George Holmes , Tutor in History at St. Catherine's Society, Oxford, talks about the theory and practice of historical scholarship. He considers, in particular the work of the French historian Marc Bloch, whose latest book The Historian's Craft was published in an English translation earlier this year.
The short story by Henry James
Adapted and produced by Mary Hope Allen
The scene is laid in Geneva towards the end of the last century.
(Continued in next column)
Cast in order of speaking:
A sacred festival drama in three acts by Richard Wagner
(sung in German) and andand
Chorus and Orchestra of the Bayreuth Festival
(Chorus-Master, Wilhelm Pitz )
Conducted BY HANS KNAPPERTSBUSCH
Producer, Wieland Wagner
Act 1
In the Grail's domain
The hall of the Grail cuds
J. M. C. Toynbee , Professor of Classical Archaeology in the University of Cambridge and Fellow of Newnham College, talks about the recent discoveries in London.
Act 2
Klingsor's enchanted castle and garden
of Dante Alighieri
The first cantica of the Divine Comedy, translated into English triple rhyme by Laurence Binyon
A reading in six parts
Part 5 (Cantos 23-28) — Dante and Virgil continue their way through the Eighth Circle of the fraudulent: The sixth chasm of the hypocrites; the seventh chasm of the thieves; the prophecy of Vanni Fucci; the eighth chasm of the evil counsellors; Ulysses speaks of his last voyage; the story of Guido da Montefeltro; the ninth chasm of the sowers of discord.
(Continued in next column)
Produced by Peter Duval Smith
Act 3
In the Grail's domain
The hall of the Grail castle
See also Wednesday at 10.30
Man and Fruit Plants: a symbiosis
Talk by Edward Hyams
The speaker examines the way in which the economics, manners, and even religion of some of the communities through which fruit trees came to us transformed those trees; and how, conversely, the trees in some cases transformed the communities of men.
(The recorded broadcast of Aug. 25)
Quintet in A minor, Op, 20 played by the Macgibbon String Quartet:
Margot Macgibbon (violin)
Lorraine du Val (violin)
Jean Stewart (viola) Lilly Phillips (cello) with Muriel Tookey (viola)
