SCOTTISH COMEDY

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 774, 21 September 1929, Page 30

SCOTTISH COMEDY

St. Andrew’s Society Annual Production “A SCRAPE O’ THE PEN” “A Scrape o’ the Pen,” the famous Scottish comedy, by Graham Moffat, will be presented by the St. Andrew’s

Society next Thursday, Friday and Saturday at the concert chamber. Graham Moffat wrote and played two of the most successful comedies ever presented on the English stage, namely “Bunty Pulls the Strings” and “A Scrape o’ the Pen,” the latter, if anything, being the more successful of the two. It is still played periodically in the British provinces. The society is going to great pains to make the production a success. New scenery is being built, new dresses designed, and Mr. Kenneth Brampton, the well-known producer, will direct the production. The following cast has been gathered together:

Flora McGilp Rita W. MacCullav Eppie OJiphant Inglis - Margaret 11. Bruce Mrs. Baikie ------ Margaret Howie Geordie Pow - George G. Spicer Hugh Menzies - - - - Alex. A. .Murray A Shepherd - -- -- -- - W. Leggat Matt ha Inglis ------ James Swan Leezie Inglis ------ Betty Budge Jean Lowther or Menzies - Lilian Lugton Peter Dalkeith - - - - Gordon Spence Taffy Knot ------- Mollie Bruce Miss Pringle - - - - Isabelle MacCullay Bennie Scott ----- Winifred Russell Alec. Inglis - -- -- -- - John Shields Bridesmaid ------- Margaret Dee