The Shanghai Amateur Dramatic Club deserves particularly warm congratulations on the production of "Someone at the Door." Its excellency was astonishing considering the difficulties which confront any institution nowadays when attempting to return to normality. The play showed no signs either of difüculty in casting or rehearsal and the rapidity with which the performers got'on terms with the house was in itself a sign of the ease of their playing. As a send-off to the theatrical season nothing could have been better chosen than this very amusing play. The production showed, of course, the skill of the trained hand, for the "pictures" were never out of focus—as would be expected from a producer like Mrs. Gardner Crane—but she must have been specially pleased to notice how well the amateurs overcome the difficulty of handling a comedy which for its success requires slick action and unhesitating delivery of dialogue. The blend of experience and quite exceptionally modern talent was trium-pliantly effected and no better advice can be given to any playgoer than to visit the Lyceum Theatre to-night for the final performance.
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