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Introduced by Sir Stephen Tallents.

From London
A visit to the Tower of London to join the thousands who congregate on Sunday afternoons to sit by the river or to wander through the ancient fortress.

4.30 From the Studio
All over the country nurserymen are getting ready for the Chelsea Flower Show, which opens in London in ten days' time. A West-Country grower shows some of the plants to be exhibited and demonstrates how they are packed.

5.0-5.55 app. Children's Television
The Magic Horse
A shadow picture film by Lotte Reiniger.

Children's Newsreel

The Tower of London
A visit to one of London's most historic buildings.

Trojan Out West
(The dancers appear by permission of the General Administrator, Royal Opera House Covent Garden, Ltd.)

Contributors

Presenter (Out of Doors):
Sir Stephen Tallents
Commentator (From London):
Richard Dimbleby
Presented by (From London):
Keith Rogers
Commentator (From the Studio):
Eric Hobbis
Presented by (From the Studio):
Nicholas Crocker
Animator (Children's Television:
The Magic Horse): Lotte Reiniger
Commentator (Children's Television:
The Tower of London): Stephen Wade
Choreography (Children's Television:
Trojan Out West): Margaret Dale
Music composed and conducted by (Children's Television:
Trojan Out West): Arthur Wilkinson
Decor (Children's Television:
Trojan Out West): Richard Henry
Producer (Children's Television:
Trojan Out West): Naomi Capon
The Dancers (Children's Television:
Trojan Out West):
Trojan, the horse:
Michael Boulton
Trojan, the horse:
Gary Burne
His Trainer:
Julia Farron
The Cowboys:
Alexander Grant
The Cowboys:
Ray Powell
The Cowboys:
Peter Clegg
The Villain:
John Hart

Programme written by Charles Parker.
In the United Kingdom there are thirty thousand people who are totally deaf. Viewers visit one of the centres devoted to their welfare, both material and spiritual, to see something of the way in which the deaf and those who serve them bridge the gulf that separates them from the world of sound.
Service conducted by the Rev. T. H. Sutcliffe.
Introduced by Edward Chapman.

Contributors

Service conducted by:
The Rev. T. H. Sutcliffe
Presenter:
Edward Chapman
Writer:
Charles Parker
Producer:
Barrie Edgar

with Isobel Barnett, Barbara Kelly, David Nixon and Gilbert Harding trying to find the answers.

('What's My Line?' was devised by Mark Goodson and Bill Todman and is presented by arrangement with C.B.S. of America and Maurice Winnick)

Contributors

Panellist:
Isobel Barnett
Panellist:
Barbara Kelly
Panellist:
David Nixon
Panellist:
Gilbert Harding
Devised by:
Mark Goodson
Devised by:
Bill Todman
Presented by:
Dicky Leeman

by William Shakespeare
Adapted as a play with music by Lionel Harris and Robert McNab

At 8.55
Errors abound in this youthful piece (Shakespeare was probably only twenty-six when he wrote it), but it is less a comedy than a farce which makes no claim to probability. Indeed it simply states the improbable and makes no attempt to justify it.

That statement occurs very early in the play, so it is as well to be prepared for it. The scene is a magistrate's court in Ephesus, where the Duke is about to sentence Aegeon, whose crime is that he comes from Syracuse, it having been agreed that there shall be 'no traffic to our adverse towns.' Given an opportunity of explaining why he has broken the ban, Aegeon says that in Epidamnum his wife became: "The joyful mother of two goodly sons; And, which was strange, the one so like the other As could not be distinguished but by names.
And to add to the confusion: That very hour, and in the self-same inn, A meaner woman was delivered Of such a burden, male twins, both alike.
To complete the circle: These, for their parents were exceeding poor, I bought, and brought up to attend my sons."

So there are two pairs of twins and, Aegeon goes on to explain, the pairs were parted during a shipwreck. He is in Syracuse to try to find his missing son. Viewers will not be surprised to learn that he is here, and that the other son has also arrived - and both have their twin servants. The errors that ensue are many and involved.
Tonight's version is a musical one, with solos, duets, choruses, and some dialogue converted into lyrics. The shape of the play remains unchanged.

(Second performance: Thursday at 9.20 p.m.)

Contributors

Author:
William Shakespeare
Adapted by/Producer:
Lionel Harris
Adapted by:
Robert McNab
Music composed by:
Julian Slade
Music arranged by:
James Turner
Orchestra conducted by:
Eric Robinson
Decor:
James Bould
Solinus, Duke of Ephesus:
Gerald Cross
Aegeon, a merchant of Syracuse:
Richard Vernon
Antipholus of Ephesus:
David Peel
Dromio of Ephesus:
James Cairncross
Antipholus of Syracuse:
Paul Hansard
Dromio of Syracuse:
James Cairncross
Angelo, a pawnbroker:
David Bird
Angelo's assistant:
Roy Skelton
Merchant:
Richard Burrell
Dr. Pinch:
Gerald Cross
The Abbess Aemilia:
Lally Bowers
Adriana, wife to Antipholus of Ephesus:
Joan Plowright
Luciana, her sister:
Jane Wenham
Luce, servant to Luciana:
Esther Lawrence
A courtesan:
Christie Humphrey
Town crier:
Paul Garner
Officer:
Patrick H. Organ
Hostess of 'The Porcupine':
Helen Miscner
Dancer:
Barbara Grimes
A nun:
Patricia Routledge

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