From The Argus
Melbourne, Victoria
February 22, 1941

ACTORS’ PART IN WAR
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   English actors and actresses were playing a front line part in the battle for Britain that was going to help greatly in winning the war, said Miss Helen Gilliland, noted Irish-born actress, who arrived yesterday.
   By broadcasting, entertaining in raid shelters, touring provincial towns and camps, and travelling overseas to raise money for Britain’s cause, they were doing more for the Empire than was possible by enlisting in any of the services, she said.
    It was true that the theatre was dead in England, said Miss Gilliland, but it would rise again after the war and play its rightful role in community life.
   Having come from Hollywood, where she played in the film “The Storm,” Miss Gilliland is to appear soon with Carl Brisson under a contract with Australian and New Zealand Theatres Ltd.

-- transcription by Kate Maynard, 2010