Shanghai, Feb. 13.
Mr. Douglas "Wilmer, an old Cathedral Schoo! boy and son of Mr. and Mes. TI. B, Wilmer, Tate of Shanghai, has recently obtained 9 scholarship at the Royal Academy fof Dramatic Art and is also attending the BBC. for training in radio acting.
At the Canterbury Festival, King's School has usually produced one or two plays In which Mr. Laurence Irving has token a personal interest.
Ay Interest the Junior School's produc-ion of Richard LY and remarked on the outstanding ability of fe. Wilmer, who was playing a secondary part in this performance. At the following year's Festival, Mtr. Wilmer, to whom this appreciation had been communteated, sought out Mfr. Irving and asked his advice about taking tip the stage as a career. Mr. Irving was encouraging, but advised the young man to follow the architectural career mapped out for him and think of the stage later. For once the vole of experience seems to) have prevailed.
Owing to the war, however, the architect's office closed down and Mr. Wilmer taking advantage the opportunity to achieve his ambition and become an actor, again sought Mr. Irving's advice with the result that he entered for a scholar~ ship offered yearly by the Royal
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