1 JULY 1922, Page 22

THE O.U.D.S.

[To THE ED/TOR OF THE " SPECTATOR."' Sun—Your readers may care to hear of the Oxford University Dramatic Society's production of Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme in a contemporary translation. It was a most agreeable perform- ance, taking place as it did in New College garden. The pro- duction was by Mr. Barry Jackson, of the Birmingham Repertory Company, and utilized to the full that zest and verve that can hardly be obtained except by a company of enthu- siastic amateurs. I cannot here mention individuals, but the acting was always full of spirit, if not, necessarily, of experi- ence. Altogether the Oxford University Dramatic Society managed to make a very pleasant evening out of a not

altogether easy play.—I am, Sir, &o., E. J. S.