"THE WHITE CHATEAU”

Otago Daily Times, Issue 22720, 5 November 1935, Page 4

"THE WHITE CHATEAU”

“NO MORE WAR” DRAMA A “no more war” story about real mc.i and women, with an idea that sweeps everything before it in one great dramatic rush —such is “The .White Chateau,” to be presented for the first time in New Zealand in His Theatre to-night under the direction of the Little Theatre Society and the producership of Miss Madge Yates. The contrasts of war and peace are strongly emphasised—“ Clipped grey hair for' a baby’s curl, gleam of weapons for gleam of pearls—and in my lady’s deserted bed a grim old general in gold and red” (the Chronicler, scene 2)., Elsewhere the writer, Reginald Berkeley, a captain i the New Zealand Rifle Brigade, remarks, “ You know the cost —a bagatelle —a mere 10,000,000 souls or so.” Every word of the play is beautiful and uplifting, proving beyond any shadow f doubt that “war is hell”; and,if any proof were needed of the necessity, for the League of Nations and the No More War Movement it is to be found in every line of “ The White Chateau.” The doors will be opened at 7.15.