i am not an expert on Sharp. Brian tell us more about the misrepresentations, i am only interested in learning more.

Briefly, Dick:
Contrary to the claim in the dialogue, Sharp did credit Louie Hooper, Lucy White and John England for all the songs they contributed to 'Folk Songs from Somerset'. There was no quarrel with Louie Hooper, who remembered Sharp very fondly after his death as a kind and generous friend. And he also paid her and her sister for their songs.

I did like the speech about the meaning and context of the songs as Louie experienced them, and agree that such feelings cannot be captured by a notation on a piece of paper. But that notation gives others the opportunity to sing and enjoy the song, and to develop their own pleasurable experiences.

The bottom line is that, although drama is allowed to take liberties and to fill in the gaps where we don't know exactly what was said and felt, I don't believe there's any excuse for presenting the opposite of what we know actually happened.