DUNEDIN REPERTORY SOCIETY

Evening Star, Issue 23726, 6 November 1940, Page 10

DUNEDIN REPERTORY SOCIETY

THREE ONE-ACT PLAYS PRESENTED Tlio monthly social evening of the Repertory Society was held in the Concert Chamber on Monday, when there was the usual appreciative audience. Three short plays of widely different types were presented. ‘ The Dress Suit ’ is the work of a local playwright. Miss Annabelle'M'Dougall, or St. Clair. It is a domestic comedy with wellconstructed plot containing some amusing and homely wisdom in its lines. The characters were all well cast, and the interest of the audience was sustained till the dramatic, but not entirely unforeseen, climax. Those taking parts were Mesdames Stuart Cameron and Newall, Messrs Leslie Dunbar, Harold Robinson, and D. Silverstone. ‘ Gild the Mask Again,’ which followed, written by T. I). Morris, and presented by the drama class, is a story of an incident in the life of Queen Elizabeth. In this play a very good setting had been made by the use of a raised platform and two Elizabethan windows. The costuming, too, was most effective. The queen, played by Sheila M'Donald, was quite a good study, while Lola Johnston, who portrayed Mary Fitton, spoke her lines beautifully. Others taking part were Margaret M'Lay, Maisie Ponder, Betty MacPhail, Mary Ellen Kilroy, Joyce Rowley, Beverley Grace, Maurice Bellugue, and Harold Robinson. The final play for the evening kept the audience in a ripple of mirth. ‘ Jumping to Conclusions,’ by Vernon Sylvaine, was presented by courtesy of the Playbox, and was an excellent rendering of an amusing trifle. (The story is slight, but the dia-: loguo is very bright and was excellently handled by the cast. Mr Oswald Stephens, who played the part of the butler, gave a clever study, while the other parts were well filled by Miss Berta Lawson, Messrs Aubrey Stephens, and E. L. Eastgate. During an interval Mr W. R. Brugh announced that the very creditable result of 1 Full House,’ produced by Mr Ernest Griffon, was £3OO for patriotic funds. He also spoke of the next major production, early in December, which would be a serious drama entitled the 1 Two- Mrs Carrolls.’ He spoke, too. of the loss the society had suffered when Mr D. D. Young was transferred to Wanganui. Supper and an informal hour of dancing concluded a very successful evening.