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The Music Man

on BBC Radio 2

Jim Dale stars in the fifth of Radio 2's series of Broadway musicals.
Set on Independence Day in 1912, it is a modern version of The Pied Piper of Hamelin and tells the tale of the stranger who came to River City and formed a Boys' Band which changed their lives.
Book, music and lyrics are by Meredith Willson.
With the Stephen Hill
Singers, the Children of the Sylvia Young Theatre School and the BBC Concert
Orchestra, conducted by lain Sutherland
Producer John Langridge

Contributors

Unknown:
Jim Dale
Unknown:
Meredith Willson.
Producer:
John Langridge
Harold Hill:
Jim Dale
Charlie Cowell:
David Kelsey
Mayor Shinn:
David Healey
Ewart Dunlop:
Stephen Hill
Oliver Hix:
Patrick Clancy
Jacey Squires:
David Alder
Olin Britt:
Michael Bundy
Marcellus Washburn:
Michael Cahill
Tommy Djilas:
Chris Gazzard
Marian Paroo:
Claire Moore
Mrs Paroo:
Anny Tobin
Amaryllis:
Laura Bailey
Winthrop Paroo:
Anthony Hamblin
Eulalie Mackecknie Shinn:
Joan Savage
Zaneeta Shinn:
Carla Prosser
Gracie Shinn:
Sarah French

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