Sir Roger the Coverley

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A guest at the Masked Ball in Genua, who has the mixed fortune of dancing with Nanny Ogg.

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It is irresistable to mention Tim Brooke-Taylor's great comedy creation, the appalling harridan Lady Constance de Coverlet, who appeared regularly on the radio comedy show I'm sorry, I'll Read That Again[1]. She was based on a very much exaggerated version of Oscar Wilde's Lady Bracknell (The Importance of Being Earnest) for whom the young Tim had to drag up in a production at his (all-male) school. Brooke-Taylor[2] also used the voice to great effect in The Goodies, the long-running slapstick comedy show on TV.

Roger de Coverley is also the name of a folk dance.

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