Hobson's Choice
[N spite of good production and a con-. vincing Lancashire accent I found my interest in Hobson's Choice flagging long before the end of this hour-and-a-quarter performance. This may be a damaging admission on my part; but the play seemed to need the extra stimulus of stage production to save it from dragging. The accent, too, seemed to be frequently maintained at the expense of expression, which told in a play of this length. But all things considered, it was listening time well spent. The "boomptious" Maggie dominated the scene from the first and there was as much tragedy in her uppishness and all it implied as there was comedy. Willie’s performance was a particularly fine one, and the scene where Maggie proposes to him a gem-although I doubt whether "propose" is the right word, as it implies some choice. This was not a play to choose for easy production, and on all counts it was a very creditable performance. I hope that other plays from the same part of the world are ‘forthcoming so that the acquired dialect need not be wasted.
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 18, Issue 449, 30 January 1948, Page 9
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185Hobson's Choice New Zealand Listener, Volume 18, Issue 449, 30 January 1948, Page 9
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