A series of six talks on the sequence of events leading to the outbreak of the First World War
4: How war came to Great Britain by A. J. P. TAYLOR
Fellow of Magdalen College, Oxford
Series edited and introduced by CHRISTOPHER SYKES
Professor Pierre Rcnouvin. of the University of Paris, gives a French view: July 8
A radio play by Peter Weiss translated from the German by MICHAEL HAMBURGER with Michael Bryant
Beatrix Lehmann
Nigel Davenport
Other parts played by Patricia Leventon
Kevin Flood , Bruce Beeby Michael Kilgarriff
Glyn Dearman , Wilfrid Carter
Special effects by the BBC's Radiophonic Workshop
Produced by MARTIN ESSLIN
To be repeated on July 19
See page 55
Sonata in F major, Op. 5 No. I played by MSTISLAV ROSTROPOVICH (cello)
SVIATOSLAV RICHTER (piano) on a gramophone record
Sonata in G minor Op. 5 No. 2: July 8
talks to ROBERT CONQUEST and reads some of his own poems
Second broadcast
Ϯ ALAN JONES (baritone)
ROBERT Spencer (lute)
Robert Johnson
Come. heavy steep
How wretched is the state we all are in Full fathom five
Where the bee sucks
Come hither, you that love Oh let us howl
Hark,. hark, the lark
Have you seen but a white lily grow
Alfonso Ferrabosco
Like hermit poor
0 eyes, o mortal stars Come, my
Celia Drown not with tears
So beauty on the waters stood