A chronicle of the development of English drama from its beginnings to the 1580s
Arranged for broadcasting and introduced by John Barton
Edited and produced by Raymond Raikes
9-Late Moralities: The Follies of Youth and Protestant Polemics
' Nice Wanton' (c. 1547-53)
' King Johan ' by John Bale
(c. 1547)
For details see Wednesday at 8.55
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]

Opera in two acts
Libretto by Jacopo Ferretti
Music by Rossini sung in Italian: on records
Glyndebourne Festival Chorus and Orchestra
CONDUCTED BY VITTORIO GUI
Continuo, Bryan Balkwill
ACT 1
Scene 1: A dilapidated hall in Don Magnifico's castle
Scene 2: A room in Don Ramiro's palace.
Later, the royal wine cellars
Scene 3: The ballroom of the palace
Joan Chissell

by W. G. Hoskins , Ph.D.
1-The House in the Town
In the first of three talks about the houses in which the ancestors of most of us lived, Dr. Hoskins describes some of the ordinary houses that still survive in our towns from an earlier age. Many of these, threatened daily with destruction, are the sole remaining evidence of the lives of our forbears.

Acr 2
Scene 1: A room in the palace
Scene 2: The hall in Don Magnifico't castle
Scene 3: The throne-room of the palace

A discussion on the nature of obscurity in poetry and philosophy
Chairman:
John Holloway
Speakers:
Donald Davie , D. D. Raphael
Burns Singer, Bernard Williams
Many factors can make a poem or a philosophical argument obscure: among the more important are paradox, metaphor, and rhythm. Is it possible to communicate something by paradox which could not be communicated by plain statements? Does the philosopher's use of metaphor differ from the poet's? Can rhythm contribute to meaning? These and other questions are examined by two poets and two philosophers, with a philosopher-poet in the chair.

Sonata in F, Op. 5 No. 1
Sonata in C, Op. 102 No. 1 played by Janos Starker (cello) and Livia Rev (piano)

Alan Pryce-Jones talks about
Hilaire Belloc
A Life of Belloc by Robert Speaight has recently been published.