[Starring] James McKechnie and Rachel Gurney with Leslie French and Leon Quartermaine
A melodrama for broadcasting based on Homer's "Odyssey" by Edward Sackville-West.
Music composed by Benjamin Britten.
BBC Opera Orchestra (Leader John Sharpe), conducted by Clarence Rabould.
A new production by Raymond Raikes of the programme first broadcast in November 1943.
(Frederick Sharp broadcasts by permission of the Governors of Sadler's Wells)
Edward Sackville-West writes on p.6.
Part 1

Contributors

Writer:: Edward Sackville-West
Composer:: Benjamin Britten
Musicians:: BBC Opera Orchestra
Leader:: John Sharpe
Conductor:: Clarence Rabould
Production:: Raymond Raikes
Phemius the Poet:: Leon Quartermaine
The Goddess Athene:: Catherine Salkeld
Mentor, watchman of Odysseus' house:: Harcourt Williams
Eurymachus, a suitor for the hand of Penelope:: John Glen
Halitherses, a fisherman:: Julian Somers
His wife:: Ella Milne
Machaon, his son:: Roger Delgado
Callidice, his daughter:: Jane Wenham
Irus a sinister clown:: Leslie French
Leodes, a priest:: Noel Iliff
Penelope, wife of Odysseus:: Rachel Gurney
Eurynome, her servant:: Margaret Lang
Telemachus, her son:: David Peel
Euryclea, a nurse:: Vivienne Chatterton
Coxswain:: Douglas Muir
First sailor:: David Kossoff
Second sailor:: Harry Hutchinson
Third sailor:: Eric Anderson
Odysseus:: James McKechnie
Eumaeus, a swineherd:: Richard George
Suitor for the hand of Penelope - Antinous:: Richard Williams
Suitor for the hand of Penelope - Peisander:: Andrew Faulds
Suitor for the hand of Penelope - Agelaus:: Martin Lewis
Suitor for the hand of Penelope - Amphinomus:: Richard Hurndall
Suitor for the hand of Penelope - Leocritus:: Wyndham Milligan
Suitor for the hand of Penelope - Ctesippus:: Howieson Culff
Suitor for the hand of Penelope - Eurydamas:: Heron Carvic
Suitor for the hand of Penelope - Noemon:: Bryan Powley
Medon a herald:: Charles Maunsell
Suitor for the hand of Penelope - Melanthius:: Preston Lockwood
Suitor for the hand of Penelope - Alastor:: Donald Eccles
Singer - Athene:: Jennifer Vyvyan
Singer - Hermes:: Rene Soames
Singer - Apollo:: Frederick Sharp
Singer - Artemis:: Jean Austin-Dobson
Mourner and naiad:: Joan England
Mourner and naiad:: Marion Gervaise
Mourner and naiad:: Ethel Giles
Mourner and naiad:: Eileen McLoughlin

Source: Radio Times

20:55

HAYDN

Third Programme

Thu 13^th Sep 1951, 20:55 on Third Programme

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Aeolian String Quartet :
Alfred Cave (violin)
Leonard Dight (violin) Watson Forbes (viola)
John Moore (cello)
Quartet in B flat. Op. 3 No. 4 Quartet in D minor. Op. 42
Another programme of Quartets by Haydn: September 21

Contributors

Violin:: Leonard Dight
Viola:: Watson Forbes
Cello:: John Moore

Source: Radio Times

21:20

' THE RESCUE

Third Programme

Thu 13^th Sep 1951, 21:20 on Third Programme

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Part 2
Another performance: tomorrow

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22:50

CHAMBER MUSIC

Third Programme

Thu 13^th Sep 1951, 22:50 on Third Programme

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Pro Musica Antiqua Ensemble :
Maria Ceuppens (soprano)
Jeanne Deroubaix (contralto)
Louis Devos - (tenor)
Franz Mertens (tenor)
Albert van Ackere (baritone) Sylva Devos (minstrel's harp) Rachel van Heeke (treble viol)
Jean-Christophe van Hecke (tenor viol)
Michel Podolski (lute)
Charles Koenig (recorders)
Director, Safford Cape
N'esse pas un grand deplaisir;
Douleur me bat; Faulte d'argent
Josquin des Pres

Contributors

Soprano:: Maria Ceuppens
Contralto:: Jeanne Deroubaix
Tenor:: Louis Devos
Tenor:: Franz Mertens
Baritone:: Albert van Ackere
Baritone:: Sylva Devos
Harp:: Rachel van Heeke
Tenor:: Jean-Christophe van Hecke
Unknown:: Michel Podolski
Unknown:: Charles Koenig
Unknown:: Safford Cape

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23:30

THE FORCE OF FRIENDSHIP

Third Programme

Thu 13^th Sep 1951, 23:30 on Third Programme

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Francis Watson considers the effects of Rabindranath Tagere 's friendship with Sir William Rothenstein on the development of Indian nationhood and on the relations between India and Britain