or 'The First of August'
An eighteenth-century ballad opera by Charles Dibdin, as originally performed at the Theatre Royal, Haymarket, August 8, 1774
Music specially arranged and orchestrated by Frederic Austin
with Dennis Noble as Tom Tug, a Thames waterman
Geoffrey Dunn as Robin, a young fop
A. Bromley Davenport as Bundle, a market gardener
Margaret Yarde as Mrs. Bundle, his wife
Sybil Evers as Wilhelmina, his daughter
BBC Theatre Chorus
BBC Theatre Orchestra
Conducted by Mark H. Lubbock
The action takes place in Bundle's house and garden, overlooking the river at Battersea
Radio adaptation and production by Desmond Davis