fll -15-. terlude with Bresse. Cook was very voluble. Nobody oould pt a word in edgewise while she was on the go. Even the impassive Puddifer was like to receive the rolling pin upon his head, ^r vivid imagination converted conjectures into realities, and she finally left the house after a speech that would have caused Cicero to bury his head in shame. The ncLle parts were well chosen. Warwick was on the stap almost throughout, and gave a good rendering of a typical speci men of the younger generation, impulsive and nervous by turns rather free with his parents, but intensely loyal^ to them in their absence.Breese was happiest when engaged in his sprts, ho repelled the amorous advances of Vane, yet fell for Winnie, asking her hand in marriage with the same unembarrassed enthus iasm as one would show in arranging a picnic • Mop11, running away from a martinet father, sought relief in passionate oratory on behalf of the rights of children, but when thinp went wrong his self-pity was umlimited. Christie played this ja rt wpl. Then we have the next door neighbour,cranky Mr.Andrews (a ^misyorgynist", explained Puddifer, though he was apparently a misyanthropist" too) whose grief at the destruction of his pet orchid far outweighed any feelings he may have had for his concuss ed gardner. His scene with jior. Morell, when each thought the other was Mr. Bntwhistle, was very funny. Finally, Mr. Morell looked his part. He wasvery fierce ' His jaw became set and his eyes positivelyblazed as he came to claim his runaway child ren, One felt one could forgive Walter and Selina any idiosyn crasies on possessing such a father. These many lines have been devoted to discussing the charac ters of the play,yet, after all, half the credit for the succps.^ of the performance must be shared by Mr. and Mrs. Gram. With never failing energy and enthiisiasm, they devoted hours per day for weeks to its production. They had their reward in the success of the play and the congratulations of the spectators. A final word of thanks and congratulation must be oxtenpd to Mr. Foster, Mr. Ashwell, Harrington and their ever-willing helpers, for the erection of the stage and an elabopte lighting system aT^f^ switchboard which would have done credit to Drury J.F.R.
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