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In Search of Mad Carew

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on BBC Radio 4 FM

For many people, monologues mean Stanley Holloway reciting The Lion and Albert. Here Jonathan Cecil explores the rich tradition behind that famous piece of comic verse. And with the help of Roy Hudd , Michael Marshall and Nigel Anthony , he goes in search of Mad Carew, the tragic hero of the much parodied work, The Green Eye of the Little Yellow God. Repeated from Sunday

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Stanley Holloway
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Jonathan Cecil
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Roy Hudd
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Michael Marshall
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Nigel Anthony
Source: Radio Times

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