“LET’S PRETEND.’ “The theatre has become so ashamed of being considered theatrical that an actor in the street would far ‘rather he mistaken for a Chicago gangster that for w hat he is,” writes Mr Cedric Hardwicke, the famous actor, in the “Star.” “And the more ordinary and commonplace he can become upon the stage the better he is pleased. Compare t-hi.s with the clays when the actor was so proud of his profession that ne advertised his calling to all and sundry by the aid of long hair and a fur collar. The theatre, is being afraid of itself, is challenging comparison with life. It cannot hold its own. Life may not swamp it. but the ‘talkies’ will. The spirit of make-believe is a primitive instinct in most of us,, and the theatre when its jnotto was ‘let’s pretend’ w r as bound to have a wider appeal than now when its motto is ‘let’s be/ •
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Hokitika Guardian, 2 September 1931, Page 8
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157Page 8 Advertisements Column 3 Hokitika Guardian, 2 September 1931, Page 8
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