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Music drama in three acts by Wagner
(sung in German)
Valkyries: ,.
Orchestra of the BAYREUTH FESTIVAL
Conducted BY HANS KNAPPERTSBUSCH
Producer. Wieland Wagner
The action takes place in legendary times Acr 1: The interior of Hunding's hut

Contributors

Conducted By:
Hans Knappertsbusch
Producer:
Wieland Wagner
Siegmund:
Jon Vickers
Wotan:
Hans Hotter
Hunding:
Josef Greindl
Briinnhilde:
Astrid Varnay
Sieglinde:
Leonie Rysanek
Fricka:
Rita Gorr
Gefhilde:
Maria Siemeling
Ortlinde:
Hilde Scheppan
Waltraute:
Elizabeth Schartel
Schwertleite:
Maria Von Ilosvay
Helmwige:
Lotte Rysanek
Siegrune:
Grace Hoffmann
Grimgerde:
Rita Gorr
Rossweisse:
Ursula Boese

Edited and produced by Terence Tiller
Contributors:
R N. Currey , Elizabeth Jennings
C Day Lewis . Louis MacNeice
W. S. Merwin. Jon Silkin
Nancy Thayer , R. F. Willetts and Noel Woodin
Readers;
Judy Bailey. Jane Jordan Rogers and Allan McClelland

Contributors

Produced By:
Terence Tiller
Unknown:
N. Currey
Unknown:
Elizabeth Jennings
Unknown:
C Day Lewis
Unknown:
Louis MacNeice
Unknown:
W. S. Merwin.
Unknown:
Jon Silkin
Unknown:
Nancy Thayer
Unknown:
R. F. Willetts
Readers:
Noel Woodin
Readers:
Judy Bailey.
Readers:
Jane Jordan Rogers
Readers:
Allan McClelland

by F. R. H. Du Boulay ,
Reader in Medieval History.
University of London
Why did certain Englishmen begin to call themselves ' gentlemen ' in the early part of the fifteenth century? If the name was new, was the status old? And what did the name mean? Mr. Du Boulay discusses these questions in the light of his view that English society has always been divided into two main classes

Contributors

Reader:
F. R. H. du Boulay

Third Programme

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