Life on the Boards
ITTLE pieces of a past that is just beyond the horizon of our own memory keep on popping up with the jack-in-the-box look which precedes their entry into the golden world of legend. Perhaps it is in motion pictures that this past is made most vivid, although it is also given authenticity by the recollections of older people, like Hugh Barrymore, who has been telling us about life "on the boards." To him it all glows with an unrivalled splendour, and I must admit that I too find something more vigorous and artistic in the era which prodticed "Burlington Bertie." Mr. Barrymore considers that the old stager would have cold shouldered the wisecrack unless it was "in character." Tomorrow may endorse his opinion by a general return to character skits like some of the items in Variety Ahoy, which are so refreshing after the boredom of Bing’s monotonous succession of wisecracks. In a long life as a professional actor Mr. Barrymore surely has more lively memories than can be told in two 3YA talks, so here’s hoping that he can be prevailed unon to chare them
with us.
Westcliff
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 30, Issue 768, 9 April 1954, Page 10
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193Life on the Boards New Zealand Listener, Volume 30, Issue 768, 9 April 1954, Page 10
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