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Of Thee I Sing

BBC Radio 3
on BBC Radio 3

A musical comedy by George S. Kaufman and Morrie Ryskind with lyrics by Ira Gershwin and music by George Gershwin

The year is 1931 and the USA is in the throes of that uniquely American exercise In mass irrationality, the Presidential election....
Narrator Bob Wallace
The Grant Park Orchestra and Chorus
Musical producer and conductor Newton Wayland
Adapted and directed by Yuri Rasovsky

(A National Radio Theatre of Chicago production)

Contributors

Author:
George S. Kaufman
Author:
Morrie Ryskind
Lyrics:
Ira Gershwin
Music:
George Gershwin
Narrator:
Bob Wallace
Musicians:
The Grant Park Orchestra and Chorus
Musical Producer/Conductor:
Newton Wayland
Adapted by/Director:
Yuri Rasovsky
John P Wintergreen:
John Cullum
Mary:
Mary Ernster
Throttlebottom:
Edgar Meyer
Diana Devereaux:
Jan Curtis
Fulton:
Ward Ohrman
French Ambassador:
Jim Harms
Gilhooley:
David-Cameron Anderson
Lippman:
Glenn Kovacevich
Senator Jones:
William Brown
Lyons:
Charles Shallenberg
Source: Radio Times

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