Review of 'Magic - a Fantastic Comedy in a Prelude and Three Acts' on 'Goodreads'
4 stars
At the age of seventeen, on Wednesday, November 21, 1984 I stumbled on a tv play on German daytime televison. Black and white, originally produced in 1965. I liked it very much.
25 years later I found out that play had been was a version of Chesterton's "Magic"; by then I had read quite a few of his novels and stories. Now that I finally read the play: Four stars. Less funny and more serious than much of Chesterton's other work, more concise, and effectively spooky. But that may have been because I kept thinking of that excellent old tv production. Hasn't been on since then, apparently.