the Vicarage

Lae Amateurs

Have Fun in the Vicarage

A LOCAL surfeit of parsons, an escaped German POW, a Cockney! soldier, an actress turned parson’s wife, the snooping spinster and the maid, all combined to produce hilari-| ous comedy in the Vicarage when the Musical and Dramatic Society put on the good old farce, See Howi They Run, in Lae, NG, mid-l November.

However, an unscheduled stuck! door on the first night almost un-| did actors and audience alike —and it is possible that if Vivienne Lane! (the maid) had been unable to re-i lease her skirt and carried on skirt-1 less she would have really brought! the house down.

Schoolteacher Marie Edwards, as! the old maid; Diana Nizette as the!

Vicar’s ex-actress wife; John* Bretag as her Lance-Corporal friend J and, of course, Ida the maid, played! their parts with skill.

Brian Pearce, in the role of the! easy-going Reverend Toope also did! a lot of effective running.

After playing for three nights in!

Lae, the Society took the show to!

Bulolo, where an audience of over! 300 received them well.

It is a pity that this band of] hard-working young people do not! obtain more support for their first! nights—about 50 attended this show! and not many more the first night! of the last show, Blythe Spirit, pro-! duced some months ago.

There is not a wide choice of enter J tainment in Lae, but many residents! still wait to hear reports from first! nighters before giving their support! on the following nights.

Miss Deidre Stanford, who waa one of the “Blythe Spirits” in the! previous show, produced and directed See How They Run and did a mighty!

job.

P.R.