The novel by Nicolai Gogol in a dramatic version by Arthur Adamov
Translated by Peter Meyer Music from the original French stage production composed by Claud Lochy
with Kenneth Griffith, Alec McCowen

The Author, Rolf Lefebvre; Selifan, Toke Townley; Patel Ivanovich Chichikov, Kenneth Griffith; Anton Antonovich Matiilov, James Thomason; Ivan Grigorievich, the chief magistrate, Charles Leno; Ivan Andreutsch, the postmaster, Hugh Manning; Mikhail Semionovich Sobakievich, Mark Dignam; Anna Grigorievna, Betty Linton; Sofia Ivanovna, Eithne Dunne; Nozdriov, Alec McCowen; Nastasia Petrovna Korobochka , Nan Marriott-Watson; Plioushkin, Malcolm Hayes; Cyril Anastasievich, the bishop, Philip Leaver; Antipator Zakharievich, the public prosecutor, Derek Birch; Alexei Ivanovich, the chief of police, Philip Morant; The Governor's Wife, Gladys Spencer; Semion Semionovich, the inspector of medical services, Arthur Gomez; The Governor, Charles Simon; with Barbara Mitchell and John Bryning

Arranged for broadcasting and produced by WILLIAM GLEN-DOEPEL

 : second broadcast

During the Interval (10.0-10.5 app.) Four of Lyadov's Eight Russian Folk Songs played by the Suisse Romande Orchestra
Conducted by Ernest Ansermet on a gramophone record