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OF 1937.

By EDWIN B. JOHNSON Cnnndian Prqs Staff’ Writer

LONDQN, 26-- (CP) —'I‘he old cry that the legitimate theatre‘ is losing public favor and shrugghnsl bravely to its final curtain. ED119815 to have hem more than I» 1101B l“- accurate.

Despite ever-increasing counter- . attractions, the theatre in Great» Britain marched forward during the inst tiwelvemonth and marked 1937 as one oi the banner years l“ 1 its long history of varying Bllcﬁeii- ‘

‘ﬂiers have been some iailureil but in the keen competition of the present day. producers ﬂMBDWd such setbacks philosophically al part o; we game, and came back

hqped would pack ‘em in. 1 London and other centres in tlW United Kingdom have a. better- 1 ‘ than-average number 1n the 51K‘ ‘ cess column. Playgoers are lininll ~ up in ticket queues remlnlmnf of pro-talkie day!- TP m" 5°“? houses have been sod out week:- in advance with waiting lists tha-

' bring satisfied chuckles from pro-

ducer ,actor and author alike

Although none of the London favorites came within measurnb!" l distance during tlw YER!‘ “l l threatening the continuous run rc- l cord of 2,238 performances held bi: l Oscar Asche's production Chu ! Chin Chow. several established e11- l viable marks. l The distinction of heading 111.» ' list of current successes 8W5 l" Whlteonks, a play b88961 0T1 UK‘ book bearing the same name bl‘ the Canadian author. M1110 d9 l“ ‘ Rmche and featuring Nancy Price, 1 one or Britain's greatest actresses. in the role of the centensrian Granny.

Whitoaks opened at the Little Theatre June 20, 1936, and after a brief run there “'11s transferred to the Playvhouso, where it will reach its 720th performance at the end of 1937 and still going strong. The plays lasting popularity will be demonstrated Boxing (Dec. 2'11 with another of its many sell-outs.

The seasons long-run record, however, feel to St John Ervlnes comedy, Anthony and Anna, before - it was withdra\vni11 the fall from the Whitehall Theatre after 780 performances. And Ervine is on the high road toward another smashp ing success with Roberts Wife, also a comedy, but; this time presented at the Globe.

Among other outstanding long-l "un hits were French Withoutl Pears, a Criterion pttractioii, and; Busmarrs Honeymoon, at: the Vic- toria. Palace, both of which havel been playing to capacity house since the late winter of 1936.

Priestley To Front

Challenging the=e top-notchersp, ‘however, came an 8VEl'-|2,l‘0\\’ii"i[;" crop of successes cs the season ad~ vanced. with a triple threat. from the inspired pen of J. B. Priestley: Paying sinuiltmieouslv, his Timel and the Conway's, at the Duchessl I Have Been Here Before: (Rnyaltyw and People ac Sea, at‘ the Apollo. have sent the shfliligs flowing into the box office and

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Critics in England, lmlikc their, contemporaries i11 the Uniiedl Stafw, eschew the pastime of oi-. ficialy listing plays i11 order Ofl merit or rating outstanding in-‘ diviclual p-Jrfornirnccs. A poll of‘ some oi‘ the leading ailthoritics.‘ l1r1z7c\'cr.'1lisclo:\r~d 111:1.‘ Priesilefs work; srand in the tcp fl

Here's the unofficial ruuki Time and the Cmnvnyxs; .-Vic- toria Regina, Laurence Housmanis historical play at Th" Lyric; 3— George and Margaret. Gerald Savorjfs comedy at Wyynclhanrs; 4-1 Have Been Here Before; 5— Whiloalcs; 6—-Robcrt's Wife; '7 - French Without Tears, 8- Bonnet

obtrusivcly ence Mhul the waste 1.. as, uses that: Justify an ode 1n the ped- l esirlnn prose of 1111' editorial. Ofl all the t" w, the wnstclraskct is the 1' mos; ilsoful and generally the most l accurate. The wastr-biu-xket is not. only a scfutlon of clultcr. It is a,

" sing of the ' 1o has notj been t1ur11c1l into a vncilatiug, 1 wracked Hamlet by documents ac- ‘ cumulaiiug m1 (lcsk, in drawers. on window silk? To throw or not tel throw, that becomes the question; Certainly the wzwtcbaskct should not be grudgrcd 2111 ocrusiuual puncg- l yrlc; above all. it l1oul1l not b: grndgcd a goodly share of the con- tents of most (iesks.

