Lost Among the Facts
(,RAHAM MILLER'’S talk on James Edward Fitzgerald in the 4YA series of Parliamentary Portraits gave the greatest amount of historical data in the shortest time. For the printed word I should say the script would be excellent, being not without certain graces in the way of metaphor and blemished only by the negative construction "not inconsiderable’ and the like, used at least three times in quick succession, For the listener the talk was too full. James Edward Fitzgerald slipped through our fingers as we made huge grabbing movements at these facts which were, in any case, being given out too quickly. What
is wanted is a sketch of the person and of the incidents surrounding his career, should he care to draw on this know--ledge. I think the key to a subtler, more leisurely technique lies here, not in straining after perfection but simply in a strong visualisation of the audience and its limitations-
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 32, Issue 810, 4 February 1955, Page 11
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158Lost Among the Facts New Zealand Listener, Volume 32, Issue 810, 4 February 1955, Page 11
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