DRAMA COMPETITIONS
NAPIER REPERTORY PLAYERS WIN FINAL (United Press Association) ROTORUA, September 17. The finals of the 1937 competitions conducted by the New Zealand British Drama League were held here. The finalists were the Napier Repertory Players’ A team, the Palmerston North Little Theatre Society A team and the Dunedin Repertory Society’s team. Napier, who produced the play “The Three Hundredth Performance” was placed first. The second and third placings were not announced, but the judges indicated that there was very little between the three teams. At the annual meeting of the New Zealand branch the following officers were elected: President, Sir Michael Myers; vice-presidents, Lady Ferguson, Misses A. G. Kane and Elizabeth Blake, Sir George Shirtcliffe, Messrs W. M. Page, A. S. Farquhar, H. R. Tomlinson, A. J. Heighway, J. D. Swan and Dr W. H. Unwin; national executive, Misses Kane and Blake, the secretary, Mr H. Esmond Greig, the librarian, Miss B. Page, the treasurer, Mr S. Natusch, and members, Miss D. Isaacs, Messrs G. H. A. Swan, A. S. Farquhar and Dr Benham.
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Southland Times, Issue 23308, 18 September 1937, Page 12
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176DRAMA COMPETITIONS Southland Times, Issue 23308, 18 September 1937, Page 12
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