Queen Mary attended a private performance of Ralph Vaughan Williams' Hugh Drover, an opera written about a prizefight and shortly to be produced by the British National Operatic Company. It was said to be a difficult piece of composing, admirably done. H. M. the Queen was so delighted that she herself mounted the stage in full view of the select audience and personally congratulated several of the actors. (See Music.)
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