... an education chief, and a composcr-lcciurer are new members of the Scottish Committee of the Arts Council. They are Cedric Thorpe Davie, master of music at St. Andrew's University: Dr. J. A. Maclean, director of Education for Invesness- shire, and Ronald ...

... WIVES TAK TENT P1y by Robert Kerne, freely based on Moliere'* LEcole de Femmes. Deigned by MoUy MawBwea. Mutic by Cedric Thorpe Davie Presented by the Edinburgh Festival Society u the Gateway, bdinburgh. on Aianm 21. Mr OlifrtwTH Duncan Macrae Mr. Gitebriat ...

... under ihe name of Garden District. On April 3 there will be a revival of Allan Ramsay's The Gentle Shepherd, with Cedric Thorpe Davie music. At Easter Citizens' will present Bernanos's play The Carmelites, on which Poulenc later based an opera. Arnold ...

... Mela Forrest and Ian Gilmour. The presentation of the Cantata by Robert Burns, The Jolly Beggars, set to music by Cedric Thorpe Davie and produced by Peter Potter, is worthy of the highest possible praise. The rascally, unwashed beggars are a merry crew ...

... Gerard Slevin of Isack Pocotk's drama with music, based on ihe novel by Walter Scott. Lyrics by Roben Kemp and music by Cedric Thorpe Davie. Settings by Anne Carrick and Scan Kenny Ltd. Light ing by Francis Reid. Presented by Meyer Oppenheim at the Lyceum ...

... Salem. Titania ; and Jane Wenham has joined the specially to play Hermia. The music has bten especially composed by Cedric Thorpe Davie. who provided the incidental music for the Stratford production of Henry VIII. The play opens on Boxing Night. Queen ...

... Scott. Revised by Robert Kemp and Gerard Slevin. Original lyrics by Robert Kemp. Music ar ranged and original music by Cedric Thorpe Davie. Presented bv Meyer Oppenheim at the Lyceum. Edin burgh. on October 18. Settings by Anne Carrick and Scan Kenny Ltd ...

... weather, news. 6.3o.—National. 8 (Scot, Reg.).—London Regional. (Aberdeen).— National until 12. 9.—Weather, news. 9.15. —Cedric Thorpe Davie (piano). 9.4s.—Scottish Studio Orchestra. 10.30-12.—London Regional. ...

... the storv whilst the remainder sing the songs. The singing ol the 20 or more well-loved Scots songs, in settings by Cedric Thorpe Davie, is superb, and all the characters in the story are excellently portrayed. The costumes of Ann Birnie and Christine ...

... Festival presented an entertainment of Scottish singing, dancing and piping, written by Robert Kemp, with musical adviser Cedric Thorpe Davie, and directed by Norman Marshall. This is a colourful, highly enter taining programme, giving an authentic picture of ...

... opens the new season with Goldoni's Servant o' Twa Maisters, translated into Scots by Victor Carin, with music by Cedric Thorpe Davie and Russell ter as the Servant. With a generous grant from the City of Edinburgh and financial assistance from the ...

... to the Bach Choir; Gerald Moore, the accompanist; and Andrew Stewan, BBC Home Service controller; all get the C BE. Cedric Thorpe Davie, Master of Music, University of St. Andrews, gets the O B E. So does Miss Maud Carpenter, of the Playhouse Theatre, ...