THE WRITING OF PLAYS.
SOME INTERESTING VIEWS. By Cable—Press Association—Copyrig'.it London, February 3. In the hearing of tfio claim of Miss Rosemary Rees, an ex-New Zealand authoress, against Melvilles for pirating her play, experts, including Mr. E. Tempi? Thurston and Miss Cecily Hamilton, give evidence that Miss Rees' plot was practically identical with that of the Melvilles' play. Times-Sydney Sun Special Cables. Received 4, S p.m. London, February 4. Aimstvong, for seven years reader for Pourdiier's, gave evidence that he had read three thousand plays, and in the subsequent five years, two thousand. Miss Cecily Hamilton, actress and playwright, declared all melodramas consist of the villain and villainess to slaughter the hero.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVI, Issue 186, 5 February 1914, Page 5
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112THE WRITING OF PLAYS. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVI, Issue 186, 5 February 1914, Page 5
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