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A music comedy duo most active in Britain through the 1950s and 60s, Michael Flanders (b. 1922) and Donald Swann (b. 1923) 1st met one another as schoolboys at Westminster in 1936. In 1939 both collaborated on a part of a musical revue entitled “DO IT NOW,” with Swann adding …

Michael Flanders (1922-1975) and Donald Swann (1923-1994) were two of the best possible British comedians of the day. Their moderate was cabaret; Swann was a gifted pianist, composer, and linguist and Flanders a talented raconteur and lyricist using a sharpened eyesight for satire. Interacting with at college, Flanders and Swann …