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FELT that in the selection of Henry Vaughan as a subject in the Among the Immortals series someone bit off more than he could chew. I don’t mean that Henry Vaughan, mystic and poet, is not a suitable subject for radio presentation; but he is! not fitted for a quick sketch including his life, his character, and his medium of expression,
done in the usual semi-dramatized manner of this particular ZB series. Vaughan’s poetry, intimate and personal as it is, is just not suitable for inclusion in any radio programme outside the BBC Third, and it was a mistake in style to include the declamation by Vaughan of his own poetry in a very prosaic account of his history, I cannot imagine why the organiser of this programme decided that the unique spirit of Henry Vaughan would appeal to the ordinary ZB listener, or that his visionary writings could be effectively incorporated in a factual account of his life, in the script of which the characters were allowed to mix "thou" and "you" in the same sentence in the most confusing way. But it was a brave attempt to perform the impossible, and makes me hope that some day I may hear a straightforward reading from the same poet’s works,
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 19, Issue 484, 1 October 1948, Page 9
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212Difficult Material New Zealand Listener, Volume 19, Issue 484, 1 October 1948, Page 9
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