1947-02-27 — Page 2

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1947.

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EXPLANATION

By LOW

"F. M. Montgomery stopped off at Berlin to buy a bottle of French perfume named 'Persuasion'."-News Item.

BEVERLEY BAXTER, MP, reports from Toronto about the English actors touring Canada

The critics on the three To- ronto newspapers filled columns with crudite discussiona On Wolft's renditions and com- pared them with those of Irving and Forbes Robertson.

**I have nover liked Wolft's "funlot" and I ked it les than ever in Toronto. He has such vita-

Gielgud and Wolfit put the politicians in the shade

BMr Donald Wolfit and

Y an interesting coincidence

have both been playing in Toronto, and if I may say so without undue boasting, we have both been doing very well, except that his audiences pay to hear him.

The theatre in Toronto where Mr Wolft appeared is the Royal Alexandra. It is sumptuous edifice which has contrived to survive on what New York is able to send it.

that

lity and is 90 word perfect never once did he give us that heat Loney. that weakness and

self distrust which is the very essence of the poet Prince. He played it with forcefulness which indicated that he could not only set Denmark right but the whole of Scandinavia.

With the exception of Miss Rasa lind Iden who went mad as pretty as could be, the supporting cant was York or London standards. It patchy and definitely not up to New only fair to record that the Toronto erities found much merit in Woint's playing of the role, although they stopped this side idolatry. NEVER AGAIN

beautiful

BY THE WAY

by Beachcomber

THE

THE delay in beginning this And Zols turned to meet the laugh-

column, to-day was caused ing eyes of Gnutler.

"I'm not

by the presence of a Mrs Wowle Balzac," said Zola angrily, “and eveni in the freight-lift at a station in it 1 were, there's no need to hit me the Midlands.

no hard." "What do you care how write, like hard I hit Balgae?" replied Cattler,

Pian for

I had intended to everybody else, of my Germany. But n headline about a Nutrition intake "1,250-page novel" was a isread by a bystander, who told me there was

to be a 1,250-page paper, and I had to prepare a very deep picture or Covent Garden porters with towers of baskets on their beads, to ill up space. By that time the story of the tightrope waiker who met a second tightrope walker with a madman on his back, in mid-rope, had alrendy been withdrawn.

Short story

TABLETS of dried milk, yeast and

peanut oil are already being substituted for`ments in Derbyshire, They are being tried an children. When this form of feeding becomes universal, restaurants will be rather'

duller than they are now. No menu, with alluring lles on it; no courses; no cutlery, 1 suppose you will sit at a bare lable, until a waiter dressect

parent wrapper, your tablet, Anor- chestra will hardly be necessary. By the way, will you be able to get

As of the new line like a chemist bands you, in a trans

She passed the tesselated flour

Abdul Hash took no more notice of the latest recruit, a young gazelle from the Clicion Taurus, than if she had been a luhip of sherbet.

This nanoyed the newest Wife, he two tablets by hiring a private room? pouted prettily, and sidled up to him. "Is there sonicone else?" she whin- pered. For answer Abdul Hash poinled to a group of 23 Indles, all seated on scarlet cushions and gor- ing sweetments. "Someone else!!! repeated Abdul Hush with A grin. "," Jie abouted complacently, "twenty-three someone

elsen, my

Idiot monflower," Gautier hits out·

Cases of mistaken identity are not often Juun.

0

(Morning paper,) NCE Zola was walking along the rue du Bac in Paris when some- one slapped him so hard on the back that he nearly fell to the ground. "Hullo, Balzaci" said a cheery voice.

supporting company was mnough.

not good

I do not propuse to argue the point, but may I point out 10 the powers that be that the Empire is by political

held together

speeches but by the common beri- tage of the arts, of race, and loyalty to the Crown.

Dickens and Shakespeare do more than sewn generations of politielans to bind the peoples of the Common- wealth together.

