Sure Touch
STANDING out from the series of weekly and bi-weekly radio plays was The Old Lady Shows Her Medals. Barrie’s lightly sentimental touch, which has caused the word "whimsical" to cling to his reputation like a burr, is a fragile thing when it comes to the medium of the radio. What may seem delicately quaint in the theatre or between the pages of a book often comes over the radio as just so much banality. But this particular play is saved from the obvious sentimental morass in which it might have floundered by the sure dramatic touch which made Barrie choose a couple of Scots as his hero and heroine (if I may so designate the kiltie and the old charwoman). There was something about the portrayal of these | two which made them completely real at least one listener, and made the pathetic little story of their meeting and parting a romance in the best sense of that sadly overworked word. This entirely successful version of the Barrie play was "made in Scotland" by the BBC; listeners who may encounter it in later programmes had better prepare themselves with a couple of handkerchiefs.
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 21, Issue 521, 17 June 1949, Page 11
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194Sure Touch New Zealand Listener, Volume 21, Issue 521, 17 June 1949, Page 11
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