“IN FOOL’S PARADISE”
AUSTRALIA ASSAILED SIR T. BEECHAM AGAIN ABUSE ALLEGED (Reed. Nov. 26, 9 a.m.) TORONTO, Nov. 24. The English conductor, Sir Thomas Beecham. said that during, his Australian trip he found the people “living in a fool’s paradise—a cuckoo town of unreality.” Referring to his interviews which had caused controversy, he said: “Australia’s contribution to the world of arts is nil. I have been in the thick of many musical controversies, but I have never received so much undeserved and unprovoked abuse as in Australia.” He added that he is planning to sue some of those who had sent him letters.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 20414, 26 November 1940, Page 7
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