HOOK

Timaru Herald, Volume CXLII, Issue 20525, 17 September 1936, Page 3

HOOK

DRAMATIC PRESENTATIONS The interest shown in dramatic presentations at Hook was evident when the St. Andrews Dramatic Club presented four one-act plays, a comedy, a drama, a farce, and a thriller, all of which showed many hours of careful practice and diligent organisation and preparation. The entertainment, which was staged in the Hook Memorial Hall in aid of the Hook Tennis Club was thoroughly enjoyed by a most appreciative audience. During the intermissions selections were played by Mr Alan O’Neill, St. Andrews. At the conclusion of the plays Mr Geo. McKenzie, president of the Hook Tennis Club, thanked Mrs Mills .club producer), and members of the St. Andrews Dramatic Club for their splendid performance and generous offer in presenting it for the benefit of the Tennis Club. Thanks were also accorded Mr A. O’Neill for assisting with the musical part of the programme, and Messrs W. E. Mills, D. Bruce. R. Gray, W. Meyer, who acted as stage managers. Supper was handed round after which dancing was enjoyed. Music was supplied by Miss Patterson, assisted by extras by Mr A. O’Neill. Mr A. Wells was master of cememonies.

“A Little Bit of Fame and Glory, ’ the first play to be presented, takes place in Connie Higgins’ West End London fiat. Connie longs to be a film star, and has been chosen by Madam Karaski, a great film producer, to play the leading role in a popular film production. Connie’s name being rather ordinary, she is persuaded to change it to Cora Vandanova. which suggests personality. mystery and romance as she look forward to much popularity and early triumphs in her career. She is also persuaded to invest a sum of money towards the film production by madame. Emma, who is a secret service detective, recognises Madam Karaski by several pecularities as a fugitive and arrests her for obtaining moneys by fraud and false pretences. The cast was as follows: Annie (a maid), Miss Marion Hutton; Emma, Miss Eva Dash; Miss Connie Higgins, Miss Kathleen Bishop; Miss Grace Welcot (a reporter), Miss Marjorie Gray; Mrs Higgins (Connie’s aunt). Miss Daisy Bell; Miss Paula Jean, Miss Joy Bennett; Miss Fay Hazel, Miss Asmai Gray; Madam Karaski, Miss Carol Bell. The scene of “Shattered,” a drama, is set on the first floor of Monsieur Revell’s house where Madam Chenerray and Mariette, the family servant, enter the salon discussing the death of Madam’s sister. The arrival of Pierre Emagney, who tried to make love to the deceased, causes complications. He confides in her sister, and insists that letters enclosed in the deceased woman’s desk must be destroyed before the husband’s return. The letters eventually are destroyed and the dead woman’s honour preserved. Cast:—Martha Chenerray, Miss Gladys Copland; Mariette, Miss D. Knox; Monsieur Jacques Revel, Mr R. Russell; Monsieur Pierre Emagney, Mr Alan O’Neill; Jerome (the butler), Mr Cliff Bell. “A Few Essentials” presented an amusing story of misconceptions in regard to what “a few essentials are.” The cast was:—Margaret, Miss Eva Dash; Joyce (her maid), Miss Marjorie Gray; Lennox (her husband), Mr Doug. Bruce; Parlous (his valet), Mr Clifford Bell. “The Message” was the thriller of the evening, centred round a threatening message from a revengeful criminal who had been sentenced to five years’ imprisonment. The cast was:—Sir James Lakington. Mr Bruce Hutton; Inspector Hudson, Mr Robert Gray; Richard Masson, Mr Alan O’Neill; a girl, Miss Marjorie Russell.