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A Broadcast version of the Opera by Mr. Gay
Being a Sequel to 'The Beggar's Opera,' freely adapted by Clifford Bax
Music arranged and composed by Frederick Austin
THE WIRELESS CHORUS and THE WIRELESS ORCHESTRA *
Conducted by STANFORD ROBINSON
The Opera produced by STEPHEN THOMAS
Characters in order of speaking :
Slaves ; Indians ; Pirates:
Women of the Town
Scene: An Island in the West Indies
'PERFORMANCE of Gay's celebrated opera— which was, in fact, a successor to The Beggar's Opera—is being repeated from London on Thursday of this week.
In Thursday's London programme on page 682
. there appears a note on the plot which listeners will find helpful.

Contributors

Adapted By:
Cllfford Bax
Conducted By:
Stanford Robinson
Produced By:
Stephen Thomas
Mrs Trapes:
Elsie French
Mr Ducat (A wealthy Coffee-Planter):
Denis O'Nell
Polly:
Mavis Bennett
Mrs Ducat:
Gladys Palmier
Vanderbluff:
John van Zyl
Laguerre:
Murri Moncrieff
Morano (Macheath in disguise):
Frederick Ranalow
Jenny Diver:
Adrienne Brune

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