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Gilbert and Sullivan

BBC Radio 2
on BBC Radio 2

The third programme in Radio 2's Savoy season. The Pirates of Penzance or The Slave of Duty
An apprentice finds that being born in a leap year can upset the best-laid plans.
The Ambrosian Singers chorusmaster
JOHN MCCARTHY
Sir Charles Mackerras conducts the BBC Concert Orchestra Producer ROBERT BOWMAN
3.05-3.25* In the interval David Mackie talks about Gilbert and Sullivan in America and fills in the background to

Contributors

Unknown:
John McCarthy
Unknown:
Sir Charles MacKerras
Producer:
Robert Bowman
Talks:
David MacKie
Major-General Stanley:
Derek Hammond-Stroud
Pirate King:
Eric Shilling
Samuel:
Leslie Fyson
Frederic:
Neil Jenkins
Sergeant of Police:
Forbes Robinson
Mabel:
Valerie Masterson
Edith:
Meriel Dickinson
Kate:
Maureen Morelle
Isabel:
Joyce Mandre
Ruth:
Della Jones
Source: Radio Times

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