Ivory Door, Ivory Tower
EVEN in his famous children’s stories such as Wéinnie-the-Pooh and The ‘louse at Pooh Corner A.' A. Milne gives his readers a somewhat sardonic reflection of their own frailties. The weaknesses of Pooh, and of his friends Tigger and Piglet and Rabbit-not to mention all Rabbit’s friends and relations-are not confined to the animal world, nor to nursery stories. But in the Pooh stories Milne’s satire is mild and well-concealed by comparison with some of his plays. In The Ivory Door, for instance, he flicks a sharp claw across the fabric of legend with which people insist on surrounding their rulers. In particular he deals with a theme which should be well understood today: The public’s insistence that an arranged marriage between royalty is in fact a romantic match. An NZBS production of The Ivory Door is to be broadcast from 2YC at 8.30 p.m. on Sunday, August 23. The part of Prince Perivale is played by William Austin, Princess Lilia’ by Ria
Sohier, the chancellor by Briton Chadwick, Anna by Mrs. D. Whitehouse, and Captain Bruno by N. S. Griffiths. The play will be heard later from ‘other YC stations.
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 29, Issue 735, 14 August 1953, Page 15
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195Ivory Door, Ivory Tower New Zealand Listener, Volume 29, Issue 735, 14 August 1953, Page 15
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