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A radio version of his life and ideas, written for the Third Programme by Clifford Bax
With Leon Quartermaine as Prince Gotama, the Buddha
Music composed by Edmund Rubbra
Produced by Mary Hope Allen
Play introduced by Clifford Bax on page 5

Contributors

Unknown:
Clifford Bax
Unknown:
Leon Quartermaine
Composed By:
Edmund Rubbra
Produced By:
Mary Hope Allen
Introduced By:
Clifford Bax
The King:
Malcolm Keen
Seers:
John Garside
Seers:
Bryan Powley
Yasodhara:
Meum Stewart
Dancing girls:
Joyce Adamson
Dancing girls:
June Holden
A palace servant:
Peter Cozens
Chann':
Michael Godfrey
A leper:
Wilfred Fletcher
Anand' ':
Roger Snowdon
A shepherd:
Frank Cochrane
A merchant:
Ivor Barnard
Sujata:
Sandra Jennings
A Brahmin:
Cecil Trouncer
A bereaved mother:
Pauline Wynn
A messenger:
Andrew Faulds
Narrator:
J Hubert Leslie

(' The Seraglio')
Libretto after C. F. Bretzner
Music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
(Full performance In German recorded in Hamburg by the Nordwestdeutscher Rundfunk)
Cast in order of singing
N.W.D.R. Symphony Orchestra
Conductor, Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt
The action takes place in Turkey in the palace of the Pasha Selim
Overture and Act 1

Contributors

Unknown:
C. F. Bretzner
Music By:
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Conductor:
Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt
Belmonte, a Spanish nobleman:
Walter Ludwig
Osmin, servant of the Pasha Selim:
Theo Hermann
Pedrillo, servant of the Pasha Selim:
Alfred Pfeifle
The Pasha Selim (speaking, part):
Gerhard Bönte
Constanze, beloved of Belmonte:
Erna Berger
Blondchen, her English servant and beloved of Pedrillo:
Martina Wulf

Marjorie Avis (soprano), Joan Gray (contralto), Eric Greene (tenor), Robert Irwin (baritone), Cantata Section of the Bach Choir, the Jacques Orchestra, Harry Stubbs (organ), Thornton Lofthouse (harpsichord). Conductor, Reginald Jacques

Contributors

Soprano:
Marjorie Avis
Soprano:
Joan Gray
Contralto:
Eric Greene
Tenor:
Robert Irwin
Unknown:
Harry Stubbs
Harpsichord:
Thornton Lofthouse
Unknown:
Reginald Jacques

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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