THE THESPIANS

Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 25, 24 October 1918, Page 5

THE THESPIANS

> o I Under the direction of Mr. Culfor Bell the Thespians appeared at the Con p cert Chamber last evening. As the mor niafure pupils of the well-known tenche of the dramatic art, the performere mail 1 a fairly good showing on the whole ii tho interesting group of one-act plays o > scenes programmed. "Kipper" had Hi L elements of comedy and drama in il > composition, and was most crcditubl; ' presented by Miss Doris Stevens, l;ii I Wemyss, Mabel Lawton, Frances Snrll Linnie Nicholas, and Mr. 0. Zorn. Mr 5 Vyrn Evans is scarcely the type physi cally or in mannerism for that dear > testy gentleman, Sir 'Peter Teazle, bu Miss Sylvia Udy showed promise as Ladi i Teazle in the famous quarrel scene fron 1 "School for Scandal"; Mr. Lionol Incl , and Miss Linnie Nicholas appeared ii 1 that delightful scene from , ."She SJoop. , , j to Conquer," where young MarW and i i Kate Eardcastle ai'e lwth deceiving oik i ' another, as they fall over head and ear; \ I in love. The wooing scene between Rosalind and Orlando (from- "As You Like It") was enacted by Mfeses Frances Snell and Miss Alexa Elton. The- final item was that best of one-act plays "In Honour Bound," which hiia been notably well ployed in Wellington years ago. The performers on this occasion were Mr. Vyrn Evans, Mr. Lionel Inch, Miss Alexa Elton, and Miss Doris Stevens.