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having such
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furious critics when they
Shaw, silli kept slicnt, and templed to criticise his playa. when asked why he was allow- *Really", Jou are so middle Ing the erities to get away with
It, he mude clur."
reply that sent Bul this Umo the
critics them up Fleet Sirect foaming at the mouth. "I could reply, wouldn't be shut up. Wrote but why, should I? The public another;---
la at last flocking to my play.
Also, "Yes, poor chaps (the. critics) but then they have a right to earn their living."
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more to say. The critles hated "The evil that men do lives and who am I to quarrel with Shaw, and he in turn despised after them, and already we see the opinion of the great British Nov them, holding they did not a revue at a popular house of public." know their business. Quite true, salertainment practically adopt- been ing the phrase as its title, and because the theatre had
a Jean Uime that soon it may become the's facon No one the erilles ly alarming.
couldn't learn their de
In young ladies parler seminaries and
customary knows that there are. business.
play. Pygmalion, cliche at Ave-o'clock tras. It is had been so long getting to the no matter for surprise that, that the rea! Theatre after thus finely-conceived theatre crowd knew what it was about, climax, the drapia drops to -a the tame ending, nade'sthi tomer by the redundancy with which Mr Shaw gives expression to oft-repented theorles,"
only four months of peace left, and then the old world will have pass- ed away for ever,
Horse-cab
The horst-cab still drops the elegant cungers at the theatre doors, but already the motor
omnibus are car and motor afsputing right of way with the horse.
The middle class theatre patrons, as they are called, cllini up the stairs from the "Tube" and make their way to His Majesty's Theatre,
HIS MAJESTY'S
April 1, 1914 On Saturday was produced there a farcical play in five acts by G. Bernard Shaw, entitled:-
"PYGMALION"
Henry Higgin
Sir Herbert Tree Colonel Pickering
Mr Philip Merivalo Alfred Doolittle
Mr Edmund Gurney
The SHARE TRANSFER Elia Doolittle
BOOKS of the Society will bej closed from 6th November to 14th November 1967 both days inclusive.
Hongkong, 3rd Oct., 1957.
Mrs Patrick Campbell
Tussles
Now this
and I should imagine that Fumettinary bath caught very few by surprise.
Here we are then, theatre full, a eyes on the stage which What made the crities mad shows Mra Higgins' Bal over- was that Shaw wouldn't rise to coking the river at Chelsea, their balt. They did not realise Professor Higgins has just that in trying to make him go
and rudely nodded his head,
play so, they word giving his Eliza is about
Mr to leave. thousands of pounds worth of
One Freddy, fron
critte Publicity. Grelg Algernon moves over to her, now takes over, but notice he tried to sting an answer out hasn't got the scene qulle right. Shaw with this one:--
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An Appeal
One erille did make an op- peal to the British public on D point at which they were most vulnerable. "In the pre- sought sent instance, he has inspiration from the well-known Gilbert fablo. How beautifully treated his characters, but not his transforms so Sha
Shaw. Ho sculptor into Professor of phonetics....what
Alistair Cooke
Not
Walter Winchell
BIG HK
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OFFER
A residential arba in Tai Hang
Road. comprising about 213,- 100 square feet, will be sold
JOHN LUFF
presents
Telecrit
at a public avelion at Crown THILE 1 was waiting W down at Rediffusion Land Office this afternoon. The Government is asking the on Saturday morning, a bit
Lowest price of $1,700,000 for
$8 per square foot.
the whole tel, or at a rate of of interesting news came in, Wired Television has just However, it is expected that the completed laying » Bome upset price will be surpassed cables, bringing the total In view of the bix demand for longth longer to more than
land in the Colony.
The area is for residential par- one million, five hundred
HOSTE only and one of the thousand yards. conditions for sale in that the That is for wired vision successful buyer is required alone,
to spend at least $2 million
sat working out one or two
The Crown rent for the lot reach
$4,900 a year,
In rateable improvements, | problems in mental arithmetic. spread over a period of 30 12 A siarted at one end, bow monthe,
long would it take him to the other? Then I worked it out in cast, and what The term of the tease is 781 would do with the money.
with the option of Sweet dreams. Years Renewal for one further term
Assistant Director of of 15 years at a re-assessed | Programmes como into the rent.
office. I was just going to say you should get Michael Border to give a recital, when he said. "We've just fixed up Michael Border to give us four plano- forte recitals"
Two New Six-storey Houses
oot-
Sham-
The
your memNDRY
jogging, Michael Border
needs
companied violinist Kessler in the Intter's programme. Border's first recital will be on Wednes- day at 7.30 pm.
