A Little Nugget
T. JOHN ERVINE’S Jane Clegg (produced by the Belfast studios of the BBC) I thought a little nugget of
domestic tragi-comedy. At first the production seemed hesitant, the children particularly unconvincing, but the quiet force of the dramatist’s conception of Jane Clegg soon gathered the play together. It seemed to me artistically perfect in the last scene where Henry, the weakling and profligate husband, draws from his complete defeat a minor triumph — without, however, robbing Jane of a cubit of her stature. The play seemed the right size for radio. Its snug interior set, small cast, its easily comprehended but seldom experienced domestic embroilments, made for listening that was more than comfortable, less than disturbing.
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 31, Issue 779, 25 June 1954, Page 10
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118A Little Nugget New Zealand Listener, Volume 31, Issue 779, 25 June 1954, Page 10
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