S.B. from
London.
Musical Comedy.
MADGE RAINE (Contralto).
THE STATION ORCHESTRA :
Conductor : EDWARD CLARK.

S.B. from
London.
Mirth and Melody.
HARRY HOPEWELL (Baritone).
MIDDLETON WOODS (Entertainer).
THE STATION ORCHESTRA :
Conductor, EDWARD CLARK.

A FANTASY with Music for a MIDSUMMER NIGHT
By
L. DU G. Pixie Songs specially composed by KENNETH A. WRIGHT
Characters :
Fairies, Gnomes and Pixies
Reggie and Delia, while motoring over Dart-moor, find themselves in Fairyland
SEVERAL broadcasts have familiarized the radio audience with two characters who owe their origin to the lively imagination of Mr. L. du Garde Peach, Reggie and Delia. Previously their surroundings have been essentially modern,
, but this is Midsummer Day, and even in 1927 one is apt to meet the fairies on this one night of all the year.

Relayed from The Park Hall, Cardiff
Artists:
Thea Philips (Soprano), Dorothy Clarke (Contralto), Ben Williams (Tenor), Kenneth Ellis (Baritone)
Choir of the Cardiff Musical Society
National Orchestra of Wales
(Cerddorfa Genedlaethol Cymru)
(Leader, Louis Levitus)
Conducted by Warwick Braithwaite

Overture
Recit., Comfort ye, My People
Air, Ev'ry Valley
Chorus, And the Glory of the Lord
Recit., Thus saith the Lord
Air, But who may abide?
Chorus, And He shall purify
Recit., Behold, a Virgin shall conceive
Air and Chorus, O thou that tellest good Tidings
Recit., For behold, Darkness
Air, The People that walked in Darkness
Chorus, For unto us a Child is born
Pastoral Symphony
Recit., There were Shepherds
Recit., And lo, the Angel of the Lord
Recit., And the Angel said unto them
Recit., And suddenly
Chorus, Glory to God
Air, Rejoice greatly
Recit., Then shall the Eyes of the Blind
Air, He shall feed His flock
Chorus, His Yoke is easy

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Music by JACQUES OFFENBACH
English Words by EDWARD AGATE
The Prologue-Act II-The Epilogue
THE PROLOGUE
Scene : Luther's wine cellar in Nuremberg
A festive evening-Students drinking and singing. Hoffmann, poet and philanderer, is there with Nicklaus, his friend ; so is Town Councillor Lindorf, whose malignant influence permeates the three Tales. His rowdy friends urge Hoffman to sing the Legend of Kleinzack, a comic song from which his mind wanders midway to thoughts of his latest love affair. Finally he launches forth into a detailed description of three amorous episodes, one of which concerned the Lady Giulietta.
ACT II
Scene : Venice. A gallery in Giulietta's Palace, overlooking the Grand Canal
A popular lady, this Giulietta, who entertains lavishly. Her guests include Hoffmann, Nicklaus, Dapertutto (Lindorf in a satanic incarnation), and Schlemihl, one of the courtesan's jealous admirers, who is subsequently slain in a duel by the infatuated poet. However, it is in the arms of another admirer that Giulietta glides away along the Canal out of the story, and out of Hoffmann's life.
THE EPILOGUE
Scene : The Nuremburg Wine Cellar
Disillusioned and drowsy, Hoffmann seos a vision of his Muse, who assures him that in future his dreams shall be of her alone.
Thorpe Bates (Baritone)
Carys Davies (Mezzo-Soprano)
Jan Van Der Gucht (Tenor) Constance Willis (Contralto)
Kenneth Ellis (Bass) Stanley Riley (Bass)
Bradbridge White (Tenor)
The Wireless Chorus
(Section C)
(Chorus Master, Cyril Dalmaine )
The B.B.C. Orchestra
(Section E)
(Led by Marie Wilson )
Conducted by Edward Clark

Music by Jacques Offenbach
English words by Edward Agate
Though he had passionately wished to live to hear the premier of the opera he loved beyond all the others he had written, Offenbach was already dead when The Tales of Hoffmann was introduced to a Paris audience in February, 1881. He had a posthumous reward, however, for it is mainly owing to the success and popularity of The Tales of Hoffmann that Offenbach's name is still a live one. The recent revivals of two of his operettas, La Vie Parisienne and Helen, have not appreciably enhanced Offenbach's standing as an immortal; but The Tales of Hoffmann is in another category, and there is no reason why it should not remain in the repertory for as long as opera is a popular entertainment. The hero of the opera is, in a sense, the writer, Ernst Theodor Hoffmann, the author of the Tales on which the several scenes of this opera are based. The real Hoffmann was a very remarkable man, and his life was actually a little more fantastic than that of his operatic deputy. He taught music and was a composer of some standing in his day; he was a journalist and wrote several stories, many of which are in the classics of literature; he was a clever draftsman and had a reputation as a caricaturist, and in order to gain a living he practised as a lawyer.

