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'HUGH THE DROVER'

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Romantic ballad opera by R. Vaughan Williams. Libretto by Harold Child. Produced by Stanford Robinson and Mark H. Lubbock
Chorus of inhabitants of the town and soldiers
BBC Theatre Chorus. BBC Theatre Orchestra : conductor, Stanford Robinson. Narrator, Dennis Arundell
Place : A small town in the Cotswolds about 1812. Act 1 : A fair in an open field near the town about 11.0 a.m. on Monday, April 30

Contributors

Composer:
R. Vaughan Williams.
Librettist:
Harold Child.
Producers:
Stanford Robinson and Mark H. Lubbock
Conductor:
Stanford Robinson.
Narrator:
Dennis Arundell
The Constable:
Owen Brannigan
Mary:
Lorely Dyer
Aunt Jane:
Gladys Palmer
John the Butcher:
Dennis Noble
Hugh the Drover:
Webster Booth
Turnkey:
Powell Lloyd
Source: Radio Times

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