THE AMATEUR STAGE

Dominion, Volume 27, Issue 252, 21 July 1934, Page 4

THE AMATEUR STAGE

British Drama League OPENING OF FESTIVAL There was a fair attendance only at the opening at the Concert Chamber last evening of the first junior festival in the Wellington area of the British' Drama League. For this festival there are .12 entries, representing groups of players from different , schools or assemblies. Miss Beatrice Mackenzie, of Havelock North, acted as adjudicator. As no marks are to be announced until after this evening’s performances, it would not be fair to comment on rhe various efforts of competitors.. Suffice to say that after each of the little plays the adjudicator offered brief, penetrating, and helpful criticism. Last evening the Rongotal College Dramatic Club presented “The Autocrat at the Coffee Stall," by Harold Chapin; the Belfrance Players played “The Heart of a Clown,” by Constance Anderson; Miss M. Farrant’s Pantomime Class were seen in “The Sleeping Beauty,” by Herman Ould; and the Wellington Girls’ College Dramatic Club presented a scene from Jane Austen’s novel, “Pride and Prejudice.” A further four one-act plays will be given this afternoon, and a similar number this evening. It is perhaps a coincidence that three of the remaining groups are to present the same scene from Shakespeare’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream.”