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A Midsummer Night's Dream-23 April 1964 Evening

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Opera: Performance details

Company: Covent Garden Opera Company
Venue: Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
Performance status: Revival
Conductor Meredith Davies
Leader Charles Taylor
Choir Director Jonathan Steele
Cast
Oberon
King of the Fairies 		Grayston Burgess
Tytania
Queen of the Fairies 		Elizabeth Vaughan
Puck or Robin Goodfellow John Parker
Peaseblossom Darien Angardi
Cobweb Robert Mulcahy
Mustardseed Bruce Webb
Moth William Weddle
Fairy Robin Seaman
Fairy Robin Stenham
Fairy Robin Sylvester
Fairy Ian Gouge
Fairy Stephen Gray
Fairy David Weddle
Fairy Richard Roberts
Fairy John Alexander
Theseus
Duke of Athens 		Victor Godfrey
Hippolyta
Queen of the Amazons, betrothed to Theseus 		Margreta Elkins
Lysander
in love with Hermia 		Joseph Ward
Demetrius
in love with Hermia 		Peter Glossop
Hermia
in love with Lysander but betrothed in law to Demetrius 		Josephine Veasey
Helena
in love with Demetrius 		Jeannette Sinclair
Bottom
a weaver 		Geraint Evans
Quince
a carpenter 		Michael Langdon
Flute
a bellows-mender 		John Lanigan
Snug
a joiner 		David Kelly
Snout
a tinker 		Kenneth MacDonald
Starveling
a tailor 		Keith Raggett
Philostrate
Master of Ceremonies 		Beaufoy Milton
Indian Boy, Fan Bearer, Pages Students of St Martin-in-the-Fields Secondary School
Students of Edith Cavell Secondary School
The Fairies London Boy Singers
The Covent Garden Orchestra
Notes: Performance given in celebration of the quatercentenary of William Shakespeare.
Language: English
Information source: Royal Opera House programme for 23 April 1964 (in Royal Opera House Collections)