The first of two talks by Henry Reed
The speaker, who considers that prose drama in England has never acquired notable stature, suggests that ' the obstacles in the way of prose drama in English are more serious than is usually allowed and may be inherent in the language itself.'
Second talk: Friday

Choir of HampateadParish Church
C. H. Trevor (organ)
The Welbeck String Orchestra
(Leader, Vera Kantrovitch )
Conducted by Martindiale Sidwell
Verse anthero:
0 sing unto the Lord
Full anthem:
Remember not. Lord, our offences
Verse anthem: .
Rejoice in the Lord alway
From Hampstead, Parish Church
Another programme of sacred music by Purcell: September 7

A talk by Tom Hopkinson

' The Symposium '
The translation by Shane Leslie and Francis Birrell arrangedfor broadcasting and produced by Raiymeir Heppenstall
Others taking part:
John Byron
Howard Marion-Crawford
Cyril Gardiner , Charles Leifeaux and Harold Scott
(The recorded broadcast of December 4, 1947

Violin Concerto in D played by Zino Francescatti (violin)
Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra of New York
(Leader, John Corigliano)
Conductor, Dimitri Mitropoulos

From the Usher Hall, Edinburgh

An illustrated talk in two parts by John Morris
Part 1-The growth of the Japanese theatre from the earliest times to the elaborate and spectacular productions of the present day
Part 2 at 10.20 p.m.

Sextet in B flat, Op. 18 played, by The Hirsch String Quartet:
Leonard Hirsch (violin) Patrick Halling (violin) Stephen Shingilee (viola) Francisco Gabamro (cello)
Jeam Stewart (viola)
James Whitehead (cello)
Brahms' Sextet, Op. 36: September 5

by John Morris
Part 2—' The Tale of Genji
Illustrated by recordings made during the recent first production of the play in Tokyo.
(Continued in next column)
Cast:
Singer, Miho N'agato
See ' Both Sides of the Microphone '

Das wohltemperierte Clavier
Preludes and Fugues, Book 2
F sharp; F sharp minor; G; G minor: A flat; G sharp minor played by Eduard Miiller (harpsichord)
(Recorded in Switzerland by courtesy of Société Suisse de Radiodiffusion
Third of four programmes

E. T. Williams reviews the fourth volume of Winston Churchill war memoirs
(Recording ot yesterday's broadcast)

Suzanne Danco (soprano)
Frederick Stone (piano)
Histoires Naturelles (Jules Renard ):
Le paon: Le grillon; Le cygne; Le martin-pecheur; La pintadie....Ravel
Catalogue des Fleurs (LucienDaudet):
La violette; Le begonia: Les fritillaireBi; Les jacinthes ; Les crocus; Le brachycome; L'érémurus
Milhaud