OATMEAL “SANDSTORM.”
SCENE PAINTER REVEALS A THEATRICAL SECRET OF DRUIU LANE. If. there were a Royal Academy of Scenic Art, Mr Joseph Hanker, the famous scene painter, whoso name, on the programmes, has been familiar to playgoers for nearly 50 years, would probably be P.R.A. This great artist has just published a book “Studio and Stage,” and from a great number of good stories, the following is selected: When “The Garden of Allah” was produced at Drury Lane a couple of years ago, much speculation was excited by the realistic reproduction of a sandstorm —one of the big moments in tho piece. Lots of people believed the “sand to bo real. Others declared that it was sawdust, while as many again were convinced that it was cork dust. A certain piquancy was lent to the controversy by Mr Arthur Collin’s polite refusal to divulge the secret. As a matter of simple fact, the stuff used was oatmeal!
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Gisborne Times, Volume LXI, Issue 9771, 31 July 1924, Page 3
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157OATMEAL “SANDSTORM.” Gisborne Times, Volume LXI, Issue 9771, 31 July 1924, Page 3
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