THE THEATRE ABROAD
OF PLAYS MELBOURNE, May 8. “London is jazz mud,” said Mr G. A. Highland, a former producer for J. 0. Williamson, Limited, who returned to Melbourne by the Ormonde, after spending five months abroad. Mr Highland said that ho had seen 38 plays ’produce and complete their runs within three and a-half months. This was a striking commentary on theatrical conditions overseas, he said. D showed that authors had very little idea of what the public wanted. Plays seemed to be too s'liort for the public taste. At present there was no composer or author of good iight work, .and it seemed that it would be a long time before there were new musicaj plays to compare with “Rose Marie,” “The Maid 'of the Mountains,” or “The Desert -Song.”
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18402, 21 May 1934, Page 10
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132THE THEATRE ABROAD Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18402, 21 May 1934, Page 10
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