by HERBERT WESTERBY
Relayed from The Grosvenor Hall
British Composers
Songs of Yesterday
William Heseltine (tenor): Come into the Garden, Maud (Balfe). Percy Heming (baritone): The Arrow and the Song (Balfe). Derek Oldham (tenor) : The Sailor's Grave, and The Lost Chord (Sullivan). Essie Ackland (contralto) : The Rosary (Nevin) ; Melisande in the Wood (Goetz) Norman Allin (bass) : Rocked in the cradle of the Deep (Knight) ; Father O'Flynn (Stanford)
The Plaza Band, relayed from The Plaza
Dedication of a Memorial to
JOHN CLARKE STOBART
(National Programmes, for details see page 56)
5.20 Off we go to America with THE CHILDREN'S HOUR QUARTET and DAVID WILSON on board
Weather Forecast, First General News
Bulletin and Bulletin for Farmers, followed by Regional News
LAST CONCERT
Relayed from
The Queen's Hall, London
(Sole Lessees, Messrs. Chappell and Co., Ltd.)
ROY HENDERSON (baritone) HELEN PERKIN (pianoforte)
THE B.B.C. CHORUS
THE B.B.C. SYMPHONY
ORCHESTRA
(Leader, ARTHUR CATTERALL )
Conductor, ADRIAN BOULT
PART I
(National Programme)
Weather Forecast, Second General News Bulletin
(Weather Forecast for Northern Ireland at 9.35)
A Comedy in Three Scenes by Charles K. Ayre
Characters:
Professor Bryce, former Professor of Biology; Molly Denvir, his niece; William, his manservant; Rowley Johnson, Sam Bradley, fishermen; Frank O'Hagan, a solicitor;
Henry O'Neill, his stepfather, engineer, Valley Waterworks; Mrs. Orr, a widow, O'Neill's house-keeper; Lord Springfield; Willie Haughtan, the local barber; Dora Wallace, 'friend' of Molly Denvir
Scene I: The lawn of Professor Bryce's home near Ardkeel
Scene II: A few days later on the golf links alongside the river
Scene III: The antechamber of the Town Hall, Ardkeel
The cast includes A.S.G. Loxton, Leila C. Johnson, C.K. Ayre, W.R. Gordon, Robert McIlveen, Mervyn Stanley, Walter S. Magee, Cicely Mathews, Charles Berwitz, J.R. Mageean, and Elizabeth Knight