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A symposium
Those taking part are Christopher Hollis , M.P.; Dingle Foot ; Kenneth Pickthom , M.P.; Harold J. Laski
In a recent book ' Can Parliament Survive? ' Mr. Hollis' suggested that the remedy for the overloading of Parliament with technical legislation would be to establish a third Chamber —a House of Industry. Tonight he explains and defends his view. Statements by the other speakers follow

Contributors

Unknown:
Christopher Hollis
Unknown:
Dingle Foot
Unknown:
Kenneth Pickthom
Unknown:
Harold J. Laski

A romantic ballad opera in two acts
Words by Harold Child
Music by Vaughan Williams
Villagers, pedlars, soldiers
BBC Opera Chorus
(Trained by John Clements )
BBC Opera Orchestra
Conductor, Stanford Robinson
Presented by Mark Lubbock
Scene: A small town in the Cotswolds in the early nineteenth century
Act 1
A fair in an open field near the town. Morning. April 30

Contributors

Music By:
Vaughan Williams
Unknown:
John Clements
Presented By:
Mark Lubbock
The Constable:
Lan Wallace
Mary, his daughter:
Lorely Dyer
Aunt Jane his sister:
Mary Jarred
John, the butcher:
Roderick Jones
The turnkey:
Jan van Der Gucht
A showman:
Fabian Smith
A sergeant:
Denis Dowling
Hugh the drover:
Walter Midgley
A cheap-jack:
George Steam Scott
A shell-fish seller:
Fisher Morgan
A primrose seller:
Ethel Gedge
A ballad seller:
David Holman

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