THE ROCKING HORSE
Sir,--When writing critically as I did about the BBC production "The Rocke ing Horse" I did not know that it was a dramatization of one of D. H. Lawrence’s short stories. The knowledge has not made me change my opinion that the whole thing was just "silly." It was the theme and not the presentation that I criticised. To ask people to take seriously or to derive any entertainment from ‘a play whose theme was Divine revelation to a child of six years old enabling him over a period of years to back the winner in the Derby and other races and thereby provide a small fortune for an extravagant mother. to squander-well-I sincerely hope there are still many ‘people who, with me, think that "silly" and "crass nonsense" are the only epithets that apply.
H.
THOMPSON
(Christchurch).
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 16, Issue 414, 30 May 1947, Page 5
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141THE ROCKING HORSE New Zealand Listener, Volume 16, Issue 414, 30 May 1947, Page 5
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