MISS DOROTH EA SPINNEY'S RECITAL

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2582, 2 October 1915, Page 11

MISS DOROTH EA SPINNEY'S RECITAL

THE "ANTIGONE" OF SOPHOCLES. i Miss Dorothea Spinney, continued her season of recitals of Greek plays in Wellington' by giving in the Masonio Hall, Boulcott Street, last • evening, "The Antigone 11 , of Sophocles. The play was written : about r 420 years. before the birth of Christ, and tho translation used by Miss Spinney was by Thomas Dale, ot Cambridge. To some of those among the. audience : who'.have _ attended ithe whole of, t'ho recitals given.; by'., Miss Spinney : that of last night may possibly take precedence, for although there is not the poetic feeling (as Miss Spinney herself stated) that, is ? ; to be found ill Gilbert : Murray's translations the stat-eli-ness, the sonority of;.th'e lines were most compelling, • and; Miss Spinney did justice to them and to the play most nobly.; The theme' was based upon the belief of the ancient Greeks' .that repose could ..riot come to the; sold of the dead unless tho sacred rites woro held over the; body, and that it should be accorded sepulture.' ' Those.holy iduties ' rested with; the next-of-kin. 1 How Antigone defied the decree of Creon, King of ■Thebes, that whosoever.dared to perform the. rites over tho' body of her brother Polynices,; who • died in fighting against his native " land, should', die- a horrible death, and how she paid tho penalty of her" heroic saorifice - is magnificently told in. tho play. Again Miss Spinney, gave . a very tfine;' performance, her impersonations of , ! Creon, . the frenzied, tyrant, and of Antigone, lofty, calm, •and heroic, only-once fiercely rebelling ■against the destiny that enmeshed' her, being amongst; her- finest performances..

A strong feature of the "Sporting and j Dramatic Review" is its illustrations, and this week's issue is to be specially commended. . The -series devoted to the war includes a .portrait gallery in the Koll of Honour of 227 New Zealand soldiers;! British destroyer at full Gpeed; Germans in occupation ofßussian .town;;. Welsh 'Guards leaving Buckingham Palace; incidents showing, modern French artillery in action; intercession; service at ; St:'. Paul's, London; 7 wounded Australians marching to the ceremony; Japanese'.and English soldiers .fraternising, etc. In. addition; there is- a miscellaneous assort-, ment, including two'-full- pages of snapshots at the Wanganui Jockey Club's. Spring Meeting;-group of pictures depicting scenes at the theatrical garden fete, London,, a'nd many others of general. interest.—Advt. 7. 1 ; ; Messrs. W. and' G. Turnbull and Co. will hold a stock'sale at the Wainoua yards, M&sterton, ; on Wednesday next , A sale of mixed stock will bo held at Otaki on Monday by Messrs. Dalgety and Co. ■ :> ~, ■ Messrs." Dalgety . and - Co. .; will auction sheep, cattle;', etc., 'at. the Upper Hutt ,on Thursday next. ' '