Human Comedies
' ‘| HE two plays I heard last week were both excellent entertainment, both produced by the BBC’s Mary HopeAllen, and both concerned with the Russian way of life-but how differently! Turgenev’s A Month in the Country is a play whose nuances add up to a substantial presentation of human nature. Christopher Mayhew’s play Those in Favour also gave us a shrewd glimpse of human nature, but this time human nature impaled on the hook of political ideology. The setting is Lake Success, and the author lifts the~masks of the delegates to reveal their hidden motives and fears, making full use of his opportunities for irony. I confess I enjoyed the topical trappings almost as much as the excitement of the action. And I have seldom struck a play where the reins of suspense were so firmly held by
both author and producer.
M.
B.
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 30, Issue 762, 26 February 1954, Page 11
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145Human Comedies New Zealand Listener, Volume 30, Issue 762, 26 February 1954, Page 11
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