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by W. B. Yeats
Music composed by John Buckland
The Countess Cathleen (Kathleen Michael); Aleel (Jack MacGowran); Oona (Mary O'Farrell); Merchants (Patrick Magee and Will Leighton); Shemus (Brian O'Higgins); Mary (Sheila Brennan); Teigue and The Angel (Jane Corbould); Narrator (Eva Stuart); with Jane Jordan Rogers, John Hollis, Keith Williams, Gerard Dynevor, Derek Smith, and David Bird
Adapted for radio and produced by Frederick Bradnum
(: second broadcast)

Contributors

Unknown:
W. B. Yeats
Composed By:
John Buckland
Unknown:
Kathleen Michael
Unknown:
Jack MacGowran
Unknown:
Mary O'Farrell
Unknown:
Patrick Magee
Unknown:
Brian O'Higgins
Unknown:
Sheila Brennan
Narrator:
Jane Corbould
Narrator:
Eva Stuart
Unknown:
Jane Jordan Rogers
Unknown:
John Hollis
Unknown:
Keith Williams
Unknown:
Gerard Dynevor
Unknown:
Derek Smith
Produced By:
Frederick Bradnum

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The Pilgrim's Progress
in the Third Programme
A Morality Founded on Bunyan's Allegory
Music by Vaughan Williams
Conductor, Sir Adrian Boult

7.20-8.20
Prologue: Bunyan in prison
Act I
Scene 1: Pilgrim meets Evangelist
Scene 2: The House Beautiful Nocturne (Intermezzo)
Act 2
Scene 1: The arming of Pilgrim
Scene 2: Pilgrim meets Apollyou
8.40-9.10
Act 3
Scene 1: Vanity Fair
Scene 2: Pilgrim in prison
9.20-10.0
Act 4
Scene 1: Pilgrim meets Air. By-Ends
Scene 2: The Delectable Mountains
Scene 3: Pilgrim reaches the end oi his journey
Epilogue

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Contributors

Music:
Vaughan Williams
Conductor:
Sir Adrian Boult
Singers:
BBC Chorus
Trained by:
Alan G. Melville
Musicians:
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Leader:
Henry Datyner
Producer:
Dennis Arundell
Repetiteur:
Brian Priestman
John Bunyan:
Raimund Herincx
The Pilgrim:
John Noble
Evangelist:
Norman Walker
Four Neighbours - Pliable:
John Camburn
Four Neighbours - Obstinate:
John Holmes
Four Neighbours - Mistrust:
Lloyd Strauss-Smith
Four Neighbours - Timorous:
Andrew Gold
Three Shining Ones:
Pamela Pelts
Three Shining Ones:
Patricia Howard
Three Shining Ones:
Jean Allister
Interpreter:
Alexander Young
Watchful, the Porter:
John Carol Case
A Herald:
Bryan Drake
Apollyon:
Michael Langdon
Heavenly Beings - Branch-Bearer:
Josephine Veasey
Heavenly Beings - Cup-Bearer:
Janet Baker
Lord Lechery:
Lloyd Strauss-Smith
Demas:
Ranken Bushby
Judas Iscariot:
John Camburn
Simon Magus:
James Atkins
Worldly Glory:
Ranken Bushby
Madam Wanton:
Victoria Sladen
Madam Bubble:
Janet Howe
Pontius Pilate:
Harold Gray
Usher:
Andrew Gold
Lord Hate-Good:
John Holmes
Malice:
Iris Kelts
Pickthank:
Jean Allister
Superstition:
John Kentish
Envy:
James Atkins
A Woodcutter's Boy:
Iris Kells
Mr. By-Ends:
John Kentish
Madam By-Ends:
Janet Fraser
Three Shepherds:
Ranken Bushby
Three Shepherds:
Duncan Robertson
Three Shepherds:
Norman Walker
Voice of a Bird:
Pamela Petts
A Celestial Messenger:
Alexander Young
Voices from the Celestial City:
Pamela Petts
Voices from the Celestial City:
Jean Allister
Voices from the Celestial City:
Alexander Young

A new fortnightly forum in which musicians assume the role of critics and react to recent musical events, publications, or controversies of outstanding interest, positive or negative.
In this first edition:
MATYAS SEIBER reviews the recent Enghsh publication of H. H. Stuckenschmidt's book Arnold Schoenberg
SUSAN BRADSHAW talks about the first performance in Britain of Schoenberg's Theme and Variations for band
Topicality will at times preclude complete Information being given in Radio TIMES.

Contributors

Unknown:
Matyas Seiber

Third Programme

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