This Side Suspense
AMES MASON in Patrick Hamilton’s ~' Money with Menaces (2YC, February 10) had no particular edge over any of our local NZBS lads hissing hate
into the conniving distortion of a telephong, nor was Patrick Hamilton’s play | much more than run-of-the-mike chiller. Its technical monotony (the burr-burr of the telephone, the silken menace of the kidnapper’s voice) had the fascination of a chalk-line for a chicken, keeping us this side suspense, but the agony was in no way cumulative. The end, however, was worth waiting for, combining surprise value with poetic justice. But, had it been earlier it would have been kinder, both for pulverised victim and mesmerised audience.
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 32, Issue 813, 25 February 1955, Page 11
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111This Side Suspense New Zealand Listener, Volume 32, Issue 813, 25 February 1955, Page 11
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