B.D.L. AREA FESTIVAL

Press, Volume CIII, Issue 30498, 21 July 1964, Page 6

B.D.L. AREA FESTIVAL

First Plays Tonight

The Christchurch and North Canterbury area festival of the British Drama League will begin tonight and run until Saturday night. The programme is:— Tonight

Elmwood Players: “Lunch Hour,” by John Mortimer (producer Rosamund Heinz): Christchurch Irish National Society Drama Group: “The Shadow of the Glen,” by J. M. Synge (Daphne Milburn); Christchurch Religious Drama Society; “Little Joe Peck,” by Norman Reid (Margery Brouard); W.E.A. Dramatic Society: “Poor Mr Shakespeare,” by Joy Anderson (Harold Pointer). Wednesday

W.E.A. Dramatic Society: “Words with a Murderer,” by Harold Pointer (Harold Pointer); Fidelity A.A.R.C.: “Angels in the Kitchen,” by Jan C. Zeeklugh (lan Lund); The Little Theatre: “High on a Hilltop,” by Iris Thomas (Alex Aitchison). Thursday

Phoenix Theatre: “The Death of Bessie Smith,” by Edward Albee (Hector L. Smith); Catholic Women’s League Drama Group: “The Witches,” by Margaret Wood (Maureen Gill); Sumner Drama Group: “Chalk Garden,” Act I, by Enid Bagnold (Frederick Betts); The Little Theatre: “Eiderdown Holiday,” by Harold Pointer (Peter Gibb). Friday

The Elmwood Players: “Conversations With a Golliwog,” by Alexander Guyan (Alex Henderson); Hawarden C.W.1.: “Life of the Insects,” by Karel and Josef Capek (Barbara McEwan); South Brighton C.W.1.: “Funeral Dance,” by David Compton (Daphne Milburn). Saturday

Three recall plays and the announcement of awards and presentation of trophies.