A MISNOMER?

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XXII, Issue 192, 29 July 1932, Page 6

A MISNOMER?

"THE HOUSE WITH THE TWIBTY WINDOWS." TO NIGHT ’8 BILL OF FARE. Many people in Hastings are wondering at the present time how the play "The House with the Twisty Windows’’ came by its name. The name suggests anything but drama, and yet the play itself is a very powerful and compelling piece with a sudden dramatic climax. When the quiet figure of Derrick Moore comes on the scene, and the moonlight floods the stage, the tenseness of the atmosphere relaxes, and in its place are peace and quietness. Derrick Moore’s subdued and yet authoritative manner grips and holds you as he tells of the ‘ ■ House with the Twisty Windows.” You’ll love the Irish folk lore given in this play. ‘ ‘ 'Op-o ’-My-Thumb ” is of a totally different nature. Little laundry drudges set their wit, sharpened by advenity, one against the other and the humour is touched in many places by pathos. "Columbine” is a sweet sylvan flantasy —a special antidote for these times. Pierrot and Harlequin, as they fight in wordy battle for the hand of Columbine, combine with a rare blooding of personal antagonism. Miss Hawthorne has gane to much trouble and expense in the production of these plays and it is hoped that the sign "House full” will be hung up before the curtain rises to-night. Memories of Miss Hawthorne’s last recital, “Rosemary Green,” still linger, and those who attend to night will go in high expectation that is sure to bn fully justified. The low prices are wry popular, and booking is at Fnil’s.