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SMAD. An Organ of Student Opinion. 1935. Volume 6. Number 11.

The Stage was a Picture

The Stage was a Picture.

Even at the risk of over-complimenting the Dramatic Club, we feel that the work which makes a smooth-running play possible deserves the hightest commendation. The stage was a picture. The difficulties overcome by stage-managers on the miserable box of a stage are tremendous. The size and shape are all wrong, the lighting is hopeless, yet somehow a shadowless, neat picture is achieved, and on this occasion the illusion of a sitting-room in a garden villa was quite realistic. The colour scheme and props were all carefully thought out and arranged. The stage-manager, Jack Aimers, is' to be congratulated. The business manageress, Geraldine Gallagher, also did efficient work. The management of the house is dirty, dull and disappointing work, and when it is done properly, adds to the effectiveness of a show. When a play is followed by supper and a dance, it becomes doubly difficult. It is to be hoped that people who accept these positions are rewarded in Heaven, for they seldom are at V.U.C. Pat Macaskill did his work efficiently and well, and the work of the Supper committee was also satisfactory. The Club could never have been expected to cater for over 200 people.