The Kite
[HE KITE, a dramatised version of Somerset Maugham’s short story, was heard recently from 4YA in.an excellent performance by a band of NZBS players who remained, to my regret, anonymous. The Kite makes a good play -as many listeners, having already seen it (though with a happy ending) in the film. Quartet, would know. For this reason I felt inclined, despite the quality of the entertainment, to carp a little at the choice of such well-worn material. If the producer was bent on producing a Maugham story, could not one of the many less familiar ones have been chosen? Was it a fear of the untried that dictated the choice? Or was it a chorus of imaginary listeners chanting "Tell me
the old, old story?"
Loquax
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 25, Issue 634, 24 August 1951, Page 11
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128The Kite New Zealand Listener, Volume 25, Issue 634, 24 August 1951, Page 11
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