A comedy by John MARSTON
GEORGE CHAPMAN and BEN JONSON with Donald Wolfit , Charles Leno June Tobin. John Slater
Music by Christopher Whelen
Eastward Ho! was produced in 1605 at the Blackfriars Theatre, Thames-side. The title echoes the cry of boat-men on the river and, as Swinburne wrote, ' in no other play of the time do we get such a true taste of the old City life.'
Characters
Other parts played: by members of the BBC Drama Repertory Company Desmond Dupré (lute) A section of the New Symphony Orchestra conducted by the composer
Arranged for broadcasrting and produced by RAYMOND RAIKES
: third broadcast
DURING THE INTERVAL (9.5-9.16 app.) Gordon Jacob
Movements from
A William Byrd Suite played by the Eastman Wind Ensemble conducted by Frederick Fennell on a gramophone record