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with Billy Newman , Cavan O'Connor , Roy Lester , Georgie Wood , with Dolly Harmer , Felix Mendelssohn and his Hawaiian Serenaders with Harry Brooker , Louisa Moe , Cyril Shane , and the Pulu Moe Trio
BBC Variety Orchestra, conducted by Charles Shadwell. Announcer, Norman Wooland. Producer, John Sharman.

Contributors

Unknown:
Billy Newman
Unknown:
Cavan O'Connor
Unknown:
Roy Lester
Unknown:
Georgie Wood
Unknown:
Dolly Harmer
Unknown:
Felix Mendelssohn
Unknown:
Harry Brooker
Unknown:
Louisa Moe
Unknown:
Cyril Shane
Conducted By:
Charles Shadwell.
Announcer:
Norman Wooland.
Producer:
John Sharman.

A musical tribute to George Gershwin introducing music and scenes from the new Warner Brothers' picture. starring Robert Aida and Joan Leslie , with Charles Coburn. Alexis Smith , Oscar Levant , George White , Al Jolson , and Paul Whiteman who has a special personal message for this radio programme. Radio narrator, Patric Curwen. Programme written by Harry Alan Towers , and presented by Pat Osborne and George Inns

Contributors

Unknown:
George Gershwin
Unknown:
Robert Aida
Unknown:
Joan Leslie
Unknown:
Charles Coburn.
Unknown:
Alexis Smith
Unknown:
Oscar Levant
Unknown:
George White
Unknown:
Al Jolson
Unknown:
Paul Whiteman
Unknown:
Patric Curwen.
Written By:
Harry Alan Towers
Presented By:
Pat Osborne
Presented By:
George Inns

Scenes from the play by Ronald Duncan , with music by Benjamin Britten , now being presented at the Mercury Theatre,, in association with the Arts Theatre Council of Great Britain
Stage production by E. Martin Browne, with acknowledgments to Frank Napier. Radio version introduced by Felix Felton
The play is in the form of a Masque with Anti-Masque
In the Masque
(Scene: The island of Zante in the fourteenth century)
In the Anti-Masque
(Scene: the same island in the twentieth century)
Choir trained and conducted by Arthur Oldham
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Contributors

Play By:
Ronald Duncan
Music By:
Benjamin Britten
Production By:
E. Martin
Unknown:
Frank Napier.
Duced By:
Felix Felton
Conducted By:
Arthur Oldham
Antony (lately Abbot of Santa Ferrata):
Robert Speaight
Novices Marcus, a peasant:
Norman Tyrrell
Novices Julian, a poet:
Eric Shilling
Novices Bernard, a scholar:
Frank Napier
Pianists:
Mark Langley, Anthony
Percussion:
Arthur Oldham
Second percussion:
Eric Shilling
Announcer to the Astral Group:
Stuart Latham
Father Opine:
Frank Napier
Miss Phillipa Forna:
Pamela Alan
A postcard seller:
Norman Tyrrell
A mother:
Eileen Vine
A widow:
Sehri Saklatvala
An old man:
Robert Speaight

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This data is drawn from the Radio Times magazine between 1923 and 2009. It shows what was scheduled to be broadcast, meaning it was subject to change and may not be accurate. More