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Act 2 of the ballet.
Adapted by Peggy van Praagh from choreography by Ivanov.
(to 18.00)

Contributors

Music:
null Tchaikovsky
Adapter:
Peggy van Praagh
Choreography:
null Ivanov
Orchestra directed by:
Eric Robinson
Presented by:
Naomi Capon
Clara, the little girl:
Philippa Maxwell
Nutcracker Prince:
David Blair
Sugar-Plum Fairy:
Elaine Fifield
Spanish dancers:
Sheilah O'Reilly
Spanish dancers:
Pirmin Trescu
Arabian dancer:
Stella Claire
Chinese dancers:
David Gill
Chinese dancers:
Donald McAlpine
Bouffon, the Russian clown:
Stanley Holden
Fairies with flutes:
Maryon Lane
Fairies with flutes:
Maureen Bruce
Fairies with flutes:
Annette Page
Fairies with flutes:
Doreen Tempest
Fairies with flutes:
Veronica Vail
Attendant Fairies:
Pauline Harrop
Attendant Fairies:
Joan Cadzow
Attendant Fairies:
Yvonne Barnes
Attendant Fairies:
Shirley Bishop
Attendant Fairies:
Stella Farrance
Attendant Fairies:
Karen Bliss

A play for television by Frank Baker.
[Starring] Margaret Rutherford and Andrew Osborn
The act: on of the play takes place first at Lusk, a small town in Ulster and then at Cornford, an English Cathedral city.
(Second performance on Thursday at 8.0 p.m.)
(Margaret Rutherford and William Mervyn are appearing in 'Ring Round the Moon' at the Globe Theatre; Una Venning is appearing in 'Top of the Ladder' at St. James Theatre)

Contributors

Writer:
Frank Baker
Producer:
Michael Barry
Settings:
Barry Learoyd
The Air on a G string composed by:
Donald Swann
Norman Huntley:
Andrew Osborn
A sexton:
Christopher Steele
Henry Beddow:
Robert Brown
A barmaid:
Catherine Finn
Cornelius Huntley:
Arthur Wontner
Squeen:
George Benson
Mrs. Huntley:
Una Venning
Marjorie Radley:
Mary MacKenzie
Miss Linkinghorne:
Joan Hickson
Constance Hargreaves:
Margaret Rutherford
A railway porter:
Hal Osmond
A waiter:
Horace Sequeira
The Dean:
Stringer Davis
Dr. Carless:
William Mervyn
Mollie:
Catherine Finn
Archdeacon Cutler:
Francis Roberts
Mrs. Cutler:
Jane Baird
Major Temperley:
Anthony Shaw

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