介绍:
This charming adaptation of the classic tale took us back to more innocent times, when transport was restricted to horses and carts, home life actually meant something, and children relied on their imaginations to take them out of a workaday world into something rich and strange. In Sally Avens' production, the principal focus of attention centred on Anne (Barbara Barnes), an ugly duckling transformed into a swan. Although fundamentally good-natured, she remained true to herself - a plain-speaking, open-hearted little soul - while at the same time understanding the importance of respecting her elders. Such qualities lay at the heart of her transdformation.
Such heart-warming tales might seem rather anachronistic today, it was a credit to Avens' production that this did not seem the case. This was chiefly due to Barnes' performance as a girl with an unshakeable belief in human goodness. The story itself meandered along from incident to incident, from home to school, involving an entire community in a remote Canadian village. However this made it eminently suitable for a five-part adaptation: we did not need to remember all the strands of the plot to be able to enjoy it. All that mattered was Barnes herself.
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