WOMAN'S WORLD

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2573, 22 September 1915, Page 3

WOMAN'S WORLD

9 (Continued from Page 2) MISS SPINNEY'S RECITAL "THE IPHIGENIA IN TAURIS." _ "The Iphigenia in Tauris" of Euripides, translated by Professor. Gilbert Murray, was tho play which was chosen, by Miss Dorothea Spinney for her second recital in Welling,ton, and the audience which had gathered in tJie Masonic Hall in Boulcott Street last evening to attend tho performance had the pleasure of still further appreciating and understanding the artistry of Miss Spinney's work. "The Trojan Women," v/hich formed the subject of her first recital, was sheer black tragedy without any relieving gle;:m of light or hope, but in the Iphigenia, although tragedy lurks in the background, a way of escape and the gleams of future joy await tie destiny-driven figures whose evil plight forms tlie subject of tho play. ■ The characters were fewer than in ''Tho Trojan Women," Miss Spinney again interpreting with wonderful judgment aud insight the emotions and character of each—iphigenia, the daughter of Agammemnon, who was believed to have ocen slain by her father a 6 a sacrifice to Artemis in return for a boon that hail been granted Mm by the goddess; Orestes, her brother, and his inseparable friend and comrade I'ylades; Thaos, tlie King of Tauris; Pallas Athene, and last, but by no means least, the chorus. The play opens with Iphigenia in the temple by the seashore at Tauris, whither slie lias been wafted in a. cloud by the goddess Artemis, instead of having been slain, as all believed, by her father, in order that the storm which detained the. Greek armies and their ships, at Aulis might cease. It deals with the meeting of her brother Orestes,, who has come to steal the image of the goddess which inhabits the inner Shrine of the temple, and to take it back with .him to Greece, so that the phantoms aud Furies that liaunt him for the murder of his mother Clytemnostra might he appeased, and with their. final escape from the desolation of Tauris and its bloody sacrifices, of which Iphigenia is priestess. The .noble passages in the play (or poem one,- might almost call it), its beauty of diction,' its tragic emphasis of the futility of man against tho decrees'of the gods, are brought before her hearers by Miss Spinney with an artistry that is ail absolute delight to fellow. At the back of her gifts of voice, gesture, and interpretation is the guiding power of intellect, so that everything about her performances is a satisfaction and a harmony. The choruses which occur in the play, and which she chants, and' sometimes sings, are curiously fascinating in their nuances and rhythmic effect, and in some that were given last evening the change of key 3nd rhythm that suddenly occurred were quite startling. Tlie gradations of tone were also very subtle. The colouring of the stage last night was orange - and dark green, the curtains at the back being dark green, while the pillars at . the side bearing lighted ' candles were orange-coloured, as was Miss Spinney's dress, which was, of course, Greek in design, and of soft orange draperies, with a slight touch of black. Her Excellency the Countess of Liverpool was present.

' Mrs.' Frank Tubmann, of Dunedin, ar.rived in Wellington on Sunday, to be near her son, Mr. W. F. Tubmann, who weiit into camp at .Trenthara recently. ; Mrs. Tubmann's other two sons are ■both, at the Dardanelles—the Rev. F. Tubmann, sen., chaplain to the Australian LijVht Horse Brigade, and Mr. 0. G. Tubmann, who is.with.the.amb.ulance Section, there.' Mrs. Tubmann's eldest son, Oaptain R. G. Tubmann, died of enteric'.m South .Africa at the. conclusion of_i]ie. ; BoerriWar. ■■ Mrs. Tubmann; is staying at .Kilipore, in ■ Hawkestone) Street." ■ f.'. . ■ . . t -V •

The ladies'championship of the Waiwetu Golf Club was won by Miss A. Gaynor (for the second time), who defeated Miss L.. Gaynor, one up. , Miss Poynder "won'the Red Cross Medal for September,-with"a net score of 80. i'

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