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"DEAR BRUTUS" BY

THE A. D. C.

FINE INTERPRETATION OF J. M.

BARRIE'S PHANTASY

A FAIRY WOOD THAT INSPIRED

FINE ACTING.

Old residents of Hong Kong will, paid unstinted praise to the pati- tell you that the ADC.'s greatest ence of his coaching, to the team success, within living memory, was spirit he inspired in those taking

St. Joan,” and on Saturday night part most of the connoisseurs. wore agreed that "Dear Brutus " is the best production since Shaw's masterpiece. Another very green memory is. “ Kimnet." Now, the Kismet and St. -success of Joan suggest that amateurs do best when they are taken right out

The drawing room scenery met all requirements, and the wood was a real midsummer wood," ceris and beautiful in moonlight. The trees had no pastaboard look, and they were ghost trees, where it was all too easy to lose one's way, and vanish when they would vanished,

The Acting"

of themselves and put into aphs the first cock crew. atmosphere as far removed za possible from their ordinary life. Of course, many amateurs do well when they can be just them selves," but ask a slight variation only and then trouble begins-ak for example a really nice woman to play "a cat," She could be a queen, or herself-but not the woman in the next house."

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Dear Brutus has a second act that jolts the players right out of themselves. The fairy wood works them into AR exaltation that carries them through the quietly tragic and comic passages of the final secne, and the total effect in to öbliterate a somewhat halting be-1. ginaing.

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VEMBER 16, 1931.

GOVERN

HOUSE

LAST WEEK'S ACTIVITIES.

WEDNESDAY, Novi

His Excellency the Governor and Lady Feel attended the service held no St. John's Cathedral to com

momorate Armistigo 2ny,

H.M.A

CERAMIC & PEFRACTORY PRODUC

CLINKER PAYING BUILDING

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His Excellency The Governor st tended the ceremony at the Cena-BRICKS taph, during which he laid a wreath in honour of those who fall during the Great War Lady Prel was also present.

His Excellency the Governor, at- tended the ceremony at the Chinese. the Botanical War Memorial in Gardens, and laid a wreath on the Memorial in honour of those. Chinese who Bell for the Allied Cause during the Great War. THURSDAY, Nov. 12.

His Excellency the Governor- presided as the meeting of the Ex- 'ecutive Council

FRIDAY, Nov. 18.

His Excellency the Governor and Lady Peel, accompanied by Mr. A. E. Wood: (A.SC.A) visited the Kwong Wa Hospital and the To wong Girls' School, in Kowloon, His Excellency the Governor pre- sided at a meeting of the Univer.. sity Council

SATURDAY, Nov. 14.

All the actors anderstood the play, and had au exact realisation of what they had to conver: Some times, we believe, it is very difficult to make sotors fall into line with the general plan. How easy it would be to clown certain parts of Dear Brutus and still "more. nay to be heavy. The opening was the mysterious portentousness that, little uncertain and Matey missed for example, Professor Gerrard put House into the "Dover Boad" butler. However, once Lob appeared all- was well, but Lob being the most fascinating person we leave him to the last.

The Ladies.

His Excellency the Governor, at- tended the Interport Cricket Match between Hong Kong and Shanghai

Mr. Barrow left. Government

Lob.

"Lob is the pivotal part. If Lob should fail to convey the eerie atmosphere required from the mo **Dear Brutum " is what, in

ment of his entry, "Dear Brutus *** Sussex dialect,... would be sumarned

Tees Thorp gave a most interest is bound to fall fat. But Sydney up as "queer." It tells of how my interpretation of Mrs Dearth West did not fail, and gave a re- Lob, or Puck, in the form of an Very clever dressing and make.markable interpretation. Lob, as aged goblin, takes his guests out of model, beautiful, and with a beauty Barry, conceives him is a frail hob gave the suggestion of the artist's

nconventional drawing room into behind her of a kind that inspires a wood full of Midsummer Madness, great art. There was a hint of the goblin, Puck grown very old But Titian type, exactly suited to the Barrie had conceived a greater and some of it very cruel madness. How well she kept in step character than he realized. Lob is The play is probably Barris's with the changes; the lady, whose sister. He is more than a playful masterpiece, and is conceived on refinement does not deceive the the grand scale, for it is no lessing in the wood; the common and decrepitude, but for one midsummer other women, the wratched starvel Robin "Goodfellow. He is Pan, in than "a modern-day version of tragic figure of the last act!! "A Midsummer Night's Dream" Margaret Bird' played Mrs. Condo hour his power comes back, and to the life, and Veronica. Butter-ho is once more a shadow of the That, indeed, is the real title of the held made a very good thing out terrible god who makes men mad. play and how, one may ask, does of Joanna, What a cngeful of cats How be ever-rides his guest! He it contrast with Shakespeare, lovely are Barries' women in this playt and confused jumble of divina poetry, stiff classicism, and bucolic funi Shakespear's play is an

even

mountain range, Barrie's draina, perfect in technique and human insight, is on the scale of the sinooth South Downs..

