DRAMATIC ART

Sun (Auckland), Volume 1, Issue 46, 17 May 1927, Page 15

DRAMATIC ART

MRS. GRIFFITHS’S CHILD PUPILS The stage in the concert chamber of the Town Hall was changed into a veritable fairyland last night, when Mrs. A. Griffiths and Miss D. Griffiths again presented their gifted child Pupils in series of dainty and pretty items. “Little Red Ridinghood” was the most successful item given, and the originality ieserves no small measure of praise. There was Little 80-Peep, Boy Blue aid Simple Simon. A bevy of country maidens and a troupe of fairies and elves, to brighten the old, old story, and one was never quite sure what was coming next. The introduction of a prince, who was to slay the wolf instead of the woodman, certainly added to the charm of the pantomime. Of the littl ? actresses. Miss L. Armitage as Red Itidinghood was the most she put feeling and lifelike actions into her part. Another was Miss M. Brown, as the first elf. was most original and her little actions at having a real fairy to play with were delightful to watch.

No comment on the piece would be complete w ithout a word or two about the wolf. Quite an unusual sort of wolf, and besides attending to her part in the play she found time to amuse the audience ir many little ways. The part W'as taken by Miss J. Greig. Miss E Cork delighted the audience with a passage from Dickens, portraying Jenny Wren. the Doll’s Dressmaker. . . vVillie Brown certainly made * good hit with his recital of “So Was i’ and Miss G. Gain showed how a really nice and obedient child should practise h»r scales on the piano. Joy Simon and Olga Elsmore repeated thtir Saturday night’s success. - 1 , 18 time they danced a Dutch specuuty danci with a recital by Olga entitled “My Family,” and the rhythmic f. 10 £ dancs set many a pair of feet tching to do the same. Of the other items a Shakespearean recitil •'Pick,” by Miss M. Jenkins, a seaside specialty by J. Abbott and M. ear *ing' and "A Visit to the Zoo,” , e all wall worth mention. In the ast-namc i Miss J. Ross was really good as the father. During the course of the evening Oniflitha gave each child a pre-