BLOW TO DRAMA
INVASION OF "i&jugJ&B AtJSTBALIAN'S APPEAL . Sydney, Feb. 9. Tbe inroads of the talkies into ttje jrajna 'of the legitimate wtage continues. i*st night the curtain ratig down finally m drama in one city theatre, with lii'Jiard lkllairs, an ' Australian actor, (leading lor its life in the final scene. Rbn it rose to display Bellalrs in "real |k,, nuking an appeal that Australia's mu itctors should he given a chance, |» denounced the. American talkies in troiig terms, and tlio small audience iMtLtudedThe spfciker said the people wore pat#tii*ing "cumi-d" drama to the detriWg&'pl their own fellow-citiiiens, who We trying to give them clean enteffiuiment. Several shows had closed, Pfltrtring hundreds of men and women Mf of employment. It was not that plays were no good; some |M L ton unable.to get a hearing ere Raving long runs abroad.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LV, Issue 17180, 10 February 1930, Page 2
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140BLOW TO DRAMA Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LV, Issue 17180, 10 February 1930, Page 2
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