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(c. 1553)
A Right Pithy, Pleasant, and Merry Comedy Made by ' Mr. S. Master of Art'
(identity uncertain) (first published 1575)
Music composed by Elizabeth Poston
Radio adaptation and production by Raymond Raikes
Stanley Riley (baritone)
A section of the BBC Men's Chorus
The Welbeck Orchestra
(Leader. Vera Kantrovitch ) Conducted by Patrick Savill

Contributors

Unknown:
Mr. S. Master
Composed By:
Elizabeth Poston
Production By:
Raymond Raikes
Baritone:
Stanley Riley
Leader:
Vera Kantrovitch
Conducted By:
Patrick Savill
Diccon, the Bedlam:
Bernard Miles
Gammer Gurton:
Vivienne Chatterton
Hodge, Gammer Gurton's servant:
Charles Leno
Tib Gammer Gurton's maid:
Denise Bryer
Cock, Gammer Gurton's boy:
Geoffrey Matthews
Dame Chat, an ale-house keeper:
Betty Hardy
Doll, Dame Chat's maid:
Patricia Butt
Doctor Rat the curate:
John Ruddock
Master Bailey, the bailiff:
James Dale
Scapethrifit, Master Bailev's servant:
John Gabriel

The Wigmore Ensemble :
Geoffrey Gilbert (flute)
Terence MacDonagh (oboe)
Jack Brymer (clarinet)
Gwydion Brooke (bassoon)
Dennis Brain (horn)
Jean Pougnet (violin)
Frederick Riddle (viola)
William Pleeth (cello)
Eugene Cruft (double-baas)
Marie Korchinska (harp) with Anthony Pini (cello)
Richard Walton (trumpet)

Contributors

Flute:
Geoffrey Gilbert
Oboe:
Terence MacDonagh
Clarinet:
Jack Brymer
Bassoon:
Gwydion Brooke
Horn:
Dennis Brain
Violin:
Jean Pougnet
Viola:
Frederick Riddle
Cello:
William Pleeth
Cello:
Eugene Cruft
Harp:
Marie Korchinska
Cello:
Anthony Pini
Cello:
Richard Walton

Chapters for a Bestiary
First of two programmes devoted to a series of new poems by W. S. Merwin
Leviathan; Blue Cockerel; Two Horses; Hydra; Toro; Snail; Cormorants; Mouse
Readers:
Valentine Dyall. Robert Marsden Anthony Jacobs , Alan Wheatley

Contributors

Unknown:
W. S. Merwin
Readers:
Valentine Dyall.
Readers:
Robert Marsden
Readers:
Anthony Jacobs
Unknown:
Alan Wheatley

Third Programme

About this data

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