Cock-a-Doodle-Do!
T would be a long job to list the European and American stars in operetta, musical comedy, and straight comedy, that Cochran introduced to London. Those that he captured, or found and made, in revue would carry the list to the horizon. Their names are scattered through Cock-a-Doodle Do, of course-neon-signs to their own
glory, and Cocky’s. (I nerve myself to use the too familiar, but perfect, familiar nickname). And to Cocky’s glory, perhaps, above all. Because the man who took so much trouble to gather the beau‘ties of the chorus-
"Mr, Cochran’s young ladies," in his own celebrated phrase-and the brilliant principals, took as much trouble, or more, to give them something to appear in. Book and music by Noel Coward, songs by Cole Porter, lyrics and dialogue by A. P. Herbert, ballet by Osbert Sitwell, William Walton, and Cecil Beaton. . . . of course it’s "showmanship" to choose and use craftmanship of that order, but not the sort of showmanship that goes out to meet lowbrows on their own level and then sinks it a bit to be on the safe side. (From a review of C. B. Cochran’s "Cock-a-Doodle Do," by Jj. H. E. Schroder, 3Y A, March 3.)
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 6, Issue 143, 20 March 1942, Page 3
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201Cock-a-Doodle-Do! New Zealand Listener, Volume 6, Issue 143, 20 March 1942, Page 3
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