Two-way Stretch
N The White Unicorn (2ZB, Thursday, December 14) I struck a half-hour play that had all the hallmarks of a serial, so that when it ended on the dot of 8.30 I felt the deep thankfulness of one who has escaped a fate worse than My Husband’s Love. For what better serial material could be devised than this dual-strand drama of high and low life and love? Lucy Glover (Margaret Lockwood) thinks Love is the most important thing in the world but marries Philip who has one eye on her and the other on his career. So she divorces him and marries Dick, who is killed on their honeymoon, and her consequent unhappiness qualifies her for the post of Warden of a girls’ reformatory, where she meets Lottie, who really Aas got something to keep a stiff upper lip about but who rates a far smaller ration of listener’s ear. Any script-writer worth his salt would be appalled at the indecent haste with which Lucy is divorced, remarried and widowed, and would be anxious to make this portion of the story at any rate a little more like real life. And to make sure Lottie got ‘a fair go it might be found desirable to separate the scarcely twisted strands and give Lottie Tuesdays and Thursdays while permitting Lucy to luxuriate on Mondays, Wednesdays, and | Fridays.
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 20, Issue 497, 31 December 1948, Page 8
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228Two-way Stretch New Zealand Listener, Volume 20, Issue 497, 31 December 1948, Page 8
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