Once a year, at Fort Street Boys' High School they open books of history and the masterpieces of literary giants from the classic ages down to modern times', and out steps a motley array, of characters--skin-clad Greek heroes, stately-knights, and ladies of Merrie England, and the odd creatures depicted so realistically by Dickens. All of them live again for just a few hours in the persons of bright-eyed, full-blooded young. Australians. Then, a wave of the wand and they step back into the pages of their books again. The annual "play day" is the genie which works this wonder, and pictured above are some of his re-creations. The four main subjects from left to right are: "The Return of Ulysses," a scene from "A Midsummer Night's Dream," a scene from. ''Henry V.," and "Bardell v. Pickwick." ... [ILLUSTRATED]
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The Daily Telegraph (Sydney, NSW : 1883 - 1930), Sat 6 Sep 1924, Page 12
It's easy and takes two shakes of a lamb's tail!
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