Voice of Hecuba
FEW weeks ago I heard Sybil Thorndike in the flesh, and enjoyed her mature personality and her clear speaking, both much mellower than I
scomessver them to have been twenty years ago. The memory of this recital added something to my enjoyment of the BBC World Theatre The Women ot Troy (1YC), for I found myself associating the voice of: Hecuba with Dame Sybil’s characteristic gestures and facial expressions. This must be one of the great performances of our time. Surely only an actress with her long experierice could so plumb the tragic depths of this most sorrowful figure. Since most of us will never have the chance of seeing this play, we must be grateful that we can not only hear it, but hear such an authoritative rendering. I was _ also struck by the beauty of the voice of Helen, and was pleased to learn at the end that it was that >of Margaret Rawlings, whom I last saw reclining on Elizabeth Barrett’s sofa. The distance between Helen and Mrs. Browning is not greater than that between The. Trojan Women and what passes today for
serious drama,
J.C.
R.
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 31, Issue 797, 29 October 1954, Page 10
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193Voice of Hecuba New Zealand Listener, Volume 31, Issue 797, 29 October 1954, Page 10
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