THE BEST OF TWO WORLDS
Sir-I would like to pay my small tribute to our main national station for a demonstration of admirably delicate taste in the evening programme of September 8. It was truly the work of a programming mastermind to follow the tender tributes to a great actor and
gentleman — Robert Donat- by the frenzied cavortings of a modern musical group. To give us the best of two worlds all in one short hour. My grateful thanks. I heard the perfections of Murder in the Cathedral and the Prayer of St Francis of Assisi spoken so movingly in a voice unsurpassed in any generation, and then (with scarely a break) a charming little ballad: "When You Put Off Your Bobby-sox And Put On Silk Stockings." This may not be the exact text of the title, but it conveys the touching sentiments of the young sérenader. It is interesting to note that overseas the chief ‘lovers of the class of song, sung by the type of singer I heard, are young people whose ages range from about twelve to fifteen-the bobbysoxers, May we reasonably expect the
majority of these to be in bed by eleven o’clock? Then I think we may as safely assume that the programme was for the edification of the older listeners. Thank you again for your consideration and for not allowing the delicious spell cast by the personal reminiscences of Mr Donat’s colleagues to linger. Your concern for our welfare is rivalled only by the cinema, outside Wellington, which recently delighted emotionally disturbed patrons, even before the final scene had faded, by exhorting them to sleep well with a delicious cup of...
KEVIN
WOODELL
(Wellington).
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 41, Issue 1049, 2 October 1959, Page 11
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280THE BEST OF TWO WORLDS New Zealand Listener, Volume 41, Issue 1049, 2 October 1959, Page 11
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