An opera in three acts with a prologue and epilogue
See foot of page and page 3
1"ROLogl-e: The verandah of Southern
Plantation-house
Act I: The garden of the plantation, near the slave huts
J-W. N. Watkins says that metaphysical theories have been important in the Past not so much in themselves but as regulating and programming other kinds of enquiry. That nature can be mathematically described, for example, or that history is shaped by historical laws are both metaphysical notions.
(The recorded broadcast of Nov. 10)
Act 2: The terrace in front of Don Joses house
Act 3: A glade in the dense forest at night-fall-Don Jose's plantation
Epilogue: The verandah of the plantation-house. (As in the Prologue)
from ' Cantate a Trois Voix' by Paul Claudel
Read In French by Edwige Feuillere and in English by Lydia Sherwood
Translated by Geoffrey Brereton
This is the fifth of a group of eight programmes compiled by Rayner Heppen stall from the personal choices of four leading French actors and actresses.
Sonata In D, Op. 105 No. 2 for cello and piano played by Pablo Casals (cello)
Rudolf Serkin (piano) on a gramophone record
