A weekly review of the arts
This edition includes:
DAVID SYLVESTER discussing his recent exhibition Drawing into Painting with EDWARD LUCIE-SMITH and ADRIAN SMITH
IAN FLETCHER on Patrocleia, Christopher Logue 's adaptation of the sixteenth book of the Iliad
DERWENT MAY on some recent developments in the Polish cinema
Introduced by GEORGE MACBETH
IAN WILSON (oboe)
JOSEPHINE LEE (piano)
BULSTRODE WHITELOCKE 'S JOURNAL of his Embassy from Cromwell to Queen Kristina (1653-1654)
Arranged with a commentary by RUTH SPALDING
' Today deep thoughts resolve with me to drench
In mirth, that after no repenting draws;
Let Euclid rest and Archimedes pause.
And what the Swede intends, and what the French '
MILTON, Sonnet XXII
Cast in order of speaking:
Produced by TERENCE TILLER
PATRICIA CLARK (soprano)
MARY THOMAS (soprano)
JEAN ALLISTER (contralto)
NOREEN WILLETT (contralto) EDGAR FLEET (tenor)
JOHN MCCARTHY (tenor) JOHN FROST (bass)
CHRISTOPHER KEYTE (bass)
Three talks by S. C. LESLIE 2: Anglo-Saxon Attitudes and Continental Rules
Mr. Leslie's general theme is that planning is replacing competition in modern large-scale industry. In this talk, after looking at existing competition in Britain and the U.S.A., he concludes that the Rome Treaty is more likely to foster monopoly than to check it.
Second broadcast