Reflected Glory
"GPEAK the Speech, I Pray You" (a programme celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Royal Academy of (continued on next page)
Dramatic Art) I found rather disappoint-ing-it seemed one of those features content to shine in the reflected glory of its subject-matter, and no nonsense about radio being an Art Form. The general effect was of a function with speakers, excellent speakers I admit, and entertaining speakers, though less so than they would have been if I hadn’t read their anecdotes in The Listener first. More, I felt, should have been done to tickle the ears of us groundlings. An illustrated survey of changing styles of action over the last 50 years. for example, would have been entertaining and would probably have done more to convince modern ear-landers of the worth of the R.A.D.A. than any amount of
mannerly tribute-paying.
M.
B.
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 32, Issue 819, 7 April 1955, Page 10
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144Reflected Glory New Zealand Listener, Volume 32, Issue 819, 7 April 1955, Page 10
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