Max Rostal (violin)
Aeolian String Quartet:
Alfred Cave (violin)
Leonard Dight (violin) Watson Forbes (viola)
John Moore (cello)
Dialectic, for string quartet
Lyric Interlude, for solo violin
(accompanied by the composer)

A poetic drama by Christopher Fry
Arranged for broadcasting in two parts
Produced by Robert Gittings
Cast, in order of speaking:
Part 1: The Return of Moses

Part 2: The Plagues of Egypt

Elisabeth Schumann (soprano)
BBC Symphony Orchestra
(Leader, Paul Beard )
Conductor, Sir Adrian Boult

Comment and Action
The sixth programme In this series is designed as an introduction to the performance of Shakespeare's historical plays-Richard 11 Henry IV (Parts 1 and 2), Henry V, Henry VI, and Richard III to be broadcast in the Third Programme in October
Shakespeare's
' THE LIFE AND DEATH
OF KING JOHN'
Selections from the play, with a commentary written by M. R. Ridley and spoken by Christopher Pemberton
Produced by Mary Hope Allen
With Carleton Hobbs as King John, and Howard Marion-Crawford -as Philip, the Bastard

Prose readings in Interludes between programmes this week have been selected by Geoffrey Grigson from the works of Samuel Taylor Coleridge