“RAIN” SAVED
AN Australian actress recently saved “Rain” from disaster. At half-past six on the evening of the second performance Margaret Lawrence was suffering from such a severe attack of gastritis that the management was informed it was absolutely impossible for her to appear. Dick Stewart, manager of the Sydney Criterion, performed the most heroic action possible to any theatrical man. He offered to give the audience their money back, or tickets for a subsequent performance. Only three members of the audience availed themselves of the offer after Mr. Stewart had mentioned that Daphne Bairn had volunteered to try out the part of Sadie. Remembering the sterling performance put up by Daphne Bairn when at a moment’s notice she had to take Margaret Lawrence’s part in “The Road to Rome,” the audience stayed on and were rewarded by an excellent performance under distressing circumstances. “Rain” will probably be done in New Zealand.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/SUNAK19271105.2.161.13.4
Bibliographic details
Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 194, 5 November 1927, Page 22 (Supplement)
Word Count
152“RAIN” SAVED Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 194, 5 November 1927, Page 22 (Supplement)
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Sun (Auckland). You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in