GHOSTWALK IN COURT
ACTRESS DEMONSTRATES METHOD BEFORE JUDGES. INCIDENT IN LIBEL ACTION. LONDON, April 15. "Mrs. Morris' gestures during the sermon were beautiful but old-fashion-ed and Shakespearean. Her performance was not spontaneous," said Mrs. Oakshott, an actress, giving evidence in the case in which Mrs. Meurig Morris sued the Daily Mail for libel in connection wjth a published artiele on her seances. "I thought that she was not a particularly good actress. The movement of her feet resembled the 'ghostwalk,' consisting of,, the heel-and-toe movement used by the ghost in 'Hamlet,' in order to suggest gliding, not walking." Mrs. Oakshott demonstrated the "ghost-walk" in the witness-box, and added that she believed Mrs. Morris ha'd assumed "Power's" baritone. Witness three times heard "Power" forget the words during a sermon, but Mrs. Morris speedily recovered. Other witness said that they had heard Mr. Morris speaking in dlfferent voices on various occasions. One thought that Mrs. Morris was rehearsing for public performances. U'miiiiimumizifimimmmimmmiiinitmiiiiiniiMrimiMHir-
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Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 2, Issue 213, 3 May 1932, Page 6
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