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Joana is a good sort at heart, but may play childish tricks, but they she has viperish, little tongue when realise that these antics may take riled. Jean Mackie was Brave another turn if Lob's will is cross- and disillusioned Mabel keeping ed. Sydney West, whose make up her end up, and giving scratch. for scratch. Bunny Hole had the un- was a masterpiece brought out is amiable part of Lady Caroline and full, not only the queerness, but the played with the proper dignity and power of Looor Pan. His curious pride but Mrs, Hole could not, we walk, and the sudden unexpected think, quite convey the hard, and gentures were admirably dune, nor horrid little mind of Matey's was there a falter over the difficult

Caroliny," side, perhaps, when the atmosphere Sir James Barrie could have given A fault on the right caressing of the Aowers. If only of the whole play is considered. us more of Lob!

Of Betty Fair's Margaret, the There was a large audience critic hesitates to say much. It is Saturday, and very apprecia The fault, dear Brutus, is not a very perfect rendering of the tive one. We responded to the

in our stars

part, and the danger is lest some tears and the laughter alike, and ment," in Betty Fair's bead. I all who had spent many hours i one should put "idene for improve went home with real gratitude" to any one says to her, my dear, ¦ perfecting this charming and Faith Celli one hopes that thought provoking play for our des Miss. Farr will put her fingers into light.

It is brooding play. A group of failures," who believe that they could have been

are shown that,

Bucocores

But in ourselves, that we are

underlings:??

R.B.

Whatever the circumstances, all except two of the characters would have turned out essentially the her ears and run out of the room. The play is being produced or

Never mind what anyone same if they had had their second

did - Tuesday, Thursday, Friday" an"- chance. And of these two, the Betty Fair gives us a lovely and Saturday evening at 9.18 and there artist, would have done better, but satisfying Margaret, and we only is a matinee at 6.15 on Wednesday. his wife, Mrs. Dearth of the hope she will go on just as she smouldering eye and fierce dedream of what a daughter should be began. Margaret is an artist's sires," far worse. What Calvinistic Fessimism lies at the heart of Sir and Betty Fair gave us this out. of the world atmosphere and à James Barrie, OM. It has made him afraid of life so that instead portrayal of this faery child'

of the midsummer mood.

of following his own insight, be given us, as a rule, mere prettiness like Quality Street-Dresden Chine when his natural power is for sculp- ture on the scale of Rodin.

The Man,

Eric Brooks, as Matey, was good

OAST.

IN ORDER OF APPEARANCE.

Mrs. Conde.

Mrs. Dearth. Lady Charaline.. Mrk. Prüdia

Matey

Lob

Couce:

Purdie

Dearth

Margaret

The play is beautifully balanced. in the second wet. He liked being Joanna The second aet trespasses on in the financial world, and Caro the Mr. James Matey, well-known Maurico Maeterlinck's ground. How liny's "cave man." He was efficient. nearly Dearth is persuaded by his in the first act, and the momentum dream daughter not to go back to gained in the wood helped through Lob's house and reality, In the hands of the Boigian. Feet Mar- from the wood might be made, more. the remainder, though his entry garet's tragic fear would have preimpressive.. vailed and Dearth would have said

Maurice Barton gave a very gond

in effect, but with long, echoing impersonation of Purdie The only cadences, Margaret, I am tired, criticism is one of make up. Mr. let us sleep in the wood" For Barton does not look the idle Dearth as Barrio conceives him, philanderer but he acts with a Be there is only one solution:

«Play the man, stand up and end When the sickness is your

you

The Production,

Margaret Birt.

Toss Thorp. Sunnay Hole. “Jean Mackie. onica Butterfeld. Eric Brooks. Sydney West. Cyril Champkin. - Maurice Barton.

Alex Gray. Betty Fair

The play produced by Rupert

Foster.

A.R.I.B.A

Scenery, J. Hollingsworth Bond,

Stage Manager, B. R. Davien. Lighting, F. C. Butler Frompter, D. W. Morley, coming diffiderine that makes every | Committee, 1081-1932--R. woman realise why their sex should Lindsell (Chairman), G. T. Hole, full for him, e din sade R. Foster, O. Champkin, E the bibuldas, artist, and in the fresaurer), E. S. O. Brooke (Hon. Alec Gray was admirabic both as Hamilton, J. Robertson, (Hon forest scene. The cynical despair Secretary)

But then wo should have missed the man, his hopeless castrange. The A.D.C. wish to convey their Margaret'e terror stricken cries, trast with what might have been assistance rendered by them: The ment from his wife, and the bon-thanks to the following, for kind and Dearth's final awakening, the are all conveyed with practisk Officer Commanding 1st Bh the imo greatest moments in the play. killed, Alee Gray gave a moet South Wales Borderers, Band polished piece of acting, and Mr. Lance-Sergeant C. L Wift, Bande- Foster is to be congratulated on mun A. Sturgeon, Measts, Jaro To Mr. Rupert Foster, the pro- Conde, was also at his best in the 4 Kong Electric Co.

bis casting, Cyril Champkin, a Matheson & Co. Ltd. The ducer, must go the chief praise woodland soene, his merry dancinghie Crawford, Led The And "Though" bertakes no part, hin- la

obvionaly the interpretation of being a delight. It in a small rola Mot play good enough to lend itself to and was well done. many interpretations. All the east

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