SHAKESPEARE SOCIETY
The seventh meeting of \ the season-, bf.« the Wellington Shakespeare Soci--; ety was held in the N.Z.E.l.club, room, k Willis Street, on Thursday, October 1.; There was a large audience. As a:; variety from Shakespeare ..the evening . was devoted, to. the reading of two of 3 Sir James'M. Barries plays, 'Half an * Hour";and "Alice-Sit-by-the-Fire." All > arrangements; -dor the c.asts and the H readings were'in the capable hands? of Miss Edith Hind. Miss>:Nola Prit-i Qljard two very pleasing | pianoforte ' items. -." ' i
Those'who took part in'the readings/ wefe~;Mrs. .W.-.G. Ross,:,Mrs. H. E.; Dufl, "'Mrs. Ma'rtyn Williams. Misses? Edith Hind, Unity Jones,'"R. Petersen,.| S." Williams;'-Mahoy, Messrs; J. P. Nicol, , Binet Brown, E. G. , Feltham, F. J. '■■ Jones,- and-Kennedy.^ Tlje-stage-dir.ee- ; tions -were read by Miss G. Kerry and ,' Mrs.' Martyn Williams; ; The .readers j infused into both plays:!:the full:, and \ true-spirit of-Barrfe. the:-subtle hu- .>■ mour of the author being splendidly % delineated. -At' -the" conclu'sidn-' the j audience was. entertained, at supper. ' The final meeting for the,year will be - ; tield'in Npvernber when the; "Merchant.-,' of Venice" will be read. ■ '
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Evening Post, Volume CXXII, Issue 82, 3 October 1936, Page 6
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