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Performance TitleDaily Worker Thirtieth Birthday Celebration
Performance Date13 March 1960
Performance DaySunday
Performance Time14:45
Main PerformersGeorge Matthews,
Dr Hewlett Johnstone,
John Gollan,
Cllr Solly Kaye - speakers

Television and Radio artists:
Steve Benbow,
Shirley Bland,
Leon Rosselson,
Isobel Sutherland

Robin Hall and Jimmie MacGregor - vocals, guitar,
Paul Robeson - vocal,
Bruno Raikin - pianoforte
Set ListSpeech (George Matthews),
Speech (Dr Hewlett Johnstone),
Speech (John Gollan),
Speech (Cllr Solly Kaye),
30 minutes of folk songs with the television and radio artists,
Paul Robeson accompanied by Bruno Raikin
Performance NotesThe Daily Worker was a left-wing British daily newspaper founded in 1930 by the Communist Party of Great Britain (CPGB). When they held their first event at the Royal Albert Hall in 1946 their ownership had been transferred from the CPGB to an independent readers' co-operative the previous year. In 1966 the paper was renamed and reinvented as the Morning Star and remains both the largest and longest-running socialist newspaper in Britain.
Related Archival MaterialProgramme (RAHE/1/1960/25)
URLhttps://thirdlight.royalalberthall.com/pf.tlx/5wM5I6e53yWNE
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Reference NumberTitleDate
RAHE/1/1960/25Daily Worker Thirtieth Birthday Celebration13 March 1960
Work
Ref NoTitleNo of Performances
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Performers
CodeName of Performer(s)
DS/UK/10310Gollan; John (1911-1977); Scottish leader of the Communist Party of Great Britain
DS/UK/10312Kaye; Solly (1913-2005); English Communist councillor, activist, journalist
DS/UK/307Robeson; Paul Leroy (1898-1976); American singer, actor and Civil Rights activist
DS/UK/8895Raikin; Bruno (fl 1930s-1960s); Russian pianist
DS/UK/12087Matthews; George (1917-2005); British Communist activist, newspaper editor
DS/UK/12089Hall; Robin (1936-1998); Scottish folksinger
DS/UK/12091Macgregor; Jimmie (1930-); Scottish folksinger and broadcaster
DS/UK/11524Johnson; Hewlett (1874-1966); English Anglican priest
DS/UK/12093Benbow; Steve (29 November 1931-17 November 2006); British folk guitarist
DS/UK/12094Bland; Shirley (fl.1960s-4 May 2022); Scottish vocalist
DS/UK/12096Rosselson; Leon (1934-); English singer-songwriter, author
DS/UK/13240Morning Star; 1930-; British newspaper
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