Congreve's Comedy
CANNOT see in Congreve’s Love for Love much of what Macaulay refers to as "that gorgeous blaze of wit that dazzles us almost to blindness,’ but time has probably been doing a little tarnishing. However, the NZBS production was certainly equivalent to a brisk rub-up. The acting had a style and finish calculated to make the most of any remaining scintillation, but though Congreve’s dialogue emerged from the treatment with pristine shapeliness much of the wit was past revival. The farce, however, was surprisingly vigorous, and a rollicking production made the most of the seduction between Tattle and Miss Prue. The production was an encouraging example of the value of virtuosity. It is surprising to find out that what appear to the reader to be the stock characters of artificial comedy can have such rude life breathed into them.
M.
B.
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 30, Issue 772, 7 May 1954, Page 10
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143Congreve's Comedy New Zealand Listener, Volume 30, Issue 772, 7 May 1954, Page 10
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