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When oil is found on the ranch there is trouble brewing, with thousands of dollars at stake. A man is held for murder, but whose hand really fired the fatal bullet? Who buried a pair of oil-stained boots, and why was he so desperately anxious to conceal them?

Contributors

The Wonder Horse:
null Champion
Rebel, the dog:
null Blaze
Ricky North, the boy:
Barry Curtis
Sandy, his uncle:
Jim Bannon

Carole Carr invites you to Carole's Country Club.
With Chic Murray
Harry Locke is behind the bar
and her guests include Bruce Trent, Brendan O'Dowda and Max Geldray.

Contributors

Presenter/singer:
Carole Carr
Comedian:
Chic Murray
Barman:
Harry Locke
Singer:
Bruce Trent
Tenor:
Brendan O'Dowda
Harmonicist:
Max Geldray
The Orchestra is conducted by:
Eric Robinson
Production:
James Gilbert

[Starring] Fred Emney
with The Joe Slack Trio, Edna Savage, Leslie Welch, Robin Richmond, Roger Avon, The Jack Billings Girls.

Contributors

Comedian:
Fred Emney
Contortionists:
The Joe Slack Trio
Singer:
Edna Savage
The Memory Man:
Leslie Welch
Performer:
Robin Richmond
Performer:
Roger Avon
Dancers:
The Jack Billings Girls
Dance direction:
Jack Billings
Orchestra conducted by:
George Clouston
Script:
John Antrobus
Designer:
Frederick Knapman
Producer:
John Street

(See top of page and page 9)
(Joyce Gartside appears by permission of Sadler's Wells Trust, Ltd.)

Puccini's "Madam Butterfly"
Libretto by L. Illica and G. Giacosa.
From the drama by David Belasco.
English translation by R.H. Elkin

The action takes place in Nagasaki.

London Philharmonic Orchestra
(Led by Harold Parfitt)
Conducted by Stanford Robinson

Contributors

Composer:
Giacomo Puccini
Librettist:
L. Illica
Librettist:
G. Giacosa
Author:
David Belasco
English Translator:
R. H. Elkin
Musicians:
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Orchestra Leader:
Harold Parfitt
Conductor:
Stanford Robinson
Chorus-Master:
Cyril Gill
Repetiteur:
William Reid
Advisor:
Kay Kinugasa
Designer:
Stephen Bundy
Adapter/Producer:
George R. Foa
Madam Butterfly, Cho-Cho San:
Sonya Hana (sung by Joyce Gartside)
Suzuki, Cho-Cho San's servant:
Barbara Lee Yu Ling (sung by Patricia Kern)
Lieutenant Pinkerton, of the United States Navy:
David Peel (sung by John Dobson)
Sharpless, United States Consul at Nagasaki:
Roderick Jones (sung by Ivor Evans)
Goro, a Marriage Broker:
Michel de Lutry (sung by Robert Gard)
The Bonze, Cho-Cho San's Uncle:
Kenji Takaki (sung by Raimund Herincx)
Prince Yamadori:
Otokichi Ikeda (sung by Duncan Robertson)
The High Commissioner:
Kizaemon Kitamura (sung by Raimund Herincx)
Kate Pinkerton:
Jean Waugh (sung by Frances Wilkes)
Wedding Guest:
Kay Kinugasa
Wedding Guest:
Misa Mishiku
Wedding Guest:
Michiko Dodd
Wedding Guest:
Irene Ikeda
Wedding Guest:
Hisako Ikeda
Wedding Guest:
Dorothy Lee
Wedding Guest:
Mitsue Takaki
Wedding Guest:
Naogi Mayeda
Wedding Guest:
Shoei Kataoka
Wedding Guest:
Tetsuyo Kobayashi
Wedding Guest:
Kei Wakaizumi
Wedding Guest:
Poi Chin Yap
Wedding Guest:
Kit Boey

Act 1, 8.30-9.15 Act 2, 9.30-10.45
Adapted for television by and produced by George R. Foa.
The action takes place in Nagasaki.
London Philharmonic Orchestra
(Led by Harold Parfitt)
Conducted by Stanford Robinson

Contributors

Libretto:
L. Illica
Libretto:
G. Giacosa
From the drama by:
David Belasco
English translation:
R. H. Elkin
Adapter/producer:
George R. Foa
Musicians:
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Orchestra led by:
Harold Parfitt
Conductor:
Stanford Robinson
Chorus-Master:
Cyril Gell
Repetiteur:
William Reid
Designer:
Stephen Bundy
Madam Butterfly, Cho-Cho-San:
Sonya Hana (sung by Joyce Gartside)
Suzuki, Cho-Cho-San's Servant:
Barbara Lee Yu Ling (sung by Patricia Kern)
Lieutenant Pinkerton, of the United States Navy:
David Peel (sung by John Dobson)
Sharpless, United States Consul at Nagasaki:
Roderick Jones (sung by Ivor Evans)
Goro, a Marriage Broker:
Michel de Lutry (sung by Robert Gard)
The Bonze, Cho-Cho-San's uncle:
Kenji Takaki (sung by Raimund Herincx)
Prince Yamadori:
Otokichi Ikeda (sung by Duncan Robertson)
The High Commissioner:
Kizaemon Kitamura (sung by Raimund Herincx)
Kate Pinkerton:
Jean Waugh (sung by Frances Wilkes)
Wedding Guest:
Kay Kinugasa
Wedding Guest:
Misa Mishiku
Wedding Guest:
Michiko Dodd
Wedding Guest:
Irene Ikeda
Wedding Guest:
Hisako Ikeda
Wedding Guest:
Dorothy Lee
Wedding Guest:
Mitsue Takaki
Wedding Guest:
Naogi Mayeda
Wedding Guest:
Shoei Kataoka
Wedding Guest:
Tetsuyo Kobayash
Wedding Guest:
Kei Wakaizumi
Wedding Guest:
Poi Chin Yap
Wedding Guest:
Kit Boey

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