An excursion into nineteenth-century bibliophily
Written and narrated by A. N. L. MUNBY
Produced by DOUGLAS CLEVERDON

An early quartet by Mozart and two twentieth-century Dutch works recorded by the Gaudeamus String Quartet of Holland during their first visit to this country last year
GAUDEAMUS STRING QUARTET
Jos Verkoeyen (violin) Jan Brejaart (violin)
Jan van der Velde (viola) Max Werner (cello)

† C. B. PURDOM discusses with G. WILSON KNIGHT his view that in Shakespeare's dramas the action is always presented from the point of view of the protagonist after the crisis

DERYCK COOKE examines the piano style of forty years ago as exemplified by piano-rolls of the period
The illustrations were recorded for the reproducing piano by JOSEF LHÉVINNE
First of three talks

by PETER BRIDGER
Lecturer in Philosophy of Science, Welsh College of Advanced Technology, Cardiff Why is it difficult to communicate about science to the layman? Dr. Bridger deals briefly with two common answers, and suggests a third-namely, the presence of hidden metaphysical assumptions in the words we use.
Second broadcast

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