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Acts 1 and 2 of Mozart's opera, in an English translation by Edward J. Dent. Sadler's Wells Opera Company. Conductor Laurance Collingwood. Produced by Kurt Jooss
Scene : The Count's Castle near Seville
From the Theatre Royal, York
During the interval at 2.40 app., Desmond Shawe-Taylor talks about the music of the second act

Contributors

Translation By:
Edward J. Dent.
Conductor:
Laurance Collingwood.
Produced By:
Kurt Jooss
Talks:
Desmond Shawe-Taylor
Figaro:
Edmund Donlevy
Susanna:
Rose Hill
Doctor Bartolo:
Owen Brannigan
Marcellina:
Edith Coates
Cherubino:
Minnie Bower
Count Almaviva:
John Hargreaves
Don Basilio:
Morgan Jones
Countess Almaviva:
Elisabeth Abercrombie
Antonio:
Gilbert Bailey

Gareth Morris (flute), Watson Forbes (viola), Gwendolen Mason (harp), with Betty Bannerman (contralto)
Sonata for flute, viola, and harp....Debussy
Cinq melodies populaires grecques (Five popular Greek melodies) : 1 Le reveil de la mariee (The Bride's Awakening) ; 2 La-bas vers l'église (Yonder by the church) ; 3 Quel galant m'est comparable (What gallant can compare with me ?) ; 4 Chanson des cueilleuscs de lentisques (Song of the lentisk-gatherers); 5 Tout gai I (Be gay 1) ......Ravel

Contributors

Flute:
Gareth Morris
Viola:
Watson Forbes
Harp:
Gwendolen Mason
Contralto:
Betty Bannerman

Polly Ward in a bright tea-time show, with Jack Cooper , Joan Young , Dick Francis , and the Debonaires. Billy Tement and the Dance Orchestra. Script by Ray Sonin and Rex Diamond. Produced by C. F. Meehan
5,0
NEWYDDION (News in Welsh)

Contributors

Unknown:
Polly Ward
Unknown:
Jack Cooper
Unknown:
Joan Young
Unknown:
Dick Francis
Unknown:
Billy Tement
Script By:
Ray Sonin
Script By:
Rex Diamond.
Produced By:
C. F. Meehan

' Gron'feyther Clegg and the Boggart ', a Lancashire fairy tale by Dora Broome , told by Mary Eastwood
' The Storv of Appleby Grammar
School ' (founded 1286). Written by Joan Littlewood , and acted by the boys and masters, with music played by the School Orchestra. Produced by Nan Macdonald

Contributors

Unknown:
Dora Broome
Told By:
Mary Eastwood
Written By:
Joan Littlewood
Produced By:
Nan MacDonald

Play by Roland Pertwee and Harold Dearden , adapted and produced by Hugh Stewart
With Cecil Parker , Sophie Stewart , Martin Walker , and Margot Grahame
(Sophie Stewart and Eileen Bennett broadcast by permission of Firth Shephard ; Cecil Parker and Martin Walker by permission of H. M. Tennent, Ltd.)

Contributors

Play By:
Roland Pertwee
Play By:
Harold Dearden
Produced By:
Hugh Stewart
Unknown:
Cecil Parker
Unknown:
Sophie Stewart
Unknown:
Martin Walker
Unknown:
Margot Grahame
Unknown:
Sophie Stewart
Unknown:
Eileen Bennett
Unknown:
Firth Shephard
Unknown:
Cecil Parker
Unknown:
Martin Walker
Sir John Martay, M D:
Cecil Parker
Faith Marlay:
Sophie Stewart
Philip Voaze:
Martin Walker
Deborah Kane:
Margot Grahame
Barbara:
Eileen Bennett
Douglas Htlder:
Carl Bernard
Mrs Florence Rooke:
Gladys Young
Childers:
Frank Cochrane
Fred:
Lewis Stringer
Doctor Puttock:
Bryan Powley
Inspector Haines:
Richard George
P C Cleaver:
Charles Maunsell
Narrator:
Heron Carvic

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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