ONE-ACT PLAYS
LITTLE THEATRE PRESENTATIONS Four entertaining onc-aet plays were presented by f’o Little Theatre Society last evenii'". The productions wore of a diversified nature, and a very entertaining programme was presented. ‘ Thirty Minutes in a Street,’ by Beatrice Mayor, was a clever production dealing with the different types of people passing down an ordinary street. In a largo cast of 23 players only one mem her had previous stage experience in the society, and it was a tribute to tho producer that, the a" :: on never halted 1 . The cast included Miss Joyce Hamer. Miss Bounin, Mr Bussell Reid, and Mr W Lowther. T’>e plav was admirably produced by Mrs O. C. Stephens. A clever comedy, set in Bath in its heydey, was ‘ Little Glass Houses,’ written by Phillip Johnson. The complications that ensued when three ladies of the higher social scale decoded to send a singer to Coventry provided
much amusement, and a perfect climax was achieved when the tables were neatly turned. An evenly balanced cast presented Misses Mind Kennedy, Gwen Dewhnrst, Betty MThail, Roberti White, and Norma Bain. A feature of the production was the excellent dressing, the play being produced by Mrs W. White. Tho third production was ‘ Marriage in Fancy Dress,’ a play written by a local playwright, Mr Russel Reid, which won the competition for original one-act plays in the recent British Drama' League festival. The story centred round the wedding of a successful actress, and presented a few of the interesting that came to view the ceremony. The two leading characters were a pert city girl and a blind man, while the antics of a drunk man provided comedy relief. The cast included Miss Farrell and Messrs P. Jacques, F. Foster, D. Poynter, and P. Holloway, assisted by a good “ crowd.” The play was produced by the author. An intense drama, entirely different from the other presentations, was ‘ Recoil,’ by Eric Logan, a play with ft setting in an outpost on the Indian Frontier. The players wore Messrs O. C. Stephens, Sid. Lock, H. Westwood, and C. Grey, who also produced the presentation.
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Evening Star, Issue 22459, 2 October 1936, Page 1
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351ONE-ACT PLAYS Evening Star, Issue 22459, 2 October 1936, Page 1
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