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in original versions for voices and instruments
BBC Singers:
Margaret Godley , Margaret Rees
Maude Baker. Margaret Rolfe
Bradshaw MacMillan , Emlyn Bebb
Stanley Riley , Leonard Hubbard
Conducted by Cyril Gell
Dolmetsch Ensemble:
Carl Dolmetsch
(treble viol and recorder)
Cecile Dolmetsch
(treble viol and recorder)
Stephanie Barker
(tenor viol and recorder)
Nathalie Dolmetsch
(viola da gamba and recorder)
Marie Dolmetsch
(viola da gamba and recorder)
Joseph Saxby (virginals)

Contributors

Singers:
Margaret Godley
Singers:
Margaret Rees
Unknown:
Maude Baker.
Unknown:
Margaret Rolfe
Unknown:
Bradshaw MacMillan
Unknown:
Emlyn Bebb
Unknown:
Stanley Riley
Unknown:
Leonard Hubbard
Conducted By:
Cyril Gell
Unknown:
Carl Dolmetsch
Unknown:
Cecile Dolmetsch
Tenor:
Stephanie Barker
Viola:
Nathalie Dolmetsch
Viola:
Marie Dolmetsch
Unknown:
Joseph Saxby

In this talk Siegfried Sassoon examines the qualities of George Meredith as a poet. Mr. Sassoon has devoted much attention to the work of George Meredith and has written a study of him which will be published later in the year. A selection from Meredith's sonnet sequence ' Modern Love ' will be read by Marius Goring tomorrow night. Mr. Sassoon's script is read by Christopher Pemberton

Contributors

Unknown:
Siegfried Sassoon
Unknown:
George Meredith
Unknown:
George Meredith
Read By:
Marius Goring
Read By:
Christopher Pemberton

by Marc Blitzstein
(first performance in England)
Robert Shaw (narrator) Charles Holland (tenor) Walter Scheff (baritone)
R.C.A. Victor Chorale
New York City Symphony Orchestra
Conductor, Leonard Bernstein
Introduced by Lionel Salter on gramophone records

Contributors

Unknown:
Marc Blitzstein
Narrator:
Robert Shaw
Tenor:
Charles Holland
Baritone:
Walter Scheff
Unknown:
Victor Chorale
Conductor:
Leonard Bernstein
Introduced By:
Lionel Salter

A play by Carl Zuckmayer
Adapted for broadcasting by Robert Gore Browne from a literal translation by A. V. Burbury. Produced by Val Gielgud

Contributors

Play By:
Carl Zuckmayer
Broadcasting By:
Robert Gore Browne
Translation By:
A. V. Burbury.
Produced By:
Val Gielgud
Narrator:
Leslie Bradley
German waiter:
Edward Forsyth
French waiter:
Eric Lugg
Otto:
Charles Lefeaux
Harras:
John Clements
Eilers:
James Raglan
Von Mohrungen:
Frederick Lloyd
Pflungk:
Malcolm Hayes
Dr Schmidt:
Laidman Browne
Putzchen:
Belle Chrystall
Anne:
Joan Hart
Hartmann:
Lewis Stringer
Pfundtmayer:
Cyril Gardiner
Olivia:
Phyllis Neilson-Terry
Diddo:
Ursula Howells
Korrianke:
Stanley Groome
Schlick:
Heron Carvic
Oderbruch:
Ivor Barnard
Commissar:
Charles Mortimer
Elder workman:
Andrew Churchman
Younger workman:
Preston Lockwood

Third Programme

About this data

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