PRODUCTION PRAISED

Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 941, 7 April 1930, Page 11

PRODUCTION PRAISED

ENGLISH ELOCUTIONIST IMPRESSED An excellently-produced play revealing an efficiency which startle, t me.” was the opinion offered this morn - ing by the London elocutionist, Mi. Alexander Watson, when lie praised the performance of members of the Auckland Little Theatre Society n "The Man They Buried” on Saturday evening. Mr. Watson confessed that he went to the performance with some trepidation. but his attention was held from th© beginning by a standard of acting much above the ability usually associated with amateur production. It was the spirit of the play—the acting for the play itself.” he said. I particularly noted the playing of difficult character parts which do not usually earn the sympathy of an audience. Whether the all-round efficiency of the acting was due to the producer or to an exceptional assemblage o: talent I cannot say.” It was impossible to distinguish < player for ability superior to that of the rest of the company, and Mr. Watson further observed the success of the players in striving for originality. There was not th© imitative work of many amateurs, who merely reproduce the acting they have seen in professional players. Repertory work in England and Australia was extremely success ful, Mr. Watson added, but he was convinced that the Little Theatre Society in Auckland was gaining wonderful results. There was no fault in the speech of the players.