A Comic Opera in Three Acts by A. P. HERBERT
Music by ALFRED REYNOLDS with LESLIE FRENCH
TESSA DEANE
BRUCE ANDERSON and MABEL CONSTANDUROS
The B.B.C. THEATRE ORCHESTRA
Conducted by ALFRED REYNOLDS
(This excerpt is presented by the courtesy of Sir Nigel Playfair and the Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith)
FOR over a dozen years now, Sir
Nigel Playfair has been persnading the theatregoers of London to look farther west than the West
End. Of all the many delightful shows he has staged at tho Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith, the comic opera Derby Day has turned out to be one of the most successful. The simple pleasures of simple people have lately found a doughty champion in A. P. Herbert-as those who read his novel,
The Water Gipsies, well know. In this opera ' A.P.H.' has chosen a barmaid for heroine and a racing tipster for hero. There is a hearty English flavour of beer-and-skittles throughout; and the music of Alfred Reynolds , catching the same happy mood, is a perfect complement to the sprightly wit of the librettist. Further interest is added to this broadcast by the presence in the cast of Tessa Deane , Mabel Constanduros and Leslie French , all old friends of the microphone.