CAPPING CARNIVAL

Otago Daily Times, Issue 22260, 12 May 1934, Page 17

CAPPING CARNIVAL

There has been an opinion of recent years that capping carnivals have not been what they were, and in many cases this is undoubtedly true. Being aware of this fact, the students have set themselves the task of presenting to the public a capping carnival the like of which has never been attempted before. Those in charge of the various branches of capping are exerting themselves to the utmost in their quest for improvement. Their efforts, it is said, have not been in vain. This year the concert should prove to be one of the best ever produced by Otago students. “To the Last Man” is considered to be by far the cleverest farce that has been written at the Otago University. The dialogue in this burlesque is extremely clever and the situations created are ludicrously funny. There are few players in “To the Last Man,” but those chosen for the parts could not have been more admirably east. The story ridicules the once-popular American prairie pictures and the setting is in a typical Wild West saloon, complete with sherriffs, doublegun he-men, and dynamite. ’The interludes are of a very high standard and have Been well chosen. Count Larger and Whiskers Spate’s efforts on the mat are equally as humorous as the genuine combat. Mr Bernard Shaw has not been neglected, and the students sum him up in their own way. The sextet’s production is in ' extremely capable hands, and this year six very fine voices have been found. The,words are witty and the songs bright. The sextet should, as usual, carry off the laurels as the star performers of the concert. This year the book has been increased in size, and the editor has secured some excellent sketches from Don Nicol, who appeared with the Opera Company which recently visited Dunedin.