An opera in two acts by Malcolm Williamson
Libretto by Geoffrey Dunn based on the book by Edith Sitwell
First performance from the Aldeburgh Festival

April Cantelo (soprano)
Miss Tylney Long; Miss Beswick; Mrs Dards; Sarah Whitehead; The Duchess of Devonshire; Caraboo; First Nun

Anna Pollak (mezzo-soprano)
The Countess of Desmond; Lady Lewson; Miss FitzHenry; Mrs. Birch; Lady Jersey; Mrs. Worrall; Second Nun

Raymond Nillson (tenor)
Lord Petersham; John Ward; Young Whitehead; Beau Brummell; Dr. Wilkinson

John Fryatt (tenor)
The Rev. Mr. Jones; Romeo Coates; Clerk; Dr. Graham; The Vicar; Mr. Clanronald Macdonald

Owen Brannigan (bass)
Thomas Parr; Major Labelliere; The Prompter; A Governor of the Bank of England; Roberts; Dr. Dalmahoy; Captain Thicknesse; Parish Constable

Michael Maurel (baritone)
Dr. Katterfelto; Lord Rokeby; Alderman Birch ; Lord Rothschild; Mr. Worrall; Etienne

The Quartet: Barbara Elsy (soprano) Pauline Stevens (soprano) Ian Partridge tenor) Christopher Keyte (baritone)
A section of the English Chamber Orchestra Led by Sidney Mann
Conducted by Meredith Davies
Produced by William Chappell
See page 44

Scene 1: Goose-weather
Lord Petersham; Thomas Parr; The Rev. Mr. Jones; Mrs. Beswick; Lady Lewson: Mrs. Dards; Miss Tylney Long; The Countess of Desmond; Dr Katterfelto; Lord Rokeby; John Ward; Major Labelliere

Scene 2: An Amateur of Fashion
Robert (Romeo Coates); Miss FitzHenry; The Prompter

Scene 3: The God of this World
A Governor of the Bank of England; Young Whitehead; Sarah Whitehead (his sister); Alderman Birch; Mrs. Birch; Roberts (the forger); Clerk at the Bank; Lord Rothschild