Robin Re-hashed
"ROBIN HOOD" from 4ZB, would have met with a chilly response , from me if it had not had the intriguing addition "With Basil Rathbone"; and the fact that it was scheduled for the
evening programme indicated that it might prove to ‘be adult fare. I’m afraid it just wasn’t up to. such __ expectations, although it ought to be recommended to juveniles as an excellent example of the ‘swashbuckling romance. For adults,’ surely something a
---wa. eee ite more meaty" and less fanciful is required than a rehash of this fabulous tale of Robin and his Merry ‘Men, with its overtones of © false heartiness and its fake-antique script. That the melodiously smooth accents of such an actor as Basil Rathbone should be wasted on this sort of thing is one of the unsolvable mysteries of broadcasting. Mr. Rathbone, how could you!
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 15, Issue 367, 5 July 1946, Page 10
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142Robin Re-hashed New Zealand Listener, Volume 15, Issue 367, 5 July 1946, Page 10
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