If you like something unusual, here la Next Saturday at 7.30 Exemption proceedings
pm, there will be a Swedish; "Alver cerning Nos 128/127, Cheung.) documentary called, Sha-wan Koad In
Underground". Unusual subject,
It thows. shulpo, opened before Tenancy unumial treatment. Tribunal this morning,
how the Swede's have bored The Tribunal was, Mr J. H. down to an underground river G. Way, Prealdent, Lady Vic» to harness it for electric power. 4oria LD and Mr J. P. Moyles. Treatment is, Swedish
Mr Ip Ying-to, owner of the English dialogue, Chinese cap property, who was represented tions. by Mr F. Zimmern of Messrs F. Zimmern and Company, wishes to demolish the existing three- storey buildings and to erect on the site two six-storey houses with shops, at a cost of $140,000. Mr Y. O. Lec the architect of the scheme.
Opposing tenants were repte a bedraggled flower seller
Mr Gerald Bosto the credit for narration to the sented by the gutters, with not even legitis columnist Waller Winchell, in- instructed by Messrs M. K.
and a father mate parentage,
It Lam, Mr A. S. C. Comber of stead of to Alistair Cooke. who
behaves worse than a
Messrs Hastings and Company French Souteneur, ready to sell came about this way.
The American version of the and Mr 1. B. A. MacCallum of his own flesh and blood for a film used Walter Winchell 19 Messrs Wilkinson and Grlat. ance. "Olympic Follica" at Mel- Aver or £50, according to the the narrator while the British Mr Zimmern faid that an bourne, fils accompanist is Nick purpose for which
she is re-version dubbed Alistair Cooke, offer of $21,000 compensation to Demuth at the plano, quired."
a
a stroke of
is
of
Our Film Critie, Mr Anthony Fuller writes:---
In publishing the credits for
My critic waited for a few days, and then originality! and his Galatea ihe Alm, "Beau James" i gavo
by JOHN LUFF
China Mail Dramatic Critic
of
It will not have escaped your notice that the critics BTC SO
"Eliza is evidently tired with "It is not long since Arxious to have a go at Shaw
comes
"I have put the word in type,
Chinese Alms are also going to get tho treatment. English Tookers-in on Chinese films will now be supplied with English captions. A Chinese who has just completed his technical training in England has been engaged to do the job.
A good turn on "Calling Card" tonight is Billy Banks. He took part in the Command Perform-
accepted including $500 for bed-had offer my apologies to Mr
RADIO HONGKONG
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his name being better known Tong Cheung-ling of the ground I could spare half an hour floor of No, 125, had already only on Saturday to look in at to British Alm-goers.
However, as my column is been accepted, also an offer of the Cricket Match. It was a prepared long in advance of $7,100 for Lou Fal-shing, trading good half hour and four wickets
screening date,
time. I happened as Lau Sing-kee and represented fell in that the the nctual that they have forgotten
used the credit titles given me by Mr MacCallum. Other offers | to be looking when Buji Dhaber this entry into polite society, Sidney Grundy
caustic play. One young man who
his inspired spell The and as she rises to go a young brochure stated that Mr Shaw's signed himself William Lugg by Paramount Distributors. I
spaces and 3000 for a cubicle." camem work was very good, and 'grut' asks, 'Are you going to star พอเ On the wane! his wrote the following for an old
Alistair Cooke.
The case continues.
the switch over from bowler to Walk across the Park?" Then candle only Kutters [11 its trade paper: "Sir Herbert Treg
wicket and then to field was the carefully prepared sockets, and after witnessing gave an excellent performance
very good. Especially good was answer, given with all due Pygmalion! I m on the way in a Charles Hawtrey part. It
the way the camera followed the emphasis, as the actress makes to Mr Grundy's way of think took all his skill to make.
ball and enabled us to see the her exl1, *Me walki Not ing."
catch taken by Dhaber off Lewis, bowling. And then, to rub it in, the camera took us for the long walk back to the pavillon.. Now they have got into the 1.30 pm. Talking about Teaching orchestra and vocalists Barry Kent open-air, T.V. are going to Listenera Magazine; 043, Kathleels Dorothy Carless and Gerry Grant: Ferrier Sings Folk Songs: 6 Time Personality Parade-Harry Bel stay there. On Wychicsday at
p.m. we are Signal. Programme Bummary: 6.02. fonte; 715, The Step Floids Show: 5.30
to see the "In Ho Groove"A record miscel 730, Eddin
Appening of the Victoria Swim Jany with Les Daxter, his Chorus Stordahl's Orchestra: nik Orchestra: 0.30, Mude
“á, Timoj ming Pool, performed by Bla for Atory of Jans Arno. Weather Excellency, the Governor. Everyone; T, Cocktail Tune--Alfreda Bignal, and the News:
And Antonini and his Orchestra;, 1.30 Report, Announcements and inter
will Talking about Uklonile, 1.15, and Tope In l'opular on Saturday the camera Completed. c. Dickens:
Basit Embry-Muste: 8.30, Slow Case-Excerpts take us onto the Race Course
7.45. Reviewed by
Broadway Show silk to see Kwang Tune Handicap from the Interlude for Music withi Пау Stockings" by Cole Porter. Star+ Ellington and bla Quartet! 7.5A, ring the originat cost, with Hilde run.
