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Canberra Times

Location

Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia

Date

Sep 07, 1928

Page

6

Music and Drama Arts Society presents one act plays at Albert Hall

The Music and Drama Arts Society selects Raney Free and The Monkey's Mage for presentation at Albert Hall on September 16. Cast includes Miss Shotty Mall as Fancy, Mr Harold J. White as Ephelbert, Mr Noel Burkinshaw as Adrian, Miss Joyce Weatherston as Christine, Mrs E Harvie as Mrs Prout, and Mr RB H Greville leading Mr Gardiner. New members and returning actors add to the lineup with Harold J White and others featured in multiple roles.

Raney Society of Arts and Laterature The Albert Hall Mies Shotty Mall Bn Raney Neormh Ephelbert E. Harvie H. Greville Gardiner Greville Ilves Emmy Sydney University

Merrie England Concert Set By Local Musical Society

The Musical Society will present Merrie England with orchestral accompaniment by the Ino orchestra and a local pupil choir. Rehearsals are under way with one practice night per week.

Ino Orchestra Merri Ingland Musical Society

Opera Season Extended Across Australia Tour

The Melha Willanson Grand Opera extends its Australian season after a Sydney run and will visit Adelaide and Perth. The company’s successful tour is reported to continue with around £25 costs in the vicinity.

Sydney Adelaide Perth

Priscila Jean in Weat of Hrondwey at Capitol Theatre

Elated patrons await tomorrow's Capitol Theatre screening of Priscila Jean in a Western melodrama featuring cowboys six shooters and ukuleles plus a second feature with Ge Talwh Lorber and Muaraatlin Day in "Winder the Black Maghe." Colleen Monore's admirers look forward to her best picture at The Capitol on Monday.

Priscila Jean Hrondwey Capitol Theatre Topay-Turwy West Lorber Colleen Monore Cspitol Aleathe Miss Moore

Talking Pictures Open New Front in Hollywood Sound

Talks on adding speech to photoplays sweep studios as sound films near production. Critics warn dialogue may mimic stage plays, needing trained writers, while stars like Lionel Barrymore test roles in early talking pictures and producers eye richer storytelling with voices and background sounds.

Speeh Photoplay Fe Board Interes Filme Oe Entertainment Hollywood Thotighl & Whale the &Tddies Muncdo Wormer Brothers America Charles Kleina Charlie Klein Horton U Bla Australi Julius Keight J. C. Williamson Ltd Utatice Juder Cara Lolonel Barrymore

Parisian Operatic Bombshell Inspires Stage Reform

An article critiques Paris opera customs and patrons entering behind the stage after performances. It notes the push to end privileges, praises director M Rowehe for addressing scandalous access, and contrasts with Old Empire manners while urging stricter observation of etiquette and tipping norms.

M. Rowehe Orilete Eumon Madern Hivys Ouston Maris Opera Paris MM. Riouche

Man of Parts Percy Hutchison in Australia tour

Percy Hutchison actor-manager leads his company in The Joker and other comedies under J. William Joon Lid in Australia. He began with his mother Hal Hutchison and toured in London and South Africa. His stage credits include King Leonard, Queen High, Nightingale, and Night in Men with leading roles in several productions. He says he spent boyhood years in Australia and has seen Melbourne.

Percy Hutchison Australia J.william Joon Lid Hutchison Hal Hutchison Mie Tiet Londen Bie Charles Wradhui Devil Carrick Seni Tie Wyndhan Amon Ter Tink Porte Kewster Aree South Africa Adelaide Pduay

Japanese film school opens in Tokyo suburb

A diverse group of aspiring film performers from the Japanese theater and cinema world attended the opening ceremonies of a new film school in a Tokyo suburban area. The coming year promises war films and adaptations of famed novels alongside a drama about Judge Goku of Keohbwn, highlighting humanity in Japanese history.

Tokyo

Russian theatres in Moscow educate masses through drama

The Moscow theatre system, tied to the Soviet government, aims to educate workers and citizens via state sponsored performances. American observer James E. Abbe notes crowded houses and a spectrum from high art to crude melodrama, with strict rules and propagandistic aims across about 25 venues.

Ftusala James E. Abbe Moscow Workmen's Club Gaudewilie Moscow Art Theatre Mr. Abbe

The Punishment and the Crime Story

George Grossmith recalls rehearsals of Princess Ida at the Savoy Theatre London and a misread libretto moment. An exchange reveals the line about detention in prison was misinterpreted as Gros actively being kept three hours daily to sing it.

Canberra George Grossmith Gilbert and Sullivan Opera Company Savoy Theatre London Princess Ida Gilbert Arthur Grosvamith Bullivan

Film Infringes Play Case Decided In Favor Of Van

In London Court of Chancery Justice Astbury ruled against Darinogunt-Lisky Corp in a copyright dispute over the film Pearl of Clay. Sutton Vane, author of Outwardbound, alleged copying of theme and language. The judge found no direct or indirect copying, ordered delivery up or destruction of interlacing reels, and awarded no damages or injunction beyond that.

Sutton Vane Qutwardound Imulnet Darinogunt-Lisky Corporation Fim Van Court of Chancery London Justice Astbury Die Mille Hime Cher Ledeas Durtie Asburyeid Fee Vasite Vos

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