A chronicle of the development of English drama from its beginnings to the 1580s

Music composed by Elizabeth Poston and played by the Goldsbrough Orchestra, conducted by Douglas Robinson
(The recorded broadcast of Jan. 20)

Mysteries, Miracles, and Moralities: February 17 and 22. Full details of the thirteen programmes in the series are contained in The First Stage, a handbook by John Barton which may be obtained through newsagents and booksellers or post free by crossed postal order for 2s. 6d. from [address removed]

String Quintet in F played by the Element Quartet: Ernest Element (violin), Kenneth Page (violin), Dorothy Hemming (viola), Oliver Brookes (cello) with Frank Venton (viola)

by H.L. Beales, formerly Reader in Economic History in the University of London

Mr. Beales believes that the reaction against the dark picture of the Industrial Revolution painted by the Hammonds has now gone too far. He feels that current interpretations are misleading in the same sort of way as the Whig interpretation of history was misleading.

(1863)
(Also broadcast on Friday)

Talk by Sir George Stuart Robertson, Q.C. The speaker was present at the first performance of Elektra at Dresden in 1909 and of Der Rosenkavalier, also at Dresden, in 1911

Translated from 'Cinq Grandes Odes' and introduced by Geoffrey Brereton.
Reader, Valentine Dyall
(Magnificat 1: February 21)

Sonata No. 9, Op. 103
Allegretto; Allegro strepitoso; Andante tranquillo; Allegro con brio non troppo presto (first performance in this country)

A talk by Eric Hobsbawm on bandits and highwaymen
(The recorded broadcast of Dec. 10)