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A rather special poster for a 1969 Ngaio Marsh production. Do you recognise the actor in the centre, as Theseus? At the time he went by the name of Nigel Neill, but is now known as Sam Neill. The other cast members, from left to right are: Yvonne McKay as Hermia, Bill Stalker as Lysander, Deirdre O'Connor (rear) as Helena, Catherine Wilkin (front) as Hippolyta, Douglas Blair as Demetrius. An attractive group although it omits Oberon, Titania and Puck.
The University of Canterbury Drama Society presents William Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream, produced by Ngaio Marsh, with Elric Hooper as Puck. Ngaio Marsh Theatre, June 14-July 5, [1969]
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“…she noticed that he [Alleyn] smelt pleasantly. Something like a new book in a good binding…”—
Ngaio Marsh, Surfeit of Lampreys, 1941
Get me a man with a good book-ish smell.
“There is nobody in the world who can listen as you can. I wish I had something better to tell you.”— Roderick Alleyn to Agatha Troy in Death in a White Tie by Ngaio Marsh
Troy looked up at Alleyn. Suddenly she grinned, and Alleyn felt a sort of thump in his chest. ‘Oh God,’ he thought urgently, 'what am I going to do about this? I didn’t want to lose my heart.’ He looked away quickly.
Ngaio Marsh, Artists in Crime
