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The Florentine Fresco
by C. E. Webber.
Another play about Benvenuto Cellini and the artists of Florence.
(Previously televised last Thursday)

(to 17.55)

Contributors

Storyteller:
John Glyn Jones
Writer (The Florentine Fresco):
C. E. Webber
Producer (The Florentine Fresco):
Rex Tucker
Benvenuto Cellini:
Peter Coke
Battista:
Anthony Verner
Maria:
Patricia Lowi
Baccio Bandinelli:
Oliver Burt
First soldier:
Paul Whitsun-Jones
Second soldier:
Shaun Sutton
Third soldier:
Victor Baring

with Ghislaine Alexander, Elizabeth Allan, Jerry Desmonde, Gilbert Harding trying to find the answers and Eamonn Andrews to see fair play.

("What's My Line?" was devised by Mark Goodson and Bill Todman and is presented by arrangement with C.B.S. of America and Maurice Winnick)
(Jerry Desmonde is appearing in "Redheaded Blonde" at the Vaudeville Theatre)

Contributors

Panellist:
Ghislaine Alexander
Panellist:
Elizabeth Allan
Panellist:
Jerry Desmonde
Panellist:
Gilbert Harding
Chairman:
Eamonn Andrews
Devised by:
Mark Goodson
Devised by:
Bill Todman
Presented by:
T. Leslie Jackson

A ballet.
Based on a poem by Theophile Gautier with choreography by Fokine.
[Starring] Beryl Grey and John Field
(Beryl Grey and John Field appear by permission of the General Administrator, Royal Opera House Covent Garden, Ltd.)
See 'Television Diary'

Contributors

Author (of poem):
Theophile Gautier
Choreography:
null Fokine
Music (Invitation to the Dance):
null Weber
Historical adviser:
Cyril Beaumont
Setting:
John Clements
Arranged for television and produced by:
Christian Simpson
The Young Girl:
Beryl Grey
The Spirit of the Rose:
John Field

The life and death of Joan of Arc
A play by Marcelle-Maurette
Adapted from the French by Juliet Mansel

Contributors

Author:
null Marcelle-Maurette
Adapted from the French by:
Juliet Mansel
Movement arranged by:
Lydia Sokolova
Production designed by:
Barry Learoyd
Producer:
Douglas Allen
The Narrator:
John Glen
Joan:
Pamela Alan
Mother:
Marjorie Manning
Father:
Philip Ray
Charles VII (The Dauphin):
Jonathan Meddings
A Drab:
Natasha Sokolova
The Duc d'Alencon:
Emrys Leyshon
Gilles de Rais:
Paul Homer
English Herald:
Anthony Viccars
Gaucourt:
George Woodbridge
A page:
James Beattie
Father Richard:
Lee Fox
D'Aulon (Joan's Equerry):
Anthony Viccars
A tailor:
James Beattie
Monseigneur the Grand Chancellor and Archbishop of Rheims:
Arthur Young
Monseigneur Peter Cauchon (Bishon of Beauvais):
Peter Copley
Brother Maurice:
David Enders
Nicholas Loyseleur:
Edgar K. Bruce
Dancers, French soldiers, English gaolers, monks:
Natasha Sokolova
Dancers, French soldiers, English gaolers, monks:
Paul Homer
Dancers, French soldiers, English gaolers, monks:
Conrad Phillips
Dancers, French soldiers, English gaolers, monks:
Stephen Boyd
Dancers, French soldiers, English gaolers, monks:
Job Stewart
Dancers, French soldiers, English gaolers, monks:
Brian Moorehead

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