“THE PRIVATE SECRETARY.”

Otago Daily Times, Issue 21018, 6 May 1930, Page 5

“THE PRIVATE SECRETARY.”

This evening the Dunedin Strolling Players will present “ The Private Secretary.” The play was written by Sir Charles Hawtrey, and was first presented in London some 40 years ago. It has since been revived on many occasions, and has always drawn packed houses, never failing to convulse the audience with laughter. The cast is composed oi some of Dunedin’s best-known amateur players, who have already successfully produced the play in both Oamaru and Milton. The plot deals with the life oia young man, sole heir to a wealthy uncle, who. finding himself in financial difficulties, masquerades as the Rev. Mr Spalding, the newly-appointed private secretary to Mr Mareland. Mi Douglas Cattermole, the pseudo secretary, has arranged for his friend, the Rev. Mr Spalding, to change place: with him. The rich uncle has never met his_ nephew, and when he unexpectedly arrives at the nephew’s flat and meets the minister who is taking the place of the real nephew, complications soon develop. Similar happenings take place at the residence of Mr Marsland. and the various episodes that follow are full of humour. The box plan arrangements are advertised.