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The action takes place in eighteenth-century Spain
Acr I
Scene 1: A room in the gaoler's house
Scene 2: The inner courtyard of the prison
by D. M. Lewis
Lecturer in Greek Epigraphy in the University of Oxford
Mr. Lewis discusses the extent to which inscriptions continue to shed new light on Greek history. His reflections are prompted by A. N. Woodhead's recent book The Study of Greek Inscriptions.
Trio, Op. 44 played by Manoug Parikian (violin)
Dennis Brain (horn)
Colin Horsley (piano) on a gramophone record
A recollection spoken by Sir Geoffrey Keynes with some unpublished letters of Henry James and Rupert Brooke read by Carleton Hobbs and Gabriel Woolf
Production by Douglas Gleverdon
In 1909 Henry James accepted an invitation to pay his first visit to Cambridge. It was during this June weekend that he made the acquaintance of Rupert Brooke. The climax of the visit was a ' floating idyll' in a punt, poled by Rupert Brooke, with the bulky form of Henry James comfortably disposed upon the cushions.
Acr 2
Scene 1: A subterranean cell in the prison Scene 2: The square outside the prison
Readings and Recollections
2-The Cantos
Introduced by D. G. Bridson
In April this year D. G. Bridson visited Ezra Pound in Italy and made a series of recordings with him. These included readings from his poetry, recollections of his friends, and many expressions of opinion on art and other matters.
Sonata played by Herbert Downes (viola)
Wilfrid Parry (piano)
(The recorded broadcast of Feb. 14)
