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TELEGRAPH. FRIDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1931.
PLAYWRIGHT'S LIBEL SUIT.
VERDICT FOR THE DEFENDANT
THE CENSOR AND LONDON'S MORALS.,
FINAL REHEARSALS.
CHURCH BECOMES A GARAGE.
"MISS HOOK OF HOLLAND."
The firul rehearsals of Miss | WORK UNDER STAINED Hook of Holland are now in pro.
GLASS WINDOWS. gress and whatever the forecast as to the success of this forthcoming
A church; an Army billet; un production by the
Hongkong teroplane works; gurage that Philharmonic Society it should start is, in brief, the remarkable history The hearing of a libel action as a favourite. The charm of its of a church that was ruined by concerning the authorship of the settings, the sincerity of its Dutch petrol. play "The Silent House" conclud-atmosphere, the excellence of its In the spacious days of the last ed in the King's Bench Division acting and the thoroughness of its the Thames Valley, walked every century the citizens of Sunbury, in on Nov. 6 in a verdict for the direction combine to mako Misa Sunday to the Church on the edge defendant.
Hook of Holland a charming enter- of Sunbury Common.
Unaware of Mr. John Gordon Brandon, a
the impending motor-car, they had playwright, of Bolton-road, Har- tainment.
built it by the side of the long, row, sued Mr. George Pickett, a
In Doris Bielby an Sally, the straight highway running between theatrical producer, of Glouces-heroine of the opers, the Society Staines and Kingston. When the ter-terrace, Hyde Park, W.. com- plaining that on a playbill Mr. has been especially fortunate in its first motor-car went snorting past, Pickett was described as the au- cholee, What extraordinary in it heralded the doom of Sunbury
Common Church. thor of the play. Mr. Brandon genuity Sally had, to have concocted
By 1913 the noise of the traffic contended that he was the sole the celebrated liquear "Cream of had become so intolerable and the author of the play.
the Sky", around which centres the dust such a nalannce, that it was Mr. Plekett denied that he au- thorized the publication of the story of "Miss Hook of Holland," with difficulty that the service could words complained of. He claimed which has brought fame and wealth be conducted, and so the church to the house of Hook. With equal was closed and a new one built in to be part-author of the play.
Since then the old church has Mr. F. R. L. Bach, a producer cleverness does Dorin Bielby pora quieter spot.
been put to some remarkable uses, and actor, said that he saw the tray Sally's charm and fascination.
The eight little Dutch girls seen and has now reached a new phase script of "The Silent House" in 1926, and found that it was not often in the company of Sally in ita career by its conversion into
are quite a quick service" motor suitable for West End product'va. throughout the opera
repair It was I was too short and was definite- irresistible. Perhaps their most depot. During the War ly provincial in character. There charming virtue is
being taken over by the Army authorities were in it erudities which would typically little maids of Holland. and used as a billet, and later it make its production Impossible. One can justly anticipate their ap: became a factory where aeroplane
made. parts were the stage
Then a petrol "even at the Lyceum."
pump appeared at the porch, and for some years the needs of the
A Press representative who motor-car were ministered to thera visited the church found that it in
Mr. Justice Avory-We shall have
for An action
slander.
being
ол pearances greeted with applause.
Minn is a girl who has the rather Mr. Croom-Johnson, K.C.-Per-trying habit of prying into other people's business, but in spite of hapa had better get the witucas this her vivaciousness makes her a
(Laughter).
to explain. (To Mr. Bach); You very loveable character and Anne Presented a strange appearance
mean that this melodrama
Was
too crude even for the London
home of melodrama?
Mr. Buch.-I doubt if it would have passed the censor because of certain situations which were there.
Moody acrins to save caught the true spirit of this little Dutch girl and one will be always happy at Mina's appearance; on the stage.
Well-known Singer.
depot. Between the transepte is a its latest guise of a motor repair steel girder supporting
An overhead ernne, while in the chequered light shed by the stained glass windows, mechanics work at benches fitted into the recesses in the walls. A George Melend is well known on Analysing the characters in the the concert platform to the long-chain slung over one of the wooden play. Mr. Bach said that leading kong public and it can be said with ches held up the front axle of a
ther being repaired. actors would have refused to look some degree of force that as at a part which had the merely irascible old gentleman, Mr. Hook bestial motive of money gain. of Amsterdam, he has no excellent The part of the duchens--which was opportunity of bringing into play
cut out
in London-was
"30
On the outside of the roof the names of a bottled milk and a brand
of petrol painted in large white letters claim the attention of the of trafle which Hows almost renselessly past,
bestial and ugly" that he doubt the ability which has characterized hurrying stream
his other performances,
if a West End nudience would
Vic Labrum, who is taking the have remained in their seats had it been presented. The play was role of Simon Slinks, a disreputable an entirely different play after lonfer, has been admirably chosen. Mr. Pickett had reconstructed It. If one did not realize the indefatig- It would not be right to describe able worker Mr. Labrum is in rent Mr. Brandon as the "sole author" life, the sincerity of his reting a natural of the play as produced in Lon- would be mistaken for
don.
characteristic!
NEW CENT PIECES.
SMALLER ISSUE NOW IN CIRCULATION.
tho
The new one-cent piece has ar Censor's two Standards.
With these few comments
the ex-rived from England and is now in public is left to judge
lighter Cross-examined by Mr. Kerr,cellence of this production by circulation, Smaller and Mr. Buch sald he thought there seeing the show themselves. Book- than the old coin, the new cent is was a suggestion of immorality ing is now open at Anderson Music about the size of a farthing, which In the original play. He was Co. and it is particularly requested is more or less its proper size, as aware that Rand passed the that seats should be booked at an its value is about a farthing.
early date to avoid disappointment, Mr. Kerr-Then why did you Children are admitted half price to say it would not have passed the all seats. The first performance in Censor? Because in many cases to be given on Friday, December 11 certain things are allowed in pro-at 9.15 p.m.-Contributed. vincial productions, and the same care is not taken as with a Lon don production.
Censor.
added, he
It is learned from. the Colonial Treasury that the old centpieces are not to be recalled, as the new issue was ordered mainly to aug- ment the current supply which, was scarcely adequate. In view of the price of copper the opportunity was taken to reduce the size.
The design and wording is
had received about Mr. Kerr, discussing one of the £11,000, which included his share acts, suggested that a love scene of the film and book rights and "xactly the same. was the climax, and had been payment for his services in overy badly altered.
capacity. He had never told any- Mr. Back---No. As produced one that he was the sole author originally there wag un anti-of "The Silent House." climax in having the love scene
In
cross-examination,
Mr.
when the body of a Chinese doctor Pickett agreed that he wrote a was lying on the stage. One can't play a love #cene to an letter saying that he thought Mr. audience with a dead body on the Brandon had cause to be aggriev- stage. (Laughter)..
et, by the playbill.
wards?
Mr. Bach-No.
Mr. Justice Avory-There are Mr. Kerr-Do you still adhere 30 many ramifications of this,
to that view?I think it is annoy suppose you could remove the bodying, but not that it damaged his and have the love scene after-reputation as a playwright.
The jury returned a verdict for Mr. Pickett, resuming his evi- Mr. Pickett (as stated), finding dence, was asked by Mr. Croom that he did not authorise the use Johnson: It has been said that of the words to which Mr. Bran-
don objected. you got £20,000 out of this play as your share. Is that true?"
Mr. Pickett-No. Since 1921, he
Judgment was thereupon enter- ed for Mr. Pickett, with costs.
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