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A Pageant of Wales and the West.

"Every society is established for the sake of some good end. It is first founded that men may live, but continued that they may live happily". - Aristotle
Chairman: The Rt. Hon the Lord Mayor of Cardiff, Alderman W. B. Francis, J.P.
Artistes: Gwladys Naish (Soprano), The Station Choir of Cardiff Singers, The Cardiff Radio Players
The Station Orchestra
Conductor, Warwick Braithwaite

The Choir

The Coming of the Normans

How Robert Fitzhamon and his Knights captured Cardiff, and how Prince Iestyn fled from the Castle.
A Dramatic Sketch by J. Kyrle Fletcher.
[Starring] The Radio Players
Scene 1. The Watch Tower at Cardiff.
Scene II. By the East Gate, Cardiff. (Some hours later.)
Scene III. Interior of Iestyn's Tower, Cardiff Castle.

The Orchestra

Contributors

Chairman:
Alderman W. B. Francis
Soprano:
Gwladys Naish
Singers:
The Station Choir of Cardiff Singers
Performers:
The Cardiff Radio Players
Musicians:
The Station Orchestra
Conductor:
Warwick Braithwaite
Writer (The Coming of the Normans):
J. Kyrle Fletcher

Sir William Reardon Smith, Bart.

The Orchestra

The Rising of the Welsh

Ifor Bach's Attack on Cardiff Castle.
A Dramatic Sketch by J. Kyrle Fletcher.
[Starring] The Radio Players
Scene I. At Castell Coch.
Scene II. The Night Attack on Cardiff Castle.
Scene III. The Signing of the Treaty of Peace at Castell Coch.

The Choir
"Mae Hen Wlad Fy Nhadau".

Contributors

Speaker:
Sir William Reardon Smith
Writer (The Rising of the Welsh):
J. Kyrle Fletcher

5WA Cardiff

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