ALLAN WILKIE AND MISS HUNTER-WATTS.

Evening Post, Volume CXI, Issue 126, 30 May 1931, Page 6

ALLAN WILKIE AND MISS HUNTER-WATTS.

It Would bo difficult to suggest a more attractive- programme- than that which is outlined in the advertisement to be found on ■ the' amusement page for the first series of recitals which are to bo given by Mr. Allan Wllkio aqd Miss Hunter-Watts, commencing on Thursday next with a matinee. To appear in a single performance In such a wido rango of characters as Henry the Fifth, Hamlet, Macbeth,' Shylock, Jacques, Sir l'eter Teazle, and Ophelia, Lady Macbeth, Portia, Eosalind, Lady Teazle, would tax tho versatility of any artists- who wore not so steeped in tlielr subject, and at the same time such finished technical exponents of their art aa llr. Allan Wilkle and Miss HunterWatts. When witnessing a Shakespearian play, tho tendency upon tho part of tho audience Is to wait for and dwell upon tho bis scene, which lingers in their memories in after years, but in tho entertainment provided by ■Mr. Wilkie, one "big" scene follows upon another, constituting.what a critic in a leading Australian paper, writing of these recitals, so aptly described as ' "The Essence of Shakespeare." . A special feature of tho season is that every seat In the hall 'can be booked in advance at tho various prices of admission, an innovation which, judging by tho heavy advance booking is extremely popular.