by SHIKITEI SAMBA
Translated and adapted by Geoffrey Bownas with samisen music composed by Yuizi SHINICHI played by the composer and Matsuo Keiko
This is the first known translation of an early nineteenth-century Japanese classic. By means of apparently casual conversation in a bath-house, it reflects the life and opinions of Japanese men and women at that time.
Those taking part
Olive Gregg. Kathleen Helme Nan Marriott-Watson
Diana Olsson , Eva Stuart
Nicholas Edmett , Denis Goacher Garard Green , Anthony Jacobs Philip Madoc , Eric Phillips
Produced by TERENCE TILLER
The action takes place in Antwerp in the first half of the tenth century PRELUDE
Act 1
A meadow on the banks of the Scheldt
by Maurice Shock Fellow of University College, Oxford
Is Britain's two-party political system inviolable? Or has a third party a chance — either of achieving power or at least of helping to oust a government it opposes? These are some of the questions with which Maurice Shock grapples in his talk, which arises from the recently published book by Sir Ivor Jennings , Party Politics, Volume 1: Appeal to the People.
A monthly series of programmes 7: COLIN CLOUT'S COME HOME AGAIN
by EDMUND SPENSER
Excerpts from the long pastoral allegory in which Spenser describes his visit to Queen Elizabeth's court in 1589. Reader: Robert Irwin
Acr 2: The citadel at Antwerp
by Owen Holloway
In his recent Reith Lectures Edgar Wind spoke about the superficial response to art which he believes to be characteristic of our time. Mr. Holloway attempts to fill in the practical context of the problem.
Act 3
Scene 1: The bridal chamber
Scene 2: The banks of the Scheldt Recording made available by courtesy of Bayerischer Rundfunk
