AMATEUR ACTIVITIES.

Waikato Times, Volume 107, Issue 17964, 8 March 1930, Page 5 (Supplement)

AMATEUR ACTIVITIES.

Hamilton Little Theatre. The second season of the Hamilton Little Theatre Society has commenced and now that most of the preliminary difficulties have been overcome everything points to success, artistic and financial. The Society will fill a decided w'ant in the life of the community, for there are many people keenly interested In modern movements in the theare. For its opening production this season the Society has chosen “Outward Bound,” by Sutton Vane. This Is a very strong drama, with much humour, and fascinating touches of fantasy and allegory. Rehearsals are in full swing, and the play will be produced early In April. Amateur Activities. The Wellington Operatio Society will commence a five nights' season of “So Long, Letty,” to-night. “ Milestones” was presented this week by the Everyman Repertory Theatre Society at Auckland, under the direction of Andrew Beresford. At the last meeting of the Canterbury Repertory Theatre Society Professor J. Shelley was elected a life member. The Auckland Little Theatre Society will start activities this year on April 2, with a remarkable play entitled “The Man They Buried," by Karen Bramson. It is described as a comedy of fear. The Canterbury Repertory Society gave a performance of Barrie’s’“Half-an-llour” at its annual meeting last week. The society will open the season with John Drinkwater’s “Bird in

Uttering Inanities In Talkies. It was suggested in these columns when the talking films first came in how r infinitely .films would be able in future to rise above their own earlier levels (says a writer in the London Daily Mail). Obviously it is possible to watch two handsome sweethearts in a pretty landscape for some time, and even to take an interest in seeing how' their affairs turn out. Few’, however, w’ould be willing to listen to the inanities which, one can only suppose, suchcolourless, characterless, imaginary beings would utter to each other. We have had to put up with a great deal of vapid talk since dialogue became part of the films; some of it w-as mercifully more or less incomprehensible American slang, but, with the exception of talkers like “The Doctor’s Secret” and those others based on some intelligently written ” novel or play, the dialogue w’c have had has been empty enough of eloquence, passion, humour, or humanity.