BRITISH DRAMA LEAGUE

Press, Volume XCVI, Issue 28380, 12 September 1957, Page 6

BRITISH DRAMA LEAGUE

N.Z. Playwriting Winners (New Zealand Press Association) NEW PLYMOUTH, Sept. 11. Results of the New Zealand branch of the British Drama League’s 1957 playwriting competition were announced by the acting-Dominion president (Miss O. E. Harding) .at Hawera, as follows: All women’s section (judged by Miss O. E. Harding, Wellington): “Parnassus Point” by Marie Bullock (Wellington) 1; “Princess of Navarre,” by Dorothy Kelly (Naenae) 2; “A Little Learning,” by Phyllis Tyne (Hastings) 3. Open section (judged by Mr Frank Newman, Christchurch); “The Closing Door,” by Jean Lawrence (Blenheim) 1; “The Wife of Tomorrow Morning,” by (Miss) M. Williams (Wellington) 2; “Comfort Me with Apples,” by Mrs K. Healey (Dunedin) 3.

Plays for presentation by school children (judged by Mr D. <G. Edwards. Wellington): “A Message for Marianne,” by Mrs A. Glenday (Palmerston North) 1; “The Runaway Apprentice,” by Miss A. A. Kenney (Auckland) 2; “Food for Thought” by Marie Bullock (Wellington) 3. Religious ection (judged by Mrs Martin Sullivan, Christchurch): “Esther,” by Mrs A. Glenday (Palmerston North) 1; “But Thou, Bethlehem,” by Mrs M. Elder (Port Chalmers) 2; “Three Kings,” by Mrs M. Elder (Port Chalmers) 3. Junior section (judged by Mrs A. ' D. Priestley, Wellington): “Trust the Talbots,” by Miss R. Rowsell (Northland) 1; “The Banished Princess,” by Miss V. Lowry (Auckland) 2; “Doctor's Orders," by Jocelyn Davies (Auckland) 3.