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' FLOWER OF A THOUSAND NIGHTS'
A Chinese Scena
Book and Lyrics by Gladys Hay Dillon
Music by Walford Hyden Adapted by Dennis Hoey
Characters :
Flower; Min Den ; WungTai; A Western Lover Scene: The Village of Tuan Tralo in Central China Orchestra , conducted by Walford Hyden
ANONA WINN
In Impressions
MARIO DE PIETRO and his NOVELTY
BAND
JOHN TILLEY
(Raconteur)
' A VICTORIAN CAMEO ' with Vivienne Chatterton ; Kate Coates , and Frederick Peisley
THE B.B.C. THEATRE ORCHESTRA
Under the direction of S. KNEALE KELLEY will play during the programme

Contributors

Unknown:
Gladys Hay Dillon
Music By:
Walford Hyden
Adapted By:
Dennis Hoey
Unknown:
Min Den
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Tuan Tralo
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Central China Orchestra
Conducted By:
Walford Hyden
Unknown:
Mario de Pietro
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John Tilley
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Vivienne Chatterton
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Kate Coates
Unknown:
Frederick Peisley
Unknown:
Kneale Kelley

Mr. James Agate
Lewis Waller , Sir Herbert Tree and Arthur Bourchier
Stirring memories of past nights in the theatre will be revived by this series. With Mr. James Agate , lately broadcasting's dramatic critic, as compere linking plays and players together, famous theatrical stars will be heard in parts they made memorable in a series that will form virtually an illustrated history of sixty years of dramatic art on the English stage. Tonight three great artists of the past will be heard in recorded extracts from Shakespearean plays.

Contributors

Unknown:
Mr. James Agate
Unknown:
Lewis Waller
Unknown:
Sir Herbert Tree
Unknown:
Arthur Bourchier
Unknown:
Mr. James Agate

A debate between OXFORD UNIVERSITY and COLUMBIA COLLEGE, NEW YORK, U.S.A.
The arrangements for this debate will follow the lines of the recent debate between Cambridge and Yale Universities. The Oxford representatives, who will support the motion, will be in a studio at Broadcasting House, and the representatives of Columbia College will be in the :New York studios of the Columbia Broadcasting System, by whom this broadcast has been arranged.

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About National Programme

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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