20:00

RESTORATION DRAMA

Fri 30^th Dec 1960, 20:00 on Third Programme

The Way of the World by WILLIAM CONGREVE with Edith Evans , John Gielgurd
Margaret Rutherford
Music by John Eccles Adapted and arranged by Lionel Salter
Followers of Mistress Millamant:
Other parts played by r. members of the BBCDrama Repertory Company
THE SCENE: London 1700
Produced by CHARLES LEFEAUX
: second broadcast
DURING the INTERVAL (9 5-9 15 app ) Movements from a Serenade by Heinrich Biber played by the philomusica of London directed from the harpsichord by Thurston Dart on a gramophone record

Contributors

Unknown:: William Congreve
Unknown:: Edith Evans
Unknown:: John Gielgurd
Music By:: John Eccles
Arranged By:: Lionel Salter
Produced By:: Charles Lefeaux
Unknown:: Heinrich Biber
Unknown:: Thurston Dart
MIRABELL,in love with Mistress Millamant:: John Gielgud
FAINALLin love with Mistress Mar-wood:: Anthony Nicholls
WITWOUD:: Robert Eddison
PETULANT:: Denys Blakelock
MISTRESS FAINALL,daughter to Lady Wishfort and wife to Fainall, formerly friejid to Mirabell:: June Tobin
MISTRESS MARWOOD.friend to Fainall and likes Mirabell:: Lydia Sherwood
MISTRESS MILLAMANT.a fine lady,niece to Lady Wishfort and loves Mirabell:: Edith Evans
MINCING, woman to Mistress Millamant:: Jane Jordan Rogers
WAITWELL, servant to Mirabell:: Keith Williams
FOIBLE,woman to Lady Wishfort:: Jessie Evans
LADY WISHFORT. enemyto Mirabell for having falsely pretended love to her:: Margaret Rutherford
Peg, maid to Lady Wishfort:: Freda Dowie
SIR WILFULL WITWOUD,half-brother to Witwoud and nephew to Lady Wishfort:: Alexander Gauge