THE OLD VIC
Sir,-In the review by Ngaio Marsh of the history of the Old Vic she-per-haps also the author-omits what always seemed to me a very vital factor in its life: the audience. Apart from the local school-children for whom _ special
matinees were given, and the local population who loved it as their own, there was also the Old Vic Association to which belonged large numbers of enthusiastic members who attended all performances, and who gathered, often with Miss Baylis among us; in the club room during intervals, and quite half the joy of attending the theatre lay in the wholly intimate sense of relationship which existed there between actors and audience. The fact that one had to miss dinner to be there for the 7,0 p.m. start did something to eliminate the mere seeker after entertainment.. On one occasion, the notable performance of Elijah as a stage opera, many of the usual audience joined in as chorus on the stage and so participated even more closely in the work of what was very really felt to be "their" thaatra
M. R.
BARKAS
(Thames).
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 15, Issue 368, 12 July 1946, Page 5
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185THE OLD VIC New Zealand Listener, Volume 15, Issue 368, 12 July 1946, Page 5
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