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'The House through the Trees '
Last of five talks by W. G. Hoskins
In those talk, Dr. Hoskins has, by implication, corrected a current .impression that the whole of the modern English landscape ie a creation of tthe citrhteenith cenrury — the age of parliamentary enclosure. In his final talk he develops this theme, and considers :n particular the effect on the rural scene of the buildingof country housesset in parkiands, a more specifically Georgian feature of landscape history

Contributors

Unknown:
W. G. Hoskins

by Henry Reed
Produced by Douglas Cleverdon
' The late Richard Shewin has been justly called " the poet's novelist"; and he may certainly be regarded as the noblest pre-curs-or of (if we may coin a phrase) the new Elizabethan Age. But his literary glory is not our theme ... which is no leas than the man himself.
Settings of Schopenhauer and ' Don't Hurt My Heart' composed by Donald Swann

Contributors

Produced By:
Douglas Cleverdon
Unknown:
Richard Shewin
Composed By:
Donald Swann
Herbert Reeve, a scholar:
Hugh Burden
Stephen Shewin, brother of the novelist:
Carleton Hobbs
Connie, his wife:
Gwen Cherrell
Milly:
Vivienne Chatterton
The Misses Adela and Betty Burkley:
Diana Maddox,
The Misses Adela and Betty Burkley:
Marjorie Westbury
Richard Shewin's valet:
Frank Duncan
T H Bowers, another novelist:
Norman Sheuey
Lady Blackie:
Susan Richmond
Hilda Tablet,a composeress:
Mary O'Farrell
Elsie:
Marjorie Westbury
Seamus O'Fergus, a poet:
Harry Hutchinson
Miss Rich:
Cecile Chevreau
Nanry Shewin, sister-in-law of the novelist:
Dorothy Primrose
Janet, her daughter:
Gwen Cherrell
Owen, Brian, and George her sons:
Denis Quilley
Owen, Brian, and George her sons:
Wilfrid Downing,
Owen, Brian, and George her sons:
M. Westbury
Narrative Prose:
Derek Hart

An opera for broadcasting in fourteen scenes
Words and music by Glan-Carlo Menotti
New London Orchestra
(Leader. Leonard Hirsch )
CONDUCTED BY NICHOLAS GOLDSCHMIDT
Producer, David Harris
Repetiteur, Vida Harford
The action takes place in a small town at the present time

Contributors

Leader:
Leonard Hirsch
Conducted By:
Nicholas Goldschmidt
Producer:
David Harris
Repetiteur:
Vida Harford
Miss Todd:
Marjorie Westbury
Laetitia, her maid:
Gwen Catley
Miss Pinkerton,a neighbour:
Catherine Lawson
Bob:
Frederick Sharp

Third Programme

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