of six plays including "Dangerous Corner", "The Man Who Came to Dinner", "An Inspector Calls" and "Hay Fever". The Club also staged a moving production of the Medieval Morality play "Everyman" in St. John's Cathedral in aid of the Organ Fund. In October, 1948, the third season opened with "Blithe Spirit" in the much larger and more convenient Theatre of the China Fleet Club, where the Club has since then produced a recently written "thriller" called "Grand National Night" and an elaborate and colourful dramatisation of "Treasure Island".
The Club is gradually building up a library of plays and technical books, and also a stock of costumes and equipment which has been gladly lent to other groups in the Colony who are producing plays, and there has also been some useful contact with the A.D.C. in Shanghai and with the Stage
the Stage Club in Singapore. The original purpose of the Club, although less pressing now that the number of Services men and women in the Colony is smaller, has been ensured by the constitution which insists that the Committee shall include representatives from the Forces.
Another dramatic society in the Colony is the Arts Associa- tion of the University of Hong Kong which produced G.B. Shaw's "Arms and the Man" which ran for two successful nights in April.
For those who are interested in Chinese drama but find it hard to follow in Mandarin, the Wah Yan Dramatic Society produced some Chinese plays both ancient and modern in English language. Regular performances of Chinese plays may be seen in the Colony at various theatres.
Painting.
The Hong Kong Art Club, founded in pre-war days, was revived in May, 1948. Five monthly exhibitions of the work of the members were organized and at the first Annual Exhibi- tion, held in November, 88 entries by 36 members, selected from the large total of 224 entries were shown.
The main objectives of the Club are the encouragement of art and the assistance of artists, and amongst the practical measures adopted with these objectives in view were the organisa- tion of weekly sketching parties; arrangement of art classes three times a week at the Northcote Training College; procurement of materials for members; arrangement of a course of lectures in art; and the organisation of an annual exhibition of the work of children in the schools in the Colony, which will be opened on 3rd January, 1949, and for which 955 entries were received from 82 schools. There were 105 active members of the Club
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