Wednesday
HONGKONG TELEGRAPH
December 14, 1938.
THE PHILHARMONIC SOCIETY
HAS A REHEARSAL
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OUT ON THE STAIRCASE FOR A BREATHER while the principals robearso their lines, the girls
of the chorus smile for the "Telegraph's photographer.
"GIRLS! GIRLS! THAT'S NOT THE WAY!!--and the producer, Rev. Cyril Brown, takes the chorus through their paces for the umpteenth time. At the end of the rohearsal he conceded a "Well, that's mora like it.”
PHOTOGRAPHS ON
THIS PAGE were taken by the "Telegraph's" Staff Photo grapher during the Phil- harmonic Society's re- hearsals for "Rud- digore," which will be produced at the Queen's
Theatre to-night.
Copies of photo- graphs by the Staff Photographer may be obtained on application at the offices of the South China Morning Post, Ltd.
MR. JORDAN, Conductor of the Philharmonic's orchestra, is, as strenuous in his efforts to
secure co-ordination in the pit as the producor is on the stage.
KATHLEEN WINCH AND J. C. M. GRENHAM, two of the principals, discuss their lines while the producer puts tho chorus through its paccs. Mr. D. Kossick, Socratary of the Philharmonic Society, is in background.
THEY'RE LINED UP for, the bridesmaids" chorus, but the producer isn't quite satisfied. Only one of the girls has spotted the ubiquitous camara-man, who caught the Rev. Mr. Brown in this characteristic attitudo.
A NEWCOMER TO THE HONGKONG AMATEUR STAGE=jaln Grieg, who plays "Mad Margärat” in Ruddigora, in a decided acquisition, and should find a warm place in the hearts of unsuspos
supporters of the Philharmonic when she mikes her bow cake” FITTING-OUT PRESINT
to-night.
Jackson, Ing
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