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by Henrik Ibsen
English version by Norman Ginsbury
Music by HARALD SAEVERUD
The Cast:
Wedding-guests, troll courtiers. lunatics, etc. played by members of the cast
The action begins in the early part of the nineteenth century and ends about 1867. It takes place partly in Gudbrandsdale and the surrounding mountains, partly on the Moroccan coast, in the Sahara Desert, in the lunatic asylum in Cairo, at sea, etc.
The Linden Singers
Desmond DuprS (lute)
Sinfonia of London
Conductor, John Hollingsworth Produced by Donald McWhinnie (: third broadcast)
DURING THE INTERVAL (9.30-9.46 app.):
Schumann
Sonata No. 1 in A minor played by Wolfeang Schneiderhan (violin)
Carl Seeman (piano) on a gramophone record

Contributors

Unknown:
Henrik Ibsen
Unknown:
Norman Ginsbury
Music By:
Harald Saeverud
Singers:
Desmond Duprs
Conductor:
John Hollingsworth
Produced By:
Donald McWhinnie
Violin:
Wolfeang Schneiderhan
Piano:
Carl Seeman
NARRATOR:
Frederick Treves
AASE, widow of John Gynt:
Fay Compton
PEER GYNT, her son:
Michael Redgrave
TWO OLD WOMEN::
Tobi Weinberg
TWO OLD WOMEN::
Janet Burnell
ASLAK a blacksmith:
Trevor Martin
A GIRL:
Judith Gibson
MADS MOEN, the bridegroom:
Allan McClelland
His FATHER:
Keith Williams
A MAN:
Will Leighton
His WIFE:
Cécile Chevreau
Their daughters: SOLVEIG:
Frances Cuka
Their daughters: HELGA:
Patricia Leventon
The FARMER at Heggstad:
Harold Reese
4INGRID, his daughter:
Barbara Ashcroft
THREE COWHERD-GIRLS.:
Tobi Weinberg
THREE COWHERD-GIRLS.:
Hilda Schroder
THREE COWHERD-GIRLS.:
Cecile Chevreau
A WOMAN in green:
Margaret Whiting
THE KING of the Dovre:
Peter Claughton
A VOICE in the darkness:
Will Leighton
KARI, a cottar's wife:
Janet Burnell
MR COTTON:
Trevor Martin
M BALLON:
Keith Williams
HERR VON EBERKOPF:
Harold Reese
A THIEF:
Nigel Anthony
A RECEIVER:
Peter Bartlett
ANITRA, daughter of an Arab chief:
Mairhi Russell
PROFESSOR BEGRIFFENFELDT, Ph.D.,director of the lunatic asylum in Cairo:
Allan McClelland
KING Apis:
Jeffrey Segal
A NORWEGIAN SKIPPER:
Trevor Martin
A SAILOR:
Robert Ornbo
A STRANGE PASSENGER:
Keith Williams
A BUTTON-MOULDER:
Haydn Jones

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This data is drawn from the Radio Times magazine between 1923 and 2009. It shows what was scheduled to be broadcast, meaning it was subject to change and may not be accurate. More