On 2 April 1902. at London's Savoy Theatre, the curtain rose for the first time on the work of a new partnership: ' Music by Edward German , Libretto by Basil Hood '. At a time of celebration it seems appropriate to hear again one of their most acclaimed successes. Tim Rice presents, from gramophone records, the story and the songs of Merrie England with: WILLIAM MCALPINE as Sir Walter Raleigh JUNE BRONHILL as Bessie Throckmorton
PETER G LOS SOP as The Earl of Essex
PATRICIA KERN as Jill-All-Alone
MONICA SINCLAIR as Queen Elizabeth I
HOWELL GLYNNE as Walter Wilkins
MEIL HOWLETT as Long Tom
ERIC WILSON-HYPE as Big Ben and LESLIE FYSON , GEOFFREY COLBY and CHARLES YOUNG with the WILLIAMS SINGERS and the orchestra of MICHAEL COLLINS Producer DANNY GREENSTONE