A PLAY FOR SOUTHLAND
Sir-Following the correspondence in your columns under this title, I took the trouble to "secure a copy of the prize-winning play, since I had something to do with the competition in its initial stages, and my opinion was sought as to framing the conditions. Though I maintained from the beginning that one judge should not bear the complete responsibility, the committee stuck fast to leaving the decision," entirely to Mr Newman. It can only be lamented at this stage that the prize was awarded at all if The Montgomeries was the best offering. The play is an affront both to New Zealand writing and the theatre, and the judge has done tfo service to either in making his choice.
L.
JOHNSON
(Wellington). 3
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 37, Issue 936, 19 July 1957, Page 11
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127A PLAY FOR SOUTHLAND New Zealand Listener, Volume 37, Issue 936, 19 July 1957, Page 11
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