Loving Miss Hatto Page #4

Golly, it's really filled up!

I said it would.

Oh, and look what came

back from the printers!

I'm hardly acclaimed or

international.

Just one nice review from Ventnor.

Let me explain something to you.

I go to see Joyce Hatto.

The poster says -

Joyce Hatto hasn't done much.

I don't have

much of an evening, do I?

But if I give over my 17 and 6

to see Joyce Hatto -

acclaimed international pianist...

I have a fantastic evening!

But the playing will be the same!

Everyone in this agency can play!

What matters is the story.

Now, you play,

I'll figure out the story.

No-one to move Miss Hatto's

stool, thank you!

OK, gents, OK, OK, OK.

I just need to hear the strings on

their own - this is Jealous Lover.

You've all got

Jealous Lover, haven't you?

If nine of you play Jealous Lover

and one plays Dangerous Moonlight

it'll be a long day.

I shall see you in there.

Er, shall I play, Barrie?

Why not?

It is your album, after all.

Do you want to count them in,

Joycey, just for now?

OK.

On my wife's count.

Two, three, four, one, two.

Barrie!

We'll get there with

the babies, Ducky.

The doc said it was nobody's fault.

Nice, aren't they, those radios?

I'm bringing 4,000

in from Hong Kong.

I'm on a whacking profit.

Velly nice.

Have you given up

the record label, then?

No! In fact, we've just

signed a new artist!

Oh...

just Joyce.

Music from the Films.

You look quite beaky in profile,

you'd have done better full-face.

This is more like it -

Dream Of Olwen.

We thought we'd make some more

albums this year.

And get Joyce

back on the road next year,

when she's bounced

back from the, erm...

And I'm going to do

a bit of teaching. Mother?

You could play the accordion, Joyce.

Just two days a week, nice private

girls' school in Hertfordshire

What will you do, go from Euston?

Sshh, Andy Stewart -

turn it up, Barrie!

Faster! Faster!

Now, how do we think Chopin would

have played it?

I'm Miss Hatto, and you are?

I'm Elizabeth Jane Pilkington,

Miss Hatto.

EJ Pilkington at 11:30, very good.

So, who are you?

Please, she's Eleanor Margaret Bird

and she doesn't

have to do Domestic Science

because her mother's just died.

So, I thought she might like to come

and help me have my lesson.

Pilks!

Eleanor Margaret Bird, do you find

that in any way an appealing plan?

Yes, it is, please, thank you.

Shoes off, then, girls!

Now, Miss EJ Pilkington,

are you Elizabeth,

Betty, Beth, Lizzie?

What do I call you?

Oh, I'm Pilks. And she's Birdy.

Very good. Birdy and Pilks - hop up!

Each of you put a foot

on the pedal. Birdy, you're soft

and Pilks, you're sustain.

Now, I'm going to play and when

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