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Funniest woman in the world

Robert E. Finley | Palm Springs, CA USA | 08/06/2000

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Bea Lillie (Lady Robert Peele) was often referred to as the funiest woman in the world, and this CD shows why. It is hysterical from the first note to the last. But during rehearsals she was the despair of everyone connected with any of her shows. She would only "read" her lines, with no business and no interpretation. But came the night, as they say, she was "on," and delighted everyone--from Noel Coward to Gertrude Lawrence to Ivor Novello to Cochran to royalty. I saw at least seven of her Broadway shows--several more than once--and can attest to the fact that she was "the divine Beatrice, the mezzanine soprano." Buy this album and find out why."