An account of the Royal Shakespeare Theatre's production of Richard II the first in the cycle of the seven English Histories which is being given this year at Stratford-upon-Avon to mark the quatercentenary of Shakespeare's birth
PETER HALL , Director of the Royal Shakespeare Theatre, and members of the Company speak of their work in the production and are heard in rehearsal in London and Stratford at various stages of its development
Those taking part include: Peter Hall , Michel Saint-Denis Patrick Donnell , John Barton Peter Wood. David Warner Eric Porter , William Squire Roy Dotrice , Paul Hardwick Derek Waring
Deborah Stanford , John Collins Compiled and narrated by IAN RODGER
Edited and produced by JOE BURROUGHS

A series of six talks on the sequence of events leading to the outbreak of the First World War
1: A personal memory by ARNOLD TOYNBEE
Series edited and introduced by CHRISTOPHER SYKES

Movements from the Worcester fragments
Intrnit: Salve sancta parens Gloria
Alleluia: Per te Dei Benetrlx
Sequence: Candens lilium columbina
Sanctus
Agnus Dei
Communion: Beata viscera
ANBREW PEARMAIN (counter-tenor)
EDGAR FLEET (tenor)
LESLIE FYSON (tenor
JOHN FROST (bass)
AMBROSIAN SINGERS
BARRY ROSE (organ)
Conducted by DENIS STEVENS who introduces the programme
From St. George-the-Martyr.
Queen Square, London

by Louis MacNeice
Scene: The Arnarvatn Heath
Produced by D. G. BRIDSON

Concerto in F minor for strings and continuo played by I Musici on a gramophone record

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