Three Centuries of Fun by Lance Sieveking
In co-operation with Harold Scott
Music under the direction of Joseph Lewis

Characters
Two Young Men out for the evening in 1937; at the end of the eighteenth century; and at the beginning and end of the nineteenth century
Several Nice Girls, also out for the evening
Mozart (at the age of eight)
Grimaldi (the clown)
Mr. Robson
Madame Vestijs Miss Jenny Lind
Sam Cowell
Mr. Leybourne ('Lion Comique')
Mr. Henry Irving (in 'The Bells')
Miss Marie Lloyd
The Dancing Lulus
Handel
Sir William Sterndale Bennett
Madame Bonzo (the Lady Balloonist) and others in pursuit of pleasure

The Cast
Anne Twigg, Elizabeth Adair, Ray Wallace, Beatrice Gilbert, Gwen Catley, Harold Scott, William Lyon Brown, Howard Marion-Crawford, Stephen Jack, John Rorke, Henry Cummings, David Lloyd, Edward Fairs

Some of the Places visited:
The Devil's Tavern, Islington Spa, Mrs. Cornely's in Soho Square, The Cock Pit Royal, Vauxhall Gardens, Sadler's Wells, The Grecian Saloon, The Diorama in Regent's Park, Astley's Royal Circus, Covent Garden, The Oxford Music-Hall, The Royal Panopticon, The Crystal Palace, Olympia, The Egyptian Hall, The Lyceum, etc., etc.
The Orchestra and a section of the BBC Chorus
Conducted by Joseph Lewis
Produced by Lance Sieveking

'When all's said and done, there are only two or three basic forms of pleasure, complicate and elaborate them how you will.'

('The Pursuit of Pleasure' was broadcast in the Regional programme on Tuesday)