REPERTORY SOCIETY

Evening Post, Volume CXXVII, Issue 118, 22 May 1939, Page 4

REPERTORY SOCIETY

A SUCCESSFUL PLAY

Bernard Shaw's play, "The Apple Cart," as staged by the Wellington Repertory Society, concluded a highly successful season in the Town Hall Concert Chamber on Saturday night. The fact that every seat in the hall was filled was a tribute to both the cast and the producer, Mr. Leo dv Chateau.

At the conclusion of the performance the players and the producer were called before the curtain and re-

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ceived the plaudits of the audience. The stage was strewn with flowers and other tokens for the artists. Later, behind the curtain, Mr. A. O. Heany, on behalf of the cast, expressed appreciation of the way. in which Mr. dv Chateau had handled the players. He presented him with a handsome silver bedside clock.

Responding, Mr. dv Chateau referred to the fine spirit of co-operation between the players and himself. Every member of the cast, he said, had done well, and the show was a triumph for the Repertory Society. Mr. dv Chateau specially mentioned five members of the cast —Mr. Heany, Mrs. Ina Allen, Mr. Cedric Gardner, Mr. Ashley Jones, and Mr. E. E. Le. Grove.