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For the Children: Let's Make An Opera!

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A visit to the Theatre Royal, Stratford, London to see the English Opera Group production of Let's Make An Opera!
Act 1
Time: The present
Scene 1: The drawing-room of Mrs. Parworthy's house
Scene 2: The preparation and rehearsal for the opera in the village hall
Scene 3: The dress rehearsal of the opera
Act 2
The opera
The children's nursery at Iken Hall in January, 1810
Scene 1: Mid-morning
Scene 2: Afternoon
Scene 3: Next day
Eric Crozier writes on page 45
(to 18.20)

Contributors

Music:
Benjamin Britten
Librettist:
Eric Crozier
Producer:
Basil Coleman
Producer:
Stuart Burge
Orchestra conducted by:
Norman Del Mar
Presented for Television by:
Michael Henderson
Miss Baggot the housekeeper:
Gladys Parr
Black Bob, the sweep:
Norman Lumsden
Juliet Brook:
Anne Sharp
Rowan, nursery-maid to the Brook children:
Pamela Woolmore
Clem Black Bob's son:
Max Worthley
Sam, the new sweep-boy:
Alan Woolston
Gay Brook:
Michael Nicholls
Sophie Brook:
Jean Galton
Johnnie Crome:
Paul Nedland
Hughie Crome:
Clive Wyatt
Tina Crome:
Shirley Eaton
Tom the coachman:
Norman Lumsden
Alfred, the gardener:
Max Worthley
Source: Radio Times

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