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Programme commemorating the French poet who died on July 20, 1945. Including readings made by Paul Valéry just after the liberation of Paris; an appreciation by T. S. Eliot ; and ' Cimetiere Marin ,' translated and read by C. Day Lewis
Programme produced by Vera Lindsay

Contributors

Unknown:
T. S. Eliot
Unknown:
Cimetiere Marin
Read By:
C. Day Lewis
Produced By:
Vera Lindsay

A masque with music by John Eccles
Words by William Congreve
London Chamber Singers
London Chamber Orchestra
Conductor. Anthony Bernard
Produced by Douglas Cleverdon

Contributors

Music By:
John Eccles
Unknown:
William Congreve
Conductor:
Anthony Bernard
Produced By:
Douglas Cleverdon
Venus:
Elsie Suddaby (soprano)
Pallas:
Myra Verney (soprano)
Juno:
Betty Bannerman
Paris:
Ren Soames (tenor)
Mercury:
George Pizzey (baritone)

Talk by Dilys Powell
The Cinematograph Films Council recently submitted to the Board of Trade its recommendations for the revision of the Act of 1938 (which expires next year), including proposals for a general increase in the ' exhibitors quota '-the minimum proportion of British films that must be included in cinema programmes. Tonight Miss Powell reviews the manifold implications of the proposed quota changes

Contributors

Talk By:
Dilys Powell

Ten poems by Thomas Hardy set to music by Gerald Finzi sung by Robert Irwin with Frederick Stone (piano)
Summer Schemes; When I set out for Lyonesse; Waiting both; The Phantom; So I have fared; Rollicumrorum; To Lizbie Browne; The Clock of the Years; In a Churchyard ; Proud Songsters

Contributors

Unknown:
Thomas Hardy
Music By:
Gerald Finzi
Sung By:
Robert Irwin
Piano:
Frederick Stone

Third Programme

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