FOSTERING DRAMA.

Auckland Star, Volume LXVII, Issue 117, 19 May 1936, Page 5

FOSTERING DRAMA.

WORK AT UNIVERSITY. COUNCIL GRANT OF £100. MOVE BY PROFESSOB, SEWELL, On the recommendation of the finance committee, the Auckland University College Council yesterday made a grant of ,-CIOO for additions to the stage in the college hall to make it suitable for the presentation of plays. The sum is to be repaid out of any profits that might accrue. Professor W. A. Sewell, professor of English at the college, who was responsible for the request, explained subsequently that his intention was to present in August the play "Macbeth," which was set down for study as part of this year's English course. This was to be the first of a series of annual productions of the play set as part of the English syllabus. The professor explained that the improved stage was to be at the disposal of the college clubs, and lie hoped that it would lead to a growth of interest in the college ill drama proper. The main fault of the stage as it is at present, it was stated, is that it is too small. It is to be enlarged, while adequate screening and lighting facilities are to bo provided. The Chairman, Mr. T. U. Wells: It seems quite a reasonable tiling. "If the finance committee has gone into it and approved it, I am prepared to move the adoption of the recommendation," added the Hon. A. Burns, M.L.C.