'Sunday, 28th February,
Discussion Group ? We read four plays from which we intend to choose our programme for the summer and next year:
? Thread o? Scarlet? (J. J. Bell)
? A night in the sun? (Dunsany)
? The Monkey?s Paw? (W. W. Jacobs)
?The rising of the moon? ( Lady Gregory)
Read ? ?The Four Georges? (W. Thackeray)'
Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Gerald Moore Print: Book
'Meeting held at Frensham. Saturday 11th July ’42
H. R. Smith in the chair
[...]
3. The minutes of the last meeting were read and signed..
[...]
6. Two One Act Plays were then read. The first of these ‘The Proposal’ by Tchekov was chosen
no doubt in tribute to
our gallant allies. Howard Smith as a Russian landowner Muriel Stevens as his daughter and
Arnold Joselin as a
healthy, well-nourished but hypochondriacal suitor for the daughters hand in marriage, all
displayed great histrionic
ability. The author calls his play ‘A jest’ and it certainly was very funny. Howard Smith’s part
was largely “and so on’
alternating with ‘and all the rest of it’ but the infinite variety of expression he managed to put
into these few rather
simple words soon reduced us to a state of helpless laughter, and the fervour of his prayer
“Good Lord: what it is to
have a grown up daughter” brought down the house.
7. The second play was “The Workhouse Ward” by Lady Gregory and no doubt a student of
national character could
draw many conclusions from the difference between the Irish and the Russian sense of
humour as revealed in these
two plays. Certainly this was altogether a quieter & more subtle work that The Proposal but it
was also very amusing
& well read by F. E. Pollard & A. B. Dilks as the two paupers and Rosamund Wllis as the
Countrywoman
relation.
[...]
[signed by] F. E. Pollard
17. IX. 42.'
Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Francis E. Pollard Print: Book
'Meeting held at Frensham. Saturday 11th July ’42
H. R. Smith in the chair
[...]
3. The minutes of the last meeting were read and signed..
[...]
6. Two One Act Plays were then read. The first of these ‘The Proposal’ by Tchekov was chosen
no doubt in
tribute to our gallant allies. Howard Smith as a Russian landowner Muriel Stevens as his
daughter and
Arnold Joselin as a healthy, well-nourished but hypochondriacal suitor for the daughters hand
in marriage,
all displayed great histrionic ability. The author calls his play ‘A jest’ and it certainly was very
funny.
Howard Smith’s part was largely “and so on’ alternating with ‘and all the rest of it’ but the
infinite variety of
expression he managed to put into these few rather simple words soon reduced us to a state
of helpless
laughter, and the fervour of his prayer “Good Lord: what it is to have a grown up daughter”
brought down
the house.
7. The second play was “The Workhouse Ward” by Lady Gregory and no doubt a student of
national
character could draw many conclusions from the difference between the Irish and the Russian
sense of
humour as revealed in these two plays. Certainly this was altogether a quieter & more subtle
work that The
Proposal but it was also very amusing & well read by F. E. Pollard & A. B. Dilks as the two
paupers and
Rosamund Wllis as the Countrywoman relation.
[...]
[signed by] F. E. Pollard
17. IX. 42.'
Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Bruce Dilks Print: Book
'Meeting held at Frensham. Saturday 11th July ’42
H. R. Smith in the chair
[...]
3. The minutes of the last meeting were read and signed..
[...]
6. Two One Act Plays were then read. The first of these ‘The Proposal’ by Tchekov
was chosen no doubt in tribute to our gallant allies. Howard Smith as a Russian
landowner Muriel Stevens as his daughter and Arnold Joselin as a healthy, well-
nourished but hypochondriacal suitor for the daughters hand in marriage, all
displayed great histrionic ability. The author calls his play ‘A jest’ and it certainly
was very funny. Howard Smith’s part was largely “and so on’ alternating with ‘and
all the rest of it’ but the infinite variety of expression he managed to put into these
few rather simple words soon reduced us to a state of helpless laughter, and the
fervour of his prayer “Good Lord: what it is to have a grown up daughter” brought
down the house.
7. The second play was “The Workhouse Ward” by Lady Gregory and no doubt a
student of national character could draw many conclusions from the difference
between the Irish and the Russian sense of humour as revealed in these two plays.
Certainly this was altogether a quieter & more subtle work that The Proposal but it
was also very amusing & well read by F. E. Pollard & A. B. Dilks as the two
paupers and Rosamund Wllis as the Countrywoman relation.
[...]
[signed by] F. E. Pollard
17. IX. 42.'
Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Rosamund Wallis Print: Book