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* Mrs. Grundy

on BBC Radio 3

in Speed the Plough by Thomas Morton (1800)
Characters in order of speaking:
Scene; Hampshire. 1800

Music composed by STEPHEN DODGSON played by the ENGLISH CHAMBER ORCHESTRA Leader, Kenneth Sillito
Organ and harpsichord. WILLIAM DAVIES
Conducted by KENNETH ALWYN
Produced by Raymond Raikes
Second broadcast

DURING THE INTERVAL (8.25*-8.35*)
A record of two sonatas by Scarlatti played by GEORGE MALCOLM (harpsichord)

Contributors

Author:
Thomas Morton
Composed By:
Stephen Dodgson
Leader:
Kenneth Sillito
Conducted By:
Kenneth Alwyn
Produced By:
Raymond Raikes
Harpsichord:
George Malcolm
Morrington:
John Justin
Farmer Ashfield:
Norman Shelley
Dame Ashfield:
Marjorie Westbury
Evergreen:
Alan Dudley
Sir Abel Handy:
Victor Lucas
Peter, a servant:
Bernard Brown
Bob Handy:
Gabriel Woolf
Gerald:
Denis McCarthy
Henry:
John Forrest
Susan Ashfield:
Beth Boyd
Lady Handy:
Betty Hardy
A Countryman:
Bernard Brown
Miss Blandford:
Gudrun Ure
Sir Phillip Blandford:
Ralph Truman

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