Solo Violin Music played by ESTHER GLAZER
Last of six programmes

Second of two talks by ANDREW SHONFIELD
He considers the problems of devising and maintaining public supervision of planning in a capitalist society-in this talk in terms of conditions in Britain. Second broadcast

A musical tragedy in three acts by Tommaso Traetta revised by Aldo Rocchi
Libretto by MARCO COLTELLINI
Cast in order oj singing:
Chorus and Orchestra of the MAGGIO MUSICALE FIORRNTINO
Chorus-Master, Adolfo Fanfani
Conductor, NINO SANZOGNO
Act 1
Before the walls of Thebes

A selection of unpublished poems by PHILIP HOBSBAUM
CHRISTOPHER LEVENSON H. W. MASSINGHAM RICHARD MURPHY VERNON SCANNELL DONALD THOMAS
ALASTAIR THOMSON , DAVID WEVILL
Arranged and introduced by GEORGE MACBETH and read by the poets themselves

Act 2
Scene 1: A deserted place In the country outside Thebes
Scene 2: In the temple of Jupiter

by J. P. STERN
Fellow of St. John's College. Cambridge
A theme common to the great German writers of the present century is that the ' salvation ' or ' validation ' of man can be attained only at the highest conceivable price. Mr. Stem discovers this theme in a poem by Rilke and pursues it in Thomas Mann , Kafka, and Brecht.

Act 3
Scene 1: In front of the cave where criminals are immured
Scene 2: Inside the cave
Scene 3: A courtyard in the royal palace
Recording of a performance at last year's Maggio Musicale. Florence: made available by courtesy of Radtotelevisione Italiana

The thirteenth-century musical fable translated and adapted for broadcasting by RENE HAGUE with music arranged from contemporary sources ' by DENIS STEVENS
Maria Korchinska (harp)
Maxwell Ward (viola d'amore) Desmond Dupre
(viola da gamba)
Directed by Roy Jesson
Produced by DOUGLAS CLEVERDON A new production of the programme first broadcast in 1954