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A Melodrama for an Age of Prosperity
A verse play for radio, based on Herodotus, by Peter Gurney
Music by Humphrey Searle
Singers and the Sinfonia of London conducted by the composer

[Starring] Michael Hordern

Polycrates's rule in Samos began c. 540 B.C.

Contributors

Writer:
Peter Gurney
Based on the works of:
null Herodotus
Music/Conductor:
Humphrey Searle
Singers/Musicians:
Singers and the Sinfonia of London
Production:
Raymond Raikes
Argeia, daughter of Polycrates:
June Tobin
Polycrates, king of Samos:
Michael Hordern
Citizen of Samos:
Philip Cunningham
Citizen of Samos:
Hugh Dickson
Citizen of Samos:
Gabriel Woolf
Herald:
John Hollis
Egyptian Ambassador:
Heron Carvic
Herodotus, the historian:
Charles Simon
A Captain:
John Humphry
Amasis, king of Egypt:
Leon Quartermaine
The King:
Diana Olsson
Messenger:
Jon Rollason
A Fisherman:
Douglas Storm
Anacreon, the singer and poet:
Kenneth Dight
Lydian Ambassador:
Hugh Manning
Oroetes, governor of Lydia:
Malcolm Hayes
Voices:
Diana Olsson
Voices:
Members of the BBC Drama Repertory Company

Three talks on the social order before the coming of industry by Peter Laslett Lecturer in History in the University of Cambridge
I-The Sovereignty of the Family In Stuart England the family was the unit of jociety for all social and economic purposes.
Mr Laslett suggests that historians are misled when they do not bear this in mind.
A One-Class Society: April 3

Contributors

Unknown:
Peter Laslett
Unknown:
Mr Laslett

Selections from recently published books of verse by Roy Campbell , Ted Hughes
P. J. Kavanagh. Peter Levi ,
S.J. Wyndham Lewis , Peter Redgrove and Vernon Scannell
Introduced by Jonathan Price
Readers: Neil Curry , Gary Watson

Contributors

Unknown:
Roy Campbell
Unknown:
Ted Hughes
Unknown:
J. Kavanagh.
Unknown:
Peter Levi
Unknown:
S.J. Wyndham Lewis
Unknown:
Peter Redgrove
Unknown:
Vernon Scannell
Introduced By:
Jonathan Price
Readers:
Neil Curry
Readers:
Gary Watson

Third Programme

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