Leonard Hirsch (violin)
James Whitehead (cello)
Harry Isaacs (piano)
A serial survey of some contemporary verse-3
The Poet: Arthur Waley
The Critic : James Laver
In the first of this sequence of three programmes the Critic gave his appreciation of the Poet's work. and the following week introduced a selection of Arthur Waley's translations from the Chinese This week the Poet replies to his Critic
Presented by E. J. King Bull
Lyrical comedy in three acts by Arrigo Boito
(after 'The Merry Wives of Windsor')
Music by Giuseppe Verdi
Translation and production by H. Procter-Gregg
Cast in order of singing
(Valetta Iacopi. Marion Lowe , Howell Glynne , Arnold Matters, and Morgan Jones broadcast by permission of the Administrator of Sadler's Wells)
BBC Symphony Orchestra
(leader. Paul Beard)
BBC Theatre Chorus
(trained by John Clements )
Conducted by Stanford Robinson
Act 1
Scene 1: The interior of The Garter
Inn
Scene 2: A garden
Act 2
Scene 1: The interior of The Garter
Inn
Scene 2: A room in Ford's house
Three men who underwent periods of solitary confinement ranging from ten months to two years discuss what effect these experiences have had on their permanent philosophy of life: Captain Peter Churchill , Colonel R. H. Stevens and Captain Louis Lee-Graham . Chairman, Captain Harry Ree
Act 3
Scene 1: A street
Scene 2: Windsor Park
An Aesop Fable, retold first by Robert Henryson and now by Robert Kemp
Produced by Robert Kemp
' Operatic Singing'
' The Use of Models': the second of two illustrated talks by Desmond Shawe-Taylor