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Songs from MERRIE ENGLAND'

BBC Home Service
on BBC Home Service Basic

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Composed by Edward German. Story and lyrics by Basil Hood
Players in the prologue and presentation :
Scene: Walter Wilkins 's lodging. Time: Early seventeenth century
Production and presentation by Gordon McConnel
The Singers :
Derek Oldham (tenor), Lorely Dyer (soprano), Arnold Matters (baritone),
Linda Gray (mezzo-soprano), Edith Coates (contralto)
The BBC Theatre Chorus (trained by Charles GrQves ) and the BBC Theatre Orchestra (leader, Tate Gilder ). Conductor,
Stanford Robinson

Contributors

Composed By:
Edward German.
Unknown:
Basil Hood
Unknown:
Walter Wilkins
Presentation By:
Gordon McConnel
Tenor:
Derek Oldham
Tenor:
Lorely Dyer
Mezzo-Soprano:
Linda Gray
Mezzo-Soprano:
Edith Coates
Unknown:
Charles Grqves
Leader:
Tate Gilder
Conductor:
Stanford Robinson
Walter Wilkins, playwright and player:
Harold Scott
Jill Purtley, an actress:
Peggy Bryan
Silas Simkins, a comedian:
Bernard Ansell
Source: Radio Times

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BBC Home Service is a radio channel that started transmitting on the 1st September 1939 and ended on the 29th September 1967.

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