DRAMATIC TREAT FOR TAUPO
'THE MERCHANT OF VENICE" Under the auspieces of the Community Arts Service a performance of Shakespeare's play "The Merchant of Venice" will be given in Rickit's Hall on Monday, May 12. In a letter to Mrs Buckleigh, the secretary of the local branch of the C.A.S., Miss Erica Hoby, the previcus secretary, gave a glowing* report cf a performance of the play she had just attended at Hastings, by the same company and Miss Hoby relinquished her secretarial duties in preparation for a visit to England accompanied by her niece. The performance of the "Merchant of Venice" in Taupo is an opportunity not to be missed. A very good description of its character is given by Mr J. Middleton Murray, writing on Shakespeare. He says: "If the English theatre be considered as a place of popular entertainment, strictly on a level with the football field, the prize-ring and the race course, then The Merchant of Venice is the type of entertainment the theatre should supply — ivillain discomfited, virtue rescued^ happy marriages, clowning, thrills and a modest satisfaction of the general appetite for naughtiness."
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Taupo Times, Volume I, Issue 17, 7 May 1952, Page 1
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187DRAMATIC TREAT FOR TAUPO Taupo Times, Volume I, Issue 17, 7 May 1952, Page 1
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