Pathos and Comedy
OME things are simply too touching tobe borne in comfort. Although A Dog's Life, produced by the NZBS and heard over 3YA, was a comedy, its opening with the small boy being run over trying to rescue a dog that had broken down his father’s prize delphiniums, reminded me of the time I had to review one of the Clauda books. I was rather ill and low in spirits, and every page or so brought tears to my eyes and I finally hurled the book aside in disgust. Fortunately for me this time I wasn’t ill and ultimately the clear light of comedy dawned above the dark hill of pathos in an end reminiscent of that classic story "Pigs is Pigs," only in this case it was not pigs but dogs@vhich made life a hell on earth for the poor parents. Needless to say the play was well done. In fact,.in a private poll I have been conducting voters feel there is little distinction to- be made between what the BBC produces and our own work at its best; quite a feat when you consider Britain’s acting and technical
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Westcliff
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 31, Issue 803, 10 December 1954, Page 11
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194Pathos and Comedy New Zealand Listener, Volume 31, Issue 803, 10 December 1954, Page 11
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