DARING PLAY

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 928, 22 March 1930, Page 25

DARING PLAY

“The Man They Buried,” at Little Theatre CAST OF 22 NEEDED “The Man They Buried” is the most daring play the Little Theatre Society has yet attempted—not daring as the films use the word, but daring in its theme and treatment. The plot concerns a medical man who believes that he is condemned to die. He wanders round Paris, visiting weird and curious places, and meeting weird and interesting people—a clairvoyant, a murderer, a statesman, u philosopher, a beggar, a -woman of doubtful character, and others whose careers have been just as varied. At the end of his adventures he returns home to undergo an operation from which he believes he will not recover. One cannot disclose the climax of the play, but as it is a "comedy of fear” the final curtain can be anticipated.

In this work of Karen Bramson’s there are eight scenes—really angles of the doctor’s mind. The play requires a cast of 22 players, and will test to the utmost the mechanical staff of the society. Miss Bramson has written a brilliant and provocative play which should cause some discussion in Little Theatre circles. There is no doubt of its success, kow’ever. Leon M. Lion produced the play in London and -was accorded enthusiastic notices in the Press. “The Man They Buried” was one of the outstanding plays of 1928. Following is the cast which will interpret the play at the concert chamber on April 2,3, 4 and 5: Georges Duhamel - - Bernard Brittain Denise Duhamel - - Ysolinde McVeagh Sven Svane ------- Arnold Goodwin Pierre ------- Norman Ellison .Menard - -- -- -- -- Len Keven Doctor Cardinet - - - - A. J. C. Fisher Mile. Fernande ----- Isobelle Lorrigan Madame Tiffani - - - - Constance Clark A Statesman ------ F. E. McCallam A Murderer ------- John Stuart Woman of the World - - - Beryl Green Girl in Restaurant - - - Lola Musselier Another Girl ------ Janet Clarkson A tVaiter - -- -- -- - \V. E. Lindsay Suzanne ------- Audrey Perry j A Nurse - -- -- -- - Ela Brampton l hirst Gendarme ----- Donald Maxey | Second Gendarme ----- Roy McElroy