36. and Amy, and at the same time gloating oTrer his friends I Of the two, Charley was the calmer, and probably the more natural} Jack had a longer part, and was vei^ demonstrative, particular ly with his arms,which sometimes unduly suggested windmills. He made a bashful lover. Jack euod Qharley held the stage alone for the first twenty minutes and gave the Play an excelle n t start. The older generations,Sir Prancis Chesney and Mr.Spettigue, acted well in their different styles ; Sir Francis,good-natured generous, and an aceoo^ished love-maker; Mr.Spettigue, pompous and easily angered, but stupidly infatuated with "Donna Jucia", (and afterwards wildly choleric when he finds out who *^flnna liUcia" really is)• Their parts could not have been bettered^ The girls were very pretiy. "The gentle artifices of the toilet" make an enormous difference to one*s features, seeming' ly» For the third year in succession Crook took a lady's part^ and though now "dux" of the school, his movements and manners were delightfully feminine. He acted the part of the real Donna Lucia perfectly naturally, and was a striking figure. His niece. Miss Delahay, had not a conspicuous part, and rather gave the impression of realising that he was merely acting. But he had a feminine figure suid spoke clearly and confidently. Of the younger girls, "earth has not anything to showmore fair". Kitty, who had the bigger part, was particularly beau tiful. So maidenlike was her behaviour that it was difficult to realise that "she" was a mere male of the VA. Both Amy and she had cultivated a winsome maimer of speech, and both were proficient users of the vanity bag. Then lastly, - Brassett. Again a part admirably chosen ! His ill-timed entrances, his disgusted expressions, hie appear ance of semi-idibcy, combined to make a perfect butler. This was his last night at Kearsney, and many of us will retain a lasting impression of Michell eis a butler - a line in which he clearly has a future. It is hardly necessary to add that the success of this ex tremely entertaining Play would never have been, achieved but for the \mtiring efforts of the producers,Mr.Oram and Miss Bllis. For weeks they did not spare themselves in their deter mination to make this Play as successful as its predecessors, and with the willing and enthusiastic co-operation of the ac-?; tors themselves they undeniably achieved their object. Before the Play and during the interval, the orchestra,led I ■
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