by Christopher Marlowe
A reading by Marius Goring from the first Sestiad

played by LucUle Wallace (harpsichord)

Glynne Wickham , who is a student of the seventeenth-century theatre. comments on recent dramatic productions in the Third Programme. He considers in particular the radio adaptation of ' The White Devil '

A full performance in Czech of the opera by Bedrich Smetana
Libretto by Karl Sabina
Chorus and Orchestra of the Czechoslovak Broadcasting Corporation
Conducted by Karel Ancerl
Act 1
A village in Bohemia

A weekly talk on international affairs given by a BBC staff correspondent

Act 2
Interior of the inn

' Victorian Poverty '
A selection of passages from contemporary writings

Act 3 '
The village green

A monologue by Hermann Kesser
Produced by Val Gielgud