(' The Strolling Players ')
An opera with words and music by R. Leoncavallo
New English translation by Proctor Gregg
Cast
Chorus of villagers and peasants
The BBC Theatre Chorus, the BBC Theatre Orchestra, leader Tate Gilder , conductor Stanford Robinson
The scene is laid in Italy, near Montalto in Calabria, on the Feast of the Assumption
Period: Between 1865 and 1870 Narration written by Wilfrid Rooke Ley
Spoken by Kaye Seely
Production by Stanford Robinson in collaboration with Gordon McConnel , Rex Haworth , and Charles Groves
The story of this opera is briefly told in an article on page 25
' Pagliacci' will be broadcast again in the Regional programme at
8.30 on Tuesday, November 29