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Vic Oliver again introduces VARIETY PLAYHOUSE

on BBC Home Service Basic

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Eddie Calvert
The man with the golden trumpet
Alfred Marks
Full marks for his comedy
Ada Reeve sings some of her old-time songs
Frederick Sharp sings the ' Credo ' from ' Othello ' by Verdi
John Slater , Brian Rix and Basil Lord in an excerpt from the farce
' Dry Rot' with Cicely Paget-Bowman
Diana Calderwood and the author, John Chapman
The George Mitchell Choir sings an arrangement of waltzes by Sigmund Romberg The British Concert Orchestra
(Leader. Reginald Morley )
Conducted by Vic Oliver and Philip Martell play the Scherzo from Mendelssohn's
'A Midsummer Night's Dream' and accompany the artists
Continuity by Carey Edwards
Production by Tom Ronald

Contributors

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Eddie Calvert
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Alfred Marks
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Ada Reeve
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Frederick Sharp
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Verdi
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John Slater
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Brian Rix
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Basil Lord
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Cicely Paget-Bowman
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Diana Calderwood
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John Chapman
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George Mitchell
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Sigmund Romberg
Leader:
Reginald Morley
Conducted By:
Vic Oliver
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Philip Martell
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Carey Edwards
Production By:
Tom Ronald

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