~ Sir-We seem to be having a preponderance of radio plays just now-all to the good if the comedy or drama is worth listening to. Leisure for Living, from a novel by Nelle Scanlan, was advertised on June 9. "This should be good," I thought, as I hopefully turned to 2YA. We endured the rasping: angry tones of Uncle Mortimer’s voice for a _while with the conviction that he would soon be speaking naturally, but instead "his irritated bombastic manner of speech was accentuated, and reluctantly we turned back to 2YC. Now there was nothing in the beginning of this play to warrant such a tone. A true actor might now and then
raise his voice to clinch his argument, but certainly would not continue in the same tone when the theme did not require it. So many of the NZBS produc. tions are marred by harsh, exaggerated voice tones.
NATURAL VOICE
(Wellington).
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 35, Issue 886, 27 July 1956, Page 5
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