How Not To Do It
NTENDING authors who think they have a chance of winning &A prize in the forthcoming radio-script competition may do well to listen to some of the plays which come over, as much for warning as for emulation. One which I heard recently from 4YA, called "Fools Rush In," was a complete example of how not to do it; at any rate, if I were judging a competition for radio plays, a script of this sort wouldn't stand a chance with me. It was slickly written; it had action; the players put it over excellently. But what was it all about? People called Lady So-and-So, Cynthia, Gerald, and Pam. What were their ambitions in life? They seemed to have none? What did they do for a living? Nothing, apparently. What was the theme of the play? Match-making, neither absolutely pure nor particularly simple. Indeed, it was very complicated -Pam was in love with the heir to the title, who was in love with Cynthia, whose sister was engaged to Gerald, who decided to flirt with Pam, who in turn -marybe I’ve got it a little wrong, but that was the general idea. Anyhow, it ended happily, with the right people in each other’s arms, which I suppose was the only thing that mattered. Or was it?
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 14, Issue 344, 25 January 1946, Page 8
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220How Not To Do It New Zealand Listener, Volume 14, Issue 344, 25 January 1946, Page 8
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