BROADCAST POETRY
Sir,-It seems to ‘me that "M.M." in his or her criticism of Molly Atkinson’s programme-Poets of our Time: Inspirers of Song (Radio Review, October 7) is biased. For me, Miss Atkinson’s programme was far more enjoyable than the BBC Chapter and Verse, and I wasn’t in hospital, nor yet in bed, The BBC performers may be "professional verse readers," so professional that they studied one style to perfec-tion-the reading of serious and tragic verse, So expert are they in this. particular branch, that they read all poetry, dainty nature poems and other light verse, in the same dirge-like tone. Some months ago there was a controyersy in John o’ London’s Weekly on the BBC rendering‘ of poetry, and | the majority of the writers expressed my sentiments. Fer me, any BBC interpretation of poetry is always disappointing.
NOT A PROFESSIONAL
(Wellington).
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 21, Issue 541, 4 November 1949, Page 5
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