Idea for a Serial
| LJAVING just read Kylie Tennant’s novel Tiburon I can’t help thinking what a splendid radio play or serial it would make. Since it is a novel about the Australian backblocks, I couldn’t help comparing it with "Dad and Dave," to the detriment of the latter. How many years has "Dad and Dave" been going now? It always seems a pity to hear the stalwart actor who takes the part of "Dad" wasted on_such long-drawn artificial stuff, when there are such rich goldmines as Tiburon waiting a prospector. I am not going to say that the people of this book are typical Australians, but I do say that to me they are real people, and the book has enough humour and tragedy to satisfy any serial-lover. I should like to see "Dad and Dave" scrapped, and the entire cast transferred to a dramatisation of Tiburon. The transition from the unreal population of Snake Gully to the totally unmoral but entirely delightful members of the White family would be a change welcomed by actors and listeners alike.
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 13, Issue 338, 14 December 1945, Page 8
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179Idea for a Serial New Zealand Listener, Volume 13, Issue 338, 14 December 1945, Page 8
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