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t A programme of old favourites sung by MARY CONDON (contralto) with RUBY TAYLOR (piano)
DUDLEY SAVAGE (organ) and a chorus from the CARMENIANS OPERATIC SOCIETY
Chorus-Master,
HORACE WILLIAMS
Introduced by DUDLEY SAVAGE

Contributors

Contralto:
Mary Condon
Chorus-Master:
Horace Williams
Introduced By:
Dudley Savage

The Heiress by Ruth and Augustus Goetz adapted from the novel Washington Square by HENRY JAMES with Ralph Richardson
Isabel Dean , Daniel Massey
' I can be very cruel. I have been taught by masters,' says the heiress when she is accused of indifference and heartlessness.
Cast in order of speaking:
Produced by CEDRIC MESSINA t Broadcast on March 24

Contributors

Unknown:
Augustus Goetz
Unknown:
Henry James
Unknown:
Ralph Richardson
Unknown:
Isabel Dean
Unknown:
Daniel Massey
Produced By:
Cedric Messina
Maria:
Patricia Bendall
Dr Sloper:
Ralph Richardson
Lavinia Penniman:
Grizelda Hervey
Catherine:
Isabel Dean
Mrs Almond:
Vivienne Chatterton
Marian Almond:
Dorit Welles
Arthur Townsend:
Donald McKillop
Morris Townsend:
Daniel Massey
Mrs Montgomery:
Sheila Grant

For retired and older people, and those concerned for their welfare
My Diary: ELIZABETH GLAN-VILLE t The Lesson: ELLSYE FINNIE
1 Remember: Joanna Glis son's poems read by BARBARA MITCHELL
A Walk in the Rain: F. W. HAMMOND
Introduced by JOHN DUNN

Contributors

Unknown:
Joanna Glis
Read By:
Barbara Mitchell
Unknown:
F. W. Hammond
Introduced By:
John Dunn

by BJORN RONGEN adapted by PHILIPPA PEARCE
' Olaf was nine years old, rather small, but as strong as a bear. For his summer holidays he was going up to a dairy farm in the mountains! ' t Produced by ANNE CATCHPOLE

Contributors

Unknown:
Bjorn Rongen
Adapted By:
Philippa Pearce
Produced By:
Anne Catchpole
Grandmama:
Susan Richards
Inga:
Rosemary Eadie
Anna:
Julia Lang
Olaf ,:
Carlo Cura
Father:
Preston Lockwood
Neighbours:
Harold Reese
Neighbours:
David Lawton

Introduced and conducted by STANFORD ROBINSON
BBC CONCERT ORCHESTRA Leader, Arthur Leavins
ELIZABETH FRETWELL (soprano) WILLIAM McALPINE (tenor)
GILBERT WEBSTER (cimbalom)
JOHN SHARPE (violin)
THE AMBROSIAN SINGERS
Directed by John McCarthy
Produced by ALAN ABBOTT

Contributors

Conducted By:
Stanford Robinson
Leader:
Arthur Leavins
Soprano:
Elizabeth Fretwell
Tenor:
William McAlpine
Tenor:
Gilbert Webster
Violin:
John Sharpe
Directed By:
John McCarthy
Produced By:
Alan Abbott

Stephen Murray in The World's Great Stage by Calder6n
Newly translated by ELIZABETH JENNINGS and ROBERT PRING-MILL with music composed and conducted by ROBERTO GERHARD
Discretion: spoken by GRIZELDA HERVEY sung by MARY THOMAS
The Law of Grace: spoken by NICOLETTE BERNARD sung by HELEN WATTS t Produced by CHARLES LEFEAUX
Joss Ackland is appearing In Lock Up Your Daughters' at Her Majesty's Theatre, London
See page 20 followed by an interlude

Contributors

Unknown:
Stephen Murray
Translated By:
Elizabeth Jennings
Translated By:
Robert Pring-Mill
Conducted By:
Roberto Gerhard
Spoken By:
Grizelda Hervey
Sung By:
Mary Thomas
Spoken By:
Nicolette Bernard
Sung By:
Helen Watts
Produced By:
Charles Lefeaux
Produced By:
Joss Ackland
The Author:
Stephen Murray
The World:
William Eedle
The King:
Joss Ackland
Beauty:
June Tobin
The Peasant:
John Gabriel
The Rich Man:
David March
The Poor Man:
Haydn Jones
The Boy:
Roger May
The Voice:
John Mitchinson

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