Coward Comperes
[HE old crack about Noel Coward thinking he’s Christmas is ceftainly not borne out by his Sunday night demeéanour on the ZB stations, for no artificial violet could be more modest than he. But his diffident "I do hope you'll like this one" is almost bound to be answered in the eriemative, for every number has
something to recommend it. (Mr. Coward restricts himself to one itetn per pro-gramme-last Sunday’s Stately Homes of England, thanks to the Master’s touch, managed to convey all the Huances of the th-
priined version.) I am tempted to compare Mr. Cowartd’s half-hour with the more élevated and elevating Gilbert and Sullivan prograrnme from 2YA, a comparison all the more flattering since Sir William has the co-operation of Sif Arthur and scriptwriter Baily, whereas Pooh-Bah Coward is scriptwriter, producer, librettist and composer rolled into "one. As 2YD’s You Asked For It anfhouncer would say "A very well-chosen ‘programme, Mr. Coward-I hope we'll hear from you again."
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 19, Issue 468, 11 June 1948, Page 8
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163Coward Comperes New Zealand Listener, Volume 19, Issue 468, 11 June 1948, Page 8
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