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A Pastoral Comedy Opera, in Three Acts
Written by B.C. Stephenson (Revised by Avalon Collard)
Music by Alfred Cellier

Characters

Chorus of Villagers. Guests, Hunts men and Great-Grandmothers

Act I: The Hop-Pole Inn and Gardens (Morning)
Act II: Chanticleer Hail (The Same)
Act III: The Round Coppice (The Next Morning)

The action takes place in Kent, in October, 1740

The Wireless Orchestra and the Wireless Chorus
Conducted by Stanford Robinson
The entire production under the direction of Cecil Lewis

Contributors

Author:
B.C. Stephenson
Revised by:
Avalon Collard
Music:
Alfred Cellier
Musicians:
The Wireless Orchestra
Singers:
The Wireless Chorus
Conductor:
Stanford Robinson
Producer/Director:
Cecil Lewis
Sir John Bantam ('The Squire' of Chanticleer Hall):
Robert Chignell
Geoffrey Wilder (His Nephew, a London Gallant):
Robert Naylor
Harry Sherwood (Wilder's Friend):
George Baker
John Tuppitt (Landlord of the 'Hop-Pole '):
Harry Brindle
William Lurcher (A Sheriff's Officer):
Leonard Henry
'Tom Strutt (A Young Farmer):
John Armstrong
Dorothy Bantam (Sir John's Daughter):
Mavis Bennett
Lydia Hawthorne (Her Cousin):
Elsie Otley
Phyllis Tuppitt (The Landlord's Daughter):
Esther Coleman
Lady Betty (A Spinster):
Jean Allistone
Mrs. Privett (A Widow):
Dora Gregory
Source: Radio Times

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National Programme is a radio channel that started transmitting on the 9th March 1930 and ended on the 9th September 1939. It was replaced by BBC Home Service.

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