“Quality Street” Season Opens on Wednesday

Manawatu Times, Volume 61, Issue 235, 5 October 1936, Page 8

“Quality Street” Season Opens on Wednesday

"Quality Street,’’ by Sir James Barrie, which is being presented at the Opera House by the Little Theatre Society for three nights commencing {m Wednesday next, 7th inst., is delightful in that it recreates for tho present generation all that wa3 beautiful in the manners and customs of tho pre-Vic-torian era. The production is in the hands of a strong cast under the direction of Lorna Bristow-, and 'those Who appreciate the England of Barrie, England redolent of grace and charm, ladies in their pattens, Whimsy Cake, tho period of tho quadrillo and .the gavotte, tho Spinet, should not miss this historically correct production. Ladies on reaching a certain age wore cups, the prevailing tone was blue and white, and the furniture bore the imprint of Chippendale and Sheraton. Movement was slow-, dignified and statciy, “paying attention” to young ladies was regulated by the strictest rules and correct proceduro was tho measure of proper upbringing. “Quality Street” calls all those who delight in the production of clean, w-holesomo corneuy dressed and staged according to the period. A feature of the production will bo the musical programme arranged by Mona Dean. Miss Dean associated with Miss Cynthia Vickery and Mr. Fred Bull will present a recital of simultaneous piianoforto numbers as overture and/or entr'acte. These numbers include “Allegio” (Mozart), “Minuet” (Boecharini), “Minuet in G” (Beethoven) and a gavotte composed by Ernest Jamieson, of Napier,'who has given special permission for tho rendition at these performances of an arrangement of his compositions for two pianos by Mona and Winifred Dean.