MISS DOROTHEA SPINNEY.

Wairarapa Daily Times, 2 May 1925, Page 4

MISS DOROTHEA SPINNEY.

FORTHCOMING VISIT. Opinions of English critics — “What struck me most was the wonderful portrayal of the character by one jjerson with no explanation needed to show who is speaking. Each character is distinct in voice and manner, and instead of one person one sees, -ft company of actors —that is one of tbcat great surprises 1. had that bight; ojjjjgjl had to imagine nothing, it was a S’"' there. As 1 rose 1 knew 1 had seen a masterpiece, which could only compare with the greatest.” 1 “Hiss ..Spinney has already convinced us that one rare voice can annihilate the bounds of time .and-space, ploying the eternal-oneness of pure, art.” * “Miss Dorothea Spinney’s acting reveals her as a great tragedienne, and her movements and gestures are so expressive that a deaf man who knew the story, could follow the action of the play. ’1

“Dorothea Spinney i 9 undoubtedly the foremost exponent of Greek drpma, and. an actress whose genius has not benn equalled as a performer singly producing tragedies. She makes thepeople of ancient Greece and tbeiu many gods live to-day.” “Miss Spinney presented ‘Meda, ’ by (Euripides in a way that lifted her audience into the highest realms of art. It was a feast to the eye, the beauty of her person in flame coloured draperies against a dark background, .like a Greek statute come to life; the exquisite rhythm of movement, the 'grace and nobility expressive of the different characters, and of every' " shady .qi emotion of the intense drama: a fcaU to the ear, the rich modulation of voice, and the superb diction expressive of all the refinements of the . .poetry and passion of the iday,” I Miss Spinney will present Professor \ Murray's translation of “The Alcestis 1 of Euripides at Ft. Matthew's Parish Hall next Wednesday, 6th May, at 8 p.m. 1 0