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The Gods Go A-Begging

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[Starring] The Sadler's Wells Opera Ballet Company
(By permission of the Administrator of Sadler Wells)
Preparations are in progress for a fete champetre. The company arrives and into its midst strays a shepherd. He dances; and the noblemen and their ladies dance and stray off into the wood. They return and are indignant to find the serving maid dancing with the shepherd but the messenger of the Gods reveals two Divinities and everyone dances homage to the Gods

Contributors

Music:
null Handel
Music arranged by:
Sir Thomas Beecham
Choreography:
Ninette de Valois
Costumes/Decor:
Henry Stevenson
The Orchestra conducted by:
Ivan Clayton
Produced for television by:
Philip Bate
A serving maid:
Anne Heaton
A shepherd:
Leo Kersley
Two serving maids:
Sheilah O'Reilly
Two serving maids:
Nadia Nerina
Court lady:
Joan Harris
Court lady:
Pamela Chrimes
Court lady:
June Day
Court lady:
Thekla Russell
Court lady:
Pauline Wadsworth
Nobleman:
Alan Carter
Nobleman:
Eric Hyrst
Nobleman:
Peter Darrell
Nobleman:
Michael Hogan
Nobleman:
Kenneth MacMillan
Black lackey:
Josephine Gordon
Black lackey:
Greta Hamby
Black lackey:
Diana Field
Black lackey:
Sheila Nelson
Black lackey:
Margaret Dady
Black lackey:
Frank Ward
Mercury:
Michael Boulton

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