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The World Our Stage: The Curtain's Rising

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Written by Alan Melville and Arthur Wilkinson

Pantomime
featuring Richard Hearne as Widow Twankey, Gwen Cherrell as Aladdin, Dave O'Gorman as Ebenezer, Ronnie Collis as Wishey-Washey
From Prince Littter's "Aladdin" at the Hippodrome, Bristol

Night Club
Carole Carr sings an introduction to "La Canne A Sucre"
featuring Robert Mavounzy, Ceyro, Clemandore, The 'Doudou' Girls
A direct transmission from "La Canne a Sucre" in Paris

Star Theatre: The Decoration
by Guy De Maupassant
Adapted by Michael Bond
[Starring] Tony Britton

Slapstick
[Starring] Cyril Fletcher as the Queen, Ian Francis as the King
From "The Sleeping Beauty" at the New Theatre, Northampton
(by permission of F.J. Butterworth)

The Music Maker
Marcel Cornelis from Belgium

Toast of Europe
Henri Salvador sings from France

A Finale That is English
sung by Vanessa Lee with Eric Robinson conducting the Concert Orchestra

The excerpt from "Aladdin" produced by Herbert Darsey and presented for television by John Fearon; "La Canne a Sucre" arranged by Alan Adair; the excerpt from "The Sleeping Beauty" produced by Cyril Fletcher and presented for television by John McGonagle.

(Tony Britton appears by arrangement with British Lion Film Corporation Ltd.)

Contributors

Writer:
Alan Melville
Writer:
Arthur Wilkinson
Widow Twankey (Pantomime):
Richard Hearne
Aladdin (Pantomime):
Gwen Cherrell
Ebenezer (Pantomime):
Dave O'Gorman
Wishey-Washey (Pantomime):
Ronnie Collis
Singer (La Canne A Sucre):
Carole Carr
Saxophonist (La Canne A Sucre):
Robert Mavounzy
Performer (La Canne A Sucre):
null Ceyro
Performer (La Canne A Sucre):
null Clemandore
Performers (La Canne A Sucre):
The 'Doudou' Girls
Author (Star Theatre:
The Decoration): Guy De Maupassant
Adapter (Star Theatre:
The Decoration) : Michael Bond
[Actor]:
Tony Britton
The Queen (Slapstick):
Cyril Fletcher
The King (Slapstick):
Ian Francis
Performer (The Music Maker):
Marcel Cornelis
Singer (Toast of Europe):
Henri Salvador
Singer (A Finale That is English):
Vanessa Lee
Orchestra conductor (A Finale That is English):
Eric Robinson
Musicians (A Finale That is English):
The Concert Orchestra
Designer:
Stephen Taylor
Producer:
Francis Essex

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