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Last of three services conducted by the Rev. George F. MacLeod , M.C., D.D., Leader of the Iona Community. From Iona Abbey
Metrical Psalm 43. vv. 3-5: 0 send thy light forth, and thy truth (Tune. Invocation)
Prayer and the Lord's Prayer
Praise the Lord, his glories show,
Hallelujah! (C.H. 16; A. and M. 544)
Lesson: 2 Corinthians 4, vv. 1-12 Sermon
Glorious things of thee are spoken
(C.H. 206; S.P. 500; M.H.B. 706)
Prayers
Metrical Psalm 24. vv. 7-10: Ye gates lift up your heads on high (Tune, St. George's Edinburgh)
Choirmaster. Reginald Barrett-Ayres The service closes with the traditional Great Entrance Psalm of the Church of Scotland for the Sacrament of Holy Communion which follows the broadcast

Contributors

Unknown:
Rev. George F. MacLeod
Choirmaster:
Reginald Barrett-Ayres

(from ' King John '). Arranged by Herbert Farjeon and produced by Mary Hope Allen

Contributors

Arranged By:
Herbert Farjeon
Produced By:
Mary Hope Allen
Faulconbridge:
Robert Speaight
King John:
Carleton Hobbs
Robert Faulconbridge:
Dermot Cathie
Queen Elinor:
Grizelda Hervey
Duke of Austria:
Neal Arden
Hubert de Burgh:
Norman Shelley
King of France:
Gerik Schjelderup
Prince Henry:
Roger Snowdon
Blanche:
Judith Fellows
Constance:
Betty Baskcomb
Citizen:
J Hubert Leslie
Speaker:
Leslie Stokes

'Francis of Assisi': a play by Morna Stuart , produced by Josephine Plummer

Contributors

Play By:
Morna Stuart
Produced By:
Josephine Plummer
The Bishop of Assisi:
Deryck Guyler
Master Pietro Bernadone:
D. A. Clarke-Smith
Lady Pica Bernadone:
Mary O'Farrell
Francis Bernadone:
Alan Wheatley
Beggar:
Ronald Long
Leper:
Alexander Sarner
Priest of San Damiano:
Bryan Powley

A study of the life of the poet Wiliam Cowper , based on his own poems and letters. Written by Joe Burroughs and produced by R. D. Smith

Contributors

Unknown:
Wiliam Cowper
Written By:
Joe Burroughs
Produced By:
R. D. Smith
Major Cowper:
Laidman Browne
Martin Madan:
Mark Dignam
William Unwin:
Stephen Jack
Narrator:
Antony Jacobs
John Newton:
Ernest Jay
William Cowper:
Pierre Lefevre
Joseph Hill:
Robert Mawdsley
Harriet Cowper:
June Spencer
Theodora Cowper:
Marjorie Westbury
Ashley Cowper:
Arthur Young
Mary Unwin:
Gladys Young
Lady Austen:
Dorothy Reynolds

from St. Martin-in-the-Fields, conducted by the Rev. Eric S. Loveday , with a sermon by the Right Rev. T. K. Shen (lately Bishop of Shensi, China)
All people that on earth do dwell
(S.P. 443; A. and M. 166)
Confession and Absolution The Lord's Prayer Psalm 67 Lesson
Collects and Prayers
In Christ there is no east or west
(S.P. 537)
Sermon
The day thou gavest, Lord, is ended
(S.P. 56; A. and M. 477)
Blessing
Organist, Neville Mansel

Contributors

Unknown:
Rev. Eric S. Loveday
Unknown:
Rev. T. K. Shen
Organist:
Neville Mansel

by Wilkie Collins , adapted for broadcasting by Jonquil Antony.
Produced by Hugh Stewart. ' Episode 2

Contributors

Unknown:
Wilkie Collins
Broadcasting By:
Jonquil Antony.
Produced By:
Hugh Stewart.
Lady Verinder:
Cathleen Nesbitt
Gabriel Betteredge:
Henry Hallatt
Godfrey Ablewhite:
John Byron
Rachel Verinder:
Patricia Hilliard
Rosanna Spearman:
Betty Ann Davies
Franklin Blake:
Noel Johnson
Penelope Betteredge:
Shelagh Fraser
Mr Murthwaite:
Valentine Dyall

A poetry notebook edited by Patric Dickinson. This week's number includes an extract from Shakespeare's 'Coriolanus ' ; poems by Stephen Spender , W. H. Davies , T. S. Eliot , Robert Bridges , and ' The Leech Gatherer,' by William Wordsworth. Readers, Leon Quartermaine , Sylvia Read. and Christopher Hassall

Contributors

Edited By:
Patric Dickinson.
Unknown:
Stephen Spender
Unknown:
W. H. Davies
Unknown:
T. S. Eliot
Unknown:
Robert Bridges
Readers:
Leon Quartermaine
Readers:
Sylvia Read.
Readers:
Christopher Hassall

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