THREE ONE-ACT PLAYS.

Taranaki Central Press, Volume IV, Issue 407, 14 April 1937, Page 4

THREE ONE-ACT PLAYS.

i * j ; DRAMA LEAGUE ACTIVI- I TIES. ! i I i . . ! i Interesting Readings at Parish Hall. I | j A most interesting time whs. spent I tT the Parish Hall last evening, when ; three one-act plays were read by i members of the Stratford branch of the British Drama League. This wps he first of a series of readings' than | are to be held throughout the Winter. Before the readings, Mr W. J. Hall, ' the presidenit, spoke briefly, pointing ; out (hat the Stratford branch was reI garded very favourably at headquar. • ters, in Wellington, and equal Ito, if ; not belter than, some of llhe larger ! branches, both in activity and efficL I i ency. 4 'Tlhe King’s Waistcoat.” The first play read was “The j 1 King’s Waistcoat,” the theme being ! ; the contrast in outlook between the I ! Puritans and the Royalists at Hhe I j time of the Restoration. j Mr Hall took the par|t of a Court j •'dandy in love wi.h a Puri.an Miss, j ’ Felicity (Miss E. Cartwright). Her i ' fa:her, Is.iac, was played by Mr • Smith, and a Puritan lad, also in I ! love wTh Felicity, by Mr Sherson. I j Moss and Miss Cartwright were j j visitors from the Court of Charles. | “The Pup.” ( The scene of the second play, “The | i Pup,” was laid in a poacher’s coltiage, ! ! the part of The poacher being taken , iby Mr Goodman, whose Lancashire ! shrev.'dness was too much for Sykes, j . ihe thief. (Mr E. White). j The poacher’s daugh’ter, Maggie, i ; wlus read by Miss B. White. I I “‘The Distant Drum.” ' The third play,. “The’ Distant Drum,’ I I struck a tragic note. The legend of I Sarne Castle, .that a drum is heard , I yn Hie dea Ji of a Sarne, furnished j I the plot, and Mr a.nd Mrs A mess | | (Lord and Lady Sarne), Mr and Mrs ■ i Fookes (Ronnie Sarne and his j i fiancee), and Mr Hjall as Michael, car- | ; lied the play to its tragically-unex- i ! pected conclusion. I Supper was served at the cbnclu. I i sion of the readings.