DELAYS EXPRESS

SNOW

CREWE, Englaud—A London- bound express train was held up here for two hours recently when switches outside the station be- came blocked through a heavy fall of snow.

Over the Windmill. another success by the irrepressible Dorlie Smith. playing at the New ‘Theatre, and London suburban thcutrcc; 9 — Crest cf the Wave. Ivor Novellds n111 icnl‘ con1c:ly' at Drury Lane; i0 -—Bala'aika, a spectacular musical play at His Majesiys

Among the seasons flops was This for Remembrance, which last- ed just one night at the Embassy Crisis proved faiciullyr named and ran into exactly that after two nights, Orchard Walls, la fed four’ performances and Gncd-lnyp tn Yesterday, bowed its way 1111i per- manentlv. five days af'cr its hello at the Phoenix.

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by the late Sir James Barrie. prov- ‘ . I I

ed a. dlsappoiniiucnt. however, to its producers. Elisabeth Bergnci‘ was brought iroin American at the instance of the author to play the title role, but her pcrsonaity and superb acting failed to carry the play to expected heights. It was: not until late in January when its withdrawal we; announced that

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lVhiteoaks One Of Years Tops In Old London

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the public railed 1» its moori- Bur, 1g, was too late and Berries last play shuffled of’! after b5 PET‘ formances.

Laughing Cavalier. a $100399 stage spectacle, ran for five week-S at; the Adeiphia and then was withdrawn while still P1534118 w sizeable audiences. The producers (iiscovered their costs were high and they couldn't make end» meet, although temporal’? W“ were accepted by leading members of the cast. _

Another short-run play was Peo-

ple in Love, s. light comedy by Ar- thur Reid, a native of London. Ont. Although the critics fmwlwd on the play, it received fair sup- port until another comedy, Yes and No. silcceeded it‘. at the Am- bassadors. - .nid the onrush of new Ind brilliant mesentations, Shakespeare l"‘llﬂil‘lf‘fl just. as popular as ever. !': chief sponsors were the Old Vc and Sadlcrs Wells with such “rrliiional masterpieces as Mac- i; 1h, Hamlet. TiVClllli Night. and A Iiidsummer Night's Dream.

John Giclgud. making his de- b~1t an actor-manager, luunthedv lvs program of four presentations 1- ‘l1 Shakespeare's Richard II. He l itmved with Sheridan's comedy, F hool for Scandal. and Chekhovs 13w Three Sisters. The series will cmcliule in the new year. with the

lrnor going to The Merchant o‘ Venice Peggy Ashcroft played "muting lady in all four pro- 1 ciuctions. l

Shaw's Sensation

The honor, however, of produc- ing the sensation of the season fell to the old master, George Ber- nard Show. He felt the Bard oi Avon had burnt himself out, be- fore reaching the last act oi Cymbeine, and offered piaygoers a lwilmfwd version, with a delicate allusion to abdication. It promptly

and aroused paeans of praise from the critics,

Bui:_ surely you didn't expect ﬂﬂyllllng but a strccess fron1 such gcnitises as Shakespeare and my- frclf, was the characteristic Shav- 1a11 retort.

Two outstanding figures were removed by death during the year from the stage of Shakespearean Ftloliv. They were Sir Johnston Forbes Robertson. eulogized as the noblest Hamlets of them all, and Lilian Bay'lis._ famed for her long RSSOClRllOH with the 01d Vic and Sadlefs W81's.

