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Two talks by W. M. S. RUSSELL on the relationship between art and science, and the reasons for their divergence in the course of cultural evolution
1: The Two Processes
Individual creation and ' blind ' cultural evolution play a dual role in human progress. From this viewpoint there is no essential difference between art and science.

Contributors

Unknown:
W. M. S. Russell

or The School for Fathers by Isaac Bickerstaffe adapted by Raymond Raikes with music by Charles Dibdin orchestrated and edited by Roger Fiske
Scene: The houses of Col. Oldboy and Sir John Flowerdale, neighbours in the country: 1767.
London Chamber Orchestra
Leader, Lionel Bentley
Conducted by Eric Wetherell
Produced by RAYMOND RAIKES

(Third broadcast)

Contributors

Unknown:
Isaac Bickerstaffe
Adapted By:
Raymond Raikes
Music By:
Charles Dibdin
Edited By:
Roger Fiske
Conductor:
Eric Wetherell
Producer:
Raymond Raikes
Colonel Oldboy:
Peter Pratt
Diana, his daughter:
Marion Grimaldi
Jenkins, steward:
Earle Grey
Lady Mary Oldboy:
Vivienne Chatterton
Mr Jessamy, their son:
Denis Quilley
Antoine, servant:
Andrew Sachs
Clarissa, daughter to Sir John:
Jane Wenham
Jenny, her maid:
Marjorie Westbury
Sir John Flowerdale:
Austin Trevor
Lionel, a student at Oxford:
John Badbley
Harman, a young man from London:
Denys Hawthorne

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