A CHARITY PERFORMANCE
[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.]
SIR,—May I call your readers' attention to a play by Mr. Lytton Strachey which is to be performed on July 12th ? The Dowager Empress of China was reigning at the same time as Queen Victoria, and Mr. Lytton Strachey is a bold man to have chosen her as the central figure for his first venture in dramatic art.
This play, The Son of Heaven, which is to be produced at the Scala on Sunday evening, July 12th, and Monday afternoon, July 13th, is described as a tragic melodrama. It will be interesting to see if a master of light touches of satire can also succeed in the violent and strident effects which that form requires.
In any case the production will interest a wide circle, and
the object for which the performances are given, namely, the London Society for Women's Service, is one that has several times before been recommended to your readers. Un- employed women of the professional classes are as much in need of skilled help and support now as they have ever been ; and it is to be hoped that the tickets will be widely purchased. All information can be obtained from Women's Service House, 35 Marsham Street, Westminster.—I am, Sir, &c.,
THE PRESENTER.
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