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The English Opera Group presents 'THE BEGGAR'S OPERA'

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by John Gay in a musical version realised from the original airs by Benjamin Britten
The English Opera Group
Chamber Orchestra
(Leader, Hans Geiger )
Conductor, Norman Del Mar
Repetiteur, Robert Keys Producer, Basil Coleman
(Continued in next column)
Scene: The Great Room at St. Giles' where the beggars enact their operas
Act 1
7.40 app. The Running Patterer
An interview by Henry Mayhew adapted by Douglas Cleverdon from ' London Labour and the London Poor' with Ernest Jay and Carleton Hobbs
7.50 app. Act 2
8.40 app. The Watercress Girl
An interview by Henry Mayhew with Diana Maddox and Carleton Hobbs
8.50 app. Act 3
(Glenice Halliday broadcasts by permission of the Governors of Sadler's Wells; Otakar Kraus , of the General Administrator, Royal Opera House Covent Garden, Ltd.)
Another performance: December 8

Contributors

Unknown:
John Gay
Unknown:
Benjamin Britten
Leader:
Hans Geiger
Conductor:
Norman Del Mar
Unknown:
Basil Coleman
Unknown:
Henry Mayhew
Adapted By:
Douglas Cleverdon
Unknown:
Ernest Jay
Unknown:
Carleton Hobbs
Unknown:
Henry Mayhew
Unknown:
Diana Maddox
Unknown:
Carleton Hobbs
Unknown:
Glenice Halliday
Unknown:
Otakar Kraus
The Beggar:
James McKechnie
Mr Peachum:
Norman Lumsden
Mrs Peachum:
Joan Cross
Polly Peachum:
Nancy Evans
Captain Macheath:
Peter Pears
Lockit:
Otakar Kraus
Lucy Lockit:
April Cantelo
Mrs Diana Trapes:
Gladys Parr
Filch:
Max Worthley
Ladies of the Town:Mrs Vixen:
Bervl Hatt
Suky Tawdry:
Lily Kettlewell
Mrs Coaxer:
Bruna MacLean
Dolly Trull:
Mildred Watson
Mrs Slammekin:
Glenice Hallidav
Molly Brazen:
Eilidh McNab
Jenny Diver:
Gladys Whitred
Betty Doxy:
Gladys Parr
Macheath's Gang:Mat of the Mint:
Ian Wallace
Ben Budge:
George Prangnell
Harry Paddington:
Roy Ashton
Nimming Ned:
Max Worthley
Wat Dreary:
Norman Piatt
Jemmy Twitcher:
Francis Loring

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