An opera in two acts with a prologue
Libretto by Nancy Bush
Music by Alan Bush
(first performance in this country) peasants, townsfolk, nobles
BBC Chorus
(Chorus-Master. Leslie Woodgate )
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
(Leader. Arthur Leavins )
Conducted BY STANFORD ROBINSON
PROLOGUE
The edge of a forest in Kent: May 1381
ACT 1
Scene 1: Maidstone market-place, early June Scene 2: A room in Tyler's cottage near
Maidstone, the same evening
Scene 3: Maidstone market-place, a week later, early in the morning