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The Rake’s Progress, 27 August 1953
The Opera
Venue: King's Theatre, Edinburgh
Composer: Igor Stravinsky
Librettist: WH Auden & Chester Kallman
Conductor: Alfred Wallenstein
Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Cast
Trulove: Hervey Alan
Anne: Elsie Morison
Tom Rakewell: Richard Lewis
Nick Shadow: Jerome Hines
Mother Goose: Mary Jarred
Baba The Turk: Nan Merriman
Sellem: Murray Dickie
Madhouse Keeper: Dennis Wicks
Production Team
Original Producer: Carl Ebert
Set Designer: Osbert Lancaster
Costume Designer: Osbert Lancaster
Choreographer: Pauline Grant
The Opera
Venue: King's Theatre, Edinburgh
Composer: Igor Stravinsky
Librettist: WH Auden & Chester Kallman
Conductor: Alfred Wallenstein
Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Cast
Trulove: Hervey Alan
Anne: Elsie Morison
Tom Rakewell: Richard Lewis
Nick Shadow: Jerome Hines
Mother Goose: Mary Jarred
Baba The Turk: Nan Merriman
Sellem: Murray Dickie
Madhouse Keeper: Dennis Wicks
Production Team
Original Producer: Carl Ebert
Set Designer: Osbert Lancaster
Costume Designer: Osbert Lancaster
Choreographer: Pauline Grant