Christmas Hangover
] COULD not help wondering just why 2YA listeners were treated to " The Plot to Overthrow Christmas" the other Wednesday. This item presumably arrived from America too late for Christmas. This would not have mattered if it had been a first-rate play; conversely, a good measure of Christmas spirits might have helped us to digest it tolerantly. The play, in piquant rhyme reminiscent of ZB Streamlined Fairy Tales, is about a meeting of the damned souls in Hell who plot to overthrow Christmas. There are distinct possibilities in the theme as Caligula, Nero, Lucrezia Borgia, and others put forward their ideds, but the humour is heavy handed and the ending feeble. Nero is chosen to make his way to Father Christmas’ hut and do away with him. But at this point the play turns sentimental; Nero becomes Father Christmas’ co-operative little helper and is given a Stradivarius for Christmas. Sound effects throughout were excellent, and the swoop down to Hell magnificent.
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 12, Issue 299, 16 March 1945, Page 8
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162Christmas Hangover New Zealand Listener, Volume 12, Issue 299, 16 March 1945, Page 8
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