Drama...

The Drama Club gained a well-deserved third with a farce which they claimed was by Shaw, but it was hard to believe this—and the local colour introduced, extra vaganza wise, did nothing to make the occasion a particularly serious one from either the audience's point of view or the players' point of view. The judge, Miss Ngaio Marsh, paid the production the compliment of reviewing it more or less seriously. She noted that true farce, as Shawn "Poison Passion and Petrification" was very hard to play. The two main points to watch in farce were pace and style. In spite of some few dramatic misdemeanours (and some petty iarcency from "The Third Man") Miss Marsh thought that the play "was a lot better than a lot of stabs at that play might have been." We are informed that the Drama Bash was quite good, that if one scuffed one's shoes the beer sprayed up off the floor, and that a letter of apology had to be sent to the Rector. The drama results were:—

Ngaio Marsh

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