The Birmingham Repertory Theatre
Company
(Under the direction of Herbert M. Prentice ) present
' MUTED STRINGS'
By Arthur Watkyn , arranged for the microphone and produced by Anthony McDonald
Cast
(A recording of the broadcast in the Regional and Midland programme on Sunday, July 9)
Arthur Watkyn 's Beethoven play, which some listeners may have missed when it was first broadcast, had its first stage production at Daly's, London, in 1936, and was performed by the Birmingham Repertory Theatre Company in March, 1939. Arthur Mainzer plays the composer, and the narration is given by David King-Wood , playing Ferdinand Ries , one of Beethoven's pupils.