Shakespeare Student To Broadcast

Radio Record, Volume VIII, Issue 26, 4 January 1935, Page 19

Shakespeare Student To Broadcast

Mr. Byron Brown, One of N.Z.’s Foremost Shakesperian. Exponents, to Speak From 2YA -Special New Zealand Programme Heard From KFI on Christmas Eve. .

Me. BYRON BROWN, who is giving a lecturette on "Shakespeare as Historian," from 2YA on January 10, at &.40, is recognised as being one of the foremost Shakespearian exponents in New Zealand. He has given many broadcast performances and is well known through -acting as adjudicator in many New Zealand competitions and the Bendigo and Melbourne centenary celebrations. NEW ZBALAND listeners who were fortunate in picking up _ station KFI in Hollywood early on Christmas Eve. were. delighted at hearing a special \Christmas broadcast which con-, tained items by many Australian and New Zealand performers. Miss Nola Luxford, the enterprising New Zealand girl, was the Mistress of Ceremonies in the broadcast, and she had arranged the entire programme, which was put over the air between 6 and 7 p.m., New Zealand time. . "For two.years in Sydney I broadcast weekly talks on music, mak: ing them chatty and jolly and by no means highbrow," says Madame Elsie Betts-Vincent, who is to be heard from 2YA on Tuesday, January 8, at 8.40, giving a talk with pianoforte illustrations on "Rachmaninoff." At present Madame is on the staff of the Girls’ College, Wanganui, It is over.a year since she last. broadcast from 2YA and as she always has most -interesting talks and recitals to offer, lier reappearance will be most welcome. + -_ ey

Me. J. ALEXANDER BROWNE, who has been under contract to the New Zealand Broadcasting Board for the past month or so, is to give, ‘with his wife, two sketches from 2YA on Friday, January 11, at 8.16 and 9.10 p.m. Mrs. Browne is listed on’ the programmes under the name of Winefred Moverley, which she uses for her appearances over the air and on the stage. As both Mr. and Mrs. Browne are highly ‘talented artists, they will undoubtedly give two first-class entertainments for the benefit of listeners. WAS it a part of the recorded. play "Pilot Station," or a mishap in the ‘studios of 2YA? The ears of listeners during last Thursday evening’: programme were pricked up when 2 conversation by a naval man was in terrupted by the voice of another mo singing. A woman’s voice then suic. "Did you hear him go-tra-la-la-like that?" "No, madame, I didn’t," ‘said a voice that sounded suspiciously like that of Mr. Gordon Short, who had been accompanying Madame GossensViceroy and Mr. Raymond Beatty iu their.song recitals a few minutes prior to the presentation of "Pilot Station." When coughs and decidedly "unrecord able" sounds continued to come ove? the air listeners became mildly excite’ and not a little curious. Radio dials were immediately twirled around to make the sounds louder, and they there was silence for a moment Fo! lowed the voice of the naval man, con

tinuing where he had been abrupt}, cut off. No explanation was made, ani many listeners declared that it mnst have been part of the recorded pyrogramme, because, as a matter of faci, the interruption fitted in fairly weil with the subject in "Pilot Station." HAT really occurred was that che contact between. the cord ani plug from the vocal. studio. where Madame Gossens-Viceroy and Mr. Ra: mond Beatty were rehearsing, in some way or another disconnected the gramophone lead in the next sturo from which "Pilot Station" was being broadeast. It was ‘not until Mr Short’s voice was heard:in the’ receiying studio that something was believed to be amiss. This rare mishap gave those present in the studios a hectic few minutes, and it . certainly | gays listeners a great deal of puzzled amuse ment, UNFORTUNATELY reception of the Empire station at Daventry was not good in Wellington on the night.of the Bmpire Christmas link-up, but many Wellington set-owners listened to the speeches and heard the voice of his Majesty the King. obtaining, on the whole, a very fair idea of the proceedings. Reception was somewhat better the next evening, when the B.B.C. broadcast an electrical recording of the whole programme for the benefit of Australian and New Zealand listeners.