"THE BEGGAR BRIDE."
.HEARING OF THE LAW SUIT. By Tcleeraph-Press Aasoclallon-OoDffritM ■."-... London, February 3. .Tho hearing of the,case in which Miss Rosemary Rees. daughter of an ex-New Zealand M.P. (Jlr. Rees, of Gisborne), is suing Walter and Frederick Melville for infrjnging her, play "The Becgar Bride" in "The Beggar Girl's AVedding," was continued. . , ■ 1 Experts, including Mn E. TempleTliurston (novelist and playwright), and 'Miss. Cicely Hamilton (writer and actress), -gave evidence that Mi'sr Rces's plot was practically identical with Mesers. Melville Brothers'.play. '
- SOME .OF THE EVIDENCE. MISS, HAMILTON'S VERSION OF . .MELODRAMA. ,\ "Times"—Sydney , "Sun" Special Cables. (Rco. February 4, 5.30 p.m.) London, February 4. During tho hearing of tho case, Mr. Armstrong, who' was , for seven years reader for Mr. Arthur Bourchier, stated that ho read three thousand plays during that period, while during tho subsequent five years ho rend two thousiwd. ~ ■ • ■ i ' Miss , Cicely Hamilton, the actress aiid playwright, declared that all. meh> dramas consist of the efforts of a villain or a villainess to slaughter tho hero.. ■ . • •
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Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1976, 5 February 1914, Page 5
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