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America v. Britain: a contest to find out who knows more about the other's country
London: Professor D. W. Brogan Jan Struther. Quiz-Master.
Lionel Hale : New YorkChristopher Morley , John Mason Brown. Quiz-Master.
Alistair Cooke
Weekly programme originating in New York and London.

Contributors

Unknown:
Professor D. W. Brogan
Unknown:
Jan Struther.
Unknown:
Lionel Hale
Unknown:
Christopher Morley
Unknown:
John Mason Brown.
Unknown:
Alistair Cooke

A musical play based on the novel by Alexandre Dumas, adapted for broadcasting by Ingram d'Abbes. Lyrics by Eric Maschwitz.
Music and production by Henry Reed
Augmented BBC Revue Chorus and augmented BBC Revue Orchestra, under the direction of Frank Cantell.
Orchestrations by Arthur Wilkinson

The action of the play takes place in Holland: the year, 1672

Act 1: The house and garden of Cornelius van Baerle at Dort, and the Buitenhof Prison at the Hague.

Act 2: The castle prison of Loevestein, three months later.

Act 3: The Palace, Haarlem, and the Stadthaus Square (The Festival of the Tulips)

Contributors

Author:
Alexandre Dumas
Adapted by:
Ingram D'Abbes
Lyrics:
Eric Maschwitz
Music/Production:
Henry Reed
Unknown:
Frank Cantell
Unknown:
Arthur Wilkinson
Cornelius van Baerle, a wealthy tulip-fancier:
Jan van der Gucht
Anna, his housekeeper:
Muriel George
Franz Boxtel, a rival tulip-grower:
Ivor Barnard
Marck Struyson, a money-lender:
Maurice Bannister
Captain van Spennen, of the Prince's Guard.:
Murray Davies
Johann Gryphus, the jailer:
Jay Laurier
Rosa Gryphus, his daughter:
Lorely Dyer
The Prince of Orange:
Hugh Miller
Mynheer van Herysen, President of the Tulip Growers' Society at Haarlem:
Frederick Richter

An entertainment for Forces everywhere. Harry Lester and his Hay-seeds, Dorothy Squires (with Billy Reid at the piano), Max Bacon , Irving Kaye. Anne Wild Norrie Sowman, Pat Frost , and Jack Payne 's Orchestra, conducted by Stanley Andrews. Presenting ' An Old Song and a New Singer,' with Alfred Swain. Programme introduced by Rene Ray , and produced by Bryan Sears and Joy Russell-Smith

Contributors

Unknown:
Harry Lester
Unknown:
Dorothy Squires
Unknown:
Billy Reid
Piano:
Max Bacon
Piano:
Irving Kaye.
Piano:
Anne Wild Norrie
Unknown:
Pat Frost
Unknown:
Jack Payne
Conducted By:
Stanley Andrews.
Unknown:
Alfred Swain.
Introduced By:
Rene Ray
Introduced By:
Joy Russell-Smith

Light Programme

About this data

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