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The last of six talks on Augustus Hare by Humphrey Higgens
Hare was a famous teller of stories. It was his greatest social asset. On one occasion a party was specially arranged at Holland House so that he might tell Princess Louise some of his stories ' which she had graciously wished to hear.'
Reader, Richard Hurndall

Contributors

Unknown:
Augustus Hare
Unknown:
Humphrey Higgens
Reader:
Richard Hurndall

Philip Toynbee
His subject in this programme is the 1930s, which in retrospect seem to constitute a recognisable literary period. He refers in his talk to two recent books by authors who made their names in the 1930s: 'The Shield of Achilles' by W. H. Auden and ' The Corected Poems ' of William Empson.
Readers:
Peter Augustine , David Peel

Contributors

Unknown:
W. H. Auden
Readers:
William Empson.
Readers:
Peter Augustine
Readers:
David Peel

by John Galsworthy
Adapted for broadcasting in twelve parts by Muriel Levy
Part 6
Other parts played by members of the BBC Drama Repertory Company
Production by Hugh Stewart
After a separation of twelve years Soames Forsyte goes to see his wife Irene at her flat. He finds it hard to believe that there has been nobody in her life to give him cause for divorcing her. She treats him coldly, and he retreats in despair and fury. His heart is still set on marrying the French girl, Annette Lamotte , who, he hopes, will provide him with a son and heir.
Meanwhile, war is declared, and this brings a new subject for discussion at Timothy's house on the Bayswater Road, where all the family gather on such national occasions. To add to the excitement, June, the revolutionary daughter of Jolyon, turns up after an absence of ten years, in which she has travelled extensively in order to forget that her lover, Philip Bosinney , had deserted her for Irene and had met with such a tragic end.

Contributors

Unknown:
John Galsworthy
Production By:
Hugh Stewart
Unknown:
Soames Forsyte
Unknown:
Annette Lamotte
Unknown:
Philip Bosinney
Jolyon:
Guy Rolfe
Soames:
Ronald Simpson
Irene:
Grizelda Hervey
Mme Lamotte:
Gladys Spencer
Annette:
Virginia Winter
Jolly:
Simon Lack
Holly::
Dorothy Gordon
Val:
Charles Hodgson

by Nikolaus Pevsner
7-The Genius of the Place
In this, the last of the lectures. Dr. Pevsner suggests that the English qualities he has defined equip this country better than any other to solve the most urgent of twentieth-century visual problems; the problem of town planning.
Pope instructed the eighteenth-century gentleman always to consult the genius of the place. If his advice can be boldly applied to the larger problem of the town, it could restore to it the variety, the surprise, and the beauty which it has lost during the last century or so. This lecture will be printed in ' The Listener '

Contributors

Unknown:
Nikolaus Pevsner

BBC Home Service Basic

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