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Starred Programme 'THE TALE OF TSAR SALTAN '

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Chorus of retainers, townsfolk, and aerial spirits
BBC Theatre Chorus. BBC Theatre Orchestra: conductor, Stanford Robin son
Prologue: A cottage kitchen on a winter evening
Act 1: The Tsar's castle in Tmutarakan, by the sea
Act 2: The magic island of Buyan: seashore
Act 3: Scene 1, as Act 2; Scene 2, as Act 1
Act 4: Scene 1, as Act 2: Scene 2:
Guidon's palace in the wonder-city of Buyan

Contributors

Unknown:
Rimsky-Kor Sakov
Written By:
H. Procter Gregg
Produced By:
Stanford Robinson
Produced By:
H. Procter Gregg
Conductor:
Stanford Robin
Eldest Sister (later Crown Bakeress):
Minnia Bower
Middle Sister (later Serene Spinstress):
Edith Coates
Youngest Sister (later Tsarina Militrisa):
Nina Lenova
Babarikha, their cousin, a wicked old woman:
Constance Stofker
Tsar Saltan:
Arthur Fear
The Court Jester:
Edmund Donlevy
An Old Retainer:
Powell Lloyd
Messenger:
Arthur Copley
Scrivener:
John Greenwood
Prince Guidon, Tsarevich:
Stephen Manton
The Fairy Swan (later Princess Swanhilda):
Linda Parker
Three Sailors.:
Morgan Jones
Three Sailors:
Leyland White
Three Sailors:
Norman Lumsden
Narrator:
Frederick Grisewood
Source: Radio Times

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