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Sunday-Night Theatre: The Tempest

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by William Shakespeare
[Starring] Robert Atkins as Caliban, Robert Eddison as Prospero
Music composed and directed by Hans Heimler and played by Geoffrey Gilbert (flute), Michael Dobson (oboe), Sidney Sell (clarinet), William Krasnik (viola), Anthony Pini (cello), J. Edward Merrett, Jnr. (double-bass), Stephen Whittaker (percussion), Tom McCall (celesta)

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Contributors

Author:
William Shakespeare
Designer:
Barry Learoyd
Costume Supervision:
Olive Harris
Choreography:
Geraldine Stephenson
Composer/Music Director:
Hans Heimler
Flautist:
Geoffrey Gilbert
Oboeist:
Michael Dobson
Clarinettist:
Sidney Sell
Violaist:
William Krasnik
Cellist:
Anthony Pini
Double-Bassist:
J. Edward Merrett, Jnr.
Percussionist:
Stephen Whittaker
Celesta player:
Tom McCall
Producer:
Ian Atkins
Producer:
Robert Atkins
Boatswain:
Dennis Chinnery
Alonso, King of Naples:
Laidman Browne
Antonio, usurping Duke of Milan:
Douglas Wilmer
Gonzalo, an honest old counsellor:
Charles Lloyd Pack
Sebastian, brother to Alonso:
Olaf Pooley
Ferdinand, son to Alonso:
Bernard Brown
Prospero, brother to Antonio and right Duke of Milan:
Robert Eddison
Miranda, his daughter:
Anna Barry
Ariel, an airy spirit:
Patti Brooks
Caliban, a savage and deformed slave:
Robert Atkins
Lords attending on Alonso - Adrian:
Peter Street
Lords attending on Alonso - Francisco:
Clement Hamelin
Trinculo, a jester:
Jonathan Meddings
Stephano, a drunken butler:
Russell Thorndike
Spirit appearing in the Masque - Iris:
Patricia Kneale
Spirit appearing in the Masque - Ceres:
Sylvia Beamish
Spirit appearing in the Masque - Juno:
Jean Grayston
Spirit attending on Prospero:
Valerie Deakin
Spirit attending on Prospero:
Regina Frankel
Spirit attending on Prospero:
Wendy Hilton
Spirit attending on Prospero:
Janet Kedge
Spirit attending on Prospero:
Molly Kenny
Spirit attending on Prospero:
Ann Lewis
Spirit attending on Prospero:
Odel Crowther
Spirit attending on Prospero:
Donald Forest
Spirit attending on Prospero:
David Gardner
Spirit attending on Prospero:
John Harmer
Spirit attending on Prospero:
Douglas Hill
Spirit attending on Prospero:
Rex Rainer
Mariner:
David Chivers
Mariner:
Brian Moorehead

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