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by R. C. Sherriff
Adapted for broadcasting by Kenneth Bayley
Produced by Hugh Stewart

Contributors

Unknown:
R. C. Sherriff
Broadcasting By:
Kenneth Bayley
Produced By:
Hugh Stewart
Mr Stevens:
Charles Lloyd Pack
Mrs Stevens:
Beatrice Varley
Mary:
Margaret Lang
Dick:
Alec Rosa
Ernie:
Cavan Malone
Mrs Huggett:
Gladys Spencer
Jessica Marshall:
Marjorie Westbury
Pat Mackenzie:
Patrick MacNee
Mr Montgomery:
Richard William*
Mrs Williams:
Ella Milne
Mr Wilkins:
Eric Anderson

' The Hunter's Bride'
A romantic opera in three acts and five scenes
Libretto by Fried rich Kind
English version by Edward J. Dent
Music by Weber (spoken by Stanley Groome) (spoken by Malcolm Fitzpatrick) (spoken by Alastair Duncan)
(sipoken by Joan Hart)(spoken by Gabrielle Blunt)
Other speaking parts taken by Alison Reid , Esmé Smith
George Steam Scott, Ronald Sydney
BBC Opera Chorus
(Trained by Alan G. Melville )
BBC Opera Orchestra (Leader, John Sharpe )
Conductor, Stanford Robinson
Repetiteur: Leo Wurmser Producer. Dennis Arundell
(Adele Leigh and James Johnston broadcast by permission of the General Administrator of Covent Garden Opera Trust)
The scene is laid in the Bohemian forest, about the year 1650
Act 1
An open space in the Forest, in front of a tavern
Act 2
Scene 1: In the ranger's lodge Scene 2: The Wolf's Glen

Contributors

Unknown:
Alison Reid
Unknown:
Alan G. Melville
Leader:
John Sharpe
Unknown:
Leo Wurmser
Unknown:
Dennis Arundell
Unknown:
Adele Leigh
Unknown:
James Johnston
Ottokar, Prince of Bohemia:
Fabian Smith
Cuno, head ranger:
George Delderfleld
Young foresters in Cuno's service:Max:
James Johnston
Caspar:
Ian Wallace
Kilian, a peasant:
Emrys Lloyd
A hermit:
Trevor Anthony
Zamiel, the Black Huntsman:
Valentine Dyall
Agnes, Cuno's daughter:
Joan Hammond
Anne her cousin:
Adèle Leigh

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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