A Radio Ramble with Robey
Here is a cheerful answer to that much-asked question ' Where's George ? '— Robey, the unanimously elected Prime Minister of Mirth, at the microphone in person. It is not his radio début, but this evening listeners will hear him in a show entirely different from his previous broadcast.
Briefly, the programme will cover
Robev's life from the time of his first appearance on the stage over forty years ago to the present day. And what a life ! Most of it will be described and illustrated by Robey himself. And what George leaves out, Rupert Hazell will fill in-authoritatively, for he has been associated with Robey on and off ever since 1918, when he wrote the classic ' I Mean to Say'. Elsie Day, the soprano and comedienne who is also to appear is Hazell's wife.
Finally, Mario de Pietro is in the cast for an unusual reason, a reason connected with a little known phase of Robey's younger days-a dark secret that will be revealed in a novel manner.
Listeners will remember that this show was originally intended to be broadcast in January, but was necessarily postponed.
' Here's George ' will be repeated in the Regional programme tomorrow afternoon