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A monthly review of cultural and political trends in the U.S.S.R. Soviet Music: Prokofiev and After
Talk by Alexander Werth
Senior Simon Research Fellow at Manchester University and author of Musical Uproar in Moscow
Contributors
Talk By:
Alexander
Werth
by John Gay being the sequel to
' The Beggar's Opera'
A new musical version realised from the original airs by John Addison
Indians, pirates, women of the town
(Continued in next column)
The Actors:
Denise Bryer , Rupert Davies
Trevor Martin , Catherine Fleming
Stanley Groome , Emrys Leyshon
John Cazabon , Janet Burnell
Barbara Couper , Hester Palon Brown
Elizabeth London and Cyril Shaps , Geoffrey Wincott
Frank Tickle , Allan Jeayes
Norman Claridge
The English Opera Group
Chorus and Orchestra (Leader, Olive Zorian )
CONDUCTOR, NORMAN DEL MAR
Adapted and produced by Martyn C. Webster
Repetiteur, Bryan Balkwill
Part 1
(A second performance of the programme broadcast on Monday)
(Edna Graham and George Chitty broadcast by permission of the Carl Rosa Opera Company; Janet Howe and Frederick Sharp , by permission of Sadler's Wells Trust, Ltd.)
Norman Del Mar writes on page 6
Contributors
Unknown:
John
Gay
Unknown:
John
Addison
Unknown:
Denise
Bryer
Unknown:
Rupert
Davies
Unknown:
Trevor
Martin
Unknown:
Catherine
Fleming
Unknown:
Stanley
Groome
Unknown:
Emrys
Leyshon
Unknown:
John
Cazabon
Unknown:
Janet
Burnell
Unknown:
Barbara
Couper
Unknown:
Hester Palon
Brown
Unknown:
Elizabeth
London
Unknown:
Cyril
Shaps
Unknown:
Geoffrey
Wincott
Unknown:
Frank
Tickle
Unknown:
Allan
Jeayes
Unknown:
Norman
Claridge
Leader:
Olive
Zorian
Produced By:
Martyn C.
Webster
Unknown:
Bryan
Balkwill
Unknown:
Edna
Graham
Unknown:
George
Chitty
Unknown:
Janet
Howe
Unknown:
Frederick
Sharp
Unknown:
Norman Del
Mar
Polly Peachum:
April
Cantelo
Morano (Macheath in disguise):
Frederick
Sharp
Mr Ducat, a wealthy coffee-planter:
Norman
Lumsden
Mrs Ducat:
Flora
Nielsen
Pirates:Vanderbluff:
Trevor
Anthony
Pirates:Culverin:
George
Chitty
Oawwakee, an Indian:
Alexander
Young
Jenny Diver:
Victoria
Sladen
Mrs Trapes:
Janet
Howe
Damaris:
Catherine
Lawson
Flimsy:
Edna
Graham
Talk by Gilbert Murray , o.M.
In the first of three talks to mark The centenary of the birth of the author of The Golden Bough Dr. Murray speaks in particular about Sir James Frazcr 's contribution to classical studies.
A reading from the works of Sir James Frazer will be broadcast next Friday, and the remaining talks will be given by the Rev. Victor White on January 17 and by Professor A. Macbeath on January 24.
Contributors
Talk By:
Gilbert
Murray
Unknown:
Bough
Dr.
Unknown:
Sir James
Frazcr
Unknown:
Sir James
Frazer
Unknown:
Rev. Victor
White
Unknown:
Professor A.
MacBeath
('L'Otage')
A drama by Paul Claudel
Translated and adapted for broadcasting' by Edward Sackville-West
Production by Raymond Raikes
Incidental music composed and conducted by John Hotchkis
The action of the play begins in an old Cistercian abbey in a remote part of France in the year 1812
Contributors
Unknown:
Paul
Claudel
Production By:
Raymond
Raikes
Conducted By:
John
Hotchkis
A Quiet Voice:
T St John
Barry
Sygne de Coufontaine:
Diana
Maddox
Vicomte Georges Agénor de Coufontaine:
James
McKechnie
Suzanne:
Hester Paton
Brown
Baron Toussaint Turelure (Prefect of the Marne, later of the Seine):
Francis
de Wolff
The Abbé Badilon:
Raf
de la Torre
The Guest:
Harcourt
Williams
A despatch rider:
Ian
Sadler
Monsieur Lafleur:
Michael
O'Halloran
An orderly:
Richard
Waring
The New London Quartet:
Erich Gruenberg (violin)
Lionel Bentley (violin) Keith Cummings (viola) Douglas Cameron (cello)
Contributors
Violin:
Erich
Gruenberg
Violin:
Lionel
Bentley
Viola:
Keith
Cummings
Cello:
Douglas
Cameron