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Issue Details: First known date: 1933... 1933 A Rustic Roundelay
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'Based upon the traditional Cornish Floral Dances, and including Lane Wilson's song-cycle, “Flora’s Holiday.” A charming love story of old England is interwoven with threads of rustic melody , against the background of unspoiled countryside.'

Source: [Radio guide], Wireless Weekly, 28 April 1933, p.31.

Production Details

  • Broadcast on 2FC, 2NC, 3LO, 2CO, 4QG, and 4RK from 8pm on Friday 28 April 1933.

    Producer: Humphrey Bishop.

    Characters include John Penden, returning to his Cornish birthplace, following a long absence; Grace Trelawney, his sweetheart; the Squire; the Beadle; the Pedlar; the Preventative; Shepherds and Shepherdesses.

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