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'A VILLAGE ROMEO AND JULIET'

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A studio performance of the music drama by Delius after the novel by Gottfried Keller
BBC Theatre Chorus
(ChorusMasterJohn Clements )
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
(Leader, Oscar Lampe )
Conductor:
Sir Thomas Beecham , Bt.
Scene 1: A hillside at the junction of the farmers' fields
Scene 2: Outside Marti's house-six years later
Scene 3: The 'overgrown land in the hills
Scene 4: Interior of Marti's house.
(Sali's and Vreli's dream)
Scene 5: The fair. The walk to the Paradise Garden
Scene 6: The Paradise Garden
Another performance next Sunday
There will be an interval from 7.50 to 8.5 approx. (between Scenes 3 and 4), during which Hallam Fordham reads from Gottfried Keller 's auto-biographical novel. ' Der griine Heinrich,' translated by Maud Holt

Contributors

Novel By:
Gottfried Keller
Chorus-Master:
John Clements
Leader:
Oscar Lampe
Conductor:
Sir Thomas Beecham
Unknown:
Hallam Fordham
Unknown:
Gottfried Keller
Translated By:
Maud Holt
Rich farmers: Manz:
Fabian Smith
Rich farmers:Marti:
Frederick Sharp
Sali, son of Manz (as a boy):
Sybil Hambleton
Sali (as a young man):
Rene Soames
Vreli, daughter of Marti (as a child):
Marion Davies
Vreli (as a young girl):
Vera Terry
The Dark Fiddler:
Gordon Clinton
Gingerbread woman:
Marion Davies
Wheel-of-fortune woman:
Sylvia Patriss
Cheap-jewellery woman:
Gwladys Garside
Showman:
William Herbert
Merry-go-round man:
Donald Munro
Shooting-gallery man:
Scott Joynt
Vagabonds ;The slim girl:
Marion Davies
Vagabonds ;The wild girl:
Gwladys Garside
The poor horn-player:
William Herbert
The hunchbackedbass-fiddler:
Philip Hattey

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