A selection of Ivor Novello's best-loved songs and his doting mother to sing them – a simple enough idea …  except nothing can ever be simple when Madame Clara Novello Davies takes centre stage

NOVELLO & SON is a new play by Arnold Evans about Madame Clara Novello Davies (1861 -1943) and to those of her generation who never allowed such minor obstacles as class distinction, sex discrimination or the occasional world war to stand in their way.

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The songs are by Clara’s son, Ivor Novello (1893-1951)

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The show features Rosamund Shelley and her pianist Gavin Roberts