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Dame Ethel Smyth

BBC Radio 4
on BBC Radio 4 FM

Written and narrated by Derek Parker
Besides being one of the most notable English eccentrics of her time, Ethel Smyth is one of the very small band of English women who have made a mark as composers. She wrote several operas, including The Wreckers, an immense Mass, two operettas, and many other works-some still performed. Friend of Virginia Woolf and royalty, she was also a determined and lively autobiographer and one of the most forceful of the Suffragettes. with DAVID ASHFORD , JENNIFER PIERCEY , PHILIP VOSS and MANNING WILSON
Directed by IAN COTTERELL

Contributors

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Derek Parker
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Ethel Smyth
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David Ashford
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Jennifer Piercey
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Philip Voss
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Manning Wilson
Directed By:
Ian Cotterell
Ethel Smyth:
Fabia Drake
Source: Radio Times

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