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Paul Bunyan

on BBC Radio 3

Operetta in two acts and a prologue: Libretto by W.H. AUDEN Music by Benjamin Britten
The authors wrote in the programme of the first performance in New York in 1941: 'This operetta presents in a compressed fairy-story form the development of the American continent from a virgin forest before the birth of Paul Bunyan to settlement and cultivation when Paul Bunyan says goodbye.'
Other parts spoken by MEMBERS OF THE BBC DRAMA REPERTORY COMPANY and sung by BBC NORTHERN SINGERS
BBC NORTHERN SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA, conducted by STEUART BEDFORD, Technical assistants BILL AITKEN, PIP SHEPHERD
JOHN SPARROW and BOB HARRISON Producers ERNEST WARBURTON and CHARLES LEFEAUX Act 1
11.55* Martin Jarvis reads W.H. AUDEN 'S account of the problems of putting the story of Paul Bunyan on the stage.
12.0* Paul Bunyan Act 2

Contributors

Unknown:
H. Auden
Music By:
Benjamin Britten
Unknown:
Paul Bunyan
Unknown:
Paul Bunyan
Conducted By:
Steuart Bed
Unknown:
Bill Aitken
Unknown:
John Sparrow
Unknown:
Bob Harrison
Producers:
Ernest Warburton
Producers:
Charles Lefeaux
Unknown:
Martin Jarvis
Unknown:
W.H. Auden
Unknown:
Paul Bunyan
Unknown:
Paul Bunyan

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