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A fairy opera from the story by the Brothers Grimm.
Adapted for television and produced by George R. Foa.

The action takes place in a forest in Germany
Scene 1: The Broom-maker's Hut
Scene 2: The Forest
Scene 3: The Witch's House
Chorus of children sung by girls of the Mary Datchelor Girls' School.
(Previously televised last Thursday)
(Charles Mackerras, Marion Studholme, and Sheila Rex appear by permission of the Governors of Sadler's Wells)

Contributors

Authors:
The Brothers Grimm
Libretto:
Adelheid Wette
Music:
null Humperdinck
Singers:
Girls of the Mary Datchelor Girls' School
Conductor:
Charles Mackerras
Settings and costumes:
Stephen Bundy
Adapted for television and produced by:
George R. Foa
Peter, a broom-maker:
Edmbroom Donlevy
Gertrude, his wife:
Kate Jackson
Their children - Hansel:
Gertrude Holt
Their children - Gretel:
Marion Studholme
Rosina Daintymouth, the witch who eats children:
Sheila Rex
Sandman:
David Keir
Dew-Fairy:
Elizabeth Boyd

In this fortnightly series, Christopher Mayhew investigates the problems of race relations and their impact on world affairs.
Special contributor: Makkawi S. Akrat, Assistant to Sudan Government
Agent in London
Film sequences and special filming in Africa by the BBC Television Film Unit.

Contributors

Presenter:
Christopher Mayhew
Speaker:
Makkawi S. Akrat
Cameraman:
Dennis Towler
Animations:
Alfred Wurmser
Producer:
Grace Wyndham Goldie

The thirteenth of twenty-six films produced by the National Broadcasting Company of America and the United States Navy, with the assistance of the Admiralty, and using film from both allied and enemy sources.
Film introduced by Michael Lewis, Professor of History at the Royal Naval College, Greenwich.

Contributors

Film introduced by:
Michael Lewis.

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