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'Pen blwydd Ioan' (John's Birthday) by Emma Morgan
(From Swansea)

Emma Morgan, a native of Carmarthenshire, is well known as an elocutionist in South Wales. During the last few months she has broadcast many Welsh stories and poems. She was one of the pioneers of the Welsh Drama Society and has taken part in several of the important productions. Miss Morgan is also an active member of the Cymrodorion Society and a faithful supporter of the Welsh National Gorsedd. Her bardic title is 'Rhiain-y-Ffrwd'

by Stephen King-Hall

(Daventry National Programme)

This is the continuation of a previous series of talks on 'Great Sailors of the West.' Sir Richard Grenville, a cousin of Sir Walter Raleigh, was a Cornishman, and one of the greatest of the Elizabethan heroes. Tennyson's ballad 'The Revenge' commemorates the event which crowned Grenville's career of almost unparalleled courage. The Revenge was suddenly overwhelmed by a strong force of Spaniards. She could have got away with the rest of the English fleet, but Grenville, either by accident or design, stayed to fight it out. Cut off from his countrymen, and completely surrounded by the ships of the enemy, he put up a desperate resistance for fifteen hours. The Revenge was reduced to a helpless wreck, and Grenville, sorely wounded, was taken prisoner.

Relayed from Pantteg Chapel, Ystalyfera
(From Swansea)

The Ystalyfera and District Choral Society
Conducted by W.D. Clee

The choir had its beginnings in the Ystalyfera Operatic and Orchestral Society. Soon after its formation, it won second prize in the chief choral competition at the Swansea National Eisteddfod in 1924. At Treorchy 'National' in 1928 the first prize was secured in a memorable competition. The first prize at Llanelly in 1930 was another triumph, and this year the premier award fell to the choir again in an exciting 'North versus South' battle at Bangor.

A Romantic Play
Specially written for the microphone by Wilfrid Rooke-Ley and Christopher Martin
(Daventry National Programme)
Characters:
The Abbe Jelowcki
Countess Skarbeck (formerly Marie Wodjinska)
Frederick Chopin
M. Chopin, the elder
Titus Woycieckowski, Chopin's friend
Countess Wodjinska
Countess Orsetti, her mother
Count Wodjinski
Count Skarbeck
Jules Slowacki
A Landlord
Two Englishmen
A Russian
Students
Two Brothers of Marie Wodjinska
Cast:
H. O. Nicholson, Arthur Goullet, Frederick W. Lloyd, Lilian Harrrison, Peter Hannen, Harman Grisewood, Philip Wade, Jack Livesey, Cecil Trouncer, Derrick de Marney, Murri Moncrieff, Ruth Anderson, Gladys Young, Franklyn Bellamy, Charles H. Mason, Guy Pelham Boulton, Philip Cunningham, Henry Bronkhurst

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