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BEATRICE AND BENEDICK

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An opera in two acts
Adapted from Shakespeare French text and music by BERLIOZ
English version by Geoffrey Dunn
Cast
BBC NORTHERN Singers
Chorus-Master, Stephen Wilkinson
BBC NORTHERN Orchestra Leader, Reginald Stead Conducted by STANFORD ROBINSON
Produced by Geoffrey Dunn
Acr 1: The grounds of the governor's palace in Messina

Contributors

Unknown:
Geoffrey Dunn
Chorus-Master:
Stephen Wilkinson
Leader:
Reginald Stead
Conducted By:
Stanford Robinson
Produced By:
Geoffrey Dunn
DON PEDRO. in command of the armies of sicily bass:
George James
DON PEDRO. in command of the armies of sicily spoken by:
Paul Hardwick
CLAUDIO, his aide-de-camp baritone:
John Noble
CLAUDIO, his aide-de-camp spoken by:
Richard Burrell
BENEDICK. a Sicilian officer tenor:
John Mitchinson
BENEDICK. a Sicilian officer spoken by:
Denis Goacher
LEONATO, governor of Messina spoken by:
David Bird
HERO. his daughter soprano:
Jeannette Sinclair
HERO. his daughter spoken by:
Judy Bailey
BEATRICE, his niece contralto:
Sybil Michelow
BEATRICE, his niece spoken by:
Margaret Whiting
URSULA, lady-in-waiting to Hero contralto:
Helen Watts
URSULA, lady-in-waiting to Hero spoken by:
Eva Stuart
MESSENGER from Don Pedro spoken by:
Charles Simon
FIRST SERVANT spoken by:
Charles Simon
SECOND SERVANT spoken by:
Basil Jones
A SCRIVENER spoken by:
Charles Simon
SOMARONE, a musician baritone:
Frederick Westcott
SOMARONE, a musician spoken by:
Frederick Westcott

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