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(Charles Mackerras, Marion Studholme, and Sheila Rex appear by permission of the Governors of Sadler's Wells)
Second performance next Monday

A fairy opera from the story by the Brothers Grimm.
The action takes place in a forest in Germany.
Scene one, The Broom-Maker's hut
Scene two, The forest
Scene three, The Witch's House
Chorus of Children sung by girls of the Mary Datchelor Girls' School
Adapted for television and produced by George R. Foa.
At 8.15

Contributors

Authors:
The Brothers Grimm
Libretto:
Adelheid Wette
Music:
null Humperdinck
Singers:
Girls of the Mary Datchelor Girls' School
Conductor:
Charles Mackerras
Settings and costumes:
Stephen Bundy
Adapter/producer:
George R. Foa
Peter, a broom-maker:
Edmund Donlevy
Gertrude, his wife:
Kate Jackson
Their children:
Hansel: Gertrude Holt
Their children:
Gretel: Marion Studholme
Rosina Daintymouth, the witch who eats children:
Sheila Rex
Sandman:
David Keir
Dew-Fairy:
Elizabeth Boyd

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