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STORIES FROM WORLD HISTORY. ' Prince Rupert of the Rhine': King Charles' nephew (1619-82) and his dog, Boy, become famous during the English Civil War. Script by Rhoda Power
2.25 SENIOR ENGLISH I. The Flowering of the Strange Orchid': a short story by H. G. Wells , adapted for radio by Ursula Keeble
2.50 ORCHESTRAL CONCERT SERIES. • Ballet Music': illustrated talk by Peggy van Praagh.

Contributors

Script By:
Rhoda Power
Story By:
H. G. Wells
Unknown:
Ursula Keeble
Talk By:
Peggy van Praagh.
Narrator:
Michael Flanders
Wedderburn:
Maurice Denham
Housekeeper:
Doris Nichols
Doctor:
Charles Mason
Odd-job man:
Stanley MacKenzie

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(Recording of broadcast in the Third Programme on July 24, 1949)

by Jean Anouilh.
Adapted for radio by Merlin Thomas and Frank Hauser from the translation by Lewis Galantiere.
European theatre presents Mary Morris, Peter stinov, Alec Guinness

Contributors

Author:
Jean Anouilh
Adapter:
Merlin Thomas
Adapter/Producer:
Frank Hauser
Translator:
Lewis Galantiere
Chorus:
Alec Guinness
Creon, King of Thebes:
Peter Ustinov
Antigone:
Mary Morris
Ismene:
Catherine Campbell
Haemon, his son:
Denholm Elliott
Nurse:
Dorothy Summers
First guard:
Malcolm Hayes
Second guard:
Dafydd Havard
Third guard:
Eric Francis
Messenger:
David Enders

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