Third Programme at 5.15
British Drama 1600-1642
This is the first programme in the series. The second, "A Woman Killed with Kindness" by Thomas Heywood (1603) will be on February 1
Donald Wolfit in 'The Shoemakers' Holiday'
or A Pleasant Comedy of the Gentle Craft
[by] Thomas Dekker (c.1572-c.1632)
This play was first produced at court on January 1, 1600
Edited for radio and produced by Raymond Raikes
Music by John Hotchkis
The Welbeck Orchestra Leader, Vera Kantrovitch: conducted by the composer