20 MAY 1978, page 23

Out Of Court

Benny Green Show Boat: The Story of a Classical American Musical Miles Kreuger (Oxford £11.95) A radio producer once played for me a tape he had received from a prospective......

Last Laughs

Francis King Mother's Footsteps Harriet Waugh (Weidenfeld £4.95) Except for comedians in television studios or on the end of piers, mothers-in-law are usually no joke. If they......