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Interlude
2.5 ' Round the Countryside '
' Butterflies '
C. C. GADDUM
Mr. Gaddum will explain the main differences between a moth and a butterfly. He will discuss several of our common English butterflies, such as the Brimstone, Peacock, Red Admiral, and Comma. Finally he will tell listeners the best way to keep the caterpillars of these butterflies.
2.25 Interlude
2.30 English Literature-2
Dramatic Reading :
' A Midsummer Night's Dream' by WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
2.55 Interlude
3.0 Concert of Songs and Pupils'
Tunes
THOMAS ARMSTRONG , D.Mus.
3.30 Interlude
3.35 Early Stages in French
E. M. STÉPHAN

Contributors

Unknown:
C. C. Gaddum
Unknown:
William Shakespeare
Unknown:
Thomas Armstrong

Songs sung by Arthur Fear (baritone)
Three Odes of Anacreon
1 Away, away, you men of rules. 2 Fill me, boy, as deep a draught. 3 Golden hues of life are fled
When comes my Gwen ?
And yet I love her till I die Love is a Bable
A Lover's Garland
At the hour the long day ends Under the Greenwood Tree
Arthur Fear was born at Blaina, Monmouthshire, in 1902. He won a scholarship to the Royal Academy of Music where he studied under the famous maestro Thomas Meux , and it was after a students' performance of Falstaff that the critics hailed his singing as remarkable '. He was immediately engaged by the British National Opera Company and later by the Royal Opera Company at Covent Garden. He is recognised as one of our finest artists not only over here but also in America where he has made frequent appearances.

Contributors

Sung By:
Arthur Fear
Unknown:
Thomas Meux

A Radio Music Play
Book by Henrik Ege
(Based on a story by Tom Arnold )
Lyrics by Christopher Hassall
Music by Geoffrey Henman
Orchestrations by Haydn Wood
Cast
The Radio Three and Bertram Dench , Ernest Sefton , Arthur Gomez , Betty Van Gene
Peggy Cochrane at the piano The BBC Theatre Orchestra
Conducted by Mark H. Lubbock
Produced by Bryan Michie
'Mr. Barley's Abroad' will be repeated in the Regional programme on Thursday at 6.0

Contributors

Book By:
Henrik Ege
Story By:
Tom Arnold
Unknown:
Christopher Hassall
Music By:
Geoffrey Henman
Unknown:
Haydn Wood
Unknown:
Bertram Dench
Unknown:
Ernest Sefton
Unknown:
Arthur Gomez
Unknown:
Betty van Gene
Unknown:
Peggy Cochrane
Conducted By:
Mark H. Lubbock
Produced By:
Bryan Michie
Miss McTwiddie:
Peggy Cochrane
Mr Barley:
Patrick Waddingtcn
Albert Pepworth:
Claude Hulbert
Dulcie:
Phoebe Hodgson
Cherry:
Betty Huntley-Wright
Colonel Blore-Humber:
Bobbie Comber

This listing contains language that some may find offensive.

A play by Jean-Jacques Bernard
Translated by John Leslie Frith

The action takes place in a little house in Burgundy on National 6, one of the French main roads
Time, Today

Michael, a retired civil servant, and his daughter Francine were dreamers both; he had dreamed for years of the house he was at last to buy near Chalon, just by a bend in 'National 6' - an artery taking traffic to the Riviera and beyond. He would watch the cars slowing at the bend - it was the next best thing to travel when you had no money. Francine, too, loved the road for the same and for a different reason. One day her Prince Charming would come this way, and stop, and knock at the door. She was fey, and sure of it. He came, his car having crashed: Robert, a young painter, with his father Antoine, a novelist. From then on the dream did not go the way of dreams.

See the article by J. Leslie Frith on page 6

Contributors

Author:
Jean-Jacques Bernard
Translated by:
John Leslie Frith
Producer:
Barbara Burnham
Francine:
Jill Furse
Michael, her father:
J. Leslie Frith
Elisa, her mother:
Majorie Gabain
Two strangers:
Robert: Hubert Gregg
Antoine:
Austin Trevor

National Programme Daventry

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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