An opera in three acts
Libretto by SIDNEY GILLIAT
Based on the novel by GRAHAM GREENE
Music by Malcolm Williamson
Other parts sung by members of the Sadler's Wells Chorus
SADLER'S WELLS CHORUS
Chorus-Master, Gordon Mackie
SADLER'S WELLS ORCHESTRA Leader, Barry Collins
Conducted by JAMES LOUGHRAN
Producer, JOHN BLATCHLEY
From Sadler's Wells Theatre, London
The action takes place in Havana, Cuba, shortly before the advent of the Castro Government.
Act 1
Scene 1: Shop and Wonder-Bar Scene 2: Shop and Street
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tby JOHN HALE
Fellow of Jesus College, Oxford This is a portrait of Sir John Smythe , one of the puzzled back-wood squires who do not fit in with the glamorous and prosperous picture of the age.
Act 2
Scene 1: London, the Foreign omce Scene 2: Shop and Wonder-Bar Scene 3: Shop
Scene 4: Dr. Hasselbacher s Apartment
A personal report by the American critic, GENE BARO, on Europe's largest exhibition of painting and sculpture
Act 3
Scene 1: Shop and Wonder-Bar
Scene 2: Shop and Dr. Hasselbacher's Apartment
A monologue for broadcasting by TYRONE GUTHRIE
'As I told you, Mavis got him when she took her holidays that year going this cruise .. ;. ' with BETTY HARDY
Produced by JOHN Gibson
Second broadcast