Socialist Stalwart

In my opinion, "Sidarella" is as good as any I have seen; this applies in particular to the script, which had those factors necessary to a successful extravaganza—it was witty, topical and pointed. What particularly appealed to me was the happy goodnature running through the show—everybody obviously enjoyed their participation, which after all is what Extrav is for—enjoyment. Dave is to be congratulated on the production, unfortunately marred, on the last night, by one or two hitches in the curtain; at the beginning of the second act this was particularly noticeable. Another weak point was the make-up—when people are meant to represent public figures some effort should be made to make them up accordingly—Frank Curtin was an exception to this as Rattlee.

The thing that pleased me most was the way in which Extrav had obviously developed those participating; many people had become far more wideawake, more sociable just through the association with other students all doing a job of work.

A. H. Scotney.