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A Comedy by T. S. Eliot
Production by E. J. King Bull
Persons:
Part 1

Contributors

Comedy By:
T. S. Eliot
Production By:
E. J. King Bull
Edward Chamberlayne:
Peter Coke
Julia (Mrs Shuttlethwaite):
Cathleen Nesbitt
Celia Coplestone:
Irene Worth
Alexander MacColgie Gibbs:
Alan. Wheatley
Peter Qullpe:
Allan McClelland.
An Unidentified Guest, later identified as Sir Henry Harcourt-Reilly:
Dennis Arundell
Lavinia Chamberlayne:
Jill Balcon
A Nurse-Secretary:
Betty Baskcomb
Caterer's Man:
Roger Delgado

Gervase de Peyer (clarinet)
Cecil James (bassoon)
Douglas Cameron (cello)
Ernest Lush (piano)
Duo in B flat, for clarinet and bassoon
Allegro sostenuto
Aria con variazioni
Twelve Variations for cello and piano on ' Ein Mad'ohen Oder Weibchen from Mozart's ' Die Zauberflote '

Contributors

Bassoon:
Cecil James
Cello:
Douglas Cameron

by C. F. Ramuz
Translated by D. F. Aitken
, Music by Igor Stravinsky
Conducted by Paul Sacher
Produced by Douglas Cleverdon
Max Rostal (violin)
Frederick Thurston (clarinet)
Cecil James (bassoon)
Harold Jackson (trumpet) James Whelan (trombone)
James Merrett (double-bass)
James Blades (percussion)
Preceded by an introductory talk by Herbert Murrill

Contributors

Translated By:
D. F. Aitken
Music By:
Igor Stravinsky
Conducted By:
Paul Sacher
Produced By:
Douglas Cleverdon
Violin:
Max Rostal
Clarinet:
Frederick Thurston
Bassoon:
Cecil James
Bassoon:
Harold Jackson
Unknown:
James Whelan
Double-Bass:
James Merrett
Double-Bass:
James Blades
Talk By:
Herbert Murrill
The Soldier:
Deryck Guyler
The Devil:
Max Adrian
The Princess:
Isabel Dean
Narrator:
Anthony Jacobs

Alfred Orda (baritone)
Josephine Lee (accompanist)
Patrick Piggott (piano)
Rondeau a la mazur, Op. 5
Songs:
Smutna Rzeka : Posel: Pierscien; Narzeezony; Spiew Grobowy ; Hulanks; Wojak
Four Mazurkas:
A minor. Op. 67 No. 4 C, Op. 56 No.2
A flat, Op. postli.
(first broadcast performance)
F sharp minor. Op. 59 No.

Contributors

Baritone:
Alfred Orda
Accompanist:
Josephine Lee
Piano:
Patrick Piggott
Unknown:
Smutna Rzeka
Unknown:
Spiew Grobowy

by Max Beerbohm
Arranged for broadcasting and produced by Douglas Cleverdon

Contributors

Unknown:
Max Beerbohm
Produced By:
Douglas Cleverdon
Spirit of the Years:
Felix Aylmer
Spirit of the Pities:
Mary Morris
Spirit Sinister:
Norman Shelley
Spirit Ironic:
Carleton Hobbs
Chorus of the Pities:
Diana Maddox
The Recording Angel:
Anthony Jacobs
A Rumour:
Geoffrey Wincott
Narrator:
James McKechnie

Third Programme

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