(First Broadcast on January 16, 1931)
The cast includes: Robert Speaight , Franklyn Bellamy , John Cheatle , Kenneth Ellis , John Rorke , Martin Adeson , Harvey Braban , Rudolph de Cordova , Lionel Scott , Hector Abbas , Herbert de Leon , Alfred Gray , Wilfrid Fletcher , Gladys Young , Ernest Digges , Stephen Haggard , Sheila Borrett , Dorothy Tetley , Nigel Clarke , Eric Anderson , Arthur Goullet , Edward Craven , Stanley Vine, Bi!lie Sinclair, Beatrice Gilbert , Elizabeth Addison
This amusing and cynical extravaganza was first produced on January 16, 1931, and revived on April 8, 1932. It concerns the art of losing wars and the reason for losing them. The Republic of Thalia declares war on the Kingdom of Sardonia (both in the Balkans) and in order to lose it, gives the command of its army to the most incompetent ' dug-out ' it can find. ' If Ferranzi can only keep a battle going long enough he is practically bound to lose it,' says the President of Thalia. Ferranzi is opposed, however, by an even worse general than himself, the King of Sardonia in person. What happened when an ardent young patriot took charge of affairs is told brilliantly in this humorous play with its vivid war scenes and caustic wit.

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' The Path of Glory'
(First broadcast on January 16, 1931)
The inner history of the recent incredible hostilities between the Republic of Thalia and the Kingdom of Sardonia
An Extravaganza in numerous scenes, specially written for broadcasting by L. DU GARDE PEACH
Cast includes :
Robert Speaight , Franklyn Bellamy , John Cheatle , Kenneth Ellis , 'John Rorke , Martin Adeson , Harvey Braban , Rudolph de Cordova , Lionel Scott , Hector Abbas , Herbert de Leon , Alfred Gray , Wilfrid Fletcher , Gladys Young , Ernest Digges , Stephen Haggard , Sheila Borrett , Dorothy Tetley , Nigel Clarke , Eric Anderson , Arthur Goullet , Edward Craven , Stanley Vine, Billie Sinclair , Beatrice Gilbert , Elizabeth Addison
Produced by LANCE SIEVEKING
(London Regional Programme)

' The Path of Glory'
First broadcast on January 16, 1931
The inner history of the recent incredible hostilities between the Republic of Thalia and the Kingdom of Sardonia
An Extravaganza n numerous scenes, specially written for broadcasting by L. DU GARDE PEACH
Cast includes :
Robert Speaight , Franklyn Bellamy , John Cheatte , Kenneth Ellis , John Rorke , Martin Adeson , Harvey Braban , Rudolph de Cordova , Lionel Scott , Hector Abbas , Herbert de Leon , Alfred Gray , Wilfrid Fletcher , Gladys Young , Ernest Digges , Stephen Haggard , Sheila Borrett , Dorothy Tetley , Nigel Clarke , Eric Anderson , Arthur Goullet , Edward Craven , Stanley Vine, Billie Sinclair , Beatrice Gilbert , Elizabeth Addison
Produced by LANCE SIEVEKING

(a) Ceramics: Leigh Ashton
(b) Chinese Painting as it appears to an Authority on European Painting: Kenneth Clark
The two talks this evening will be concerned with the two aspects of Chinese art most familiar to us: china, porcelain, pottery, etc., and painting.
Mr. Leigh Ashton, one of the greatest authorities in this country on Chinese ceramics, is curator of the Chinese exhibits at the Victoria and Albert Museum. Moreover, he has been solely responsible for 'the arrangement, lighting, and decoration of Burlington House for this Exhibition.
Mr. Kenneth Clark, Director of the National Gallery, has been asked to give the second talk because it is felt that someone who understands Western painting so thoroughly will have the same reactions to the paintings in Burlington House as those of us who go there and those of us who this evening will be listening. He will, therefore, look at the paintings through Western eyes.

