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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)

Contributors

Tenor:
William Heseltine
Baritone:
Percy Heming
Tenor:
Derek Oldham
Contralto:
Essie Ackland
Bass:
Norman Allin

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)

Contributors

Baritone:
Roy Henderson
Pianoforte:
Helen Perkin
Leader:
Arthur Catterall
Conductor:
Adrian Boult

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

Contributors

Author:
Charles K. Ayre
Producer:
S.A. Bulloch
[Actor]:
A.S.G. Loxton
[Actress]:
Leila C. Johnson
[Actor]:
C.K. Ayre
[Actor]:
W.R. Gordon
[Actor]:
Robert McIlveen
[Actor]:
Mervyn Stanley
[Actor]:
Walter S. Magee
[Actress]:
Cicely Mathews
[Actor]:
Charles Berwitz
[Actor]:
J.R. Mageean
[Actress]:
Elizabeth Knight

2BE Belfast

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