Carnaval, Op. 9 played by Jascha Spivakowsky (piano)
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:
or 'Love in the Stocks
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 )
(Continued in next column)
BBC Opera Orchestra (Led by John Sharpe )
Conductor. Stanford Robinson
Presented by Mark Lubbock
Narrator. Robert Harris
The action takes place in a small town in the Cotswolds in the early nineteenth century
Act
A fair in an open field near the town. Morning, April 30
Professor D. M. MacKinnon of Aberdeen University reviews the first volume of Dr. Emile Brunner 's Dogmatik
This has been translated by Dr. Olive Wyon and published by the Lutterworth Press under the title ' The Christian Doctrine of God '
or 'Love in the Stocks'
Act 2
The market place in the town. Early Tuesday morning. May 1
by George Rylands, Fellow of King's College, Cambridge
The speaker comments on Shakespearean production in recent years, and particularly on the change in the role and status of the Shakespearean actor.
Last of a series of nine talks
Octet in E flat, Op. 20 played by members of the BBC Symphony Orchestra: Paul Beard (violin), Thomas Peatfield (violin), Bernard Andrews (violin), Belle Davidson (violin), Harry Danks (viola), Jacqueline Townshend (viola), Peter Muscant (cello), Frank Ford (cello)
by Margery Perham, C.B.E.
The speaker is Fellow in Imperial Government, Nuffield College, and was formerly Reader in Colonial Administration in the University of Oxford.