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Introduced by Olive Shapley
'Green Fingers': making the cuttings root. by Gordon Forsyth
'As Old As You Feel': the second talk by Dr. Alfred Torrie. Medical Director of the National Association for Mental Health
' The Marriage'of Lakitan,' by Arthur Southon.
Today's contribution from the BBC Mobile Units
Serial: 'Jenny Villiers ' by J. B. Priestley. Abridged by Honor Wyatt . Read by Mary O'Farreii

Contributors

Introduced By:
Olive Shapley
Unknown:
Gordon Forsyth
Talk By:
Dr. Alfred Torrie.
Unknown:
Arthur Southon.
Unknown:
Jenny Villiers
Unknown:
J. B. Priestley.
Abridged By:
Honor Wyatt
Read By:
Mary O'Farreii

Tonight: Scenes from
* Pagliacci ' by Leoncavallo
Marjorie Shires (soprano)
James Johnston (tenor)
John Kentish (tenor)
Roderick Jones (baritone) Douglas Craig (baritone)
BBC Theatre Chorus
BBC Theatre Orchestra
Conductor, Walter Goehr
Story told by Stephen Williams
Pagliacci has become the classic example of the clown who has to laugh and jest while his heart is breaking. The name has passed into nearly every language and the * Pagliacci theme is frequently spoken of by people who have not even heard a note of the opera. Like its inseparable partner Cavalteria Rusticana (they are
(Continued in next column) asually called the Heavenly Twins of opera), Pagliacci tells a fierce, taut, swiftly-moving story of love and crime, in which every bar is afire with dramatic significance. And like Mascagni, Leoncavallo, although he wrote other and more ambitious operas, never achieved such a rebounding success again.—Stephen Williams

Contributors

Soprano:
Marjorie Shires
Tenor:
James Johnston
Tenor:
John Kentish
Baritone:
Roderick Jones
Baritone:
Douglas Craig
Conductor:
Walter Goehr
Told By:
Stephen Williams
Unknown:
Stephen Williams

with David Lloyd
Bryn Calvin-Thomas
Dan Donovan
Frank Davison , Frank James
Sarah Leigh , Donald Wells
The Girls In Harmony
The Lyrian Singers
'The Adventures of Tommy Trouble'
Script by E. Eynon Evans
Welsh Variety Orchestra Produced by Mat Jones

Contributors

Unknown:
David Lloyd
Unknown:
Bryn Calvin-Thomas
Unknown:
Dan Donovan
Unknown:
Frank Davison
Unknown:
Frank James
Unknown:
Sarah Leigh
Unknown:
Donald Wells
Script By:
E. Eynon
Produced By:
Mat Jones

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