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The Mikado

Network Three
on Network Three

A complete performance of the famous Savoy opera by Gilbert and Sullivan
Chorus of School-Girls, Nobles. Guards and Coolies
The John McCarthy Singers and the BBC Concert Orchestra
Leader, Arthur Leavins
Conducted by Stanford Robinson
Produced by Michael Moores

Act 1 Courtyard of Ko-Ko's Official Residence
Act 2 Ko-Ko's Garden

(Forbes Robinson broadcasts by permission of the General Administrator, Royal Opera House Covent Garden)

(Ruddigore: May 15)

Contributors

Conductor:
Stanford Robinson
Producer:
Michael Moores
The Mikado of Japan:
Forbes Robinson
The Mikado of Japan spoken by:
Ronald Baddiley
Nanki-Poo, his son, disguised as a wandering minstrel and in love with Yum Yum:
Max Worthley
Nanki-Poo spoken by:
David Enders
Ko-Ko, Lord High Executioner of Titipu:
Peter Pratt
Pooh-Bah, Lord High Everything Else:
Ian Wallace
Pooh-Bah spoken by:
Jack May
Pish-Tush, Noble Lord:
Derek Hammond-Stroud
Pish-Tush spoken by:
Hugh Dickson
Three Sisters, wards of Ko-Ko:
Yum-Yum: Cynthia Glover
Three Sisters spoken by:
Meg Wyn Owen
Three Sisters, wards of Ko-Ko:
Pitti-Sing: Patricia Lambert
Three Sisters, wards of Ko-Ko:
Peep-Bo: Ursula Connors
Three Sisters, wards of Ko-Ko:
Peep-Bo spoken by: Wendy Lovelock
Katisha, an elderly lady, in love with Nanki-Poo:
Jean Allister
Katisha spoken by:
Margaret Gordon
Source: Radio Times

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