A PLAYWRIGHT'S CLAIM.

Press, Volume LX, Issue 11501, 6 February 1903, Page 7

A PLAYWRIGHT'S CLAIM.

The claim of a ptoywTighit caused some amusMJiertt in the District Court at Sydney the other day. Ignato Tyrrell ■ sought to recover from Harvard Harvey, the sum of £4 4a for wodk and labour dtone in writing two plays, enUt/led "Venezuela" and "Darkness and Dawn." According to the report of the- case pufbMied in the "Sydney Morning Herald," defendant ie the iessee- of the {Jtutlty lnttatre, aaii admitted that £2 2s was wring for "Daikness end Dawn," but denied liability respecting the other play. Complainant said tbtat defendant wanted two piaya written, each to play twenty-five minutes, with seven charuoters and three soemes. Witness /wi<ofce the pky "Venezuela. , and afterwards wast requested to •write the play "Darkness and Dawn," on tlio lines of an old Lomion play. He wrote the kititer, and it waa acted successfully. The other pky was not. taken, and he iiiid not had an opportunity of seeing defendant aibouit it. The charge was a very reasonable one, and he ought to lttive changed £5 & each for the plays. Witness Ibacketf up !hie claim by adding. "I am a wititer and author; I claim to -be a genftlenran; and , th&t is the proudest claim anyone oswi make." DofemdJanlt denied knowing anything about the play, "Venezuela," until he htud received the summons. The Bench made an order for £2 2», with £1 Is costs.