On the work of the American dramatist EUGENE O'NEILL
JENS ARUP on the recent touring production of 'A Touch of the Poet'; IAN BANNEN in conversation with Roy WALKER about acting in O'Neill, with particular reference to his role in ' Touch of the Poet'; LAURENCE KITCHIN on the importance and influence of O'NEILL'S work

L'Allegro ed il Pensieroso by Handel
JENNIFER VYVYAN (soprano) ANN DOWDALL (soprano)
MAUREEN LEHANE (contralto)
DAVID GALLIVER (tenor)
Frederick HARVEY (baritone)
THE AMBROSIAN SINGERS
MEMBERS OF THE ENGLISH CHAMBER ORCHESTRA
Led by Kenneth Sillito
CHARLES SPINKS (organ and harpsichord continuo)
Conducted by ARNOLD GOLDSBROUGH
Part 1: L' Allegro

An excuse for prejudice? by KRSTO CVIIC
St. Antony's College, Oxford
Without a point of view, history often appears excrutiatingly dull. Mr. Cviic, a young Croatian historian, now living and working in England, argues that integrity must be preserved and all relevant bias declared in the Preface.
John Roberts , Fellow and Tutor of Merton College, Oxford, on Scholarship as an Enemy of History

Part 2
11 Pensieroso
Before an invited audience in BBC Studio 1. Maida Vale
Tickets obtainable on application to [address removed], enclosing a stamped addressed envelope.
Skalkottas Octet, Beethoven Sonatas , Op. 10, No. and Op. 111, Thea Mus grave Concerto for nine instruments (first broadcast performance). Stephen Bishop , Prometheus Ensemble , Thea Musgrave

by Chaucer
Translated by NEVILL COGHILL
Extracts read by FLORA ROBSON