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at the theatre organ
After eight months as resident organist at the Gaumonl, Manchester. Thomas Dando openedattheGreenfordGranadaon December 8. He will he playing week by week at different theatres in the circuit. Dando has had a very successlul time in the North and broadcast regularly. On July 14, 1940, the anniversary of the Fall of -the Bastille, he played for the Free French Forces at the New Victoria, London. hefore General de Gaulle and 3,000 Frenchmen.

Contributors

Unknown:
Thomas Dando

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Lily Pons (soprano) : La valse (Mireille :
Gounod)
Isobel Baillie (soprano) : II bacio (The
Kiss, (Arditi)
Jeanelte Macdonald (soprano) : I love you so (The Merry Widow : Lehár)
Alice Lilley (soprano) : Who <hall say that love is cruel (Merric England: Edward German )

Contributors

Soprano:
Lily Pons
Soprano:
Isobel Baillie
Soprano:
Jeanelte MacDonald
Soprano:
Alice Lilley
Unknown:
Edward German

This listing contains language that some may find offensive.

Drama of the sea in sixepisodes by Dale Collins , based on his novel of the same name. Produced by Hugh Stewart and The scene is the schooner ' Spray' in mid-Pacific
' (See' Miscellany ', on page 5)

Contributors

Unknown:
Dale Collins
Produced By:
Hugh Stewart
Paul Thorpe:
Cecil Trouncer
Viola Thorpe:
Grizelda Hervey
Howard Vazey:
John Bryning
Lady Daley:
Mabel Terry-Lewis
Dorothy Daley:
Belle Chrystall
Reid:
Ivor Barnard
Petersen:
Allan Jeayes
Murphy:
Harry Hutchinson
Ambrose:
Arthur Young
Ted (the steward):
Abraham Sofaer

From the novel by Jeffrey Farnol. Radio play and lyrics by Mabel and Denis Constanduros. Music by Reynell Wrelord . Radio score by Denis Benwell. Orchestra under the direction of Billy Ternent. Produced by Douglas Moodie

Contributors

Novel By:
Jeffrey Farnol.
Unknown:
Denis Constanduros.
Music By:
Reynell Wrelord
Unknown:
Denis Benwell.
Unknown:
Billy Ternent.
Produced By:
Douglas Moodie
The Hon Horatio Tawnish:
Dennis Arundell
Mistress Penelope Chester:
Lydia Sherwood
Sir John Chester:
Frederick Burtwell
Sir Richard Eden:
Arthur Pusey
Mr Bentley:
Ewart Scott
Sir Harry Raikes:
Ivan Brandt
Captain Hammersley:
Wilfred Babbage
A doctor:
Clifford Bean
A barmaid:
Joan Young
The singers:
Helen Hill,
The singers:
David Lloyd

A tale by W. Somerset Maugham , adapted for broadcasting by Hugh Stewart and Val Gielgud , starring Diana Wynyard. Produced by Barbara Burnham
The action of the play takes place in Florence and in the surrounding countryside in the late nineteen-thirties
(Diana Wynvard broadcasts by permission of H. M. Tennent, Ltd.)

Contributors

Unknown:
W. Somerset Maugham
Broadcasting By:
Hugh Stewart
Broadcasting By:
Val Gielgud
Unknown:
Diana Wynyard.
Produced By:
Barbara Burnham
Unknown:
Diana Wynvard
Mary Panton:
Diana Wynyard
Sir Edgar Swift:
Stewart Rome
Rowley Flint:
Arthur Clay
Karl Richter:
Marius Goring
Princess San Ferdinando:
Martita Hunt
Colonel Trail:
Gordon McLeod
Lady Grace:
Joan Henley
Harold Atkinson:
Laidman Browne
Nina:
Maxine Audley
A Lawyer:
Bryan Powley
A Waiter:
Leo de Pokomy

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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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