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RADIO WHO'S WHO
COUPER, BARBARA.
Actress and Radio-playwright. 6. London. Has written more than 20 radio plays and adaptations and acted in innumerable plays. Address: The Cottage, Westfield, Woking, Surrey. First connected with radio in 1926 and
BARBARA COUPER
commenced stage career in " Wild Justice " at the Vaudeville Theatre in 1934. This was followed by a season at the Embassy Theatre, Swiss Cottage. Later played leads at Memorial Theatre, Stratford-on-Avon, and in " Distinguished Gathering " at St. Martin's Theatre. Played, during the latter part of the war, for the Southern Command round the camps. Favourite radio parts include such plays as " Crime at Blossoms," " Ladies in Retirement," " Within the Law," " Many Waters," etc. Latest original play written for radio was " Thine Inheritance," and a recent adaptation, the popular Sunday serial " Jane Eyre." Recently played in " Ths Wind of Heaven " (Emlyn Williams at St. James' Theatre) and then " Frieda " at the Westminster Theatre. Televised frequently before the war. Married to Howard Rose,
COWAN, JOHN MACQUEEN.
Educational broadcasts and Talks, b. Kincardineshire, 11th April, 1892. Connected with radio since 1936 when he broadcast a programme about " The King's Love of Flowers" in the Children's Hour. Address: 17, Inverneith Place, Edinburgh. Phone: Edinburgh 89159. Has frequently broadcast to the Schools concerning Nature Study and Geography. Universities: Edinburgh (M.A., D.Sc); Oxford (B.A.), F.R.S.E., F.L.S. Late Indian Forest Service, now Assistant Keeper, Royal Botanic Gardens, Edinburgh. Author of numerous scientific publications. Travelled widely — Europe, Egypt, Palestine, Persia, India and Burma. Plant hunting, Persia, and elephant catching in Bengal. Served in Indian Army, India and Palestine (191618), Divisional Officer for Timber Production in the West of Scotland, Ministry of Supply (1939-46).
COWELL, ELIZABETH.
Was first television announcer with Jasmine Bligh in 1936. b. Cambridgeshire, 15th August, 1911. Has been Home Service announcer and European Service producer as well as television announcer. Now living in Scotland, but broadcasts occasionally from London. Address: Dawyck, Stobo, Peebles, Scotland. Phone: Stobo 2. Educated at St. Felix School, Southwold, Suffolk. Now a Governor of that school. Has travelled extensively in Europe. Became interested in television production and by 1939 had produced 15 programmes, many of them Ballet. These included the last act of " Sleeping Princess," with the whole of the Sadlers Wells Company and the augmented television orchestra conducted by Constant Lambert, ajnd with Lydia Lopokova as narrator. Joined the W.A.A.F. in September, 1939, shortly afterwards released by the Air Ministry to become first B.B.C. woman announcer of the war. Married 1942, Lieut.-Col. Alastair Balfour. In 1943 joined Productions Department of B.B.C. European Seryice as a producer. Became speaker