'Players for the Play'
E. MARTIN BROWNE
The brilliant cast of the latest musical-comedy success would probably cause a sensation if they were engaged to take part in a Tchekov play-and a most unfortunate sensation it would be, too. The Tchekovian actor likewise would cut a sorry figure in a Jack Buchanan or Leslie Henson role. Extreme contrasts, of course ! But this evening E. Martin Browne will discuss the many factors that should influence the choice of a play for production.
Questions such as the size of the stage, verse or prose, costume or modern dress ; whether players should project or submerge their personalities in the parts they play-all these problems are also to be debated by Martin Browne , and two or three other experts whom he will bring to the microphone.