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or The Story of the Sleeper Awakened
A lyric drama in three acts by Giovacchino Forzano Music by Wolf-Ferrari
Translated and adapted for radio by Dennis Arundell
BBC Chorus
(Chorus-Master, Leslie Woodgate)
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
(Leader, Arthur Leavins )
Conducted by Rudolf Kemps
Producer, Dennis Arundell
Scene: London in the seventeenth century
Acr 1: The Falcon Inn

Contributors

Author:
Giovacchino Forzano
Music:
null Wolf-Ferrari
Translated and adapted for radio by:
Dennis Arundell
Singers:
BBC Chorus
Chorus-Master:
Leslie Woodgate
Musicians:
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Leader:
Arthur Leavins
Conductor:
Rudolf Kemps
Producer:
Dennis Arundell
Christopher Sly:
Howard Vandenburg
Dolly:
Victoria Sladen
This Earl of Westmoreland:
Thomas Hemsley
John Blake, an actor from Black-friars Theatre:
Roderick Jones
The Hostess of the Falcon Inn:
Laelia Finneberg
Snare, the Sheriff's officer:
Norman Lumsden
Five friends of the Earl, disguised in Act 2 as A Moor:
Andrew Gold
Five friends of the Earl, disguised in Act 2 as A Redskin:
Lloyd Strauss-Smith
Five friends of the Earl, disguised in Act 2 as An Old Servant:
Emrys Lloyd
Five friends of the Earl, disguised in Act 2 as A Chinaman:
John Heddle Nash
Five friends of the Earl, disguised in Act 2 as A Doctor:
Norman Lumsden
A French nobleman, later disguised as A Lutenist:
Jan van Der Gucht
The Judge:
Lloyd Strauss-Smith
Rosalina:
Pamela Woolmore
A Soldier:
Ian Blair
The Coachman:
Denis Catlin
The Pot-Boy:
Andrew Gold
The Master of Ceremonies:
John Heddle Nash
First Maid:
Beryl Latt
Second Maid:
Elizabeth Eriksson
Third Maid:
Pamela Woolmore
A Page:
Mildred Watson
First servant:
Denis Catlin
Second servant:
Emrys Lloyd
Third servant:
Ian Blair

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