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SINGING together, by William Appleby
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11.20 HOW THINGS BEGAN. 11 — ' The First Cloth Makers.' Script by Rhoda Power.
11.40 INTERMEDIATE FRENCH. Une enquete de l'lnspecteur Mordant. Sur la piste d'un faussaire. Texte de Jean-Jacques Oberlin

Contributors

Unknown:
William Appleby
Script By:
Rhoda Power.
Unknown:
Jean-Jacques OBErlin

STORIES FROM WORLD HISTORY. ' William Seymour and Lady Arabella Stuart ' (1575-1615). Script by Rhoda Power
2.20 PROSE AND VERSE READINGS. ' The Battle of Prestonpans,' from ' The March of the '45,' bv D. G. Bridson. Read by Douglas Allan. (BBC recording)
2.30 LET'S JOIN IN. ' The Sleepy Mouse a a short story by Leila Berg , followed by some simple animal poems.
2.50 Orchestral Concerts
BBC Opera Orchestra
Conducted by John Russell
Programme introduced by John Russell

Contributors

Unknown:
William Seymour
Unknown:
Lady Arabella Stuart
Script By:
Rhoda Power
Unknown:
D. G. Bridson.
Read By:
Douglas Allan.
Story By:
Leila Berg
Conducted By:
John Russell
Introduced By:
John Russell

Questions of the moment put by members of the audience are discussed spontaneously by Ralph Wightman
Lord Elton
Sir Steuart Wilson
Wyn Griffith
Travelling Question-Master,
Freddy Grisewood
From the West Park Pavilion,
Jersey, Channel Islands
Produced by Nicholas Crocker

Contributors

Unknown:
Ralph Wightman
Unknown:
Lord Elton
Unknown:
Sir Steuart Wilson
Unknown:
Wyn Griffith
Produced By:
Nicholas Crocker

Produced in the BBC's West of England studios
(BBC recording)
('The Prodigious Snob' was first performed under the direction of Denis Carey at the Theatre Royal, Bristol, in October 1951)
(J.C. Trewin writes on page 7)

World Theatre at 9.15
Miles Malleson and the Company of the Bristol Old Vic
(By arrangement with The Old Vic Trustees and The Arts Council of Great Britain)
in 'The Prodigious Snob'
A New English version by Miles Malleson of 'Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme' by Moliere

The action of the play takes place during one day at the house of Monsieur Jourdain in Paris in 1670 Narrator: Denis Carey

Contributors

Author (Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme):
null Moliere
Writer:
Miles Malleson
Adapter:
Felix Felton
Incidental Music Composer/Director:
John Hotchkis
Production by:
Owen Reed
Narrator:
Denis Carey
A Dancing Master:
William Eedle
A Music Master:
Christopher Burgess
A Fencing Master:
Michael Aldridge
A Philosopher:
Newton Blick
A Tailor:
Colin Ellis
Monsieur Jourdain:
Miles Malleson
Nicole, his maidservant:
Sheila Burrell
Lucille, his daughter:
Prunella Scales
Madame Jourdain:
Elaine Wodson
Cleonte, in love with Lucille:
John Neville
Covielle, his manservant:
Laurence Payne
Comte Dorante:
Michael Aldridge
Dorimene, his mistress:
Pamela Alan
The Grand Mufti:
Newton Blick
Flunkeys, tailors, musicians, dancing girls and dervishes:
Julian Slade
Flunkeys, tailors, musicians, dancing girls and dervishes:
Jane Chapman
Flunkeys, tailors, musicians, dancing girls and dervishes:
Phyllida Law
Flunkeys, tailors, musicians, dancing girls and dervishes:
Frederick Beale
Flunkeys, tailors, musicians, dancing girls and dervishes:
Robert Harris
Flunkeys, tailors, musicians, dancing girls and dervishes:
Bernard Kilby
Flunkeys, tailors, musicians, dancing girls and dervishes:
James Ellis
Flunkeys, tailors, musicians, dancing girls and dervishes:
Students of the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School

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