An opera in four acts by RICCARDO ZANDONAI
Libretto adapted from Gabriels D'Annunzlo 's play by Tito Ricordi sung in Italian
Archers, musicians, and women of Ravenna and Rimini
Chorus and Orchestra of the SAN CARLO THEATRE, NAPLES
Chorus Master, Michele Lauro Conductor, GABRIELE SANTINI
Recording of a performance broadcast in Italy: made available by courtesy of Radiotelevisione Italiana
The action takes place in the thirteenth century, in Ravenna and Rimini
ACT 1: A court adioining a garden in the house of the Polentani in Ravenna
ACT 2: The interior of a round tower in the castle of the Malateati in Rimini

by W. M. S. Russell
In his book African Genesis, Robert Ardrey concludes that man is irrevocably warlike. On Thursday of last week Dr. Michael Chance discussed some of the evidence which led Ardrey to this position. Tonight Dr. W. M. S. Russell , ethologist and co-author of Human Behaviour, A New Approach, ascribes Ardrey's view to a static picture of human behaviour, and gives an evolutionary answer.

Acr 3: In Francesca's apartment in the castle in Rimini
ACT 4: An octagonal hall, from which a door leads to a subterranean prison, in the Malatesti't castle

Tenth of twelve programmes in which all Shakespeare's sonnets are being read
Robert Harris reads Sonnets C-CVIII
Introduced by Rayner HeppenstaU : second broadcast