ROSE QUONG

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 625, 30 March 1929, Page 20

ROSE QUONG

Chinese Girl Who is Hailed as Genius BORN IN AUSTRALIA The romance of Rose Quong! Australian-born of Chinese parents, this picturesque girl was a constant surprise to amateur playgoers in Sydney and Melbourne in her early girlhood. Part after part she played with rare insight and distinction. Her friends adored her, and her private life was full of dignity and intellectual high lights. Three years ago she went to LondonSybil Thorndyke saw her act, and raved about the “young genius.” She appeared in a play with a gloomy theme by Lady Bell, and caused a mild i stir in that London town that is hard j to move in its enthusiasm. Rose Quong has now changed her ! name to Len Ho Quong, which means Beautiful Flower, and she was booked for three London appearances at the Arts Theatre in February. Theatrical i London has already acclaimed her, and she has been compared to Sana Yakko, the great Japanese actress though others go farther and suggest a hint of Bernhardt. A woman of intense culture in h® r own and in the English language, she is apparently equally at home in the classics of both, and in these three recitals her programme was to inclnoe Chinese drama and poetry given m English, in Chinese costume, antique and modern, with the attitudes Ms expressions peculiar to Chinese art, both mobile and immobile. Folio**** this was to be a mime self-wntt* and acted by this versatile Flower of the East, Rose Quong, a® produced by the notable KoniuHsai jevsky. And the last part of the I* gramme was to be devoted to Eng parts made famous by the S r ® a . j tragediennes of this and the \ asl i tury. They say that this burning 'found genius can interpret a nur..j, i rhyme or a Cockney monologue as rare an expression of art as uses for her tragic roles. ( The daughter of a Chinese mercn»» ■ trading in Australia and settlea , h r Rose was brought up in ths 1 manner, svith an English e< J' l ,, a p , and with, presumably, EnglishJ _. ' Yet she has retained an equal in . ’ in the history and customs ana t ture of the East. Her fathers Tar! . was Tart, and her brother, Brace is well-known in advertising CB ", Marie Tempest’s latest P| a f l London is “Her Shop," in whic * plays the part of a society v keeper. It was written bT , hor . p and Philip Stuart, the joint aw“ “j of “Cat’s Cardie” and “Clara ! bingß.” W Graham Browne 1 . j O . :- producer and the rest of the „ I eludes Edgar Bruce. Bert Ed f Pamela Carme. Sybil Jane. ~r e \ Ramsay, Yvonne Rorie apd » i Wilshln.