BBC Musical Comedy From 3YA On Christmas Eve

Radio Record, Volume XII, Issue 28, 23 December 1938, Page 4

BBC Musical Comedy From 3YA On Christmas Eve

FFEATURE of the evening programme from 2YA on Christmas Eve will be a BBC reeorded version of the well-known musical comedy "Who's Hooper?" Written by Fred Thompson, with musie and lyrics by Howard Taibot, Ivor Novello, and Clifford Grey, this revue was first produced at The Adelphi Theatre, London, in 1919. Continued for 349 performances to a nightly-seating capacity of approximately 1500. Principal part of Valentine Hooper was played by famous actor

and comedian W. H. Berry, who Dlays, too, in the BBC version. Born in London on March 23, 1872, Berry took up commercial life in the city, then relinquished a business. for the strzge. For 12 years he was well known as 2 concert singer and entertainer in the winter months, and at seaside piers in the summer. In 1905 he was given a threeyears contract to appear in London stage shows, and soon established himself as ons of the finest actors in the Metropolis.