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Salient. An Organ of Student Opinion at Victoria College, Wellington, N.Z. Vol. 18, No. 2. March 18, 1954

Ant Love

Ant Love

The action is mainly concerned with his progressive aims, such as bringing up the boy ant and the girl ant as human beings, or at least instilling in them that essential human quality—love or X. As he goes on his merry way, the scientist provides situations for Mr. Spewack to give us an ant's eye view of human beings, telling us to consider the ways of the ant and be wise.

"You will agree that the basic idea has possibilities and in his dialogue (with cracks about "The Reader's Digest", the human's love habits, etc.), Spewack doesn't disappoint. Overseas critics, both highbrow and low-brow have raved—"Mr. Spewack's ingenious Fable"; "This brilliant satirical play"; Mr. Spewack's comedy of love-and-liberallsm inside an ant-hill reaches the Jackpot" etc., and J. C. Trewin has chosen "Under the Sycamore Tree" as one of the plays of the year—1953.

The play ran for months in London and we are happy and proud to give the first New Zealand Performance of the play."