An opera in three acts
From Sadler's Wells Theatre, London
(by arrangement with Sadler's Wells Opera Company)
See foot of page
The action takes place in Russia on the outskirts of a small provincial town on the banks of the Volga, about 1860.
Act 1
Scene 1: Outside the Kabanov house on the banks of the Volga: Sunday afternoon
Scene 2: A room in the Kabanov house: later that afternoon
Charles Mackerras writes on page 9

Katya Kabanova
In the Third Programme from 7.30-
FROM SADLER'S WELLS THEATRE, LONDON
AN OPERA IN THREE ACTS after Ostrovsky's drama 'The Storm' English translation by Norman Tucker MUSIC BY JANACEK
MARFA KABANOVA (Kabanicha), a rich widow.....................Monica Sinclair TICIION Kabanov, her son William Aitken KATERINA KABANOVA (Katya), his wife Marie Collier Barbara, foster-daughter in the Kabanov house...........Marion Studholme Dikoy, a merchant Stantslav Pieczora Boris GRIGORIEVICH, his nephew William McAlpine VANYA, a teacher, chemist, and mechanic..................Kevin Miller KULIGIN, his friend Julian Moyle GLASHA, a servant........................Brenda Scaife FEKLUSHA, a servant.........................Antonina Child Sadler's Wells CHORUS SADLER'S WELLS ORCHESTRA (Chorus-Master, David Tod Boyd) (Leader, John Ludlow) Conducted by Charles Mackerras Producer, Dennis Arundell

Denis Stevens has some destructive and constructive suggestions

Ac-r 2
Scene 1: The living-room of the Kabanov house: the same evening
Scene 2: An open space near the Kabanov garden: later that night

by Michael Stone
Mr. Stone describes how he learned to write poetry again, in English, after coming to this country as a refugee from Germany before the war.
(: second broadcast)

Acr 3
Scene 1: A ruined house by the river:
Sunday afternoon, a fortnight later
Scene 2: A lonely spot on the river bank: the same evening followed by an interlude at 9.40

by A. C. Crombie
Lecturer in History of Science in the University of Oxford
Darwin presented himself to the public —for example in the opening paragraphs of The Origin of Species, which was published 100 years ago today—as a Baconian scientist, who patiently accumulated facts before formulating any theory to link them. Is this a true picture of Darwin, or did he delude both the public and possibly himself? Dr. Crombie contends that the latter is true, and he presents the evidence he has gleaned from a new study of Darwin's correspondence and notebooks.

The Poet's Voice
Contributions by Raymond Garlic. Donald Hall
Christopher Hampton , James Kirkup
Peter Porter , Jonathan Price
Arthur Russell. Vernon Scannell and John Stallworthy
Selected, arranged, and introduced by George MacBeth
Read by the poets themselves

Sonata in G minor, Op. 60 for cello and piano played by William Pleeth (cello) and the composer (piano)