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The English Opera Group presents 'LET'S MAKE AN OPERA'

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An entertainment for young people
Libretto and radio version by Eric Crozier
Music by Benjamin Britten
Cast:
(Characters in the play are given in roman type; characters in the opera, in italics)
The Children:
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The English Opera Group
Chamber Orchestra
(Leader, Hans Geiger )
Conducted by Norman Del Mar
Produced by Eric Crozier and Basil Coleman
Parti
The stage shortly before a dress rehearsal. Time: The Present

Contributors

Unknown:
Eric Crozier
Music By:
Benjamin Britten
Leader:
Hans Geiger
Conducted By:
Norman Del Mar
Produced By:
Eric Crozier
Produced By:
Basil Coleman
Mr. Chaffinch (Black Bob, the sweep.;and Tom, the coachman):
Norman Lumsden
Max Westleton (Clem, Black Bob's son; and Albert, the gardener):
Max Worthley
Mrs Parworthy (Miss Baggott the housekeeper):
Gladys Parr
Annie Dougall (Juliet Brook):
Anne Sharp
Elisabeth Parrish (Rowan, nursery-maid to the Brook children):
Pamela Woolmore
Sammie Fisher (Sam, the new sweep boy):
John Moules
Gay Parworthy (Gay Brook, agedthirteen):
Bruce, Hines
Sophie Stevenson (Sophie Brook, aged eleven):
Monica Garrod
John Chaffinch:
Peter Cousins
Johnnie Crome, aged fourteen:
Brian Cole
Hugh Lark (Hughie Crome aged eight):
Ralph Canham
Christina Chaffinch (Tina Crome,Hughie's twin):
Mavis Gardiner

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