A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLIX, Issue 16113, 30 April 1923, Page 8

A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM.

• iTo the Editor of the Herald.) Sir, —1 wahtl to invite the public to come along to see our humble, attempt to give 'them twoi hours' amusement from Shakespeare'a most laugable comedy. There ar'e ; two (scandalous I should say if they were not absurd') facts, which have been brought to my notice —one is that "Gisborna doesn't appreciate good stuff like Shakespeare —give them a farce ura. comic opera." Sir! Isn't that rubbish? Does not every school boy and girl know something of the priceless wit of him (be it Shakespeare or Bacon) who wrote "The Merry Conceited! Humors of Bottom the Weaver" as the play reproduced in 1661 was called. The other, a somewhat! amusing reflection on Gisborne's musical talent, is also' worth calling to your notice. When making preliminary arrangements for this production I wrote to the secretary of a certain orchestral society of ono of our cities endeavoring to hire th<3 orchestral music. In th© reply I received) was this astounding statement, "In the location in which you are, 1 should think that' our music would! not bo much use as it is all scored' for very full orchestra." It that typical of what outsiders think of Poverty Bay? I have a much higher opinion of.Gisborne, haven't you, Mr. .Editor? Need*less to state 1 had 1 no difficulty in supplying what was wanted without going outside Gisborno!—Yours, etc., LEONARD H. FENNi,