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Salient: Victoria University Students' Paper. Vol. 25. No. 13. 1962

Nicolette McKenzie

Nicolette McKenzie

Older than the average student, Nicolette McKenzie claims she was "violently antagonistic to things" when she first joined the University. "My interests seemed to lie outside the University and I wasn't particularly inclined to put myself out for it. That was so wrong of course. Freshers should become involved in activities."

"I was saved the embarrassment of a clique, due to my year away from New Zealand" (Nicolette was an exchange student on the American Field Service in Milwaukee. Wisconsin).

Now, however, she is noted for her activities in the University Drama Club. Secretary of the club last year and president this year, she has played prominent parts in such plays as "Much Ado About Nothing", Chekov's "The Seagull". as well as several French Club plays.

She has also worked for radio and was a member of the Radio Drama School. Besides being a capable actress, Nicolette has a trained voice, and has sung to the original music in broadcast productions of "Peer Gynt" and "Henry VIU". She admits she enjoys working with professionals and her experiences in commercial radio and television.

At twenty-two, and in the third year of her B.A., she is undecided about her future career. "No, no plans for marriage. Although Mr Wattie and I have exchanged many fond embraces in 'The Alchemist' and 'Antony and Cleopatra', there is nothing in it."

As for her taste in literature, Nicolette confesses that she has an "unorthodox liking" for some American poets. Robert Frost. Emily Dickinson, Carl Sandburg, with Eliot rating pretty highly, are among her favourites.

"I mostly read plays now," she said, "that is, when I've got through the set reading list"

In spite of the toughness of her course, Nicolette McKenzie manages to be a member of the N.Z. Drama Council and to take a full and active part in the more cultural side of the university.