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DRAMATIC COMPANY

The final performances of the unusual mystery drama, "Ten Minute Alibi," will be given by the New Lon- .. !jj?n Dramatic Company at His Majesty's Theatre this afternoon and this evening. On Monday night the brilliantly clever comedy-drama, "The .Wind and the Rain," written by the well-known New Zealander, Dr. Merton Hodge, will commence a season. The story is pleasantly human, with a tender romance as the keynote. The central figures are a group of young Medical students and the atmosphere °f their study in which most of the :t ® c tion takes place is said to be very "Mrs. McFie, the landlady," a critic, "is forever shuffling in v? up. Sections of a skeleton are laden in a bookcase and above the ooruay hang crossed swords, while a Policeman's helmet decorates the wall. vivid cqntrast is also provided by he attitudes of the students. Gilbert ?d «°hn Williams flit in and out. ®jther hanging up or taking down goli .übs, ,while Charles Tritton (George f rlwell) waits for telephone rings n v n Hargreaves (Jocelyn Howarth) The plav has proved an outlanding success in London and the cnibers of the company act so bri 1lantly that it seems as if the characv; .p 1 " 8 have been, specially written for ' special holiday matinee will held on Tuesday. Full particulars We advertised.

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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXII, Issue 22018, 26 January 1935, Page 13

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DRAMATIC COMPANY New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXII, Issue 22018, 26 January 1935, Page 13

DRAMATIC COMPANY New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXII, Issue 22018, 26 January 1935, Page 13