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Puppet Party
Timothy Telescope and Cactus the Camel invite some of their friends to the party.
Puppets created by H. W. Whanslaw (President of the British Puppet and Model Theatre Guild), H. G. Bigg, and Pat Turner.
Pianist, Roma Clarke

5.10 Children's Newsreel

Contributors

Puppets created by (Puppet Party):
H. W. Whanslaw
Puppets created by (Puppet Party):
H. G. Bigg
Puppets created by (Puppet Party):
Pat Turner
Pianist (Puppet Party):
Roma Clarke
Producer (Puppet Party):
Jill Allgood

A mystery play written for television by Anthony C. Wilson.
(Michael Godfrey is appearing at the St. James's Theatre, London)
(Second performance of the programme televised last Thursday)
(to 18.00)

Contributors

Writer:
Anthony C. Wilson
Producer:
Naomi Capon
Albert Leonard, a newspaper editor:
Duncan Ross
Peter Gordon, a Canadian school-master:
Warren Stanhope
Ephraim Cribbett, a postman:
John Garley
George Francis, a Dartmoor innkeeper:
Michael Godfrey
Maggie Francis, his wife:
Dera Cooper
David West, a boy:
Tony Burton
Captain Howard, his mother's employer:
Joss Ambler
Miss Farringdon, a painter:
Mignon O'Doherty
Michael Hirst, a reporter:
Roy Hannah
Ben Meade, a gardener:
Duncan Ross
Inspector Sullivan:
Frank Webster

An opera in four acts by Giacomo Puccini.
Adapted for television and produced by George R. Foa.
From the novel by Henri Murger.
The action takes place in the Paris of 1830.
Act 1: In the attic
Act 2: The Latin Quarter
Act 3: A gate of Paris
Act 4: In the attic
(There will be an interval of approximately five minutes between each act)
(Edmund Donlevy, Harold Blackburn, and Charles MacKerras appear by permission of the Governors of Sadler's Wells)
Second performance: Thursday at 8.0
George Foa writes on page 42

Contributors

Author:
Giacomo Puccini
Libretto:
Illica and Giacosa
Adapted for television and produced by:
George R. Foa
From the novel by:
Henri Murger
Settings:
Stephen Bundy
Narrator:
Alexander Moyes
Orchestra conducted by:
Charles MacKerras
Marcel, a painter:
Roderick Jones
Rudolph, a poet:
Kenneth Neate
Colline, a philosopher:
Hervey Alan
Schaunard, a musician:
Edmund Donlevy
Benoit a landlord:
Harold Blackburn
Mimi:
Lilly Stanley
Musetta:
Hella Toros
Alcindoro, a roue:
Ernest Frank

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