Another Forsyte Serial
HE FORSYTE SAGA, the most important work by the English novelist John Galsworthy, consists of three novels, The Man of Property, In Chancery, and To Let. All three have been dramatised in serial form by the BBC, and the first two were played some time ago as they became available. Now, following a replay of In Chancery by the YCs, comes To Let, the third part of the Saga. The theme of the trilogy is the possessive instinct which is embodied to an exaggerated degree in .the Victorian character of Soames Forsyte. His passion for acquiring all things desirable and showing his ownership over them extends even to the children of the Forsyte family: By the end of In Chancery, Soames and Irene have each remarried, In To Let the children of these second marriages are grown up-John, son of Irene and Jolyon Forsyte, and Fleur, the daughter of Soames and the French Annette Lamotte. Fleur and John meet and fall in love in spite of the strong opposition of their parents, for whom the unhappy past is still exerting a strong influence. The end of the series leaves the Forsyte family and way of life changed completely. In this production Irene and Soames are still played by Grizelda Hervey and Ronald Simpson, while Leo Genn replaces Guy Rolfe as Jolyon. John Forrest takes the part of Jon and Monica Grey is Fleur. The producer was Hugh Stewart. To Let starts from 2YC on Monday, September 16, and from 3YC and 4YC on Saturday, September 21, following later from 1YC.
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 37, Issue 944, 13 September 1957, Page 22
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263Another Forsyte Serial New Zealand Listener, Volume 37, Issue 944, 13 September 1957, Page 22
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