NAME FOR NEW PLAY BY NGAIO MARSH
FENDALTON girl wins TITLE CONTEST From some 400 entries received in *J?e New Zealand Players’ “Find a Title competition for Ngaio Marsh’s new Play, to be presented as the company s Christmas attraction, the winnmg» e ? tr y’ * A Unicorn for Christipas» been announced from LoniJ 1 ' T ™ s entr y came from 14-year-°ld^. Lev y> of 135 Fendalton ♦u 3 42 Christchurch. She will receive the first prize of a model theatre which is being constructed in the New ZeaJ?u d 4 P l aye V s ’, wor kshop. A pupil of Christchurch West High School, Jennifer Levy is an ardent supporter of the ami is also a talented pianist. task_of the judges, Richard and Edith Campion qnd Miss Ngaio Marsh, was a difficult one. Many of the titles submitted were very ingenious and snowed considerable imagination, but the selected title more closely caught the spirit and action of the play, which takes place at Christmas time. Consolation prizes of free theatre seats will be sent to .other prize winners as soon as their names are returned from London. , Th^^ w !° rld Premiere of “A Unicorn Cnnstmas” will be at Palmerston North on Friday, November 18.
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Press, Volume XCII, Issue 27801, 28 October 1955, Page 9
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