Not for Children
"T HE unprecedented 1YA_ = announcement: "The following play is unsuitable for children,’ caused a flurry the other night as the living-room was cleared of dawdling offspring, and I speculated as to what nameless horror staid 1YA had to offer that her Commercial sister had not already exploited without a single cave. But as Pussy Cat, Pussy Cat, unfolded, it became obvious that the warning was intended for those
parents who had taken the title to indicate that here was something specially for the young idea, Children reared on Green Hornet and Superman must have wondered what all the fuss was about. For adults, it was sound | drama, a Machen-Blackwood type of supernatural story, about an obsessed woman, a conscientious doctor, a motoraccident and an ominous white cat, which sustained interest throughout and called excellent performances from Norman Griffiths as the doctor and Ria Sohier as his disturbing visitor. There was point in 1YA’s meticulous introduction; but extension of the principle has | intriguing possibilities. Will we ever, I | wonder, hear "This programme is unsuitable for musicians," or "The following review is unsuitable for poets’; or even "This programme is unsuitable for listeners?"
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 31, Issue 785, 6 August 1954, Page 11
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194Not for Children New Zealand Listener, Volume 31, Issue 785, 6 August 1954, Page 11
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