“The Newspaper: “At Seven” No. 184
“A call to the imagination”
Amatzia Eitan, 16 Adar 2006 16/03/06

In the age of television and film, the series of audio plays: “Seven Shepherds” manages to bring our children together with the forefathers of the nation magically and imaginatively.

Two in the afternoon, just a weekday, 1976. The whole family gathers around the big radio. The little ones take up space closer to the speakers, the bigger ones give up, as usual. The radio is tuned to the radio station A, and the opening of the program: “For daughter and son and for those who are interested” is already playing:
We move into a world of imagination and sounds, fascinating and entertaining.
Today it is a little difficult to explain this. Try to imagine the children of today’s television sitting in front of a radio and listening with interest. You might be amazed, but it’s still possible. The adults among us still remember the concept of ‘radio show’ and even miss its charms. The play tells, usually in episodes sequels, the story plots of the heroes, with the voices being acted out and illustrated by actors and background voices.
At first glance, it looks simply meager and dry compared next to a movie, where we see with our own eyes the plot and the characters playing with our own eyes. A slightly deeper look will reveal the great advantages of the radio show over the filmed story. It is clear to all of us that the scope limits of the imagination are infinitely greater wider than anything a director can show on the small screen. Give us some voices, and we will already create for ourselves a whole world of characters, atmosphere environment, scenery occurrence. The visual flickering images are just limiting