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The Intimate Opera Company presents Christmas Story
A seasonable opera.
The action of the opera takes place in a bedroom during the early hours of Christmas morning.

At the piano, Antony Hopkins
The opera is introduced by the composer and presented for television by George R. Foa
(The Intimate Opera Company is appearing at the Arts Theatre Club, London)

It has been a long day. Mother wants to go to sleep; Father, dressed as Santa Claus, is all set to take the children their presents in the adjoining nursery. It is three o'clock on Christmas morning-and there is a burglar about. He, seasonably, is dressed as Santa Claus too! All the scene needs now is the real Santa Claus to confuse and confound the others.
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Contributors

Libretto:
Michael Flanders
Music/Pianist/Presenter:
Antony Hopkins
Presented for television by:
George R. Foa
Father:
Mervyn Dobson
Mother:
Ann Dowdall
Tiger Tim, a burglar:
Eric Shilling
Saint Nicholas:
Stephen Manton
Two children:
Elizabeth Boyd
Two children:
John Ford

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