Enter Marius
THOUGHT that it would be impossible to translate into English the Marseilles dialect which Marcel Pagnol put into the mouths of his characters in his famous trilogy, Marius, |
Cesar and Fanny. But Barbara Bray, whose adaptation of Marius was broadcast last week, has, by using a form of Cockney, remarkably well captured the spirit of Pagnol’s waterfront types. The rich humour and pathos of the picturesque characters came over vividly. Perhaps my memories of this trilogy gave a special glow to the NZBS Marius, but it seemed to me to be one of the best productions the studios have given us this year. It was pleasant to hear the comparatively unhackneyed voices of Alan Jarvis as Marius and of Dorothy Munro as Fanny. By the standard set by Raimu, whose César was his greatest role, Roy Leywood appeared a rather shrunken César, smaller, rather than larger, than life, but Michael Cotterill lent an. appropriately acid touch to Panisse. I hope we may look forward to NZBS productions of César and Fanny in due course; I am even optimistic to trust that some | day we may listen to the whole imperishable trilogy in successive weeks.
J.C.
R.
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 36, Issue 919, 22 March 1957, Page 15
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