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The Cello and the Nightingale
Introduced, and with music performed on the cello, by Julian Lloyd Webber.

In 1924 the cellist Beatrice Harrison became famous with a BBC live broadcast from her garden, of a nightingale accompanying the cello. Patricia Cleveland-Peck's play tells the story of that extraordinary occasion.
Music and Arts: page 12

Contributors

Writer:
Patricia Cleveland-Peck
Director:
Cherry Cookson
Introduction/Cellist:
Julian Lloyd Webber
Beatrice Harrison:
Diana Quick
Captain West:
Geoffrey Whitehead
Colonel Harrison:
Garard Green
Mrs Harrison:
Maxine Audley
Margaret:
Kate Binchy
Mr Eckersley:
Jonathan Adams
Cyril Scott:
Keith Drinkel
Mr Reith:
Gordon Reid
Rex Palmer:
Peter Penry Jones
Listener-in:
Eric Allan
Child:
Jill Lidstone
Source: Radio Times

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