4000 SANG

THE other night i attended a Arst!

rate concert by the Toronto Sym- phony Orchestra conducted by Sir Ernest MacMillan, who was at school with me here when we were young- sters. To hear an audience of 4,000 thunder forth the national anthem, in a hat which makes a Londoner

According To Culbertson

(Copyright 1947, by Ely Culberton)

The holder of two five-card susta

them. The altuation-meaning the cannot always afford to bid both of lids previously made by partner and opponents and the overall strength of the two-suited hand determine whether either or both suits should be shown. Nate' to-day's deal;

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North-South were not using any mic performance of Arnold Bax's artificial alam convention, so Northe Third Symphony, was to realise once jump to five no trump was merely a again how much the Throne and the very strong urge for South to bid six Arts mean in this miracle of Emare, in either of his aults or to rain to

six no trump. JAMES MASON FANS

INALLY It must be set down thut all this talk of British aims exciting North American audlerces

is true.

felt

(and who can but, howet he

any

him?) already had bid his hand right up to the limit, and rather thin An English actor

When Mr Wolfit's manager

higher he passed to five no trump. who is coyly suggested that his com highly spoken of in Toronto-to any should play for a fortnight

what South did, because by this time Actually, it made little difference wit, a Mr John Gielgud-has

the partnership was definitely over- been playing a few miles away

the itten was received with CURSEQUENTLY, in`a

Everywhere I have travelled

board. North went down two.on in London, Ontario, in a comedy something less than rapture.

the USA

East's club opening, but South would written by a Mr Wilde, entitled For one thing it was proposed vited to meet Mr Woint and Miss

Toronto home (and Toronto is a journeys have covered nearly 5,000 out honours, at six spades or six dia- and Canada-and iny have gone down at least one, with- city of beautiful homes), "The Importance

I was in- miles I have found enthusiastic monds, of Being that he should play Hamlet, Iden, and he asked me point blank comment on BritishTM films," -Earnest."

and Toronto has been the vic. what I thought of his Hambet. tim of so many Hamlets that 1 indicated

my reservations, whereupon he said with quiet sin- art actor.must give up otrtain roles. I have to do Hamlet once more in Toronto and after that I shall never play it again." .Mr I do not wish to suggest that this had anything to do with my com- ments. Wisely this remarkable and he can no longer bring the poignancy plucky actor has decided that when of youth to his Hamlet he must put It behind him.

THE CLOOMY DANE

ROTH Mr Wolft and Mr Ciel it feels that it has earned a rest cerity, "There comes a time when Empire in his blood, I pay tribute too weak for the second bid. The

gud are en route to New York where.cach has the inten- tion of knocking the natives cold.

Rupert and Ninky-46

The Scout tries to make Ruperi diange his mind, but the linite bear is quite determined. "When you first rook Ninky away, I was just going to see Tigerlily," he says, "to ask whether she could explain why Ninky had started jumping as 3000 as he was made. Now that I've got him again, I'll go on with that idea." "Well, do let Santa Claus know the result." sighs the Scout. So Rupert runs toward the con jurer's house while the little plane swings away through the evening sky.

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TWEET

from the gloomy Dane.

Another slight objection was raised,

Who or what was Mr Wolfit? That was easy. Wollit's London Press notices, no doubt suitably edited, were presented. Fearing the worst but hoping for the best, like all theatre managements, the fort. night, was agreed to.

| theatre bésieGED

WISELY, Mr Wolfit opened with "King Lear," a role in which he has no equal Toronto rose to him or at him I forgot which is correct.

The next day the box office was besieged by crowds buying every available seat for days and nights ahead. Even Ham- let was nearly a sell out despite Toronto being allergic to it, and there was absolute capacity for The Merchant of Venice," "King Lear" and "As You Like It," to say nothing of “Volpone,' which was shrewdly advertised as being unsuitable for chil- dren.

TWEET

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and

Miss Iden told me that her father, English of course, is Professor of Drama at Texas University hopes to get to New York for their opening. She is a beautiful and at- tractive young woman and

liked her

of description

what happened to her in a normal week's playing with Wolat: "In Macbeth I go snad and kill myself: in Hamlet I do the same thing. In Othello I'm mur- dered: and in Velpone 1 meet a fate worse thum death," SOLD OUT

NOW for the sequel, Mr Gielgud, moving to Toronto when Mr Wolft moved out, was assured of a deservedly rapturous The following week Mr Wolft would reception. return for an extra week for which Every ticket was sold. Yel I think is true that the Arts Council, or the Department of Excise and Cus- toms, would not give my assistance to Wolft because in their opinion his

The bidding went stray at the James Mason is the ideal of young his distribution, without giving pro- paint where South attempted to show American and Canadian women.

per thought to another, even more As a critic, and as une who has the ple fact was that South's holding was important, consideration. The sim-· to the arts, and to the artists, which three-spude bid guaranteed little or ure doing so much to give expres- nothing, but when South went past ston to the glory of our heritage and the three no trump level to show the common widerstanding of the his diamonds, he was announcing at family of nations scattered! the seven seas.

across least one honour-trick-which he

didn't have!

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