In getting together the cast of The Beggar's Opera, Mrs. Christopher Chancellor has been fortunate in obtaining a fine galaxy of talent. Many members wil! be new to Shanghai audiences, but these have achieved distinction in matte: dramatic and vocal in other cities. Two exceptional "finds" among the women players are Mi Mary Stewart and Mrs. John MeNeill.
Miss Stewart, who is cast for the part of Lucy Lockit the well-known Canadian who is at present touring the Orient professional as concert singer. This artiste made her debut in the Town Hall, New York City, in 1935, and has since sung in major cities throughout Canada and the United States. A talented actress, as well as the possessor of a remarkably beautiful vole Stewart is well cast in th role of
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