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THE HONOURED GUEST

on BBC Home Service Basic

A celebration of the life and work of William Butler Yeats who was born a hundred years ago today
Introduced by DEREK PARKER with the recorded voices of: W. H. AUDEN
OLIVER ST. JOHN GOGARTY JAMES STEPHENS
SIR MAX BEERBOHM ROBERT SMYLLIE
SIR COMPTON MACKENZIE
The poems are read by: MICHEAL MAC LIAMMOIR
JAMES STEPHENS , DYLAN THOMAS SIOBHAN MCKENNA , CYRIL CUSACK and W. B. YEATS
The ballads are sung by JOHN STEPHENSON
The programme compiled by Derek Parker
A Sound Archives production by John Powell

Contributors

Unknown:
William Butler Yeats
Introduced By:
Derek Parker
Unknown:
W. H. Auden
Unknown:
Oliver St.
Unknown:
John Gogarty
Unknown:
James Stephens
Unknown:
Sir Max Beerbohm
Unknown:
Robert Smyllie
Unknown:
Sir Compton MacKenzie
Read By:
Micheal Mac Liammoir
Read By:
James Stephens
Unknown:
Dylan Thomas
Unknown:
Siobhan McKenna
Unknown:
Cyril Cusack
Unknown:
W. B. Yeats
Sung By:
John Stephenson
Unknown:
Derek Parker
Production By:
John Powell

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