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by Robert Oxton Bolt
Cast in order of speaking: [see below]

Contributors

Writer:
Robert Oxton Bolt
Production:
Norman Wright
Mrs Snow:
Eileen Thorndike
Binns:
Garard Green
Susan:
Virginia Winter
General Snow:
Allan Jeayes
An official:
Wyndham Milligan
Wilks:
Peter Coke
Miss Grit:
Georgina Waite
Mrs Font:
Hester Paton Brown
Lady Duckworth:
Nan Marriott-Watson
Ppengrip:
Douglas Hayes

A programme of music by Ivor Novello with Sylvia Cecil, Joan Bramhall, Harry Dawson
The Peter Knight Singers
The New Casino Orchestra Conducted by Rae Jenkins
Introduced by Charles Brewer
Producer, Eric Arden

Contributors

Music By:
Ivor Novello
Unknown:
Sylvia Cecil
Unknown:
Joan Bramhau
Unknown:
Harry Dawson
Conducted By:
Rae Jenkins
Introduced By:
Charles Brewer
Producer:
Eric Arden

Some oblique observations on the current festivities

with Eric Barker, Peter Ustinov, Alfred Marks, Roy Plomley, Pearl Hackney, Peter Jones, Maurice Denham, Stanley Unwin, F.R. Buckley, Graham Stark, Sidney Keith, Gwen Dante, Herbert Moslyn, Dick James, Lita Roza, The Stargazers and Malcolm Lockyer and his Orchestra

Contributors

Comedian:
Eric Barker
Comedian:
Peter Ustinov
Comedian:
Alfred Marks
Performer:
Roy Plomley
Comedienne:
Pearl Hackney
Comedian:
Peter Jones
Performer:
Maurice Denham
Comedian:
Stanley Unwin
Performer:
F.R. Buckley
Comedian:
Graham Stark
Performer:
Sidney Keith
Performer:
Gwen Dante
Performer:
Herbert Moslyn
Singer:
Dick James
Singer:
Lita Roza
Singers:
The Stargazers
Musicians:
Malcolm Lockyer and his Orchestra
Producer:
Pat Dixon

by William Shakespeare
Arranged for broadcasting by Herbert Farjeon
[Starring] John Gielgud as Prospero
[with] Jeremy Spenser as Ariel, William Devlin as Caliban, Leslie French as Trinculo, Leon Quartermaine as Gonzalo

Cast in order of speaking: [see below]
(BBC recording)

(John Gielgud and Eric Porter are in 'Venice Preserv'd' at the Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith; George Rose and Hugh Manning, in 'The Apple Cart' at the Haymarket Theatre; Godfrey Kenton in 'The Young Elizabeth' at the Criterion Theatre, London)

Contributors

Author:
William Shakespeare
Arranged for broadcasting by:
Herbert Farjeon
Music specially composed and conducted by:
Norman Demuth
Producer:
Mary Hope Allen
The Shipmaster:
Cyril Shaps
The Bo'sun:
Frank Tickle
Alonzo, King of Naples:
Eric Porter
Antonio, the usurping Duke of Milan:
Hugh Manning
Gonzalo, an honest old counsellor:
Leon Quartermaine
Sebastian, brother to Alonzo:
Godfrey Kenton
Miranda, daughter to Prospero:
Peggy Bryan
Prospero, the rightful Duke of Milan:
John Gielgud
Ariel:
Jeremy Spenser
Caliban:
William Devlin
Ferdinand, son to the King of Naples:
Derek Hart
Adrian, a lord:
Norman Claridge
Trinculo, a jester:
Leslie French
Stephano, a butler:
George Rose
Iris:
Lydia Sherwood
Ceres:
Susan Richards
Juno:
Grizelda Hervey
Others taking part:
Arthur Lawrence
Others taking part:
Edward Lexy
Singer - Ariel:
Ian Gordon Inglis
Singer - Juno:
Marjorie Thomas
Singer - Ceres:
Joyce Gartside

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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