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Under the direction of Harry Joseph
Relayed from The Empire Theatre, Cardiff

Welsh Songs by Mathonwy Jones (Soprano)
(From Swansea)

5.35 A Summary of the Week's News by Commander Stephen King-Hall
(Daventry National Programme)

5.50 Birthdays

6.0 Daventry National Programme

Weather Forecast, Second General News Bulletin, followed by West Regional News

A Dramatic Surmise by Ifan Kyrle-Fletcher of A Thousand Years in the Theatre of the West Region being the proceedings of the Utopian National Commission, and introducing such plays, chosen from the drama of all periods in the West Region, as may be put forward in evidence, including:-

(a) A Gloucestershire Mummers Play

(b) Mari Lwyd
Characters:
On the Utopian Commission
Terpsichore, Muse of Dancing
William Genest, of Bath
Sarah Siddons, of Hereford
Rev. Arthur Bedford, ot Bristol
Twin o'r Nant, of Llanevydd
Scene: The Council Chamber, Proserpina Cinema de Luxe, Utopia, 2032 A.D.

In the Gloucestershire Mummers Play:
John Finney
Father Christmas
Turkish Knight
King George
Doctor
Beelzebub Cleverlegs
Scene: A Gloucestershire Village, many years ago.

In the Mari Lwyd:
Mari Lwyd, the Horse The Leader
The Sergeant
The Merryman Punch
Judy
Householders
Scene: Outside and Inside a Welsh cottage, many years ago.
The Cast includes: Clifford Bean, Gordon Boyd, T. Hannam Clark, Brian Cummins, Haydn Davies, Margaret Davies, Peter Edwards, Victor Fawkes, Jack James, Tom Jones, Osborne Leach, Cyril Roberts, Horace Russell, Phyllis Smale

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