The B. W. A, Dramatic Sect presentation' of level with cast entirely of children, was a ry simple little affair and for that! reason all the more charming. The entire performance, if one were to except intervals, probably did not take more than three quarters of an hour. The plot was not constantly held up by burlesques which, in difference to the supposed tastes of grown-ups present, were usually included, nor~is there a number of grown-up allusions enrively beyond scope of youngsters. "Cindorella," from start to finish, was nothing more nor less than' Cin-straightforward tale virtue triumphant told in a way every child could relish. There was no attempt at anything. spectacular, out the costumes were pretty and ballroom scene. ballet. arranged by Miss Ann Summers and a gavotte by Joy Pett: in the latter we would suggest that the music should be accelerated a little for the sake of the very small four in the centre stage, whose legs were really too short' to be kept waving. about in the air between each slow step:—more than one spectator watched their precarious balance: with a fearful eye!
As to the parts, they were all very well taken. Nancy Munroe as iderella herself seemed remarkably self-possessed'and made a charming. heroine. She spoke her lines di tinctly and with expression and danced most gracefully. Joy Pett, however, astonished us most, for she tackled the part of gouty old Grandolphus Schmidt with tremor dous gusto, threw herself into it nedy and soul, and in consequent won the hearts of her audience at once, so that they were ready to be amused at anything she might do. lor say. As this was a dificult fe for a girl of her age we call speci ittention to. it and consider her performance deserving of especial} praise. Audrey Greenfield as the [Countess Augusta and Elsie Thompson and Wendy Ramsay as the two ugly: sisters also did: really well, though we do not quite agree that the wearing of false noses is necessary for the occasion: not that: }we wish to cast aspersions on the oks of the young people concerned but because we really had some: anxious moments - when the un-{fortunate damsels, each in-turn, had to hold. on her proboscis for fear; Jest it might slip towards the end Jof the first act! Andrea van Coras the, Queen Mother, Hilda find Diana Brewer as the Jester all as ing's Messenger, filled satisfactorily the parts for which they were cast. Especially lear and well-acted were the reles of Lord Chamberlain, played by Kathleen Benner and Count Gorko, (Sheila Milligan). while Joan Benner
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