Reading Observer 02-1920

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OBSERVER, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY ' 21, 1920. !

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apparent lack
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THE EASTERN PRESS

FIRE AT PETTY'S.
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Mr. T. Mills
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th6 Boa.rd ..nd
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Yat.es (Educat:ona.1
liocai tl t.o~E6 man •
..nd J.lnll~ Kedg e,
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, Th. members 01 the lirm 91 the Eastern Press, Ltd .. gathered unde~I the chairmanship 01 tlne.r, l"lal", al~er, M r.'
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~aver~h8m ~r.idge Hotel o~ . ~a.turday, to welco~:'back its ex-service in"lIlbers.

R. J . BId
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The above picture ~how~ i~ striking
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fire at Me~sr •. Petty's printing works on Saturday. I
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dance h~ld at B~.ml.y last ';'..k, wh"; a most' ....,io:y.lbl ••~""in. we. spent
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Abov. i. a Ila~hlhgl't picture taken of the caste Ano»Ar;,;,ir on Monday in" Zurika," an operetta' by Clementin. Ward.
It was staged in aid!ol the "
Hostel lor Girls" Fpnd.

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and efficient. The trn.dition of sound acting and
beautifuL staging i8 now ca¥.ed to the full, wbi~e
at ' th~ i same time a new spirit of e~celleDce haa .

beeD' iriInaed which makes tile Company one of t he
really precioua poBfIeSsiona br the English ltage.
Shakespeaftt. Sheridan.
Goidimith ..are ·name!
which . t.&Dd lor the
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Next week the Compton Comedy Company viBit
Reading again with an enforced number arid
qua.lity Or playm.
Ne!'Tr since the da.ya of
Edwsrd.Compton has the C9mpany been 80 strong

atudents are lpecia.lJy invited. It will be a
umble treat to all old patrons of
Theatre] to tee Miss Neil Compton aa
Portia respecti+e)y. These t.wo cha.rac,tera
sent twc difle~nt t~.of women; ' bound
bond tOf love, but Juliet is 1.11

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~;g;:~~$~hile
IIopirit, in Portia
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undoubtedly, ' n g\'Ut play. It has bad a gr...~
past; it will have a. great future. 10 oUtcast··
aeals chie8y with the emotions of three people,
who all experience- the vicissitudes of love, goin'g
through .the undying fires until the man fl nd the
women reason out their own best course - the
eoul'!e .of, re~gnaiion: "Miriam," t~ quiet.
heroIC w?~n, 11. ~ ~ . w hicb offen t mendou9
opportumtu~. to 1(8 mterpreter, npd . M'
Compt09 il nei~r behind nor in fron.t of er part,
helDg natural, unaffected and passlOnn , She i.!
fortunate in having Mr. ,H. Worrall· Tho pson for
Geoffrey Shenrood. Mr. Worra.ll-Thom 800 is 8.fI
BOund in modern comedy (l8 in Sha· pearian.
drama.
He is support~d in the c ief roles
throughout the week by 'Meuts. Henry Crocker.
. Murray Hathom, a nd Philip Gordqn. ' of them
oJd Comptonian •• anfl equB.l to the exq 'site demanda -01 such plays. ~ this ComJlany roduce!.
Mr. HfPlty Crocker, it is int.erestlPg j: note~ is
-! tl:m .il!-la.w ,to .lIra: ~.a.:rd C~mpton, who, ! in'
additIon to directmg ·,the fortunes of her own
Compa.ny, is a. partn~ in the proprie nhip of
our local theatre, It iJJ· eale to predi~ g hou...
for next :week.'s visit. so that ea.rlv
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Itron.g~y adViSable. The Compton Com y Company 18 the only first-class Company
present
tOuring the Briti.h Isles in a repertorv of old EIlilIab prays.. I
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cast," by Hubert Henry Da.vies.

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exhibitions. It test.ifie& to
of Mi.sa Compton t hat.

with equa.! ,charm

liter-.,ture and drama, and tp8 bett 'forb of \1l".
great. authors will be preseqted during next week
6, -the Compton folk , wbo,"lin a spirit of veneraUon ab d delight, make their productions wortlav
of the ' great names which go before them. There
are Romeo and Juliet a ndl Mercbllnt of Venice
~~o~n from Shn.k:espeIlTe. !Both these pla.ys are
~'lVen on Wednesd&y, the (ormer in the evening,
the latter at t he matinee, to which school! and

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The name. inscribed on the tablet are :-Giles Ayres,
R. Cobb, L D. Cras~e, W. G. Haynes, M. G.
Jameson, G. F. J J~rvi·s. and S. W. Soo!..!

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