9. Tume igual garde Neff and Don Ameche; 9, Do you recall my suggesting The News: Bed. Commentary: 6.15, The Floggits--Featuring, Elsie and that the boys who accompany Comedy Caravan; BAS. Concert Darts Waters; 030, Monday Cuneart: Waltzen played by the pharma Symphony No. d. Jn Chinjore European version of Tele. Orchestra: 9, Time Signal. Movie played by the London Symphony vision Talent Time should have Magazine edited and produced by Orchestra; 10, D... Jazz Ted Thomas; 9.30, The Fon Quartet-Arrigo Fox fist Viotin 10.30. Ona
With One Night Stand: 11. Date a show? They will be on to- 11.30, Prelude Tonight in "Band Box" at 7.30. 3.M. Bard (2nd Violin), Ely Alver Midnight; 12 Midnight, God Savo | The_Name? Terry Martin and
Violal
(Cello The Queen. Close Down. Frank Huang
his Boys, String Quartet in C Major Op.31 No. 1 (Buccherini); 10, Songs and Dances Of All Nationalssia: 10.30, Educating Archie with Peter (Re- Brough and Archie Andrews, peat of last Saturday's broadcast); 10 68, Weather Report: 11 Signal. Radio Newsreel: 11.15, Goodnight Music; 11,30, Close Dawn.
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and
He is
Silly
it Interesting. Mrs Campbell blood kely." The audience Another critle hits back: Mr does the author full justice, and gutlawed with colight,
Shaw Ja in happy position, two coplial pieces of acting By dini of fearless abuse he came from Mr Philip Merivale I select these mes from the not to shock the susceptibilities has intimidated the drunde as Colonel Pickering, and Mr 35 Alfred east to let you see what a dne of my readers, but to show the critics to such an extent that Edmund Gurney crowd they were.
depths to which Mr Shaw will when the occasion arises they Doolittle." or course, where Shaw descend to obtain his dramatic, are afraid
lo damn him with fact that he effects scored was In The
and an Irresponsible anything but faint praise" By Order of the Board, wrote the play with Tree and laugh. To my mind
Later on in the same column.. Mrs Patrick Campbelt in mind, L. B, STONE,
I am not speaking from the "Bernard Shaw is the Gordon point of view of middle-class Selfridge of the drama. General Manager.
Well, you ace the critics were inorality
... but the vulgari the finest advertising author we just about na wrong as they Hes of the lowest red-nosed have had since Oscar Wilde, could be. At least one I know comedian dink into insignificance And where Is Oscar Wilde now? lived to sce. how silly his The trouble was to get past in comparison with this abuse wilde was hailed
Weather Report; as a genius, younger self could be on paper. because of the liberty of speech on the people flocked to his play, his When I asked him about it (it the Lord Chamberlain of that certain word. Shaw stage." had some furicus tussles with Woll. Shaw couldn't have grams were on everyone's was at the time Pygmalion was Where is his reputation aimed) he replied, "Who was the Chamberlain, but at last cared less. He was off to one now! Bernard Shaw is having to argue with all the nobs." gul this play by.
of his rare stage runs, because, a meteorie show, put there le The Lord
Chamberlain's It's admit it, they were rare, evidence in Pygmalion that he I said he should have had
It was Theatre societies and playgoera is finished as a dramatist, The first practise of the office is a curious one.
the courage of his convictions, will be held on established in the reign of cluba have kept Shaw going "I say this in spite of the fact because he had already admitted
VIII. und right up to in the moin, Wednesday, 23rd
that foreign critics have pro- to me that he thought it an October Henry
this time is part of 1h0 The critic's crack
about claimed it (Rygmalion) and 1 unusual play, but somehow 1967 at the Ladles Recreation Monarch's retinue, Shaw was "Middle-class morality" smacks have even heard Englishmon rest. He replied, "Courage of Club at 8.30 p.m. sharp. All asked how he intended abolish of the Nineties. It was Oscar say it ranks among his finest convictions, in these days. Not Interested in Scottish Coun-ing the absurd censorship. "You Wilde's drawling insult to the work. Bosh!”
bloody ilkely." try Dancing are welcome.
