"DR. JEKYLL AND MR HYDE"
Sir,-A short while ago I listened in with great interest and enjoyment to Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, run as a serial on 2YC. I was astonished and cis-
appointed, ‘however, to find that what should have been the last episode was completely omitted. The story as put out on the radio completely omitted the profound moral lesson, to say nothing of the logical explanation of the mysterious tale itself. So surprised was I at the abrupt termination that I obtained the book and read it again after a gap of over twenty years and I find that the last chapter, headed "Henry Jekyll’s Full Statement of the Case" was ignored. I can only think of two possible explanations, first that the task of producing a concise precis of this chapter was too much for your staff, or second, that there was some objection to the moral lesson. Surely the lesson that man’s nature is a compound of good and evil, and that encouragement of his evil part will permanently upset the balance of his nature, is too profound a truth to be brushed aside. Furthermore, surely it is one of the elements that make this book a literary classic.
T.T.N.
COLERIDGE
(Wellington)
hy was a series of readings, not a serial,-
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 35, Issue 889, 17 August 1956, Page 18
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217"DR. JEKYLL AND MR HYDE" New Zealand Listener, Volume 35, Issue 889, 17 August 1956, Page 18
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