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Beauty and the Beast

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A musical play specially written for BBC Television.
Adapted from the fairy tale and produced by Francis Essex.
[Starring] Bobby Howes, Sally Bazely and Leslie Phillips
with Inia Te Wiata and David Hughes.

Contributors

Adapted by/Producer/Other music and lyrics:
Francis Essex
Script:
Trevor Hill
Script:
Margaret Potter
Additional dialogue:
Lewis Shwartz
Lyrics written by:
Norman Newell
Music composed by:
Terry Stanford
Other music and lyrics/Orchestra and chorus conducted by:
William Hill-Bowen
Other music and lyrics:
Arthur Wilkinson
Other music and lyrics:
David Croft
Production numbers staged by:
Terry Linden
Designer:
Stewart Marshall
Wardrobe supervision by:
Mary Woods
Make-up effects created by:
Jill Summers
Film cameraman:
Ken Higgins
Film editor:
Len Trumm
The Sailor:
David Hughes
The Merchant, Beauty's father:
Bobby Howes
Crispin:
Leslie Phillips
Merchant's daughter - Antonia:
Gillian Lynne
Merchant's daughter - Cherrylinda:
April Olrich
Merchant's daughter - Beauty:
Sally Bazely
Business Man - Benjamin:
Wallas Eaton
Business Man - Silas:
Graham Crowden
Business Man - Jacob:
Cameron Hall
The Old Woodcutter:
Ernest Butcher
Wee Beastie:
Charles Drake
The Beast:
Inia Te Wiata
The Woodland Gobblies:
Susan Smith
The Woodland Gobblies:
Julia Atkinson
The Woodland Gobblies:
Monica Thompson
The Woodland Gobblies:
Joan Boyd
The Woodland Gobblies:
Doreen Johnston
The Woodland Gobblies:
Jacqueline Dalton
The Woodland Gobblies:
Terry Lefco
The Woodland Gobblies:
Garry Smith

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