PROMISING YOUNG PLAYERS,

Evening Post, Volume CXXXVI, Issue 55, 2 September 1943, Page 3

PROMISING YOUNG PLAYERS,

The New Zealand branch of the British Drama ; League opened its twelfth annual festival, last ;•. night in the Tin Hat Club Hall. Plays presented were "A Girl For the Hall," by . th» :; Elizabeth McCombs group; "The Artist,r.-by. v;: the Unity Theatre; - and "Hullabaloo," by the i:■,:. Wellington East Old Girls' Dramatic Society.; s Mrs. Elsie I/loyd, adjudicator for the festival,; made helpful comments, on -the performance*J;1";.-: of individual members of the casts. ; The-first jK play was produced by lira. Grace, the second,- i'; by Mrs. N. L. Martin, and the tMrdi-aa ?; f enjoyable comedy-r-by Miss' ■ Helen Mitchell.'-gv| Considering the limited stage space, the: plays.v^i were exceedingly '.well t mounted.;. -.'Noteworthy;. i£-T: features of; the performances were the zest 'of y;;i& all taking part In them and the earnest- desire to meet the intentions of the:• producers^i TfierOf::g were frequent flashes'.of individual/ talent;/Plays';^ for tonight will be "The Old :ladies" >(Rodney¥ss Acland), -by^ thei .Wellington ,- East;-; Old Dramatic Society;-;" The VRedi>■Velvet > : Coat'^rg (JosephinafNiggli)v a -Mexicanftplay>-:by%thaS? DnityiTheatre;-^'The"Rest??Cure":V (Gertruda^ Jennings) ; by "the" Pandora Players;■';and VMur-;=&? der by Reauest'': (T., H. Pe^rce; and "RiVS^ Mj: Knight) ,■ by the Peter Pah players..- The season; ■ will extendT toivSaturday.f ;4ThoiTalue/pfStheVvjg festiral^vis «not>-conflhed, ,;to? the. Jtrainin^i-pf ; ;^ young .players^- but- Valso i to education^ of;|-:jS those-who will becpme diKriuilhatlns:'audience3jJ;^