Programme for a Tradition
HE commemorative programme on Hans Andersen struck me as doing more credit to the official conscience than to Hans Andersen. To listeners in Denmark, to. whom this is an annual tradition, such niceties as the broadcasting of the programme from the author’s own home, and the message from Sir Winston Churchill (written, though not read, by him) may have had significance; in radio terms they meant nothing. To me, also, the two stories chosen appeared to illustrate, not Hans Andersen’s particular genius, but the faults he shared with other makers of stories for Victorian children. "Little Ida’s Flowers" appeared to my children too long and prettified, and I found myself resenting the smugness of the author’s ironically reiterated "Fancy stuffing up a child with such nonsense," with its further
connotation that the author had one eye on an adult audience. Then The Darning Needle was a mere excuse for the plugging of a Victorian moral. I am _ prepared to give those concerned with the programme credit for a nice thought, while regretting that it never developed into a nice listening experience. |
M.
B.
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 30, Issue 776, 4 June 1954, Page 10
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187Programme for a Tradition New Zealand Listener, Volume 30, Issue 776, 4 June 1954, Page 10
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