Sea Drama on Theme of Trawler Girl Pat
A situation broadly based on the adventurous voyage of the Grimsby trawler Girl Pat provides the thomo of 'The Gusher," Inn Hay's new mvsterv drama, which opened a season recentl'v in London. "The Gusher" has n cast of 70, and its 17 scenes include a prison kitolien in England, a coroner's court in East. London, the trawler, an East End bar and dance-hall, the deck of a luxury liner, a "shady" establishment in Panama City, and an island in tho Pacific. Sliding stages were used by tho producer, Mr. Herbert Bryan, to attain speed of action; and each scene was announced through a microphone to save tho audience the necessity of striking matches to examine their programmes.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22819, 28 August 1937, Page 16 (Supplement)
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125Sea Drama on Theme of Trawler Girl Pat New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22819, 28 August 1937, Page 16 (Supplement)
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