A monthly review of cultural and political trends in the U.S.S.R. Soviet Music: Prokofiev and After
Talk by Alexander Werth
Senior Simon Research Fellow at Manchester University and author of Musical Uproar in Moscow

by John Gay being the sequel to
' The Beggar's Opera'
A new musical version realised from the original airs by John Addison
Indians, pirates, women of the town
(Continued in next column)
The Actors:
Denise Bryer , Rupert Davies
Trevor Martin , Catherine Fleming
Stanley Groome , Emrys Leyshon
John Cazabon , Janet Burnell
Barbara Couper , Hester Palon Brown
Elizabeth London and Cyril Shaps , Geoffrey Wincott
Frank Tickle , Allan Jeayes
Norman Claridge
The English Opera Group
Chorus and Orchestra (Leader, Olive Zorian )
CONDUCTOR, NORMAN DEL MAR
Adapted and produced by Martyn C. Webster
Repetiteur, Bryan Balkwill
Part 1
(A second performance of the programme broadcast on Monday)
(Edna Graham and George Chitty broadcast by permission of the Carl Rosa Opera Company; Janet Howe and Frederick Sharp , by permission of Sadler's Wells Trust, Ltd.)
Norman Del Mar writes on page 6

Talk by Gilbert Murray , o.M.
In the first of three talks to mark The centenary of the birth of the author of The Golden Bough Dr. Murray speaks in particular about Sir James Frazcr 's contribution to classical studies.
A reading from the works of Sir James Frazer will be broadcast next Friday, and the remaining talks will be given by the Rev. Victor White on January 17 and by Professor A. Macbeath on January 24.

Part 2

('L'Otage')
A drama by Paul Claudel
Translated and adapted for broadcasting' by Edward Sackville-West
Production by Raymond Raikes
Incidental music composed and conducted by John Hotchkis
The action of the play begins in an old Cistercian abbey in a remote part of France in the year 1812

The New London Quartet:
Erich Gruenberg (violin)
Lionel Bentley (violin) Keith Cummings (viola) Douglas Cameron (cello)