on gramophone records

The greatest success in the history of British opera has been the series of Gilbert and Sullivan operas, which for over sixty years have delighted audiences all over Britain. This morning's broadcast of various excerpts from these operas should have a very wide appeal, particularly as Geoffrey Toye, who is presenting the programme, is an authority on the subject - he produced the film of The Mikado in 1938 - and will try to recapture the atmosphere of some of those memorable seasons at the Princes' Theatre, London, from 1919 to 1924.

The artists whose records you Will hear will include those old favourites, Henry Lytton, Bertha Lewis, Leo Sheffield, Derek Oldham, Elsie Griffin, Nellie Briercliffe, and Darrell Fancourt.