DRAMA LEAGUE TUTOR TO ARRIVE TOMORROW

Press, Volume XC, Issue 27406, 20 July 1954, Page 2

DRAMA LEAGUE TUTOR TO ARRIVE TOMORROW

Miss Frances Mackenzie, principal of the training department of the British Drama League, will arrive in Christchurch from Timaru tomorrow and will conduct a school for acting and producing in the Canterbury Repertory Society’s rooms, Gloucester street, beginning on Saturday. Miss Mackenzie is an honours graduate of Oxford University. After leaving Oxford she formed her own amateur company, the Valley Players, in Northumberland. The company toured local towns and villages, and was sponsored by the Carnegie Trust to tour the distressed mining areas in the 1920’5. In 1928 she entered the professional theatre as stage manager to the late Sir Nigel Playfair. In 1932 she became the British Drama League’s drama schools organl s , er> . Remaining in this post, Miss Mackenzie has developed the training department of which she is now principal. There are four tutors and a secretary.

GLENELG HEALTH CAMP

1 MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE MEETS I i The 42 boys who entered the Glenelg Children’s Health Camp early in June all have good appetites and have improved in vitality, the matron of the camp. (Mrs E. Morrison) reported to the camp management committee at its monthly meeting last evening. None of the sufferers from asthma had had any symptoms of the complaint since they had entered Glenelg, she said, and they had settled down well. It was noted that the age of children selected for camp was lower than it had been some years ago, possibly because increasing emphasis was being laid by health authorities on the health of children at an earlier age than formerly.

~ M^ s E ’ Friedlander and members of the house management committee were thanked for their work in connexion with equipment and other domestic matters at Glenelg. k- H- Cordery (convener of the works and grounds committee) reported that an eighth of an acre of land was being brought into cultiva- £ nd recomme nded that a further eighth of an acre be ploughed. He suggested that .the horizontal bars should be moved to a drier position and he gave a list of seeds required for the garden. All the recommendations and suggestions were adopted by the committee. It was decided to hold a tree-planting ceremony on Arbor Day or on a convenient date as near Arbor Day as possible. * I

Dr. E. B. Reilly, in submitting the finance committee’s report, commented, on the rising costs of maintaining the' camp and it was decided that a spe-i cial effort should be made to increase inc« s C e le of stamps during the I 1954-55 campaign. D i7u ß Kennedy, Medical Officer of Health, asked that his place be taken on the committee by Dr. H T Knights, Deputy Medical Officer. ‘As Dr Kemiedy already gives much time to health c-anp matters on the district committee and central council, it was agreed to thank him for his valuable work on the committee and to invite Dr. Knighte to take his place. The president (Mr George Burns) presided at the meeting.

CURRENT NOTES Lady Mcßride, wife of the Australian nS te ' P e^ e ? ee ’ Sir phili P M =- , Auckland on Sunday by air for Suva. Accompanied by her! son, she xs on a holiday to the islands. Miss Fonna Macdonald (formerly oil Orari) has arrived in Christchurch I L 'S dOn r, by lo vlsit h « I mother, Mrs Guyon Macdonald, who! now lives in Fendalton. M^. t w the lI mo ?!. Uy meetin 6 of the St. Martins-Huntsbury branch of the of Mothers there was an excellent attendance, and seven new members were admitted. The speaker, “■“? F - Howells, gave an interesting address on her husband’s experiences while he was in the merchant naw I during the last war.

The guest speakers at a meeting of the Burwood Garden Club were| Messrs Glazebrook and Bulman, who gave an instructive talk on vegetable growing, followed by the screening of coloured slides of prize-winning gardens. Mr, Frickleton presided. Competition Winners were Mesdames Bisman, Hudson, Lack, and Booth.

At the last monthly meeting of the Sockburn League of Mothers, Mrs G. Stevenson presided, Mrs H. Collins Save ? demonstration on the making of hats, and members brought clothing for four orphans in Austria U B

clnterb" and given by Mesdames Flewellyn and Lake, were presented to the H. R. Pool and, TyrreUl the hfe member (Mrs Burn!, to Mrs Cuming, and the executive. Films were screened by Mr Sotherly, and were followed by the cutting of the birthday cake and the serving of supper.

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WHAT WOMEN ARE TALKING ABOUT

invitation of the Admiralty Miss Mackenzie lectured and judged « t be Navy’s drama festival in Malta in 1946. The following year she helped to organise the Royal Naval festival in the United Kingdom, which has continued ever since Miss Mackenzie is remarkable in that she is one of the very few notable women drama producers who have overcome prejudice and made a name for themselves. Twenty years ago it was Impossible for a woman to succeed as a stage producer, and .many members of the theatrical profession think this is much the same today. Miss Mackenzie considers that although few women wish to be professional drama producers, there are too many women in the theatre. In the professional theatre m England today there is 70 per cent unemployment amongst w ?s? el V, and , 50 per cent - amongst men. The British Council is assisting Miss Mackenzie’s tour of three and a half months in New - Zealand. It opened m Hastings at the Queen’s Birthday week-end early in J\me.

PHY SIOTHERAPIST IN LONDON

MISS FONNA MACDONALD RETURNS ON LEAVE Miss Fonna Macdonald, daughter of G , u yon Macdonald and of r rS j ac d° na ld- has returned from London after a long absence to spend a holiday with her mother, who now lives in Fendalton. Eighteen years ago, Miss Macdonald and her brother, Mr Alistair Macdonald, went to England. Mr Macdonald returned to Canterbury but his sister remained and trained as a physiotherapist at a London hospital and now occupies a very interesting professional post in London. She has come to New Zealand on three months furlough and on the journey by air she stayed for two nights with friends at Singapore and arrived in Christchurch on Sunday morning, when she sh ® en J°yed a magnificent view of the Southern Alps as she neared the airport Miss Macdonald for the last five years has been in charge of the physiotherapy department of a health clinic in Battersea, London, a rather poor part of the city where hospitals are not plentiful. The health centre is remarkable in that it is supported by voluntary contributions and is not part of any public hospital system. It is, m consequence free from red tape of any kind and is under the direction of a medical superintendent ls a consultant in Harley street. The health centre, a very modern well-equipped building, contains, besides the physiotherapy clinic, a clinic for the treatment of varicose veins and a chiropody clinic. All are very busy, particularly in the spring and autumn of each year. The patients are varied. Miss Macdonald treats many poor persons, and a fair proportion 0 . The med ical superintendent, Miss Macdonald said in an;interyesterday, was an important official ma very large boxing club and many boxers were in consequence treated by her. Olympic athletes, squash and tennis players have also been amongst her patients who are a never failing source of Interest to her. We are always busy, often exasperated but never bored," Miss Macdonald said.

The patients pay a small fee for treatment—about 2s—and the remainv ,l unds nfe cessary to maintain the health centre come from voluntary donations. "Amongst our good friends. Miss Macdonald said, "is Sir Malcolm Sargent, who arranges concerts and gives us the proceeds and sometimes visits the clinic himself. Another benefactor is Mr J. Arthur Rank. Miss Macdonald added that a former medical superintendent was a very clever man” who made most useful contacts with many kind persons who became generously disposed towards the work of the health centre. Miss Macdonald’s chief leisure-time occupation is painting. From her flat III? p i!? ,°’ she attends, when possible, the Chelsea School of Art ano spends much of her time at week-ends at her favourite pastime.

ENGAGEMENT I The engagement Is announced of Alison elder daughter of Mr and Mrs K. R. R. Thompson, Ashburton, to Lawrence Ansley, son of Mr and Mrs A. L. Moore, Lynnford.