DICKENS-SHAKESPEARE SOCIETY

Evening Post, Volume CX, Issue 69, 18 September 1930, Page 5

DICKENS-SHAKESPEARE SOCIETY

A very enjoyable evening was spent'by the Dickens-Shakespeare Society on Monday, when a programme, arranged by the president, Mr. Clement May, was presented.

Miss Mavis Dillon opened with a pianoforte solo, and was followed by Hiss Marjovie Bennie, who., by special request, sang a charming Maori song. Mr. W. J. Mountjoy, Jm\, gave an excellent rendering of Gloucester's "Soliloquoy," from Henry VI., a£.te> -which Miss Margaret O'Halloran, in" the guise of Betsy Trotwood, proceeded to drive the donkeys from her lawn and to tell Mr. Murdstone exactly what she thought of him. Mr. Maunder, violinist, and Miss Jean Ma.imder, pianist, then played "'Saint d'Amour" (Elgar). after which Mr. John 3'orr recited Othello's "Defence."' Mitss Ailsa Dillon san? iv a very realistic manniJr Schubert's "The Erl King," for which she received a hearty encore. Messrs. Clement M*ry and W. J. Mountjoy, Jnr.,. took the parts of Cassius and Brutus respectively iv the "Instigation Scene" from "'Julius Caesar," and Miss Marjorie Bennie sang two English songs, "Whisper and I Shall Hear" and "Ships That Pass in the Night." Miss.Madge Thomas, as Volumnia, made her pathetic appeal to Coriolanus. Mr. Maunder, accompanied by Miss Jean Maunder, gave two violin,solos, and Mr. Cedric Muir gave an impersonation of "Fagin" from "Oliver Twist." After two songs from Miss Ailsa Dillon, the closing item, a very dramatic one, the "'Dagger Scene" from "Macbeth." was given in fine style by Miss Madge Thomas and Mr. John Story. A vote of thanks to the performers, moved by Mr. J. Salt. was heartily-accorded by all present.