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IOLANTHE

BBC Radio 3
on BBC Radio 3

A complete performance of the famous Savoy opera by Gilbert and Sullivan
spoken by Pinkie Johnstone
Chorus of Dukes, Marquises, Earls, Viscounts. Barons, and Fairies
THE JOHN MCCARTHY SINGERS
BBC CONCERT ORCHESTRA Leader, Arthur Leavins
Conducted by STANFORD ROBINSON
Produced by MICHAEL MOORES and PETER BRYANT
ACT 1: An Arcadian landscape
Act 2: Palace Yard, Westminster
Broadcast on March 27. 1966
Princess Ida: March 24

Contributors

Spoken By:
Pinkie Johnstone
Singers:
John McCarthy
Conducted By:
Stanford Robinson
Produced By:
Michael Moores
Produced By:
Peter Bryant
The Lord Chancellor:
Peter Pratt
Earl of Mountararat:
Donald Francke
Earl of Mountararat spoken by:
Derek Birch
Earl Tolloller:
Andrew Downie
Private Willis, of the Grenadier Guards:
Owen Brannigan
Strephon, an Arcadian shepherd:
Denis Quilley
Queen of the Fairies:
Janet Coster
Queen of the Fairies spoken by:
Barbara Mitchell
Iolanthe, a fairy, Strephon's mother:
Patricia Routledge
Celia:
Sylvia Eaves
Celia spoken by:
Polly Murch
Leila:
Hilda Bickley
Leila spoken by:
Dorit Welles
Fleta spoken by:
Pamela Binns
Phyllis, an Arcadian shepherdess, and Ward in Chancery:
Ellen Dales
Source: Radio Times

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