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Radio Record, Volume VIII, Issue 36, 15 March 1935, Page 40

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SUNDAY, MARCH 17. 9.0: Relayed to National stations: Pro- _ fessor W. J. Dakin, D.Se., F.L.S., F.Z.S., will. speak on "An Interview ' with Thomas Heary Huxley, the Great Biologist." 9.45: A National programme, ° Lionei Lawson, violinist, and Frank Hutchens, pianist, playing ‘‘Sonata for Violin and Piano." Lionel Lawson, violin solo; Frank Hutchens, piano solo.. 10.20: "Peg o’ My Heart." Comedy by J. Hartley Manners. Adapted for radio and produced by Lawrence H. Cecil, Agnes Doyle as "Peg." Peg, "Peg o’ My Heari," as Irish as the Lakes of Killarney, and radiating joy like the sun on a winter’s morn, The last wish of a very rich uncle of Peg’s, was that she be trained in the ways of a lady. To this end he left much wealth and instructions that when Peg attained the required degree of refinement she would receive £5000 per annum, Of this she was kept in ignorance: by her aristocratic but not wealthy relatives, the Chichesters, with whom she was to reside and unlearn the happy and carefree ways of her youth. Needless to say with the entry of Peg and ner dog, Michael, into the austere and refined atmosphere of the Chichester home came trouble and confusion; her madcap escapades repeatedly shocking her staid aunt and cousins, And then came Sir Gerald Adair-commonly known as JerryWhat did he think of Peg? What did Peg think of him! Listen: It’s all told in the play. 11.30: An Irish programme, presented by the A.B.C. (Sydney) String Orchestra, conducted by E. J. Roberts. Lhe Wireless Chorus, conducted by Stephen Yorke, and G. Vern Barnett, organist ; Albert Baker, tenor, MONDAY, MARCH 18. 8.15:. Dinner music. ; 10.0: A National:programme. See'8L0. TUESDAY, MARCH 19. 8.15: Dinner music. | 10.0: National programme from Sydney Town Hall, first symphony concert by the New South Wales State Orchestra, conducted by Dr. Edgar L. Bainton: (1). Overture, "The Mastersingers" (Wagner); (2). Symphonic « Suite, "Scheherazade" (Rimsky-Korsa-koy); (3) "Slavonic Dances," Nos, 1 and 2 (Dvorak) ; (4) Tone Poem, "Don Juan": (Strauss) ; (5) Overture, "William Tell" (Rossini),

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 20. 8.15: Dinner music. 10.0: A National programme. See 3L0. THURSDAY, MARCH 21. 8.15: Dinner music. 10.0: A National programme. ‘"Hccles Cakes Limited." A modern romantic comedy specially written for Ada Reeve by Edmund Barclay. Production: Lawrence H. Cecil. This is the story of a shrewd Lancashire woman who came to Australia as a young girl, and, marrying a typical Australian, settled down into being a typical Australian herself. At the time our play opens, she.has been a widow this many a year, but has worked to such good purpose that her children, John and Margaret, have received a splendid education and enjoy social advantages far beyond anything their mother ever knew. She has done this for her children through the commercialisation of a _ jealously guarded recipe which she brought with her from Manchester for the manufacture of the famous Lancashire dainty, Recles Cakes! The action of the play concerns itself with the way this indomitable old fighter surmounts difficulties, both sociai and financial, which threaten her children’s happiness, 11.15: A programme commemorating "The Anniversary of Bach’s Birth." Presented by ‘the A.B.C. (Sydney) Concert Orchestra, conducted by HB. J. Roberts, The Wireless Chorus, conducted by Stephen Yorke, and,Gordon Bryan, the eminent Wnglish pianist. 12.40: Dance music from 8LO. FRIDAY, MARCH 22. 8.15: Dinner music. 10.0: A National programme. See 310. SATURDAY, MARCH 23. 8.30: Dinner music. 10.0: "Consequences.""’ An August Bank Holiday farce in a prologue, an epilogue and five scenes. Book by OC. Denis Freeman. Music py Mark H. Lubbock. Presented by the A.B.C. (Sydney) Concert Orchestra, anc Wireless Chorus, under the direction of Willie Redstone. 12.50: Music, mirth and melody. a