or Love and Liberty
A tragi-comedy by Philip Massinger taken from an ancient story with Stephen Murray
Tony Britton and Nicolette Bernard
Cast in order of speaking:
Other parts played by members of the BBC Drama Repertory Company
Scene: Syracuse in Sicily, and the adjacent country, c. 340 B.C. Music by GUY HALAHAN played by the English Chamber Orchestra conducted by Lawrence Leonard
Adapted for radio and produced by RAYMOND RAIKES Second broadcast
The basic situation of The Bondman-the rebellion of the slaves of Sicily in the year 340 B.C. in the absence of their masters at war against the Carthaginians—is taken from Plutarch, in whose Life of Timoleon Massinger found much for his purpose. But the romantic, platonic - love, and jealousy elements are his own invention, and here he demonstrates the ability to weld a complex action into a gripping play.
DURING THE INTERVAL
9.0-9.10* A record of early English music played by the Boyd Neel String Orchestra directed by Thurston Dart
THE MARTIN STRING Quartet David Martin (violin)
David Stone (violin)
Eileen Grainger (viola)
Bernard Richards (cello) with COLIN BRADBURY (clarinet)
KATHARINA WOLPE (piano) Second of a series Including music by Webern. other twentieth-century composers, and the first Viennese school