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Men of the East Lapos heen soon after they diwezharked this morning...-China Mall: Photo.
The Drum Major Is Their Top Sportsman
The imposing figure who twirls the mace in front of the
East Lanes band in the outstanding figure in the
battalion's sporting world. Drum Major Higgin. CHINA ALERTED
bottam, 24, is an all-rounder, good at anything from uthletics to soccer, who excels in hockey and cricket.
He has represented the British Army of the Rhine in cricket, in which game he is both a good batsinais and a good fast bowler, and in hockey, where he played at outside-left for BAOR.
The battalion, which disembarked today from the troop
ship Oxfordshire, has a fair record, as far BB, battalion teams ge, in most sports, but if there are. other outstanding sports personalities in its ranks. they will have to win their initial fame locally,
TROOPS TOO!
Macao, Oct. 14. They sold forroers in their Eleven hungry and exhausted district were working very Chinese firmers arrived in bard but were Macao in three small sampats much opportunity to Improve not allowed today from Suntak,
their meagre rallows and carne They said they had to eludo guards for five days and nights. ings. Once they were challenged by
They also disclosed that the soldiers nour. D paddy Held, but were permitted to proceed after security forces were ordered to telling them that they werd standby during the period going to plough a dearby furm- October 1 to 10, for fear of land.
facidenta-France-Press.
REDIFFUSION
TELEVISION
130.
Chubu
.
A clergyman friend of mine asked me when TV are going
to do some religious Telecart-
5pm., Children's Hour Cartoons; Lag, pointing out that many in- 9.10. Puppet Theatre: 530, "Steve stitutions are Installing sels, Donovan Western Marshal.” starring end that Douglas Kennedy as steve: 8, Close | 470
some people cannot DOWNL
Band Bax: 7.45, get out to church. I do nui NewErcel of World and Colony know if TV have anything ilke Events: B.DO. Cantonese me that in mind, and I forgot to Magle Lamp (Part 3): 930, nuoyed by Henry
**Meet Me At The 'nsk when I was down there. It Jones seems to me quite a good idea.
2 p.m. Variety Calls The Tune: Library."
3. Afrateni katinoo; 3.30, aude and Audra Lindley: 0.43, Calling Thornhill and his Orchestra featur Card Presented by Jack Riaan Capocially as an Epilogue. ing the Snowflakes; 4. Ten For D. The Unexpected: "Lifeline, play- A Chiese locker-in nas writ Two: 430, Strietly instrumental: 6, ed by Robert Pulder as Ruas Cooper tea me to say that in the Con- Children's Comer Presented by and Lauren Tutile as Ruth Ward:
tonese version of the News, the Feature Film- Aune lay: 5.30. Monday Requests: 30, Cantonese 5.50, Birtirilay Melibag:
Come Back Home"; 11. Late Night | Announcer
does not always Muiiqua Francaise Presented by Final:-News Headlines,
Weether Jeannette Piry: 6.50, A Moment For Report and Announcements, Close Coincide his narration with the Melqayıt with Felle King, hia piaho." Daisti,
news being shown. Quite true, am afraid, at 'Umes with the English Announcer also. not know who In responsible, but I take it the announcers are watching a pilot set,
China Mail Entertainment. Guide
WHAT'S ON TONIGHT
KING'S & PRINCESS: "Beau James": Bob Hope portrays Jimmy Walker, the Night Mayor of New York.
QUEEN'S & ALHAMERA: "The Young Don't Cry":
starring James Whitmore, J. Carrol, Naish, ROXY & BROADWAY: "Manuela": Trevor Howard and Elsa Martinelli in an Ivan Foxwell production of a 'must not miss it British flin. STAR & METROPOLE: "Battle Hymn"; The true story of Colonel Dean Hess who found a truer vocation as a fighter pilot than as a parson. Rock Hudson and Antia Kashf.
HOOVER & LIBERTY: "This Could Be The Night":
A hard-up school teacher makes an honest supple mentary allowance in a nightclub. Joan Sim mona, Paul Douglas, and Anthony Franclosa:5
I do
D
I have been asked by reader to give in order of merit my favourite programmes. I don't know about that because the programmes vary so much. One thing I never miss if I can help. It is the British News Film flown out herg, - BELL Lopical when it arrives. After that the Alfred Hitchcock Pro-" gramme in in. I like watching people, play the piano, but this weeks top liem was, I considered, LJill" Palmer, 'and the discussion on Cervantes. All for new Good viewing.
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