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The Spike or Victoria College Review October 1930

Dramatic Club Notes

Dramatic Club Notes.

As most of the plays read this term have been reviewed in the two issues of "Smad" it is unnecessary to mention them here, but perhaps a review of the year's activities will not be out of place. Readings have been held regularly every week and they offer a certain amount of experience in acting besides giving the members a first page 51 hand knowledge of the play. Participation in readings is undoubtedly the more entertaining, but if the readings are well arranged and cast they are almost equally entertaining to the mere onlooker. It has been the policy of the committee to give one or two new members each week a part to read and some members have shown a considerable amount of talent. Besides the readings the Club produced early in the first term two one-act plays, "Moonshine" and "A Woman's Honour," and at the end of the second term "The Lucky One," by A. A. Milne. This in itself is an advance upon previous years as, at the best, only about twelve people take part in any one production. This year however the Club is going even further by staging on October 4th in the College Hall three short plays. The casts of these plays are chosen entirely from members of the Club who have not appeared in any other of the productions this year, and include amongst others Misses M. Cooley, E. Purdie, T. Barnett, M. Spence-Sales and Messrs. A. D. Priestley, U. Williams, R. Larkin and N. Hannah. It is to be hoped that the college students in general will give more support to this evening of plays than they did to the club's production in the second term.

Looking forward to next year the committee has every confidence that it will be still more successful than this has been. While nothing definite has been planned as yet, it is possible that, if members can be gathered together in February a play will be produced early in the first term in addition to the annual production at the end of the second term. Readings will undoubtedly be started during the vacation, probably early in February, and in this connection members of the Club who will be in town and who desire to be informed of the dates of readings should notify the secretary immediately. The following plays are being ordered for reading next year: "The Rope" and "The Silver Tassie" by Sean O'Casey, "The Constant Nymph" by Margaret Kennedy, "Berkley Square" by John Balderston, "Street Scene" by Rice, "Canaries Sometimes Sing" by Frederick Lonsdale, "Mischief" by Ben Travers, "the First Mrs. Frazer" by St. John Ervine and others will probably be ordered early next year. The committee would welcome any suggestions for plays which would be suitable either for reading or for producing.