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HE NZBS now has a relatively stable cast for play production. This ensures a high and even standard for the productions, though one could wish at times that a little more imagination was shown in interpreting character. In Shaw’s The Devil's Disciple, heard over 3YC, why did William Austin stick to his best public speaking voice when playing ‘the roughneck-diamond ‘ part?a diction so perfect that we knew all along he was a sheep in wolf’s clothing? Mr. Austin can vary his voice considerably, as was shown in the slow, heavy speaking, part he took in Manifest Destiny. This leads me to, the second point, already mentioned by another commentator, namely, that we must have more plays written by New Zealanders. John Grundy’s Manifest Destiny’ was a triumph in collaboration between script, music and sound effects. It could bear repetition at not too infrequent intervals,
and the author should be encouraged to try something else in this line. There have been many adventurers in this land whose lives, set in a context of wind, wave, waterfalls, birds and Maori conversation, provide the material for another such fantasia.
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 30, Issue 777, 11 June 1954, Page 10
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188Higher Standards New Zealand Listener, Volume 30, Issue 777, 11 June 1954, Page 10
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