“OTHELLO” TO MUSIC

Press, Volume CXIII, Issue 33370, 31 October 1973, Page 4

“OTHELLO” TO MUSIC

Pop-singers P. J. Proby and I P. P. Arnold star in a musical version of Shake-. speare’s “Othello.” The film| was made during rehearsals! 'and a performance in Man-! 1 : Chester, where “Catch My' l 'Soul” opened before it.! jtransferred to London’s West I' End, where it has become alhuge success. The show also features! American jazz singer. Lance: :Le Gault, and is the brain j child of Jack Good, TV producer, actor, impressario. hero of the pop world and a ! long-time “Othello” fan. “Aquarius: Catch My Soul" is a London Weekend Television production and ! on the N.Z.B.C. tele-! I vision network on Monday. ! ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENCES T.H.W.: Colour items are now followed by (c) in the listed programmes. Mrs R. Cotten: Exceeds 150-word limit.

NATIONAL LINK (Including 3YA Christchurch i j (690 kilohertz); 2YA Welling* ' ton (570 kilohertz); 4YA I Dunedin (750 kilohertz); and 3YZ Greyniouth (950 kilo .i hertz).! ! 7.0 p.m.: N.Z.B.C. Sports [News. 7.30: The Maori Pro-!' 'gramme. 8.0: Al] Creatures!' (Great and Small. 8.30:1 'Weather and News, Check-; Ipoint: Topics in the News.! 9.0: ZOE, by Peter Russell.' 10.0: Continental Cabaret. J 10.30: N.Z.B.C. News, Com-'! ment, Weather. 10.45: Old' ■New Zealand. 11.0: 8.8. C. !( News and Commentary.!, 11.15: All Night Programme, j 3YC, CHRISTCHURCH 1 (960 kilohertz) 7.0 p.m.: Ponchielli: Suicide) :(La Gioconda). Cilea: Too : .much, gentlemen! (Adriana!; Lecouvreur). Giordano: My I: (Mother is dead (Andrea 'Chenier) — Joan Hammond 1 (soprano). 7.15: Concertante; .Ensemble. Amelia Skinner '(flute). Luigi Ferletti (oboe), 'Alan Gold (clarinet), Gordon f

Skinner (bassoon), Marcel { Lambert (horn). Anton Reicha:- Wind Quintet in E iflat, Op. 88, No. 2 (N.Z.8.C.). ,7.30: Insight ’73. 8.0: '{N.Z.B.C. Symphony Orchestra —Jocelyn Walker (piano), iconducted by James Robertson. Ireland: A London Overture. Berkley: Nocturne. Faure: Ballade. Sibelius: Lemmenkainen’s Return. 8 50: Excepts from Sapho, an opera by Jules Massenet. 9.48: Shostakovich: Symphony No. 15 (1971)— Moscow Radio Symphony Orchestra under Maxim Shostakovich. 10.31: Dow■land: Come again. Campian: Nover love; Oft have I sighed; If thou longst so much to [learn; Fain would I wed — Janet Baker (mezzo-soprano), Robert Spencer (lute). 10.41: Sigismon Thalberg: Don Pasquale Fantasy, Op. 67— Earl Wild (piano). 3ZB, CHRISTCHURCH (1100 kilohertz) 7.30 p.m.: The Ken Ellis! Show.

CHTV3 2.00 p.m.: News, weather. 2.05: Film — “Petticoat Pirates” (Charlie Drake, Anne Heywood). Comedv. 3.33: The Ham’s Wide World. (Repeat.) 4.02: The Doris Day Show. Comedy. 4.26: France Panorama. Magazine. Clutch Cargo. 4.47: Houndcats. Cartoon. 5.08: Black Beauty. Adventure. 5.37: News. 5.41: Great. Zoos of the World. (Repeat.) 6.14: The Mary Tyler Moore Show’. Comedy. 6.42: Thyme for Cookery. (New Series.) 7.00: Network news. 7.22: The South Tonight. 7.45: Conversion to colour. 7.48: Thrillseekers. Adventure. (C). New series. 8.16: Marcus Welby, M.D. Drama. 0.14: Newsbrief. 9.16: Inquiry (C). 9.44: The Odd Couple (C). 10.13: Sporting Life (C). 10.46: Late news, weather.