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The story of Hansel and Gretel: a masque to the music of Humperdinck.

The BBC Television Orchestra
leader Boris Pecker
conductor Hyam Greenbaum
A section of the BBC Singers

Contributors

Choreography/Dancers led by:
Andree Howard
Singers:
A section of the BBC Singers
Musicians:
The BBC Television Orchestra
Leader:
Boris Pecker
Conductor:
Hyam Greenbaum
Production:
Stephen Thomas
Gretel:
Muriel Pavlow
Hansel:
Jean Haines
Mother:
Lilla Healing
Father:
Alured Weigall
Witch:
H.D.C. Pepler
Singer:
Jane Vowles
Singer:
Charlotte Leigh
Singer:
Edith Coates
Singer:
Bernard Ross
Singer:
Vivienne Chatterton

(to 22.00)

Contributors

Book by:
Arthur Askey
Ensembles arranged by:
Carrie Graham
Ballets arranged by:
Quentin Tod
Scenery designed by:
Peter Bax
Full Chorus and Augmented Orchestra under the direction of:
Hyam Greenbaum
Production:
Reginald Smith
Dick Whittington:
Queenie Leonard
Tiddles, his cat:
Brenda Perry
Alderman Fitzwarren:
Dudley Rolph
Alice, his daughter:
Olive Del Mar
Idle Jack:
William Stephens
Emperor of Morocco:
Cyril Fletcher

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