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of La Mancha' by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra
The translation by Charles Jarvis adapted in six parts by Paul Ferris
Part 4: Containing an account of Don Quixole 's recovery and of rhe preparations for his third expedition; -together with the famous visit to El Toboso and the remarkable story of Camacho's wedding; concluding with the adventure of the cave of Montesinos.
The Storyteller, Norman Shelley
Music composed by Manuel Lazareno and conducted by Maurice Miles Production by Peter Duval Smith and Douglas Cleverdon

Contributors

Translation By:
Charles Jarvis
Unknown:
Paul Ferris
Unknown:
Don Quixole
Unknown:
Norman Shelley
Composed By:
Manuel Lazareno
Conducted By:
Maurice Miles
Production By:
Peter Duval Smith
Production By:
Douglas Cleverdon
Don Quixote:
Harcourt Williams
His housekeeper:
Thea Wells
His niece:
Molly Lawson
The barber:
Wyndham Milligan
The priest:
Neville Hartley
Sancho Panza:
Ernest Jay
Sampson Carrasco a young scholar:
Derek Hart
A country wench:
Mariorie Westbury
A student:
Martin Starkie
The cook:
James Dale
Basilius, a slighted swain:
T. St. John Barry
Quiteria the fair:
Julia Lang
Montesinos:
Arthur Young

Talk by William Hayes
Head of the Department of Egyptology in the Metropolitan Museum, New York
Dr. Hayes came to this country a few days ago from Egypt, where he has been examining the recent finds made by Egyptian archaeologists. He gives his views of the ' boats of Cheops,' the Third Dynasty burial at Saqqara, and the temple-palace of Seti I at Abydos.

Contributors

Talk By:
William Hayes

Opera bouffe by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halevy
Music by Jacques Offenbach
(sung in French) on gramophone records with a recorded introduction by Martin Cooper
Cast in order of singing: Paris Philharmonic Orchestra and Chorus
CONDUCTED BY RENE LEIBOWITZ
Act 1

Contributors

Unknown:
Henri Meilhac
Unknown:
Ludovic Halevy
Music By:
Jacques Offenbach
Unknown:
Martin Cooper
Conducted By:
Rene Leibowitz

Third Programme

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