Talk:Come Into the Garden, Maud (play)
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Does the title have anything to do with the song? If so, would you kindly add a sentence to the background about it? -- Ssilvers (talk) 18:39, 30 March 2020 (UTC)
- Like Agatha Christie, Coward had a penchant for borrowing phrases for his titles. Present Laughter (which is so patently obviously from Twelfth Night that it isn't really OR to say so – and we do) was originally called Sweet Sorrow, which is equally clearly from R & J. That and The Queen Was in the Parlour (nursery rhyme), This Was a Man (Julius Caesar), The Astonished Heart (Deuteronomy), This Happy Breed (Henry V), Blithe Spirit (Shelley) and Peace In Our Time (BCP) come to mind. I think one could safely mention the sources of any of these, but I'm not so sure about Come Into the Garden, Maud – which could well be drawn from Tennyson's poem or Balfe's song – Coward gave no indication whether it was either, and it's safest not to speculate, I think. Tim riley talk 20:27, 30 March 2020 (UTC)