| Main Performers | Harry Pollitt, Chair of the Communist Party,
Appeal by Isabel Brown,
Willie Gallacher, MP |
| Set List | A Pageant (dramatised version of the Communist Manifesto):-
I - A Feudal Court,
II - Overthrow of Feudal Power,
III - Industrial Revolution,
IV - War,
V - Rise of Fscism,
VI - Triumph of Socialism.
Centenary Songs 1848-1948:-
'Lilliburlero', Words by Lord Wharton, Music attributed to Henry Purcell,
'Go Down Moses', arr Will Sahnow,
'The Rain it Raineth', words trad, Tune Rutland Boughton,
'March of the Workers', words by William Morris, tune John Brown's Body,
'Partisan Song', text by Alymov, Music by Aturov, arr A V Alexandrov,
'Marseillaise', words and music by Roger de Lisle, translation by Nancy Bush,
'Cavalry of the Steppes', Russian text by Guser, English Version of Nancy Head, Music by L Knipper,
'The Red Flag', words by Jim Connell, Tune Maryland arr by Alan Bush,
'The Internationale', words from the French of E Pottier, tune by Degeyter, arr Alan Bush. |
| Related Archival Material | Programme (RAHE/1/1948/86A) |