THE GOOD EARTH
Probably the most conservative element in human society is the peasant. The nature of his calling must inevitably produce an individual opposed to all violent change, tenacious of the ideas handed down by his forbears in all that appertains to the good earth. It is in the peasant land-owner that any revolutionary movement meets its most implacable opponent. The drama arising from such a clash of ideas is portrayed in moving fashion in Norman MacQjvan’s play ‘ Glorious Morning,’ which the Dunedin Society will present at His Majesty’s Theatre for a season of four nights commencing on September 27. Miss Elsie MTeak, one of the most reliable of repertory players, who takes the part of Anna Yccrkind, is torn between her inborn religious principles and concern for the safety of her family. Mr Prank Lanyon should enhance bis reputation as a character actor in the part of the intellectual Professor Skaedia. The production is being handled by Miss Bessie Thomson, with her usual attention to the finer points..
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Evening Star, Issue 23376, 20 September 1939, Page 2
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170THE GOOD EARTH Evening Star, Issue 23376, 20 September 1939, Page 2
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