by Walter de la Mare
Radio script by Barbara Bray
Music composed by Elizabeth Poston conducted by Douglas Robinson
Cast in order of speaking:
Production by Donald McWhinnie
Contributors
Unknown:
Walter
de la Mare
Script By:
Barbara
Bray
Composed By:
Elizabeth
Poston
Conducted By:
Douglas
Robinson
Production By:
Donald
McWhinnie
Arthur Lawford:
Eric
Portman
Ada:
Sheila
Grant
Sheila Lawford's wife:
Avice
Landone
Mr Bethany, the vicar:
Milton
Rosmer
Mr Danton:
Willoughby
Goddard
Dr Simon:
Gerald
Blake
Miss Sinnet Hester:
Paton
Brown
Alice Lawford's daughter:
Janette
Richer
Mr Herbert:
Max
Adrian
Grisel, his sister:
Pamela
Alan
A young woman:
Janette
Richer
Mrs Lovat:
Sheila
Grant
An opera in three acts
Libretto by Ranieri Calzabigi
Music by Gluck
(Sung In the original Italian)
The Geraint Jones Singers and Orchestra
(Leader, Winifred Roberts )
CONDUCTOR, GERAINT Jones
Alan Harverson
(harpsichord continue)
Repetiteur.George Coop
The action takes place in Ancient Greece in mythological times.
ACT I
Scene 1: A courtyard before the palace at
Pherae
Scene 2: The temple of Apollo
Contributors
Unknown:
Ranieri
Calzabigi
Leader:
Winifred
Roberts
Conductor:
Geraint
Jones
Harpsichord:
Alan
Harverson
Repetiteur:
George
Coop
Admetus, King of Thessaly:
Raoul
Jobin
Alcestis, his wife:
Kirsten
Flagstad
Ismene, confidante to Alcestis:
Marion
Lowe
Evander, leader of the people:
Alexander
Young
High Priest of Apollo:
Alfred
Orda
Voice of Apollo:
Alfred
Orda
Herald:
Thomas
Hemsley
A spirit of the Underworld:
Thomas
Hemsley
Talk by Sidney Kark
Professor of Social. Preventive, and Family Medicine. University of Natal.
Durban
Professor Kark speaks about the severe health problems among Africans created by the processes of social and cultural change. He stresses that the matter is far wider than diseases directly due to urban slum conditions, and therefore takes as particular illustration a rural community in Natal where he was responsible for the establishment of a pioneer health centre.
An Unsolved Problem
Talk by T. M. Harris
Professor of Botany
In the University of Reading
Flowering plants are the predominant plants over most of the world--conifer forests apart-and they provide us with most of our food; yet we know very little about their origin. In this talk Professor Harris considers the available evidence and the difficulties posed by it, and indicates the more hopeful lines of research.
First of two talks by Fritz Rothschild
Mr. Rothschild's book on Bach, The Lost Tradition, aroused widespread comment. He is now working on the conventions of tempo, time signatures, and accentuation accepted by Haydn, Mozart, and Beethoven.
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