Were They the Same at Home?
HEODORE HOOK, who was the sub- ‘" ject this week of John Reid’s talk in the series "Notable British Wits" (1YA) must have been an entertaining but dangerous fellow to know. In addition to displaying a pretty party wit, he was an inveterate practical joker on a grand scale. Even his best friends may have
been in constant jeopardy of having their self-esteem damaged either by his ribald tongue or_his lively but eccentric’ imagination. Friendship would be maintained at the owner’s risk and some, no doubt, enjoyed the notoriety of being in at the kill. One wonders whether Dean Hook of Worcester found his brother’s reputation a little inconvenient. The conventional prettiness of Hook senior’s music -rhe wrote over two thousand songs, including "The Lass From Richmond Hill"-~suggests that he at least may have found Theodore something of a trial. It did come as a shock, however, to find that the wit had both wife and children. Did domestig ties confer immunity? Was | Mrs. Hook an unwilling collaborator and sufferer, or like many other wife, did she encourage her husband in his perversity?
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 13, Issue 337, 7 December 1945, Page 9
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188Were They the Same at Home? New Zealand Listener, Volume 13, Issue 337, 7 December 1945, Page 9
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