THEATRES IN SMALL TOWNS
CRITICISM BY MR CLEM DAWE
Theatres in the, smaller towns in New Zealand were not equipped for flesh and blood shows, said Mr Clem Dawe, the vaudeville artist, before he left by Skymaster for Melbourne on Friday after a season in New Zealand with “Midnight Frolics of 1951.” Mr Dawe said the theatres had no suitable lights, and no batons for act drops, and he was critical of the standard of dressing room accommodation, but for all that they still charged high rentals. Mr Dawe said he supported every word that Miss Ngaio Marsh had had to say on this subject last year. Mr Dawe will shortly retire from the stage after 41 years in pantomine, vaudeville and revue. After “Midnight Frolics’’ has run for a 12 weeks’ season in Perth, Mr Dawe and his brother, Mr Eric Edgley, will take over the lease of His Majesty’s Theatre in Perth and Mr Dawe proposes to buy a small hotel “on the road to Albany.”
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Press, Volume LXXXVIII, Issue 26628, 14 January 1952, Page 3
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