CHINESE PLAY

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 824, 19 November 1929, Page 4

CHINESE PLAY

“My Maid of the Bamboo Screen ' COLOURFUL FANTASY -Mv Maid of the Bamboo Screen," a Chinese fantasy in three nets, vas a wonderfully colourful production staged last evening at the Foresters’ ■ Hall, Takapuna. The cast consisted itii ly of pupils Central School. The proceeds are f«>r the benefit of the general funds of the school committee. The plot of the play is one that ; makes appeal to all youngsters, and t •j many of those «-f more prosaic years as well, and its interpretation by these cl* ver juveniles spoke . volumes for the infinite patience tl at j must have been exercised in their training. The costuming of the production an as meet attractive and v eni hanced by the beautiful lighting effects. < The chorus work was also highly creditable, this being largely due to the good work of the orchestra and school choir, under the baton of Mr. J. Patterson. Mrs. Kindred, who was responsible for the production and management, and Mrs. Paul Heston, under whose direction the various ballets and medieval dances were arranged, should both be satisfied with the undoubted success achieved by the cast. The i I fantasy will be repeated this evening. . The personnel of the cast was follows: Interpreter of ploy, J. Matthews: gong j bearer, J. Kindred: makers of dreams. ; Eileen Long. Kathleen Souster: chief . | nuisances of the Court of Dreams. Louie Armitage, TI. Cotterell: Lord High C.•un--1 sellers to the makers of dreams. J. AVeb- : ber. R. Shaw. M. Drower. R. Brinsdcn: chief assistants in the Court of Dreams. ; Xoel Whilcombe. Margaret Sinclair. : Nancy Allen. Isobel Duckworth. , The dream messengers were Greta Drower, Linda Wrigley, Nancy Wei ea Joan Madden, Prances Yoen an. i T-Titellings. Margaret Russell. Lois Hitvhi ings, Margaret Shaw. Alma Lisk. Dul-'ie • L'orfe, Thirza Thompson, Zoe Battersby, i i T,orna Sutherland: maids on the bamboo screen. Jessie Marshall. Marjorie i Brown; sons of China. B. RlieifC. W. I Mow day; attendants on the Princes, B. j Campbell. L. Shaw. Those taking the part of strolling ' plavers were Beryl AVinstone, Marjorie Hail and Kola Best: the Emperor of j China, "W. Burns; the Empress of China, . ' Jean Crossley: attendants on Empress, Margcrv Brookbanks. Norman Bowman; Prime Minister, S. Wolf gram: Ix-rd High Executioner. I. Howden: Captain of the : Guards, .T. Wright; Guards. M. Birrell. X. ! Hitching*. <». Moran. K. Davie, R. Hur- ! ren: court sing-song girls. Joy Corfe. June ; Melville; dancing girls with the strolling ; plavers, Joan Brown, Elsie Johnson, 1 Rotha Barton, Alice Maxwell; singing i girl. Kathleen Winter. , The minuet girls were Betty Gould. ? J *ne Higson. Phyllis Gould, Joyce, ColI lins. Dulcie Kicks. Merle Crossley. Mary i Gillen, Gloria Tucker. Dorothy McMur- | trie. Jov Melville, Gwen Webber. Joan | j Bodle, Marjorie Byrch and Josie Speedy. .