George Malcolm (harpsichord) Melos Ensemble
Richard Adeney (flute)
Gervase de Peyer (clarinet) Emanuel Hurwitz (violin) Cecil Aronowitz (viola) Terence Weil (cello) Osian Ellis (harp)
Lamar Crowson (piano)
PART 1
Given before an invited audience in BBC Studio 1, Maida Vale, London. Tickets may be obtained by applying to [address removed], enclosing a stamped addressed envelope.

A selection from the prose writings of A. E. Housman . introduced and read by John Sparrow
The place of Housman in English literature as a writer of lyric poetry is already assured, but few people remember that he was also an incisive prose writer, particularly as a master of invective.
John Sparrow introduces passages from the recently published selection of Housman's prose by John Carter.

PART 2

A portrait of King Henry n
Compiled by NESTA PAIN from the letters, anecdotes, and reminiscences of those who knew and worked with him among them
Geraldus Cambrensis
Walter Map
Peter of Blois and Arnulf of Lisieux
Produced by Nesta Pain
: third broadcast