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by ARTHUR MILLER adapted for radio by Michael Lawrence : part 1 Cast in order of speaking:
Produced by David Lyttle
Books. Plays. Poems series

Contributors

Unknown:
Arthur Miller
Unknown:
Michael Lawrence
Produced By:
David Lyttle
Narrator:
Stephen Thorne
Parris:
Arthur Lowe
Tituba:
Jumoke Debayo
Abigail:
Nerys Hughes
Susanna:
Sally Thomsett
Mrs Putnam:
Katherine Parr
Mr Putnam:
Charles E Stidwill
Mercy:
Amelia Taylor
Mary:
Eva Haddon
Proctor:
Jon Rollason
Hale:
Peter Jeffrey

A Touch of the Rabbits by Lee Torrance
' A very serious case of the rabbits-I mean habits. The chronic drab habits. Incurable I should think. They sit round you in a circle ... every time you try to get through they snarl and show their teeth.'
Produced by ROGER PINE

Contributors

Unknown:
Lee Torrance
Produced By:
Roger Pine
Harryboy:
Nigel Anthony
Selena:
Nicola Jenkins
Captain:
Gladys Spencer
Mum:
Beth Boyd
Dad:
Alan Dudley
Terence:
Ronald Herdman
Man:
Nigel Clayton
Boy:
Len Jones
Girl:
Alexa Romanes

from
St. Anne's Cathedral, Belfast
Introit: Lord, for thy tender mercies' sake (John Hilton the Elder)
Preces and Responses (Byrd)
Psalm 69 (BattishiU in A minor and ilulton Stewart in C)
Psalm 70 (Camidge in E minor) Magnificat and Nunc dtmittis
(Byrd—Short Service)
Anthem: Hear my prayer (Purcell) Lessons: Exodus 6, vv. 2-13, 7, vv.
1-2; Colossians vv. 2-18 (N.E.B.)
Voluntary: Prelude and Fugue in A minor (S.543) (Bach)
Organist and Master of the Choristers, HARRY GRINDLE
Assistant organist, R. Huston Graham

Contributors

Unknown:
John Hilton
Organist:
R. Huston Graham

A family magazine
Introduced by POLLY ELWES f ' Clap Hands ... ':
Derek Parker talks to MRS. PAT KUNZ. widow of pianist Charlie Kunz who died ten years ago
The Phoenix: on the eve of the opening of the Local Radio station at Stoke-on-Trent, JOHN SNAGGE talks to Dennis Lower about the original Stoke Radio, 6ST
Maud's Delight: NEVILLE BRAY-
BROOKE pays a visit to Farringford. Tennyson's old home in the Isle of Wight tTithe Barn: ELIZABETH SEAGER goes on a winter picnic

Contributors

Introduced By:
Polly Elwes
Talks:
Derek Parker
Unknown:
Mrs. Pat Kunz.
Pianist:
Charlie Kunz
Talks:
John Snagge
Unknown:
Dennis Lower
Unknown:
Elizabeth Seager

The Tower of London
The novel by Harrison Ainsworth freely adapted for radio in thirteen parts
'by TONY VAN DEN BERGH 1: In Triumph
Borne Gudrun Ure , Malcolm Hayes Beth Boyd
Christopher Bidmead with Diana Robson
Produced by R. D. SMITH

Contributors

Novel By:
Harrison Ainsworth
Unknown:
Tony van Den Bergh
Unknown:
Borne Gudrun Ure
Unknown:
Malcolm Hayes
Unknown:
Beth Boyd
Unknown:
Christopher Bidmead
Unknown:
Diana Robson
Produced By:
R. D. Smith
Jane, the Queen:
Gudrun Ure
Nightfall, jailer:
Peter Baldwin
Magog, a giant warder:
Francis de Wolff
Ribald, his crony:
Leigh Crutchley
Archbishop Cranmer:
John Wyse
Bishop Ridley:
Ralph Truman
de Noailles, French Ambassador:
David March
Simon Renard, Spanish Ambassador:
Malcolm Hayes
Lord Guilford Dudley:
Michael Harbour
Cuthbert, his squire:
Chrisropher Bidmead
Cicely:
Beth Boyd
Gunnora, an old nurse:
Phyllis Montefiore
Dame Potentia, a cook's wife:
Lynn Carson
Xit, a dwarf:
Nigel Anthony

A panel game devised by Tony Shryane and Edward J. Mason
Dilys POWELL and FRANK MUIR challenge
ANNE SCOTT-JAMES and DENIS NORDEN
In the chair, JACK LONGLAND

Contributors

Unknown:
Tony Shryane
Unknown:
Edward J. Mason
Unknown:
Dilys Powell
Unknown:
Frank Muir
Unknown:
Denis Norden
Unknown:
Jack Longland

Famous Cases of Sir Rufus Isaacs , K.C.
Chosen and presented at the microphone by Edgar Lustgarten
Lever Brothers v. The Daily Mail
An action for libel, 1907
Once again Isaacs and Carson were in opposition: Carson for Mr. William Lever the soap manufacturer. Isaacs for the Daily Mail.
Broadcast on June 29. 1966
The Whitaker Wrinht Case, a prosecution for fraud, 1904

Contributors

Unknown:
Sir Rufus Isaacs
Unknown:
Whitaker Wrinht

from the Royal Festival Hall Heather Harper (soprano)
Patricia Kern , Anna Reynolds (mezzo-soprano)
BBC Symphony Orchestra Leader, Trevor Williams
Conductor, Colin Davis
Part 1

Contributors

Soprano:
Heather Harper
Soprano:
Patricia Kern
Mezzo-Soprano:
Anna Reynolds
Leader:
Trevor Williams
Conductor:
Colin Davis

Four Lent talks by THE VERY REV. A. C. CRAIG , D.D.
1: The Records About Him
Jesus was a man of his own time and place. But in the records of him there is an intractable feature, a kind of ' uncanniness ' suffused throughout their texture like a fast dye...

Contributors

Unknown:
Very Rev. A. C. Craig

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