Toronto Man Snared Panda For Museum

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T9R0NT0. Dec. 26—’I‘he giant Panda, black and white creature which looks balefully out. of a glass case 111 the Royal Ontario Museum .0011, owes ins betrayal and ilresent status of b01111: stuffed to the pﬂtrj. otc fervor of a Canadian doctor in lﬂlllliill’. War-ridden China.

Pml- J- R- llvmond, dirrctor of the Museum of Zoology, tells L111; story of the imdoing of the rare annual. l It “'11s. he said, Dr. Ins-lie G. Kil-(

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born, :1 1111111111111: of the University of 'i‘oro:1i0, now teaching at West Chin: University, Chengtu, who de. cider: on his own initiative that the provincial museum should have a Panda.

Dr. Ki barn watched n number 01 expensive. elaborately out-fitted ex- peditions pass through Chengtu on ill’? \\'I\.V to the interior in search of the Panda. an animal 11111ch in dc- maixzl for museums of natural his‘.- ory. He. knew the Royal Ontaro‘ Museum couldnt afford to pay 1 thousands of dollars to send an ax- l pcdiiion into the Iiimifaya moun- l talus of West China, so he organ- ‘zcd :1 shoestring expedition of his l own. g

Dr Kilborn delegated a native, Chinese luinter to go out 11rd bring 1101111‘ r1 Panda. The hunter svas‘ ' ' lic__1'an1c back with fourl

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Then Dr. Kilborn wrote a. letter to the museum in Toronto, offering the six animafs. He suggested that. the trustees might send a. small amount o! money to reimburse the Chinese hunter, but; if they couldn't afford it, he wanted the museum to have the Pandas and Tnkns any-

way.

Officials of the museum decided Dr. Kilborn must be a pseudonym. The man who wrote the letter must really be Santa Claus. They sent the money for the hunter. The best Panda. and the best Takin were put on display.

All the way from the highlands of West: China, where he used to feed on stalks and shoots of bam- boo, fhe sad. moonfaced Panda, something between a bear and a raccoon, stands in his glass case. Just behind him is the gentle-look- ing ‘Pakin. People come and stare, and the girls from the art cusses sii: 011 the floor around them and sketch.

SENDS SANTA $2501

MARSHALL, Mo., Dec. 26 — (AH-Mae West is in the news

again. She sent Santa Claus $250. I A man here whose name actunl- ‘

ly is Santa Claus has suffered so much ill fortune recently he had

to dig ditches to support his iam- ,

ily. Mae West read about it and to- day Santa Claus received $250

from the actressley telegraph.

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PAARIS, Dec. 26—Paris polim gravely studied the Dionne quin- tuplets‘ fingerprints today, but department officials hastened to say the famous Canadian children were suspected of no crime.

The quints’ tiny digital imprints were used purely as an object les- son by Chief Inspector Denis Guerin to emphasize before 50 young inspectors to whom he was lecturing that no matter how much persons look alike, their fingerprints are always totally dissimilar.

CALLANDER. Ont, Dec. 23- While fingerprints of the Dionne Quintuplets, now being studied by Paris police, are distinctive en- ough to identify the sisters, all five have very similar prints.

I11 the population generally only one per cent: possess interdigital whorls. The quintuplets, however. each has one or more oi these and their p-ssession or this un- usuai feature has aided scientists in determining they are an identi- cal set.

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BRISBANE, Australia, Dec. 36- Queensland, Australia's topical state, claims a crlmhfal record that is unbeaten anywh We else i1: the world. ‘

At the end of 1932, one person in 2,615 was in prison. Each year, since, has shown an improvement Now only one in 3,318 is in Jail The state's six prisons havevac- commodation for 838 inmates, but there are actually fewer than 300.

The controller-general oi prisom (Mr. J. F. Whitney) suggests i111 reduction of crime and the smaller number of’ criminals are the result of general ‘improvement in social habits and conditions, education and modern methods of prison treatment and greater interest in prisoners at discharge.

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