SHAKESPEARE CLUB.
READING OF " BELINDA." The second reading of the 1923 season was given by the Hamilton Shakespeare Club on Saturday evening. The piece chosen was A. A. Milne's delightful comedy, "Belinda." There, was a large audience. A. A. Milne is one of the most popular of present-day writers and dramatists. His plays are light, but sparkling, with quaint humour and a delightful touch of sentiment. Among them are " Mr Pirn Passes By," which Miss Marie Tempest produced «in Hamilton a year or two ago. " Belinda " was produced in London in 1918 by Miss Irene Yanburgh, who will shortly be seen in Australia under Hie management of .1. C. Williamson, Ltd.
The reading was excellent. Mrs Kaber-Harrison took the title role with complete success, and the rest of the small cast was as follows: Delia (her daughter), Miss M. Dowd; Harold Baxter, Mr \V. L. Ranstead; Claude Dev- ■ enish, Mr G. F. Saunders; John Tremaynfli, Mr B. W3teon; Batty, Mrs M-'
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Waikato Times, Volume 98, Issue 15289, 16 July 1923, Page 4
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