from ' The Glass of Fashion ' by Cecil Beaton
Read by Malcolm Graeme
In this essay the author writes about the theatre in the early years of this century. He mentions some famous people who were connected with it in those days, but the greater part of ' Footlights and Powder' concerns the . life and work of Gaby Deslys , a name familiar to many older listeners.
Second of a series of eight readings of extracts from the works of English prose-writers