Comic opera in three acts
Libretto by Adolf Wenig
Music by Dvorak sung in Czech: on gramophone records
Presented by Trevor Harvey
Cast in order of singing:
The Princess's Marshal (baritone)
Jaroslav Horacek
Chorus and Orchestra of the PRAGUE National THEATRE
Conducted by Zdenek Chalabala
Act 1: A village inn

A short story by Heinrich Böll
Translated by T. J. Rogers
Read by Brian Wilde

Act 2: Hell

States' Rights and the Constitution in the U.S.A. by Arthur S. Link
Harmsworth Professor of American History
In the University of Oxford
The schools controversy, which began five years ago today, is an example of recurrent and perhaps inevitable conflict between the sections-economically and socially very diverse-that make up the United States.
Every section has defied the rest at one time or another, but only once has defiance led to war. Professor Link believes that this time both sides will in the long run recognise that only through compromise is federal government possible.

Act 3: In the Princess's castle

[Starring] Nigel Stock
with Vivienne Chatterton and Francis de Wolff

Aurele Nicolet (flute)
Joy Hall
(viola da gamba and cello)
George Malcolm
(harpsichord and piano)

The Poet's Voice
' Christ in London ' by Patrick Galvin
'The Woman of the House ' by Richard Murphy
* Mr. Waterman ' by Peter Redgrove
Read by the authors and Introduced by George MacBetb

Piano Sonata in B flat (D.960) played by Franz Reizenstein