A melodrama for broadcasting by EDWARD SACKVILLE-WEST based on Homer's Odyssey with Stephen Murray
Rachel Gurney
Leon Quartermaine
Jeffrey Segal
Music composed by Benjamin Britten
Other parts played by Will Leighton. Arthur Gomez
Frank Partington , Godfrey Kenton and John Pullen
Singing Parts
Mourners and Naiads sung by the Ambrosian Singers
Sinfonia of London conducted by John Hollingsworth
Production by VAL GIELGUD
Originally produced in 1943, this piece is among the most distinguished of plays specially written for broadcasting
DURING THE INTERVAL (9 15 app -9 25 app )
A gramophone record of Tartini's Trio Sonata in F major played by David and Igor Oistrakh (violins) with Hans Pischner (harpsichord)