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with Frances Perry, Fred Streeter and Reginald Gamble.
The programme includes the showing of a selection of new and old varieties of alpine and border plants, suggestions for lawn improvement, a new easy way to grow tomatoes, and the spring inspection of the bees.
(to 16.00)

Contributors

Presenter:
Frances Perry
Presenter:
Fred Streeter
Presenter:
Reginald Gamble
Producer:
Peter Thompson

Adapted by Henri Gheon from a fifteenth-century manuscript.
Translated by Barry V. Jackson.
The play takes place at Bernard's home by the Lake of Annecy in Savoy, on the St. Bernard Pass. and at the Monastery of Aosta by the foot of the mountains.
'The Marvellous History of St. Bernard' is introduced by Sir Barry Jackson, who tells how he first saw and came to translate this miracle play.

(Dudley Jones and Tony Sympson are appearing in "And So To Bed," at the Strand Theatre, London; Maxine Audley, Ivan Staff, and Dorothy Green in "The Constant Couple," at the Winter Garden Theatre, London; D.A. Clarke-Smith in "Stately Homes" at the Embassy Theatre, London)
Lionel Hale writes on page 42

Contributors

Adapted by:
Henri Gheon
Translated by/Presenter:
Sir Barry V. Jackson
Producer:
Leonard Brett
Settings:
Barry Learoyd
The Fool:
Dudley Jones
Bernard:
Ronald Howard
Richard de Menthon, his father:
D.A. Clarke-Smith
Dame Bernoline, his mother:
Olive Milbourne
Master Germain, his tutor:
Anthony Woodruff
Menthon, a herald:
Tony Sympson
Marguerite de Miolans:
Claire Bloom
Sire de Miolans her father:
Ivan Staff
Dame de Miolans, her mother:
Dorothy Green
Miolans, a herald:
Lloyd Lamble
Bonaventure:
Robert Brown
Three pilgrims:
Humphrey Morton
Three pilgrims:
Howell Davies
Three pilgrims:
Cyril Conway
Prior of Aosta:
Stanley Drewitt
Devils Satan:
Victor Lucas
Devils Envy:
John Rutland
Devils Murder:
Brian Johnson
Devils Pride:
Prudence Hyman
Our Lady:
Maxine Audley
St. Gabriel:
Robert Speaight
St. Nicholas:
Bertram Heyhoe
Pilgrims and servants:
Geoffrey Barrie
Pilgrims and servants:
Robert Dean
Pilgrims and servants:
Leslie Parker
Pilgrims and servants:
Emrys Leyshon
Pilgrims and servants:
David Woodman
Pilgrims and servants:
Arthur Cross

An unrehearsed discussion on topics of the week.
Speakers: Robert Boothby, M.P., S.J. McAdden, M.P., Anthony Greenwood, M.P., R.H.S. Crossman, M.P.
Chairman, Dingle Foot

Contributors

Speaker:
Robert Boothby, M.P.
Speaker:
S. J. McAdden, M.P.
Speaker:
Anthony Greenwood, M.P.
Speaker:
R. H. S. Crossman, M.P.
Chairman:
Dingle Foot
Programme arranger:
Edgar Lustgarten
Presented by:
John Irwin

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