The company which is staging Pur-'s "Dido and Aeneas" ind.
Vaughan Williams "The Shepherds of the Delectable Mountains" at the French Municipal Hall, 11 Route Vallon, on May 6 and 7 has taken the name of "The Shanghai Players." The entire net proceeds of its productions will be handed over to charitable organizations. The Shanghai Players will specialize in the type of work done by "little theatres" and "arts theatres" in Europe and America and wish to emphasize that they do not compete in any way with the Shanghai A.D.C. or other similar organizations. Whilst at the present time the works which ere being rehearsed are British and the cast is largely British, it is the intention of the Shanghai Player: to be as far possible an nternational body and to produce plays and what for lack of a better term be styled "chamber operas 5 ative of all countries.
For mple the next operatic production oe the Shanghai Players will be the "Orfeo" of Claudio Monteverde, one 4.144,08 Previously acknowledged 3 1
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