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by William Shakespeare
Radio adaptation and production by Raymond Raikes
Music composed and conducted by John Hotchkis
[Starring] Michael Hordern

Characters in order of speaking:
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Contributors

Author:
William Shakespeare
Radio adaptation and production by:
Raymond Raikes
Music composed and conducted by:
John Hotchkis
John Gower, the presenter:
Cyril Shaps
Antiochus the Great, king of Asia:
Ralph Truman
Pericles, prince of Tyre:
Michael Hordern
Thaliard, a lord of Antiioch:
John Cazabon
Helicanus, a lord of Tyre:
George Skillan
Cleon, governor of Tarsus:
Julian Somers
Dionyza his wife:
Catherine Salkeld
Leonine, a lord of Tarsus:
Noel Iliff
Three fishermen of Pentapolis:
Master: Eric Lugg
Three fishermen of Pentapolis:
Pilch: Garard Green
Three fishermen of Pentapolis:
Patchbreech: Jonathan Field
Simonides the Good, king Penta polis:
Arthur Wontner
Two lords of Pentapolis:
Derek Hart
Two lords of Pentapolis:
Rupert Davies
Thaisa, daughter to Simonides:
Mary Wimbush
Lychorida, nurse to Marina:
Margaret Ward
Two sailors:
Allan Jeayes
Two sailors:
Michael O'Halloran
Cerimon, a physician of Ephesus:
Leon Quartermaine
Philemon, servant to Cerimon:
Alan Reid
Two gentlemen of Ephesus:
John Cazabon
Two gentlemen of Ephesus:
Garard Green
Marina, daughter to Pericles and Thaisa:
Diana Maddox
Three pirates:
Rupert Davies
Three pirates:
Derek Hart
Three pirates:
Michael O'Halloran
A pandar of Mitylene:
Frank Tickle
A bawd of Mitylene:
Nan Marriott-Watson
Boult, their servant:
Wyndham Milligan
Two gentlemen of Mitylene:
John Cazabon
Two gentlemen of Mitylene:
Alan Reid
Lysimachus, governor of Mitylene:
Anthony Jacobs
Diana of the Epheslans:
Audrey Mendes

An opera in five acts «
Words by Thomas Corneille
Music by Marc-Antoine Charpentler
(edited by Denis Stevens ) Cast in order of singing:
(Continued in next column)
BBC Chorus
(Chorus-Master, Leslie Woodgate )
The Goldsbrough Orchestra (Leader, Emanuel Hurwitz )
George Malcolm (harpsichord) Charles Spin. ks (harpsichord)
Desmond Dupre (viola da gamba)
CONDUCTED BY EDMOND APPIA
Repetiteur, George Coop
Aots 1 and 3

Contributors

Unknown:
Thomas Corneille
Music By:
Marc-Antoine Charpentler
Edited By:
Denis Stevens
Chorus-Master:
Leslie Woodgate
Leader:
Emanuel Hurwitz
Harpsichord:
George Malcolm
Harpsichord:
Charles Spin.
Viola:
Desmond Dupre
Conducted By:
Edmond Appia

First of three talks by Erich Heller
In these talks Erich Heller discusses what he believes to be the distinctive problems of poetry in the modern age: the emergence of the notion of 'absolute poetry,' the ever-increasing emphasis on the creativeness of the poetic imagination, and the relationship of this kind of poetry to ordinary experience.

Contributors

Unknown:
Erich Heller
Unknown:
Erich Heller

Third Programme

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