Everyman Today
N the four and a half centuries since Everyman was written we have managed to think our way out of Everyman’s dilemma, to separate Death and Judgment, so that the play has not for us the stupendous moral impact it must have had for its original audience. But, judging by the BBC version I heard the other Saturday, it still has amazing dramatic validity. The radio version shows up the forthright simplicity of the language, a language not so very far removed from our own, and this combined with the shrewd human judgment makes it both easy and _ rewarding listening. Raymond Rex, the producer and adap-
ter, showed considerable imagination in his blending of voices and accents, and John Hotchkiss’s music was superb throughout.
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 26, Issue 671, 16 May 1952, Page 11
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126Everyman Today New Zealand Listener, Volume 26, Issue 671, 16 May 1952, Page 11
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