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Excerpts from: Sleeping Beauty on Ice

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from the Empire Pool, Wembley.
Presented by Sir Arthur Elvin by arrangement with Tom Arnold.
Specialities by:
Chocolate and Company
The Skating Ryles
Frederick Gommer's Singing Cavaliers
Empire Pool Orchestra under the direction of Bertram Willis
Skating Corps de Ballet
Commentator, Berkeley Smith who also interviews some of the artists during the interval.
A special performance before an invited audience.
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Contributors

Presented by:
Sir Arthur Elvin
Devised and produced by:
Gerald Palmer
Singers:
Frederick Gommer's Singing Cavaliers
Musicians:
Empire Pool Orchestra
Orchestra under the direction of:
Bertram Willis
Skaters:
Corps de Ballet
Choreography:
Beatrice Livesey
Book and lyrics:
Maurice Cowan
Music composed and selected by:
Reginald Swinney
Decor:
Edward Delaney
Costumes designer:
Anthony Holland
Commentator/interviewer:
Berkeley Smith
Presented for television by:
Alan Chivers
The Lord Great Chamberlain:
Heinie Brock
The King of Coronia:
Tony Somers
The Queen of Coronia:
Jock McConnell
Fairy Lovelight:
Barbara Wyatt
Fairy Rosebud:
Pamela Gave
Fairy Twinkletoes:
Moira Crook
Fairy Humour:
Margaret Betty
Fairy Benevolent:
Jo Anne Lee
Fairy Harmony:
Micheline Andrews
Fairy Mischief:
George Miller
Princess Beauty:
Gloria Nord
Prince Forthright:
Daphne Walker
The Dragon:
Desmond Cline
The Dragon:
Thomas Murphy
The King's Messenger:
Leslie Lugg
The Court Costumier:
Jerry Carroll
A Wood Cutter:
Reginald Bass
The Earl Marshal:
Desmond Cline
Lord Howard of Effingham:
Thomas Murphy
Sir John Hawkins:
James Gullet
Sir Philip Sidney:
Tony Clarke
William Shakespeare:
Michael Walker
Francis Bacon:
Arthur Buss
Sir Walter Raleigh:
Peter Kearley
Queen Elizabeth I:
Jo Anne Lee
The Spirit of the Future:
Micheline Andrews
Voices of the principal speaking artists:
Raymond James
Voices of the principal speaking artists:
J. Grant Anderson
Voices of the principal speaking artists:
Leslie de Havilland
Voices of the principal speaking artists:
Jane Hilary
Voices of the principal speaking artists:
Jeanette Haley
Voices of the principal speaking artists:
Patricia Chaplin
Voices of the principal speaking artists:
Reginald de Havilland
Clowns:
Chocolate and Company
Skaters:
The Skating Ryles

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