early 18th century, revealing the many crosscurrents of intrigue which dominated Court life in those days. It is - a battle of wits between two women of a like temperament for the favour of the Queen. Miss Hamill was engaged by the company a month from London, and at the end of that period Avas offered and accepted an engagement for. a further six months. The society stages neAv plays in rap,i:d succession, and Elaine says that she loves the hard Avork even if her brain does reel at times under the hea\'y pressure!. She also says that the experience has been invaluable to her. Miss Hamill has been cheered by meetings with her brother Warren, who is in the Royal Air Force, and ■who seizes any opportunitA r to t!y north to A'isit licr.
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 2, Issue 237, 13 November 1940, Page 3
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196TE KUITI ACTRESS Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 2, Issue 237, 13 November 1940, Page 3
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