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An engraving by Eric Gill from a sketch by David Jones
An experiment in writing, prompted by what the writer saw and felt as an infantryman in the London Welsh Battalion, Royal Welch Fusiliers, on the Western Front during the winter of 1915-16 Adapted for broadcasting and produced by Douglas Cleverdon
The boast of Dai spoken by Richard Burton
The music composed by Elizabeth Poston
A section of the Philharmonia Orchestra and of the Schola Polyphonica conducted by Henry Washington

Contributors

Unknown:
Eric Gill
Unknown:
David Jones
Produced By:
Douglas Cleverdon
Spoken By:
Richard Burton
Composed By:
Elizabeth Poston
Conducted By:
Henry Washington
Pte. John Ball:
Richard Burton
Pte. Bill Crower:
Carleton Hobbs
Pte. Bobby Saunders:
Jonathan Field
Pte. John Watcyn.:
Dafydd Havard
Pte. Earnshaw:
Stephen Jack
Pte. Nobby Clark:
Arthur Williams
Pte. Thomas:
David Enders
Pte. Float:
Denys Graham
Pte. Evans:
Dillwyn Owen
L/Cpl. Lewis:
Brinley Jenkins
Cpl. Quilter:
Philip Cunningham
Sgt. Snell:
Robert Marsden
2nd Lieut. Jenkins:
Leonard Sachs
Capt. Gwyn:
Ivan Samson
M.O:
Basil Jones
CO:
Stanley Van Beers
The Native:
Ernest Jay
The Woman's Voice:
Gwenyth Petty
Narrative of Action:
James McKechnie
Narrative of Thought:
Frank Duncan
Narrative of Memory:
Christopher Rhodes
Narrative of Memory:
Neville Hartley

('A Masked Ball')
An opera in three acts
Libretto by Antonio Somma
(after Scribe)
Music by Verdi
(sung in Italian) courtiers. flsherfolk, soldiers, sailors, conspirators, dancers
Chorus and Orchestra of Radio Italians, Milan
(Chorus-Master, Roberto Benaglio ) CONDUCTED BY FERNANDO PREVITALI
The action takes place at the court of a leventeenth-century autocrat
Act 1
Scene 1: A reception room in the palace Scene 2; A corner of the harbour

Contributors

Unknown:
Antonio Somma
Chorus-Master:
Roberto Benaglio
Conducted By:
Fernando Previtali
Count Rlccardo:
Ferruccio Tagllavlnl
Renato, his minister and friend:
Carlo Tagliabue
Amelia Renato's wife:
Anna Maria Rovere
Ulrica, a gypsy:
Lucia Danieli
Oscar, a page to the Count:
Antonietta Pastori
Silvano, a sailor:
Giorgio Giorgetti
Courtiers (conspirators):Samuel:
Vito Susca
Courtiers (conspirators): Tom:
Leonardo Monreale
A judge:
Walter Artioli
A servant to Amelia:
Walter Artioli

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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