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This Funny World
"I was half shaved before I realised it's Sunday,"
Archangel Shines In Tobias First Night
-by JOHN LUFF-
TOBIAS and the Angel," is another well produced play in search of an audience. As one who has visited every opening night for the past eight years, never can I recall such scanty attendances as we have seen
of late.
If Tobins and the Angel," is not everyone's play, I do not know what is.
There is no diffleult moral problem to work out; there is no argument; what you have is a journey into splendour by travellers who have simplicity and a Guide who fears not to tread where Angels tread, for unknown until the moment of revola- tlon, He is the Archangel Raphael.
The story itself is almple and straightforward A Hebrew tule of the dispersion and Yahweh who will never desert Israel. Bridle brought all his easiderabl gift to this richly dramatised version of the tale, so that ever since its first performance, it has a firm place in the repertory thentry.
This charming shot was taken by mur cameraman this morning when Irlan Derjavina Boys" and Anisia Malabova (left) presented a cheque for $1,400 lư Man Yiu-ming of the
The gift was from the Russian refugees of Hongkong to the Chineslo re- and Glels' Club. Fugees.---China Mall Photo,
RUSSIAN REFUGEES COLLECT $1,400 FOR
CHINESE
REFUGEES
A cheque of $1,400, the proceeds of a charity concert, organised and given by the Russian refugees in aid of Chinese refugee children at Wah Yan College, Kowloon, on November, 22, was presented to the Boys and Girls Clubs Association this morning.
Two Russian girls, who took part in the Concert on November 22, were
the representatives of the Russian refugees.
They
College.
and
were Miss Irina Der-Churity Concert, and Fr Henry Javien, 10, and Miss Antsia George Avris, of Wah You Malahova, 11.
They were accompanied by On behalf of the Boys Mrs Anna Derjavina, Director Girls Association, 10-year-old of the
choirs
of the Russian Man Yul-ming receiv the cheque. In turn, the girls were given a baby doll and a girl's dress presented by little Miux Trong K-ching and Miss Lam Mer-yue of the Boys and Girl Association.
Bayer's « TONIC
Sharp Curves
To Be Removed
Today's Government
Gazette
calls fur lendeta for the recon- struction of a portion of Deep
The Rev. Fr. J. Howatson, SI. Chairman of the Boys and Water Bay Road begluning from Girls Association, presented a Hs Junction with Island Road, mple to Mrs Anna Derjavina.
rand to Mr K. Suminera, Represent-realigncel
reconstructed
The length of
and
be
that
11.5
Aet ; and the curtain rises, Here the mood is well cap-1 Ge oviglani set, the out-tures Raphael, fatex line musters, Ulme, place, and whole thing to maximis to circumstance sot by the misty the adventure, distant view of the towers of Deunis Duncuason A ves 3 Nineveh.
most wing performance his eyes T Jestored to sight, At once it was possible tut Enfortunately, after going Judge huk 0.8 Tubit, Dennis well right through the play. Duncanson in well cast. The he threw away that last spare) simple, improvident, blind oldine. "We have been visitedl." saint, launched the play in He should have delivered it theme and purpose; but he has slower, let it ring through the yet to learn that charity begins, hal, and he should have given at homu. Careful producing it all he's got, und hang sensa marked Michel Meredith.
We tion.
had Tobias, the mother's boy, # Once again, Geoffroy Lapton callow youth, afraid of his own stamped the play with its shadow.
authentic seal, as he reveals his kdentity. am the Archangel
Rs Anna. Margaret Higgins appeared to me to have survive the hardship of the past years and the humiliation of scrubs sut Nineveh offices, extremely well.
Raphael. I was looking for it. ueither was 1 disappointed, It was his evening. The men's roles, better written came out better. Even down to the Ethio- pian slave, Sam, taken by Ian MacCallum. we had a perfect hit of humour in minature.
So summing up, i consider The whole is interrupted, und | "Tobias and the Anget," mistires the moment of change is drutna- to the second act becawe tho tically evident to the audience, it no: the actors, when Raphael appears as a porter.
Finest Hour
Geoffrey Lupton certainly
finest reached his
histrionic
hour with this bit of casting.
Hebrew conception of templa.
tion and sin is not comprehend-
ed, as Bridie well comprehendod j
姓。
The second reason is, good as
he is in the less mature parts,
dignity Bridle gives the part, enjoyed every moment he was on the stage; which, incidental-Raucl. ly, was almost every moment
The play now demands that Tobles and Raphael go on a journey, in search of manhood and fortune.
Tail, with thut mischievous 19 asking too much of young Meredith to carry off the Bridal scene. Tabit,
Ituphael, and beautifully cast. will; Rai splendid business from Oblitas and lun MacCallum.
The producer, Gerald Moore, certainly got hold of Bridle's love of fun and pantomime here. The ancient text has 1 that the Lord sent a great fish to try Tobias, A lovely bit of play.
Fortunately, the producer cut much of the second scene. I fear had be not, thin critique would have appeared tomorrow. Here we find the voluptuous Bare in a pantomime designed tu attract the unfcdged Tobias.
Song Too Long
I think much of this could De profitably cut. The Jackal song is too long. The play with the ball is enough. It inter- rupts the drama, adds nothing Jo it, and denotes no significant. point.
Noel de Guingand makes A fine entry, and aware that he fs in a large hall, raises his voice, and condounds attention. So matter of fact is he in the presence of angels and demons, he brings a rich arch humour, and places the play back in mood.
Another good bit of busines Is the Interuption on the way
by tho
Kurdish highjacking Bundit, Rel Oblitas. This Ja one of the trials of Tobias, an;1 to see Oblitos gradually deflate before the Angel-inspired Tobias, is one of the incident: cf the evening.
It was in this set that I felt the missing element so essential to the play. The atmosphere was not right. The awakening of Tobins to manhood is through the physical charras or Mavic Bartlett as Sara.
Your Impudence
Now Tobias is drawn in Une with the young Josoph; the beautiful Benjamin; the chopherd David: the deilant Absalom. tive of the United Nations High with macntiam surfacing is ines are not ouficient, there is necessary On overpowering Commissioner for Refugees, about 1,100 feet The roadway physical abandonment that Hongkong, and Miss 9, C. Chon, will have a width of 16 feet.
mway.
of
organising secretory, were also The reconstruction will also sweeps every other conaldoration present
involve giving that part
Sara is Eve, Ichtár, Delilah, At the Hbrary after the pre-Deep Water Bay Rond a better who has been brought to bed by sentation, Miss Irina Derjavino gradient and carler
curves. seven devils, but a bit bored with Malahova, Werk is expected to begin early the whole burinson, Nothing will entertained the boys arki Kirls next year and completed by do for her but the Archangel,
Mias
Anisia
and
with a Russian Ponce,
Plumber crazy
OH NO!
PLEASE, Por,
I IMPLORE
LET IT
SQUIRT!U
NOW
"THRI!
סל
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the acts as a mati.
His reply: "Sard, you hayo the mind of a child and to in- sticia of res antmal" ... finish- Ing. "Your only admirable feature is the magnificent in- pudence that impels you to make ahcop'a ayos at an Archangel aix thousand youra your senior.
But The
to
That was done well. Lupton Way more than
-Batch for this voluptuous Sara. Michel Meredith was not. play child for ពវ Fit portray callowness, but 11 simka young Meredith was too, suutis (to interpret Tobias. Neither the Apocrypha nor Bridie inca maltera.
The third act returns you to the original sai, and therie.
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