A SUCCESSFUL DRAMATIST.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVI, Issue 18, 21 June 1913, Page 5

A SUCCESSFUL DRAMATIST.

NEW ZEALAND GIRL'S SUCCESS. Per Press Association. Gisbonie, June 21. The news contained in tlis cables of the further success) of the young Gisborne iuithoress and playwright. Miss Rose Mary Bees, will be received with gratification by her ninny friends and acquaintances throughout New Zealand. Miss Bees lias met no little, success in her work ,and many of her stories and playlets have met with a bib demand, notably a delightful curtaiii-raiser. entitled "Her Dearest Friend," which, after being staged in (lisborne, was purchased by Mr. Percy Hutchinson, a nephew of .Sir Charles Wydnham, and indeed, Mr. Hutchinson ■wj'.s so delighted with the success of the play that he at once commissioned ".Miss Bees to essay bigger work, promising t) undertake its staging ami production. Then Miss.Marion Terry, the English actress, "came in contact with some of Miss Bees' stories, with flattering result. >'. he; at once expressed a desire that Miss Bees should write a play for lutr. and the. sequel is yet to be seen in the production of a. five-act play already written, which will probably be. entitled "The Conquered Citadel." Miss Bees lias been engaged for some time now in superintending the production of the. on.e-ae.t play "Uncle Bill," the success of which is the subject of the cable message, but at first met with many difficulties in the matter of obtaining v. suitaMo caste. However, all these difficulties eppoar to have been successfully overcome, and the success of the little pliy "Uncle Bill" will probably be the immediate precursor of a brilliant reputation for Miss Bees, The young authoress is well known in fiisboriic. where she was brought up, and, indeed, as already indicated, throughout New Zealand' and Australia.. She entered upon it stage career some ten years ago, and quickly achieved a measure of success, playing leading ladv in Allen Hamilton's "Message from Mars'' Company. In England, too. Miss Bees is well and favorably known upon the boards of both metropolitan and provincial theatres. Writing to a Cisborne friend bv the last mail. Miss Bees stated that she intends lo plav the loading-part" in "Uncle Bill." Her short stories have boon well received by the London l,.agaziries. in which thev frequently appear. She is a daughter of the late Mr. W. L. Bees, solicitor, of fiisbornc.