Insecticide
"THERE is a curious propriety in the fact that the Capek brothers took the title of their play Ad Infinitum from Jonathan Swift, for now the Insect Play seems to be following Gulliver's Travels down the primrose path to Story-Book Land. But in the Capek’s case the sojourn is probably not permanent — I merely happened to hear Aunt Moliy presenting an abbreviated and bowdlerised version in a 2YA Children’s Session, And where children’s digestions are concerned half a loaf is often better than the whole, and even in précis form the main theme of "fleas and smaller fleas" emerges comparatively undamaged. In this respect the Capeks are more fortumate than Swift, unnecessarily fortunate
as we feel sure they are less likely to take offence at mutilation than the irascible Dean. But it’s early days yet, and once Disney gets round to making a film out of it we'll have story-book versions of the original play ad infinitum.
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 15, Issue 366, 28 June 1946, Page 14
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158Insecticide New Zealand Listener, Volume 15, Issue 366, 28 June 1946, Page 14
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