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by William Shakespeare
Text edited and broadcast introduced by M. R. Ridley
[Starring] Jack Hawkins, Margaret Leighton, John Clements and Fay Compton
and
Part 1

Contributors

Unknown:
William Shakespeare
Introduced By:
M. R. Ridley
Producer:
Val Gielgud
Duke of Venice:
James Woodburn
Brabantio:
Frederick Lloyd
Gratiano:
John Probert
Lodovico:
James Carney
Othello:
Jack Hawkins
Cassio:
Geoffrey Keen
Iago:
John Clements
Roderigo:
Heron Carvic
Montano:
Edward Forsyth
Clown:
Charles Leno
Herald:
Hugh Manning
Senators:
Bryan Powley
Senators:
Arthur Ridley
Desdemona:
Margaret Leighton
Emilia:
Fay Compton
Bianca:
Jane Cotton
Narrator:
Duncan Carse
Other parts played by:
Basil Jones
Other parts played by:
Cyril Gardiner.
Other parts played by:
Ronald Sidney

Comic opera in one act
Music by Weber
English version by David Harris
BBC Theatre Chorus
(Chorus-Master, John Clements )
The Boyd Neel Orchestra
(Leader, Emanuel Hurwitz )
Conducted by Stanford Robinson
Produced by C. Denis Freeman
The action takes place in Abu al-Hasan's apartment in the precincts of the Royal Palace at Baghdad

Contributors

Music By:
Weber
Unknown:
David Harris
Chorus-Master:
John Clements
Leader:
Emanuel Hurwitz
Conducted By:
Stanford Robinson
Produced By:
C. Denis Freeman
Abu al-Hasan, favourite of the Caliph:
Jan van Der Gucht
Sugarcane his wife, favourite of theSultana:
Elsie Morison
Omar. a money-lender, infatuated with Sugarcane:
Martin Lawrence
Speaking parts: The Caliph, Harun ai-Rashid:
Eric Berry
Speaking parts: Zubaidah his wife, the Sultana:
Helen Goss
Speaking parts: Masrur, the Caliph's treasurer:
Michael Ward
Speaking parts: Zemrud Zubaidah's confidential nurse:
Doris Rogers

Third Programme

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