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Pacific Islands Monthly, 1 September 1957Vol. XXVIII, No. 2

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p. 43 · Read in the full issue

Levuka School Goes On Theatrical Tour

GREATLY daring, Levuka School did what no other school in Fiji has done before. It went on a theatrical tour.

At Levuka, the School staged the Gilbert and Sullivan “HMS Pinafore”, and they did it so well they decided to take it to Suva— possibly to show the present capital city what the old capital was still capable of.

They produced it wisely—using masters and mistresses in the adult SS& t Sk b 2*o£S* glrto in

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tempting to play adult parts without any conviction whatsoever, When they found it difficult to finance the travelling expenses, Mr.

W, G. Johnson, managing director, of Messrs. W. R. Carpenter (Fiji) Ltd., who had been impressed by the show became the fairy God mother of the piece and came to their assistance.