TWO GREAT PLAYS
“WHEN WINTER. COMES.” In “When Winter Comes” the J.C.W. play coming to Wellington soon, Mark Babre, “puzzlehead,” idealist, always able to see the other man's views, is materialised by Mr Garry Marsh, an English actor making his first appearance in New Zealand. He gets skilfully inside the unique character with its whimsicality and depth of feeling as created by the author, and makes it a superb 6tud.y in personality. Mips Axlsa Graham, as Nona, does sound work in portraying correctly the woman who loved Mark so faithfully, and Miss Jane Saville is splendidly cast as the unimaginative wife who throws cold water on all Mark’s schemes. , The central part of Effie is admirably taken by Miss Isabel Wilford. who puts her inherent daintiness into tne role, and later euggests the tragic import of the character. Mr J. B. Atholwood, sterling aptor that lie is, vividly impresses with h'is work in the inquest scene. Mr Arthur Cornell as Twyning, and Mrs George Blunt as the Rev. Fortune (Sabre's Sartner.s), and Mr Sidney Stirling as !ajor ‘'Hopscotch'* Millot give realisation to the author’s conception. High Jinks and Low Jinks are amusingly taken bv Misses Georgia Harvey and Lorn a Helms, and with Mr H. H. Wallace «.-» the coroner, Mr Reginald Wykeham as the solicitor, and Mr Robert Geddes (formerly of Auckland) as a chemist, the cast is highly adequate.
‘THE 1 CAT AND THE- CANARY
Another brilliant play is “The Cat and the Canary.” which mixes laughter and thrills together in a surprising manner. The conauest of fear is the motif of this comedy-nrania. When most terrified the heroine draws comfort in reading from a book statements dealing with the best way in which to conquer fear. It is said that the canary, sale behind the bars of its cage, often fears the prowling cat. and dies 100 deaths needlessly, fearing an attack that cannot be made. So, too. in everyday life, human fear develops into hysteria and the victim imagines calamities that, never happen. Air Garry Marsh will be seen in a very humorous role, and Miss Isobel Wilford will appear in a part for which she was specially engaged to play in Australia.'
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New Zealand Times, Volume L, Issue 11655, 20 October 1923, Page 7
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