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('L'Otage')
A drama by Paul Claudel
Translated and adapted for broadcasting by Edward Sackville-West
Production by Raymond Raikes
[Starring] Hermione Hannen, James McKechnie and Harcourt Williams

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Incidental music composed and conducted by John Hotchkis

Contributors

Unknown:
Paul Claudel
Unknown:
Edward Sackville-West
Production By:
Raymond Raikes
Conducted By:
John Hotchkis
A Quiet Voice:
T. St John Barry
Sygne de Coufontaine:
Hermione Hannen
Vicomte Georges Agenor de Coufontaine:
James McKechnie
Suzanne:
Hester Paton Brown
Baron Toussaint Turelure (Prefect of the Marne, later of the Seine):
Francis de Wolff
The Abbe Badilon:
Raf de la Torre
The Guest:
Harcourt Williams
A Despatch Rider:
Ian Sadler
Monsieur Lafleur:
Michael O'Halloran
An Orderly:
Richard Waring

Transcribed by Gilbert Reaney
Edited and produced by Denis Stevena
The Deller Consort :
April Cantelo, Eileen. McLoughlin
Alfred Deller ,
Alexander Young Wilfred Brown Norman Plat
Richard Taylor (recorder)
Leonard Brain (cor anglais)"'
John Alexandra (bassoon)
Maxwell Ward (viola)
George Malcolm (regal)
James Blades (tabor)

Contributors

Unknown:
Gilbert Reaney
Produced By:
Denis Stevena
Unknown:
April Cantelo,
Unknown:
Eileen. McLoughlin
Unknown:
Alfred Deller
Unknown:
Alexander Young
Unknown:
Wilfred Brown
Unknown:
Norman Plat
Unknown:
Richard Taylor
Unknown:
Leonard Brain
Bassoon:
John Alexandra
Viola:
Maxwell Ward
Viola:
George Malcolm
Unknown:
James Blades

by Ivan Roe
A dramatic reconstruction, based on contempory records, of events in the last days of Shelley's life
Narrator, Hugh Burden
Guitarist, Desmond Dupré
Produced by Peter Duval Smith
The action takes place during the summer of 1822 at Casa Magni , Shelley's house at Lerici in the Gulf of La Spezia, and on board his schooner Don Juan.

Contributors

Unknown:
Ivan Roe
Narrator:
Hugh Burden
Guitarist:
Desmond Dupré
Produced By:
Peter Duval Smith
Unknown:
Casa Magni
Unknown:
Don Juan.
Percy Bysshe Shelley:
Alan Badel
Mary Shelley:
Maxine Audley
Edward John Trelawny:
William Fox
Edward Ellerker Williams:
Frank Duncan
JaneWilliams:
Prunella Scales
Claire Clairmont:
Mary Law
Beta, the cook:
Marjorie Westbury
Domenico a servant:
Robert Rietty

Lorna Sydney (mezzo-soprano)
Alfred Poell (baritone)
Vienna State Opera Orchestra Conducted by Felix Prohaska
Songs (Des Knaben Wunderhorn):'
Lob des hohen Verstande; Rhednlegendchen: Der Tambourg'sell; Trostt im Unglück: Wo die schönen Tromipeten blasen; Des Antonius von Padua Fischpredigt ; Urlicht on gramophone records

Contributors

Mezzo-Soprano:
Lorna Sydney
Baritone:
Alfred Poell
Conducted By:
Felix Prohaska

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This data is drawn from the Radio Times magazine between 1923 and 2009. It shows what was scheduled to be broadcast, meaning it was subject to change and may not be accurate. More