Beyond the Suds
‘THE new BBC serial The Bride of Lammermoor seems to show how thin the line that separates the classic from the soap opera. The producer has evolved a style that,combines some of the features of each, but which reaches (continued on next page)
(continued from previous page) an entertainment level somewhat removed from both the musty odour of Literature and the smell of suds. From the point of view of character delineation The Bride of Lammermoor is not one of Scott’s best novels, and such stock theatrical figures as the termagant Lady Ashley and the brow-beaten Sir; William, the gentle dependent Lucy and the fierce, but naive Ravenswood ¢"I’m afraid I’m not very brave," says Lucy, and, in effect, "I like women to be feminine,’ says Ravenswood), do not tempt us to excesses of emotional involvement. I feel that later on, armed by foreknowledge and detachment, we will be able to take the tragedy in our stride, but, judging by the pace cracked on in the first episode, we'll have a good run for our money.
M.
B.
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 31, Issue 792, 24 September 1954, Page 10
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181Beyond the Suds New Zealand Listener, Volume 31, Issue 792, 24 September 1954, Page 10
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