Sir Philip Hendy speaks on one of the most important
European art collections now on show in London at the National Gallery
A documentary programme by Peter Bull on the first London production and subsequent provincial tour of Samuel Beckett's Waiting for Godot with Paul Daneman, Peter Woodthorpe, Peter Bull, Timothy Bateson, Leonard Cracknell
Produced by Nesta Pain
followed by an interlude at 8.60
A tragic opera in three acts Libretto by Felice Romani
Music by BELLINI Cast
CHORUS and ORCHESTRA OF LA SCALA. MILAN
CONDUCTED BY VITTORIO Gui Producer. Franco Enrique *
The action takes place in the castle of Binasco in the year 1418
ACT I
Scene 1: A courtyard in the castle Scene 2: Agnese's apartment
Scene 3: A grove in the gardens
Scene 4: A remote part of the castle
ACT 2
A gallery in the castle
ACT 3
A subterranean vault leading to the castle dungeons
From La Scala, Milan
Relayed by courtesy of Radiotetevisione Italiana
There will be two intervals of approximately twenty minutes each. At the time of going to press the intermediate times are not available
DURINO THE FIRST INTERVAL
Gordon Craig in Moscow, 1911
A conversation with David Tutaev about Craig's production, with Stanislavsky, of Hamlet at the Moscow Arts Theatre
: third broadcast
DURING THE SECOND INTERVAL
English Poems by Charles d'Orléans (1391-1165)
A selection made and Introduced by Rayner Heppenstall read by Alan Wheatley
: second broadcast