The Essential Barrie
M. BARRIE’S The Will has more ~" Calvinism and less conceit (I use the word in a literary sense) than most of his plays, and on stage is inclined to be a little dreary. But the BBC production (heard from 2YC recently) turned out quite sprightly. This was due in part I think to the fact that the radio version demands the provision of a narrator, and the essential Barrie of the stage directions, missed in a visual
presentation, could therefore be included. The players mangged to convey the passing of time, with its corrosion of appearance and chafacter, just as well as if they had been provided with a change of clothing and an extra dusting of talcum powder on th whiskers (of course they had the narrator to murmur "Forty Years On" in the background) and the general effect was convineing and impressive.
M.
B.
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 22, Issue 552, 20 January 1950, Page 11
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149The Essential Barrie New Zealand Listener, Volume 22, Issue 552, 20 January 1950, Page 11
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