DID NOT LIKE IT.
Jack Gayer, New York dramatic critic, writing of Ivor Novello's comedy "Fresh Fields" (presented in New Zealand last year by a J. C. Williamson company headed by Elaine Hamill and Ethel Morrison), calls it "a misdemeanor by Ivor Novello, sometimes called the road company of Noel Coward —in plainer words, an Englishman who acts, writes, dances, sings, etc., only not as well as the darling of the West End. This play has threatened New York for many months, being presented here arid there in the hinterland, and Richard Aldrich and Alfred de Liagre finally sneaked it into town as the last act of their partnership. The theme is the old country-cousin-in-the-big-city idea, only this time the setting is English, with the alleged comedy derived from the uncouth manners of Australian colonials in Mayfair. It serves to return the talented Margaret Anglin to town for the first time in many years, and for that only am I grateful."
THE CHILDREN1
'S PLAYERS.
It will be interesting to see how a New Zealand play, written tor young New Zealanders by a JSew Zealand playwright, will be received at its premiere in the Town Hall Concert Chamber on the afternoons of June 19 and 25. The Chiidren'saPlayers are giving the first public presentation of Miss Edith Howes's fairy play, "In Search of Fairies," which will delight all who see it. ' It is a dramatisation of the book by the same author, "Fairy Rings." Those who love the book will love the play, which lends itself to beautiful settings and beautiful lighting. Lighting will be one of the features of the production, for which special scenery is being prepared. A large cast has been selected, and in it are included some of Wellington's bestknown amateurs. A number of striking fairy ballets are being arranged by Miss Carwell-Cooke. Miss Howes has expressed her intention of travelling to Wellington to witness the first presentation of her play, which is to be produced by A. S. Farquhar. . *
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Evening Post, Volume CXXIII, Issue 136, 10 June 1937, Page 21
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334DID NOT LIKE IT. Evening Post, Volume CXXIII, Issue 136, 10 June 1937, Page 21
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