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The Merry Widow

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An operetta in three acts
Libretto by Victor Leon and Leo Stein
English version by Christopher Hassall
Music by Franz Lehar
Sadler's Wells Chorus
(Chorus-Master, David Tod Boyd )
Sadler's Wells Orchestra
(Leader, John Ludlow )
CONDUCTED BY William REID
Producer, Charles Hickman
From Sadler 's Wells Theatre, London
(by arrangement with Sadler's Wells Opera Company)
The action takes place in Paris at the turn of the century
Act 1
The grand salon at the Pontevedrian Embassy
Act 2
The garden of Anna Glavari 's mansion: evening of the next day

Contributors

Unknown:
Victor Leon
Unknown:
Leo Stein
Unknown:
Christopher Hassall
Music By:
Franz Lehar
Chorus-Master:
David Tod Boyd
Leader:
John Ludlow
Conducted By:
William Reid
Producer:
Charles Hickman
Unknown:
From Sadler
Unknown:
Anna Glavari
Baron Mirko Zeta Pontevedrian Ambassador in Paris:
Howell Glynne
Valencienne, his wife:
Marion Lowe
Count Danilo Danilovitch, his secretary:
Thomas Round
Anna Glavari:
June Bronhill
Camille de Rosillon:
Rowland Jones
Vicomte Cascada:
Frederick Sharp
Raoul de St Brioche:
George Chitty
• Bogdanovit sch Cragg Sinkinson Sylvane, his wife:
Celine Murphy
Kromov, Pontevedrian Councillor:
Leigh Maurice
Olga his wife:
Lily Gribbin
Pritsch, Pontevedrian Military Attaché:
William Booth
Praskovia, his wife:
Angela Wheeldon
Njegus, an Embassy official:
Kevin Miller
Grisettes: Lolo:
Joan Clarkson
Grisettes: Dodo:
Janet Leggat
Grisettes: Jou-Jou:
Irene Carpenter
Grisettes: Frou-Frou:
Lily Gribbin
Grisettes: Clo-Clo:
Celine Murphy
Grisettes: Margot:
Dorothy Nash

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