AMATEUR ACTIVITIES

Waikato Times, Volume 116, Issue 19462, 29 December 1934, Page 15 (Supplement)

AMATEUR ACTIVITIES

Hamiltonian in London. Alt* W. H. Frye, formerly a prominent member of lhe Hamilton Little Theatre Society and the Hamilton Operatic Society—shall we ever lorget his Peter Doudy in “The Arcadians’’? —sends season’s greetings from England. Mr and Mrs Frye are now well established in London, and are enjoying lito to the full in the world’s centre. Needless to say, they are Mill inveterate playgoers, anil, as the past season has been one of the busiest and most interesting ever known in Loudon, they have bad every opportunity of seeing some wonderful performances. Pantomime in Auckand. A pantomime, “ The Flight of the Silver Plane," lias been a >popul;\v feature of lhe matinee programmes at the- Regent Theatre, Auckland, during lhe holiday season. Ex-Hamlltonlan for America. Horace Bennett, formerly a member of ihe Hamilton Operatic Society, sailed from Wellington by tiie R..M.3. Makura on Monday for Sail Francisco, British Drama School at Auckland. The British Drama League’s Summer School opened at Auckland on Wednesday and will continue until January 10, Dr. Craven, president of the Auckland Area, welcomed students, and Miss Kane, chairman of the National i totmeil, spoke on lie ha it ol the League, ’Pile sessions will cover a wide range 1 —folk dancing, speech training, production, acting, miming, verse speaking, lectures, demonstrations, etc. Several Hamilton enthusiasts are attending the course.

Tom Brown has been selected to play tlie leading male role in the film version of L. M. -Montgomery’s notion classic, “ Anno ol' Green Gables.” Chaplin StiM the Richest Star. 11l the 193 i records of the Los Angeles tax collector it is revealed that Hilaries Speneor Chaplin still bolds the title of Hollywood’s wealthiest citizen, with property valued at 3,279,230 dollars —linuneiat proof not only of his popularity but of the astuteness of Ids investments. .Meanwhile the king of pantomirnisls is making good progress with his new picture, written by himself, and reported to be a satire of this industrial age. .Mrs Patrick Campbell has been signed by Chaplin to appear in the Him, which, it Is still slated, will be without Uiuloguo,