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Margaret Field-Hyde (soprano)
Ceinwen Rowlands (soprano) Marjorie Thomas (contralto) George Rizza (counter-tenor)
John Kentish (tenor)
Henry Cummings (baritone)
Owen Brannigan (bass)
Thurston Dart (harpsichord)
Covent Garden Chorus
(Chorus-Master,
Douglas Robinson )
The Boyd Neel Orchestra
(Leader, Maurice Clare )
Conducted by Constant Lambert

Contributors

Soprano:
Margaret Field-Hyde
Soprano:
Ceinwen Rowlands
Contralto:
Marjorie Thomas
Contralto:
George Rizza
Tenor:
John Kentish
Baritone:
Henry Cummings
Bass:
Owen Brannigan
Harpsichord:
Thurston Dart
Chorus-Master:
Douglas Robinson
Leader:
Maurice Clare
Conducted By:
Constant Lambert

by S. N. Behrman
Adapted from the French of Jean Giraudoux
Music composed and directed by John Hotchkis
Adaptation and production by E. J. King Bull
Cast in order of speaking:

Contributors

Unknown:
S. N. Behrman
Unknown:
Jean Giraudoux
Directed By:
John Hotchkis
Production By:
E. J. King Bull
Jupiter:
Roger Livesey
Mercury:
Leonard Sachs
Sosie servant to Amphitryon:
Leonard Sachs
Trumpeter:
Olaf Podley
Warrior:
Rupert Davies
Alkmena:
Hermione Hannen
Amphitryon:
Roger Livesey
Kleantha:
Joan Hart
Nenetza:
Denise Bryer
Leda:
Virginia Winter

An entertainment for speaking voice and seven instruments
Poems byEdith Sitwell
Music by William Walton
Speaker. Constant Lambert Edward Walker (flute)
Bernard Walton (clarinet)
Wilfred Hambleton (bass clarinet)
Walter Lear (alto saxophone)
Harold Jackson (trumpet) James Blades (percussion)
Raymond Clark (cello)
Conducted by Leighton Lucas

Contributors

Unknown:
Edith Sitwell
Music By:
William Walton
Unknown:
Constant Lambert
Flute:
Edward Walker
Clarinet:
Bernard Walton
Bass:
Wilfred Hambleton
Clarinet:
Walter Lear
Unknown:
Harold Jackson
Unknown:
James Blades
Cello:
Raymond Clark
Conducted By:
Leighton Lucas

Third Programme

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