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Act 2 of the opera by John Gay
A performance by the S-adler's Wells
Opera Company
Cast :
Orchestra led by Joseph Shadwick
Conducted by Lawrance Collingwood
Productd by Herbert Marshall
From a theatre ' somewhere in the South'
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Contributors

Unknown:
John Gay
Unknown:
Joseph Shadwick
Conducted By:
Lawrance Collingwood
Unknown:
Herbert Marshall
Mr Peachum:
Roderick Lloyd
Polly Peachum:
Janet Hamilton Smith
Matt:
Powell Lloyd
Jenny Diver:
Rose Morris
Lockit:
Tom Williams
Lucy:
Edith Coates
Captain Macheath:
John Hargreaves

(New edition)
A programme featuring
Carroll Gibbons and the Savoy Hotel
Orpheans including
Daphne and Jack Barker those famous cabaret stars
' Gertie, the girl on the spot' a modem melodrama in one act
' Across the table ' a topical discussion between two well-known personalities
A guest artist from one of the Forces
' You call the tune ' a Carroll Gibbons piano feature
' Transatlantic tease time ' well-known personalities from both sides of the Atlantic and ' Accent on love ' featuring Anne Lenner
Compere, William Gates
Produced by Douglas Lawrence

Contributors

Unknown:
Carroll Gibbons
Unknown:
Jack Barker
Piano:
Carroll Gibbons
Unknown:
Anne Lenner
Unknown:
William Gates
Produced By:
Douglas Lawrence

' Let us join the ladies '
A mtinly. musical programme of ' after-dinner ' entertainment, based on an idea by Michael Treford , with Bobbie Comber , Roy Henderson , Nora Gruhn , Ivor John ,
Effie Atherton
BBC Theatre Chorus
Trained by Charles Groves
BBC Theatre Orchestra
Leader, Tate Gilder
Conducted by Mark H. Lubbock
The rhymed narration written and spoken by the producer,
Desmond Davis

Contributors

Unknown:
Michael Treford
Unknown:
Bobbie Comber
Unknown:
Roy Henderson
Unknown:
Nora Gruhn
Unknown:
Ivor John
Unknown:
Effie Atherton
Leader:
Tate Gilder
Conducted By:
Mark H. Lubbock
Unknown:
Desmond Davis

Olive Hutchins Isabel Watts Maud Baker Daisy Bircham Ralph Tuckwell Edward Clark Gordon Chivers Wilfred Sheam
Conducted by Reginald Redman
At the piano, Winifred Davey
The programme will include some of the part songs which were the particular favourites of Joseph Jenkins , who before the war conducted the West of England Singers and whose death recently has left such a blank in the musical life of the West Country.

Contributors

Unknown:
Olive Hutchins
Unknown:
Isabel Watts
Unknown:
Maud Baker
Unknown:
Daisy Bircham
Unknown:
Ralph Tuckwell
Unknown:
Edward Clark
Unknown:
Gordon Chivers
Unknown:
Wilfred Sheam
Conducted By:
Reginald Redman
Piano:
Winifred Davey
Unknown:
Joseph Jenkins

BBC Home Service Basic

About BBC Home Service

BBC Home Service is a radio channel that started transmitting on the 1st September 1939 and ended on the 29th September 1967.

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