Programme Index

Discover 11,128,835 listings and 278,128 playable programmes from the BBC

A play by William Cooper based on Arthur Waley's translation of ' The Tale of Genji,
Adapted for radio by William Cooper and Mary Hope Allen
Cast in order of speaking:
Production by Mary Hope Allen

Contributors

Play By:
William Cooper
Unknown:
William Cooper
Unknown:
Mary Hope Allen
Production By:
Mary Hope Allen
Storyteller:
Lydia Sherwood
The Minister of the Left:
Ronald Simpson
Prince Genji, his son-in-law:
Michael Redgrave
Shonagon, a nurse:
Muriel Aked
Lady Murasaki:
Violet Loxley
Soldier:
Manning Wilson
Ukon, a watchman:
Roger Delgado
Yoshikiyo a young nobleman:
Malcolm Hayes
Ki No Kami:
Alastair Duncan
Messenger:
Bryan Powley
The ex-Governor of Harima:
Carleton Hobbs
His wife:
Susan Richards
Lady of Akashi their daughter:
Peggy Bryan
Nurse:
Barbara Trevor
First priest:
Martin Lewis
Second priest:
Ronald Sidney

Ceinwen Rowlands (soprano)
Nancy Evans (mezzo-soprano)
William Herbert (tenor) Bruce Boyce (baritone)
George Malcolm (harpsichord)
Ambrose Gauntlett
(viola da gamba) John Shinebourne
(cello continuo)
London Chamber Singers
London Chamber Orchestra
(Leader, Andrew Cooper )
Conductor, Anthony Bernard
Cantata No. 50: Nun ist das Heil, for double chorus and orchestra
Harpsichord Concerto No. 5, in F minor
Cantata No. 205: Der zufriedengestellte Aeolus, for soloists and orchestra

Contributors

Soprano:
Ceinwen Rowlands
Mezzo-Soprano:
Nancy Evans
Tenor:
William Herbert
Baritone:
Bruce Boyce
Harpsichord:
George Malcolm
Viola:
Ambrose Gauntlett
Cello:
John Shinebourne
Leader:
Andrew Cooper
Conductor:
Anthony Bernard

Third Programme

Appears in

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