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The Bridal Day

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[First performance]
(Denis Dowling appears by permission of the Governors of Sadler's Wells)
Dr. Vaughan Williams writes on page 8

A Masque by Ralph Vaughan Williams.
Adapted by Ursula Wood from Spenser's poem 'Epithalamion'.

Contributors

Composer:
Ralph Vaughan Williams
Adapted from Spenser's poem "Epithalamion" by:
Ursula Wood
Choreography:
David Paltenghi
Singer:
Denis Dowling
Chorus:
The Wigmore Ensemble
Pianist:
Michael Mullinar
Conductor:
Stanford Robinson
Settings designed by:
John Clements
Assistant Producer:
Patricia Foy
Producer:
Christian Simpson
Narrator:
Cecil Day Lewis
The Bride:
Sheila Shand Gibbs
The Bridegroom:
Guy Verney
Juno:
Yvonne Marsh
Bacchus:
Roy Evans
Evening Star:
Judith Whitaker
Nymph:
Patricia Cree
Nymph:
Audrey Harman
Nymph:
Jane Evans
Nymph:
Norma Smith
Grace:
Margaret Madison
Grace:
Sylvia Herklot
Grace:
Hermione Harvey
Bridesmaid:
Anne Bristow
Bridesmaid:
Marjorie Evans
Bridesmaid:
Wendy Murphy
Bridesmaid:
Josephine Spaull
Groomsman:
David Davenport
Groomsman:
Harry Cordwell
Groomsmen:
Kenneth Tillson
Rustic:
Angela Bayley
Rustic:
Betty Ash
Rustic:
Joyce Lyndon
Rustic:
Desmond McDonald
Rustic:
Peter Fiske
Rustic:
Alec Martin
Rustic:
Karl Hartmann
Relative:
Vera Lavrova
Relative:
Joanna Denise
Relative:
Jashf Crandall
Relative:
Ernest Marini
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