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A comic opera in one act by Offenbach.
The action takes place in the garden of the Royal Hospital Tavern, Chelsea, in the days of Queen Anne

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Composer:
null Offenbach
Orchestra conducted by:
Alfred Reynolds
The settings for Breaking the Spell and The Policeman's Serenade by:
James Bould
Both operettas produced for television by:
Philip Bate
Old Matthew, a Chelsea Pensioner:
Walter Saul
Peter Bloom, a gardener:
James Etherington
Jenny Wood, a maid at the inn:
Nina Barbone

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