From ' Rose Marie ' to ' The Dancing
Years'
Arranged and produced by Gordon McConnel , with the musical collaboration of Gwen Williams
The singers
Elisabeth Welch
Lorely Dyer
Arnold Matters
The narrator, Leslie Mitchell
The BBC Theatre Chorus
(trained by Charles Groves)
The BBC Theatre Orchestra
Leader, Tate Gilder
Conductor, Stanford Robinson
The very phrase ' Drury Lane production ' conjures up in the mind one word-Success. At no time has the tradition of this famous theatre been more thoroughly maintained than during the twelve years under review. Rose Marie , with its stupendous stage effects and tuneful score, ushered in a long series of musical successes. Among these, from which music and song will be heard tonight, are The Desert Song, Show Boat, Netc Moon , The Three Musketeers, Cavalcade, and, of course, the Ivor Novello series which concluded with The Dancing Years