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The Sadler's Wells production of the opera by Benjamin Britten.
Libretto by Montagu Slater based on the poem by George Crabbe.
From Sadler's Wells Theatre, London
Sadler's Wells Chorus
Chorus-Master, John Barker
Sadler's Wells Orchestra
Leader, Brian Thomas
Conducted by Meredith Davies
The action of the opera takes place in The Borough, a small East Coast fishing town, early in the nineteenth century.
Act 1
Prologue:
A courtroom in the Moot Hall
Scene 1:
The High Street, a few days later
Scene 2:
Inside The Boar, the same evening
Act 2
Scene 1:
The High Street, Sunday morning, some weeks later
Scene 2:
Peter Grimes's hut
Act 3
Scene 1:
The High Street, three days later
Scene 2:
The same, early the next morning
A report on a major issue of the day.
James Mossman examines the origins of the present crisis and interviews some of the key decision-makers in Southern Rhodesia's development.
Among them: Viscount Chandos, The Rt. Hon. James Griffiths, M.P., The Rt. Hon. Iain Macleod, M.P., The Hon. Garfield Todd, The Rt. Hon. Patrick Gordon Walker, M.P., The Rt. Hon. Sir Roy Welensky
(Postponed from May 31)
and a look at tomorrow
