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A Comedy of Masks

on BBC Radio 3

by GEORGE BARKER
The scene is Limbo. A couple of elderly poet-professors have just arrived: they are uncertain whether they like it. They encounter ' that irascible hysteric,' the Muse herself; and later, a couple of lovers, a Victorian poet, a Georgian poet. They converse
Mr Sheets-Kelly, an elderly
Irish poet HARRY HUTCHINSON
Professor Max Welhaus , an elderly scholar-poet CARLETON HOBBS
The Muse HILDA KRISEMAN
The Lovers DENYS HAWTHORNE and ROSALIND SHANKS
A Young Man PETER MARINKER
Lord Golfather, a Victorian poet NORMAN SHELLEY
Rupert River , a Georgian poet
JOHN PULLEN
Produced by DOUGLAS CLEVERDON
7.25 Interlude

Contributors

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George Barker
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Harry Hutchinson
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Max Welhaus
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Carleton Hobbs
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Hilda Kriseman
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Denys Hawthorne
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Rosalind Shanks
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Peter Marinker
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Norman Shelley
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Rupert River
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John Pullen
Produced By:
Douglas Cleverdon

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