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The Rake's Progress

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[Starring] The Vic-Wells Ballet Company
A ballet in six scenes by Gavin Gordon after William Hogarth.
Scene 1 - The Reception
Scene 2 - The Orgy
Scene 3 - Interlude
Scene 4 - The Gambling Den
Scene 5 - Near the Prison Gates
Scene 6 - The Mad House
with Robert Helpmann as the Rake, Harold Turner as The Dancing Master and The Gentleman with a Rope, Mary Honer as The Girl
And Pamela May, June Brae, Annabel Farjeon, Molly Brown, Palma Nye, Joy Newton, Sheila McCarthy, Patricia Garnett, Claude Newman, Richard Ellis, Michael Somes, Leslie Edwards, Alan Carter, William Chappell, and Paul Reymond
The Augmented BBC Television Orchestra
Leader, Boris Pecker
Conductor, Hyam Greenbaum
(to 16.00)

Contributors

Writer:
Gavin Gordon
Costumes:
Rex Whistler
Decor:
Malcolm Baker-Smith
Music:
Gavin Gordon
Choreography:
Ninette de Valois
The Rake:
Robert Helpmann
The Dancing Master:
Harold Turner
Gentleman with a Rope:
Harold Turner
The Girl:
Mary Honer
Dancer:
Pamela May
Dancer:
June Brae
Dancer:
Annabel Farjeon
Dancer:
Molly Brown
Dancer:
Palma Nye
Dancer:
Joy Newton
Dancer:
Sheila McCarthy
Dancer:
Patricia Garnett
Dancer:
Claude Newman
Dancer:
Richard Ellis
Dancer:
Michael Somes
Dancer:
Leslie Edwards
Dancer:
Alan Carter
Dancer:
William Chappell
Dancer:
Paul Reymond
Musicians:
The BBC Television Orchestra
Leader:
Boris Pecker
Conductor:
Hyam Greenbaum
Television presentation:
Royston Morley

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