Romantic Attachment
SUMMER RAIN, a play from the BBC Thirty-Minute Theatre, turned out as refreshing as its title. A tyrannical old lady is forced to share her favourite park bench with a crusty old gentleman. The ice-breaking process is
long, since both are armoured in Spanish punctilio, but spiced for the listener by the realisation that the two once cherished a romantic attachment. They finally confess their identities but not their subsequent marriages, preferring to preserve the aura of romantic integrity. This version of the love theme is counterpointed by the equally romantic but uncomplicated attachment ripening between the gentleman’s valet and the lady’s maid. The production was light and deft. Donna Isabella’s asides, for example, were as natural to her as
they were convenient to us. _
M.
B.
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 31, Issue 785, 6 August 1954, Page 10
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129Romantic Attachment New Zealand Listener, Volume 31, Issue 785, 6 August 1954, Page 10
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