Tonight we go to Bournemouth and visit
THE BAND OF HIS MAJESTY'S
IRISH GUARDS
(By permission of Colonel J. S. N. Fitzgerald,
M.B.E., M.C., Commanding Irish Guards)
Conducted by Lieut. J. L. T. Hurd, director of Music Irish Guards from the Pier Band Stand
Will Seymour's Concert Party
BUBBLES from Boscombe Pier
The Cast includes
Will Seymour, Patrick Colbert (bass-baritone), Mollie Cooper (danseuse), Doris Yorke (soprano), Raldini (violin), Douglas Young (character studies), Nan Kenway (comedienne), Sheila Ritte (soubrette), Haward Clarke (pianoforte), Frank Raymond (dancing entertainer), Winifred Swinford (pianoforte), Harold Beaumont (the dexterous deceiver)
KENNETH BYGOTT at the Organ of the Regent Cinema
SID GROSSMAN'S
DANCE BAND from the Pavilion Ballroom

Third Edition
Written and arranged by MUNGO DEWAR
The Characters
Shorty Sinclair Able Seamen Lotty Delaney I
Boyle and Shovel!, Stokers ('The
Singing Dustmen')
William Jenkins , Telegraphist ('The
Xylophonic Sparker')
' Lanky ' Crombie, Leading Seaman Mornin ' Watch 'Arry, Signalman
Vocal Quartet from the Foretopmen (Shiner Wright , Nobby Clark ,
Spud Murphy and Taffy Jones)
Midshipman Arthur Bledisloe Marjori banks
Lieutenant G. Y. Roscope
Lieutenant R.S.V.P. Belvoir
The ' Blanco Boys ', The Ship's Band The Ship's Company and the Sergeant o' the Marines
Scene: The Quarter-Deck of H.M.S.
St. George
The cast includes : Fred Gwyn , Kenneth Blain , Fred Gibson , Raymond Newell , Gene Durham, Curtis and Ames, Styx Gibling , Bernard Reillie , John Duncan , Stearne Scott , Reginald Mitchell , and Claude Pilgrim
The BBC Variety Orchestra .. and Male Voice Chorus
Conducted by Charles Shadwell
Orchestral arrangements by Wally Wallond. Chorus arrangements by Doris Arnold
Produced by the ' Old Salt',
Harry S. Pepper

Programmes for all Regions 5.0-6.0
Mr. Mole sees his first boat. An incident in the first of a new 'series from 'The Wind in the Willows'

877 kc/s REGIONAL 342.1 m.
5.0 A dialogue story for all ages 'The Wind in the Willows' by KENNETH GRAHAME No. 1 - 'The River Bank' With Richard Goolden as Mole and Neal Arden as Rat Kenneth Grahame's famous story needs no introduction to Children's Hour listeners, with whom it has always been a firm favourite. Listen to it on Mondays and Thursdays for the next month.
5.30 DAVID will read the last story of 'The Would-be-Goods' by E. NESBIT which is called 'The Dragon's Teeth'
There will also be pianoforte solos by CECIL Dixon

1013 kc/s MIDLAND 296.2 m.
5.0-6.0 Regional Programme

668 kc/s NORTH 449.1 m.
5.0 'Mrs. Wattleby's Umbrella' A further adventure of Georgina Pauline by SYBIL CLARKE Incidental music by Jack Hardy's Trio
'Joy Ride' a story by G. DEWI ROBERTS read by ANNA

804 kc/s WALES 373.1 m.
5.0-6.0 Regional Programme

977 kc/s N. IRELAND 307.1 m.
5.0-6.0 Regional Programme

767 kc/s SCOTTISH 391.1 m.
5.0-6.0 Regional Programme

Described by Kenneth Clark, Director of the National Gallery.

at the Opening of the 62nd Exhibition of the Paisley Art Institute

By J. M. Barrie , adapted for broadcasting by Harold Wightman
The scene is the home of Mrs. Dowey in London during the Great
War
Production by Gordon Gildard
This war-time play tells of an old Scottish charwoman in London. She had no children of her own, but when war broke out she grew jealous of the other charwomen and boasted that a certain Private
Kenneth Dowey of the Black Watch was her son and wrote to her regularly. How Private Dowey came to hear of this and the consequences of his visit are shown in scenes that display Barrie's mastery of pathos and humour.
The cast includes several members of the Ardrossan and Saltcoats
Players. It will be recalled that some years ago the team from these two Ayrshire communities won the Howard de Walden Cup of Great Britain and the Belasco Cup in New York for its performances.

Sir Kenneth Clark, Director of the National Gallery, will act as Master of the Ceremonies in a test of skill. Painters will face poets; the artists will be asked to spot quotations and the poets will be shown well-known pictures and asked their authorship.
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or 'What Have You?'
A modern musical comedy by D.F. Aitken, with music by William Trethowan. Additional numbers by Kenneth Leslie Smith. Orchestrations by Wally Wallond. Radio play by Henrik Ege.
[Starring] Alistair Sim
The characters and plot are by Shakespeare - but he pinched them too
Cast :
and Miff Ferrie's Jakdauz
and The BBC Variety Orchestra, conducted by Louis Levy
'Little Miss Rosalind' will be broadcast again tomorrow (Regional, 6.0)