DUNEDIN REPERTORY SOCIETY

Otago Daily Times, Issue 23205, 1 June 1937, Page 16

DUNEDIN REPERTORY SOCIETY

MONTHLY SOCIAL IN THE CONCERT CHAMBER The Dunedin Repertory Society held an enjoyable social in the Concert Chamber of the Town Hall last evening. The chamber was full, both upstairs and down, with an appreciative audience, who, after supper, danced until midnight. The edges of the stage and the small tables in the body of the hall were decorated with bowls of autumn flowers, the work of Mrs E. T. Moller and members of the Social Committee. Mrs Richard Hudson, president, in a few preliminary remarks, welcomed Lady Myers, the guest of the society for the evening, and explained that her husband, Sir Michael Myers, was president of the New Zealand branch of the British Drama League in Wellington. She announced that the so-

ciety’s next major production, Libel, had had to be postponed until July 21 to 24, and thanked the producers and players who were to provide the evenmg r s entertainment. Three well-handled and unusual oneact plays were then presented, each being received with due appreciation by the audience, and each a complete contrast to the others. The first was “ Old ’ Moore’s Almanac,” by John Hampden, produced by Mr Aubrey Stephens with the following cast:— Lady Ditchwater, Sybil Henderson; Sir John Ditchwater, Sydney Lock; Daisy Dimple, Patsy Stephens: Algernon Ditchwater, Roland Watson; and Evelyn Trent, Mrs J. L. Anderson. The second was “ To Kill a Man,” by Gabriel Timmory, the first play to be presented by Miss Bessie Thomson’s Repertory Society students, with Francis Arnaud, played by Jack Hannah; Davitt Givrette, by Noel French; and Yves de Tolbrack, by Colin Paterson. The play was produced by Miss Trixie Wood. The third was “ Tangled Skeins,” by Hcrmon Auld, produced by Miss Florence Pacoy with the following cast:— Fanny Hollis, Betty Rhodes; Esther Hollis, Norma Bain; Nurse, Patricia Strachan: Andrew Wright, Frank Foster; Mrs Hollis, Roberta White; Moggie (the maid), Rodney Moir; and Street Musicians. Sam Jacobs and Ritchie Hanna.