August 1930: The Scottish National Players’ Tour – “The Versatile Miss Elliot Mason”

An article on page seven of the Perthshire Advertiser Incorporating The “Perthshire Courier” (Perthshire Advertiser, in

The British Newspaper Archive), on Saturday the 16th of August, 1930, reads:

 

“Scottish National Players’

Tour.

THE VERSATILE MISS ELLIOT MASON

 

The Scottish National Players are again on the road,

travelling from point to point in lorries along with

their impedimenta. The company is certain to be

warmly welcomed in all towns and districts previously

visited, as well as those which represent new ground on

this season’s tour.

 

As formerly the programme will consist of three one-act

plays interspersed with song and other business. The tour

is under the experienced direction of Miss Elliot Mason,

and the cast includes Miss Meg Buchanan, Mr James Gibson,

and others who enjoyed the company’s triumph during the

season at the Everyman Theatre, London. Miss Ethel Lewis will

again charm the audiences with her singing.

 

Recently while the Players were at the Everyman a cartoon

appeared in the leading Glasgow paper showing Miss Elliot

Mason baking pancakes for a Players’ tea party at that theatre.

She was charged with that duty by the management, because

of the reputation of the pancakes she baked for the Players in

the course of their last summer tour. That, however, is about

the least important of this versatile lady’s roles. She also, as has

been already said, directs the company, arranges the programme,

and plays leading parts. But, as she says, that is nothing out of the

way. All the members have to play many parts. None of them, however,

is trusted with the baking of pancakes.”

 

 

 

The British Newspaper Archive.

 

 

 

George Fairfull-Smith, July 2024.