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Encore: The Ballet: Peer Gynt

on BBC Two England

Music by Grieg
Choreography by Vaslav Orlikowsky
Freely adapted from the drama by Henrik Ibsen
Adapted and produced for television by Charles R. Rogers
London's Festival Ballet Production

London Philharmonic Orchestra
Leader, David McCallum
Conducted by Aubrey Bowman
(First transmission on BBC-1, May 28)

(Marilyn Burr appears by arrangement with the Director, Staatsoper, Hamburg)

Contributors

Music:
Edvard Greig
Choreography:
Vaslav Orlikowsky
Adapted from the drama by:
Henrik Ibsen
Adapted by/Producer:
Charles R. Rogers
Ballet Master and Personal Assistant to the Choreographer:
Vassilie Trunoff
Costumes designed by:
Yvonne Lloyd
Musicians:
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Orchestra leader:
David McCallum
Conductor:
Aubrey Bowman
Associate Conductor:
Donald Elliott
Lighting:
Ken MacGregor
Designed for television by:
Tony Abbott
Peer Gynt:
John Gilpin
Aase, his mother:
Angela Bishopp
The Violinist:
Max Natiez
Ingrid:
Marilyn Burr
The Bridegroom:
Vassilie Trunoff
Ingrid's mother:
Janet Lewis
Ingrid's father:
Nicholas Benton
Ingrid's friend:
Gillian Shane
Ingrid's friend:
Carol Yule
Solveig:
Lucette Aldous
Her mother:
Elizabeth Cox
Her father:
Jean Pierre Alban
The Green One:
Irina Borowska
The Troll King:
Jean Pierre Alban
The Troll Imp:
Raymond Lewis
An English Lady:
Joan Potter
Anitra:
Carmen Mathe
Her Escort:
Barry McGrath
A Mad Woman:
Carol Yule
The Button Moulder (Death):
John Auld
Dancers:
Artists of London's Festival Ballet

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