“WIND AND THE RAIN”

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XXIV, Issue 234, 15 September 1934, Page 10

“WIND AND THE RAIN”

Unbroken Run for Months

‘‘The Wind and tho Raiu,” that delightful comedy of medical studeut life, continues to go on and on at St. Martin’s Theatre, and it gives the author, Or, Merton Hodge, great pleasure to find peoplo enjoying it su greatly. Some people go over and over again; everybody speuks wall ol it, writes u London correspondent on July 6.

New Zealand friends of the playwright, as well as all theatregoers, will be interested to hear that Messrs J C. Williamson htive definitely bought this play lor production in Australia and New Zealand It is understood that they want largely to east it in byduey, as the expense ot taking out an English company in these days is a very serious tax ou the firm. Dr Hodge hopes to spare the time to go out to see that when “The Wind and the Rain’’ reaches New Zealand it will be as near a replica of the St. Martin’s production as it is possible to obtain. At present >t plays to full bouses iu Loudon. It has been running without a break since last September, and reached its 800th performance some weeks ago. “Grief Goes Over,” Dr. Hodge’s other play, is to be produced in October, directed by Miss Auriol Lee, and under the management of Messrs Howard and Wyndham It will be after the appearance of this that the author hopes to have a trip out to New Zealand. It is not desired that “Grief Goes Over’’ shall be staged while the popular and entertaining comedy still fills St. Martin’s.

A reading of “The Wind and the Rain” is being undertaken by the Hawke's Bay Little Theatre Society and will take place next month.