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Directed by Victor Silvester featuring Victor Silvester and his Ballroom Orchestra
With demonstrations by: Wally Fryer and Violet Barnes (Star Professional Champions 1947/48/49) and Bob Burgess and Margaret Baker (Star Amateur Champions 1948)
Hostess, Patti Morgan

Contributors

Director:
Victor Silvester
Musicians:
Victor Silvester and his Ballroom Orchestra
Dancer:
Wally Fryer
Dancer:
Violet Barnes
Dancer:
Bob Burgess
Dancer:
Margaret Baker
Hostess:
Patti Morgan
Producer:
Richard Afton

A drama in two acts.
English adaptation by Frederick E. Weatherly.

The scene is laid in Calabria near Montalto, on the Feast of the Assumption.
Time: The Present
(John Cameron appears by permission of the General Administrator of the Covent Garden Opera Trust)
(Second performance of the programme televised on November 11)

Contributors

Words and music:
null Leoncavallo
English Adaptation:
Frederick E. Weatherly
Repetiteur:
Charles Mackerras
Orchestra conducted by:
Eric Robinson
Settings Designer:
James Bould
Producer:
Eric Fawcett
Tonio:
Morgan Davies
Canio:
Arthur Servent
Peppe:
Eric Whitley
Silvio:
John Cameron
Nedda:
Eugenie Castle

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