Horse of an Agreeable Colour
| LISTENED to a BBC sketch from " 4YA, "Catherine Parr," hoping that it might be that delightful dialogue between Catherine and Henry VWI. written by Matrice Baring. I was right. Perhaps you know this sketch. Catherine and Henry are at the breakfast table, and sporadic quarrels punctuate the
meal, the climax being a discussion about Bucephalus, the steed of Alexander the Great. The question of the colour of the horse is argued from every angle, and obstinacy in maintaining her point nearly costs Catherine her head. The play ends without any agreement on the vexed question. Maurice Baring wrote a number of dialogues between notable personages of history, none of them remotely accurate as to fact, most of them caustically witty, and any of them suitable for broadcasting. May I suggest them to the talents of the NBS players? And, by the way, will some savant please tell me the colour of Alexander’s horse?
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 15, Issue 372, 9 August 1946, Page 14
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158Horse of an Agreeable Colour New Zealand Listener, Volume 15, Issue 372, 9 August 1946, Page 14
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