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An intimate musical comedy by Fred Jackson, with music by various composers. Adapted for the microphone and produced by Martyn C. Webster
BBC Midland Light Orchestra, conducted by Rae Jenkins

Contributors

Writer:
Fred Jackson
Adapted by/Producer:
Martyn C. Webster
Musicians:
BBC Midland Light Orchestra
Conductor:
Rae Jenkins
Mary:
Marjorie Westbury
Chris:
Sydney Tafler
June:
Marjery Wyn
Jerry:
Philip Garston Jones
Harry:
Carl Bernard
Sir Henry:
Lester Mudditt
Grandpa:
Ian Sadler
The Story-teller:
Lewis Stringer

Scenes from the life of the composer by Robert Gittings , with Basil C. Langton as Felix Mendelssohn and Peggy Ashcroft as Fanny, his sister. Produced by Stephen Potter
Other parts played by Peter Cushing , Edana Romney. Bernard Rebel, Carleton Hobbs , and Alexander Samer. BBC Orchestra and Chorus, under the direction of Sir Adrian Boult

Contributors

Unknown:
Robert Gittings
Unknown:
Basil C. Langton
Unknown:
Felix Mendelssohn
Unknown:
Peggy Ashcroft
Produced By:
Stephen Potter
Played By:
Peter Cushing
Played By:
Edana Romney.
Unknown:
Carleton Hobbs
Unknown:
Alexander Samer.
Unknown:
Sir Adrian Boult
Abraham, his father:
Malcolm Keen
Leah, his mother:
Susan Richards
Queen Victoria:
Pauline Wynne
Prince Albert:
Austin Trevor
Klingemann:
G R Schjelderup
Moscheles:
Deryck Guyler

BBC Home Service Basic

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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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