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Songs from 'CHU CHIN CHOW'

BBC Home Service
on BBC Home Service Basic

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A musical tale of the East by Oscar Asche , set to music by Frederic Norton. Presentation written by Henrik Ege
The Storyteller, Norman Shelley
Robbers, dancers, servants, slaves, etc.
The BBC Theatre Chorus (trained by Charles Groves ) and the BBC Theatre Orchestra (leader, Tate Gilder), conductor, Stanford Robinson
The programme arranged and produced by Gordon McConnel with the musical collaboration of -Gwen Williams

Contributors

Unknown:
Oscar Asche
Music By:
Frederic Norton.
Written By:
Henrik Ege
Unknown:
Charles Groves
Produced By:
Gordon McConnel
Abu Hasan, the Shayk of the Robbers:
Franklyn Kelsey
Abdullah, steward in Kasim Baba's household:
Kenneth Ellis
Marjanah, a slave:
Sylvia Welling
Ali Baba, Kasim's brother:
Denis O'Neil
Nur al-Huda Ali, Ali Baba's son:
Eric Starling
Alcolon, Kasim's head wife:
Elizabeth Paynter
Baba Mustapha, a cobbler:
Kenneth Ellis
Source: Radio Times

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