or 'A Mixed Savoy Grill'
Libretto and lyrics by Lauri Wylie
Music by Herman Finck
Dramatis Persona
Ha Ha, the Lord High Excrutiator Poo Poo, the Lord High Baritone
Dame Contralto, Housekeeper to the Tour
Kanti Booh, a throaty tenor Phyllis, a sweet soprano
Headsmen, footmen, and property men, chorus of peers, pirates, policemen, yeomen, gondoliers, etc., fairies, maids from school, rapturous maidens, cousins, and aunts
Scene: A Savoyard's nightmare
Radio adaptation and production by Gordon McConnel
The theatrical memories will be revived by: Tessa Deane, Bobbie Comber, Arnold Matters, Billie Baker, Gladys Palmer, Charles Groves
The narrator, Leslie Mitchell
The BBC Theatre Chorus (trained by Charles Groves), the BBC Theatre Orchestra (leader, Tate Gilder)
Conductor, Stanford Robinson
It is just a year since Herman Finck, composer of this brilliant little burlesque, died. Music by Finck comes into the programmes twice this week - today, and on Tuesday, when Reginald Burston will conduct a programme of his music.