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First Wireless Transmission of the Comic Opera, "The Black Squire"

on 6FL Sheffield

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Written by H.P. Stephens.
Composed by Florian Pascal.
The Abbeydale Musical Society.
Sheffield Station Augmented Orchestra.
Under the Direction of W. Wrigley.
Produced and Arranged by John Cooper.

Act I. - A Village by the Sea, named Bolsover.
Act II. - The Smugglers' Lair.
Act III. - The Grounds of Bolsover Park.

Contributors

Writer:
H. P. Stephens
Composer:
Florian Pascal
Produced and arranged by:
John Cooper
Philip Bolsover (The Black Squire):
Ernest Cowling
Algernon Bolsover, R.N. (his cousin):
Arthur Wilson
Rupert Rattlebrayne, R.N. (Algernon's friend):
Edgar Fry
Septimus P. Chipmunk (an American):
Chas E.R. Biggin
Portland Bill (a smuggler chief):
Walter Thrall
Battledore - two of Philip's satellites:
Horace Foster
Shuttlecock - two of Philip's satellites:
Harry Shaw
Kitch (a smuggler):
George Skelton
Flint (gamekeeper):
Harry Senior
Steel (gamekeeper):
Percy Catchpole
Daphne (a school teacher):
Mabel Elshaw
Mrs. Baytree (a school mistress):
Gladys Somerfield
Dora (one of her pupils):
Edith E. Brook
Cissy (Chipmunk's daughter):
Mabel Foster
Cherry (a milliner's assistant):
Gwen Styring
Patty (a parlour maid):
Lilian Chapman
Chorus of School Girls, School Boys, Smugglers, Sailors, Reapers and Peasants:
[artists uncredited]

6FL Sheffield

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