A Scots fantasy in verse and prose by Alexander Reid Adapted by the author
The Bailie-Bellman (Roddy McMillan ); Jock (Gordon Jackson ); Jeannie (Rona Anderson ); Provost Sir Davie Peebles (Stanley Baxter ); Lizzie, his wife (Effie Morrison ); The Vegetable Wife (loan Fitzpalrick); Lazarus (Alex McAvoy ); Michael Scott (Duncan Macrae ); The False Scott (Walter Carr ); The Laird o' Clartydykes (Ian Gilmour ); The Priest (W. H. D. Joss ); with Robert Grahatn , Harvey Scott , and Gerard Slevin
Produced by Finlay J. Macdonald
The action takes place in the Scottish border burgh of Dubbity and in the Deeps of the Sky. Time: late Middle Ages.
JACK BENNETT , Fellow of Magdalen College, Oxford, traces the element of ' discovery ' in New Zealand writing. His talk is occasioned by Eric McCormick 's recent book New Zealand Literature: a survey.
Part 2
by D. E. G. Plowman Lecturer in Psychology.
University College of Swansea
Has public confidence in the opinion polls been permanently shaken? In what ways can polls influence election results? Is the present situation dangerous These are among the questions considered in this talk.
Bronislav Gimpel (violin)
Artur Balsam (piano)
A programme of English traditional carols
Compiled and introduced by A. L. Lloyd
The carols sung by Marjorie Westbury , Ewan MacCoIl and A. L. Lloyd with Alf Edwards (concertina)
Production by Douglas Cleverdon
This programme of carols from oral tradition presents some little-known songs and some unfamiliar versions of old favourites.
1163-1826
Quintet in E minor, Op. 67 No. 2 played by the Marsyas Wind Quintet
(: second broadcast)