Programme Index

Discover 11,128,835 listings and 280,094 playable programmes from the BBC

THE widespread and vital activities of local authorities are explained and dealt with in greater detail by Mrs. Fisher in her talk this afternoon. She touches upon such important matters as the development of public health work ; provision for infant welfare, and care of children; housing; education and social services in general, on which more money is spent every year.

This evening's talker is the Comptroller-General of the Department of Overseas Trade. Entering the Consular Service in 1897, he was in 1918 Commercial Counsellor of the Tokio Embassy, and he joined the Department of Overseas Trade the following year. In his talk he will discuss the next British Industries Fair, the most important occasion on which British manufacturers display their product to buyers from all over the world.

EDUARD STEUERMANN (Pianoforte)
The LONDON STRING QUARTET: JOHN PENNING-TON (First Violin); THOMAS PETRE
; H. WALDO WARNER (Viola); C, WARWICK
EVANS (Violoncello)
HAYDN'S warm, genial nature is reflected in most of his music, especially, perhaps, in his String Quartets, which are of all ' classical' music the most easy-going to hear.
This one is called the ' Hornpipe ' Quartet, because the last Movement dances along much in that style.
Its other three parts are respectively a piquant opening Movement, based on two contrasted Tunes, then a short and tender song-like piece, with the usual Minuet as Third Movement.

'THE OLD VIC' is, of course, a national institution. It may be regrettable, but we persist in keeping the flag of Shakespeare flying in the two parts of the country least accessible to the West Endiof London—Stratford - on-Avon and the Waterloo Road. In the latter Miss Baylis reigns supreme. She has made the ' Old Vic' a household word under her régime. She is acknowledged throughout the Empire for her services to Shakespeare and she is well on the way to making that Empire's capital safe for Shakespeare's plays.

A Play in Three Scenes by Miles MALLESON
Adapted from the Tale ' What Men Live By,' by LEO TOLSTOY
Incidental Music as specially written for the first production of the play by NORMAN O'NEILL
The Characters :
Simon
Matryona Aniuska
Michael
A Russian Noble
His Servant
A Woman
Two Children
The Scene : A Russian peasant hut
Tolstoy, the great Russian mystic, whose centenary was recently celebrated, believed so implicitly in the rewards of poverty that he divested himself of his rank and wealth to live the life of a peasant.
' What Men Live By ' is a story of how it was given to a poor cobbler and his family, because of their poverty, to entertain an archangel unawares.

5XX Daventry

Appears in

About this data

This data is drawn from the Radio Times magazine between 1923 and 2009. It shows what was scheduled to be broadcast, meaning it was subject to change and may not be accurate. More