MEETINGS
W.E.A. (ST.- COLUMBA). That interest in the W.E.A. is unflagging was demonstrated at the recent meetng of the St. Columba, circle. The subject studied was “The History of Drama,” which provided an interesting and profitable evening. First the plays of the great Greek dramatists of the fifth century B.C. were touched on, the works of Sophocles, Euripides and Aristophanes. Then came the drama of England, the “Miracle,” and “Morality,” plays which were familiar things at the end of the 10th century. Then the plays of Shakespeare, shewing the rapid strides drama had made in a short time. There was little drama worthy of note from the end of
the 17th to the end of the 19th century. The plays ,of Sheridan and Goldsmith make a pleasant, but hot very serious break in the barrenness. In the end of the 19th century the social type of play became popular ,in the works of Pinero and H. A. Jones. Finally some extracts of modern dramatists were read, as a contrast to the style of the late Victorian writers. At the next meeting of the circle the opera “Carmen,” (Bizet) will be studied, illustrated by gramophone records.
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Greymouth Evening Star, 11 August 1930, Page 3
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