MISS R. M. REES

Grey River Argus, 21 June 1913, Page 3

MISS R. M. REES

AUTHORESS AND PLAYWRIGHT. (Per Press Association). GISBORNE, June 20. The news contained in the cables of the ; further success -of the. young Gisbore authoress and ■ playwright, Miss Rose Mary Rees, will be received with gratification by her. many friends and acquaintances throughout New Zealand. Miss Rees. has met with -no little sticces<fln! her' work, and many of her stories and playlets have met with a big 1 demand, notably a delightful^'curtairi raiser entitcd "Her dearest friend," which, after beings staged in Gisborne, was purchased by Mr. P. Hutchison;, a. nephew of Sir Charles Wyndham, and produced in America where it created no little enthusiasm, among theatre goers. Indeed; Mr. Hutchison was so delighted with the success .of the play that he a tonce commissioned Miss Rees to essay bigger work, promising to undertake the staging and production. . ■■-■•■ i;'nen Miss Marion Terry, the Englisn uciiesb, came m contact witii some of Miss Rees's stones with the nattering rtsuiL, tna.t sue at once expressed v desire tnat Miss kees shouiU wxile a play ior ,iier, and me sequel is yet to be seen in the production of a rive act : play alreaay written, which will probably be. entitled "The Conquered Cxiaciel.' Miss Rees has been engaged for son.ie time now m superintenamg tne pr-oauction or a one-act pay "Uncle Bill,' the success of which is the subject oi tne caDie message; but at first v mci with many dirncuities in the maper of obtaining a suitable caste. However, all . these dirncuities. appear to have been successiuiiy overcome, and the success of the little-pi-ay \* Uncle -."bi11."- wiU probably be the immediate ■ precursor or" a. brlliant reputation, for Miss k'aes. The young authoress is well known in Cisboirne, where she was brought upj aaa inaeea, as already indicated tnioughout i\ew Zealand and Australia. Shi entered upon a stage . carreer some ten years ago, and quickly achieved no small measure of v success, playing leading lady ; in Alien Hamilton's '"Message from Mars" Company. In England, too Miss Rees s we'll and favorably known unon the boards of both the metropolitan and provincial; theatres. ■ Writing- to a Gisborne friend by last mail Miss Rees stated that she intended to play the leading part in "Uncle Bill." Her short stories .have been well received by . the .London magazines in which they frequently appear. She is a daughter of Mr W. L. Rees, solicitor, -of Gisborne.