Francis Loring (baritone) Ernest Lush (accompanist)
The Semino Trio:
Granville Jones (violin)
Norina Semino (cello)
Gordon Watson (piano)

A comedy by Luigi Pirandello
Translated by Arthur Livingston and adapted for broadcasting by Helena Wood
Produced by Wilfrid Grantham
Characters in order of speaking:
Actors In the play:
Audience, critics, theatre personnel played by Ella Milne , Howieson Culff
Malcolm Hayes , Frederick Gibson
John Gabriel , Charles Hunt
Ronald Sidney and members of the Drama Repertory Company
(Record'ng of Sunday's broadcast)
(Peter Coke broadcasts by permission of the Directors of the Old Vic Trust)
L. Grosso writes in this issue

(' Proserpina and the Stranger')
An opera in three acts
Libretto by Eugenio Montale after the drama by Omar del Carlo
Music by Juan-José Castro
Chorus and Orchestra of La Scala, Milan
(Chorus-Master. Vittore Veneziani)
Conducted by the composer
(This recording of a performance at La Scala has been made available by courtesy of Radio Italiana, Milan)
Harold Rutland writes on page 7 Scene: Present-day Buenos Aires
Act 1
The lobby in Marfa's lodging-house

Mary Scrutton reviews Beatrice Webb 's Diaries, 1912-1924, published recently.

Act 2

Sc. 1: A room in Demetria's house
Sc. 2: The same as Act 1
Sc. 3: The Stranger's room in Maria's house

A story by Saikaku read by Robert Rietty

Act 3
Sc. 1: The roof of Marfa's house
Sc. 2: The same as Act 1

The Trustee becomes a Partner by Arthur Lewis

Prelude and Fugue in G minor played by Arnold Richardson (organ)