Next week's " play of the week " is The
School for Scandal, with Cyril Maude in the part of Sir Peter Teazle. Sheridan's polished wit should broadcast well : more and more one is convinced that, in a radio play, lucid prose is half the battle. A further instance was recently provided by the broadcast of a play-version of Mr. Wells's The Country of the Blind. Listening to this, one was impressed as much by the challenging clarity of Mr. Wells's prose as by the startling suitability of the subject. The adaptation was clever and, on the whole, very effective. Mr. E. J. King Bull, who produced the play, is never a sensationalist and he had clearly realised that the need was for as simple a production as possible. ' Most wisely chosen was the background of music—an icy, glittering music suggestive of great heights.
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