A musical portrait of Charles Dibdin (1745-1814) Introduced by Richard Baker with Charles West as Charles Dibdin
Though dubbed ' The British Sailor's Poet Laureate ', sea songs form only a part of Dibdin's immense output. His work, in fact, mirrored almost every aspect of day-to-day life in the England of George III : and achieved a popularity so universal that he might even be called the father of British popular music. Yet today his name is practically unknown. except to historians, and his compositions lie forgotten.
With TIMOTHY BATESON OLIVE GREGG
WILLIAM ROBERTS and SHEILA MATHEWS
CHARLES YOUNG PAUL PHOENIX and the CHARLES YOUNG SINGERS AND MUSICIANS
Devised and written by GERALD FROW
Producer JOHN DYAS
(Charles West is in ' Annie ' at the Victoria Palace Theatre, London; Paul Phoenix broadcasts by permission of St Paul's Cathedral)