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Cast |
| ACT I
The Court of the Emperor of the Middle Kingdom
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The Fool
a good servant
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Pirmin Trecu |
The Dwarf
a flattering servant
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Ray Powell |
The Emperor of the Middle Kingdom
father of Belle Epine and Belle Rose
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Leslie Edwards |
| His Councillor
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Graham Usher |
| His Councillor
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Maurice Metliss |
| His Councillor
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Clive Molloy |
| His Councillor
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John Stevens |
| His Courtier
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Deirdre Dixon |
| His Courtier
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Brenda Taylor |
| His Courtier
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Valerie Taylor |
| His Courtier
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Catherine Boulton |
| His Courtier
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Jennifer Gay |
| His Courtier
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Stella Farrance |
| His Courtier
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Patricia Thorogood |
| His Courtier
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Jacqueline Watcham |
| His Courtier
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Richard Farley |
| His Courtier
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Petrus Bosman |
| His Courtier
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Derek Rencher |
| His Courtier
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Douglas Steuart |
| His Courtier
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Keith Rosson |
| His Courtier
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David Drew |
| His Courtier
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Ronald Plaisted |
| His Courtier
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David Boswell |
The King of the North
Anxious to marry the heiress to the crown of the Middle Kingdom
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Desmond Doyle |
The King of the East
Anxious to marry the heiress to the crown of the Middle Kingdom
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Philip Chatfield |
The King of the West
Anxious to marry the heiress to the crown of the Middle Kingdom
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Peter Clegg |
The King of the South
Anxious to marry the heiress to the crown of the Middle Kingdom
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Gary Burne |
| Page to a King
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Christine Beckley |
| Page to a King
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Mavis Osborn |
| Page to a King
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Robin Haig |
| Page to a King
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Debra Wayne |
| Page to a King
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Hylda Zinkin |
| Page to a King
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Ann Howard |
| Page to a King
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Antoinette Sibley |
| Page to a King
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Valerie Elson |
The Princess Belle Epine
favourite daughter of the Emperor and heiress to the crown of the Middle Kingdom
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Julia Farron |
The Princess Belle Rose
the much neglected younger daughter of the Emperor who has only her beauty and simplicity for her dowry
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Svetlana Beriosova |
| A Vision of the Prince of the Pagodas
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David Blair |
Frog
Messenger from the Prince of the Pagodas
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John Sale |
Frog
Messenger from the Prince of the Pagodas
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Keith Milland |
Frog
Messenger from the Prince of the Pagodas
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Stanley Holden |
Frog
Messenger from the Prince of the Pagodas
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William Wilson |
| ACT II
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| Scene I
Belle Rose's Strange Voyage to the Kingdom of the Pagodas
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| The Princess Belle Rose
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Svetlana Beriosova |
| Frog
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John Sale |
| Frog
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Keith Milland |
| Frog
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Stanley Holden |
| Frog
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William Wilson |
| Star
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Shirley Grahame |
| Star
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Margaret Mercier |
| Star
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Debra Wayne |
| Star
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Georgina Parkinson |
| Star
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Ann Howard |
| Star
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Antoinette Sibley |
| Cloud
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David Shields |
| Cloud
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Ronald Plaisted |
| Cloud
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David Drew |
| Cloud
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Derek Rencher |
| Cloud
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Keith Rosson |
| Cloud
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Douglas Steuart |
| Cloud
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Christopher Newton |
| Cloud
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Richard Farley |
| Cloud
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David Boswell |
| Cloud
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Petrus Bosman |
| The Moon
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Annette Page |
| Fish
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Doreen Wells |
| Fish
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Judith Sinclair |
| Fish
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Peter Clegg |
| Fish
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Pirmin Trecu |
| The Ruler of the Fire
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Maryon Lane |
| The Ruler of the Fire
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Brian Shaw |
| Scene II
The Arrival and Adventures of Belle Rose in the Kingdom of the Pagodas
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| The Princess Belle Rose
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Svetlana Beriosova |
| The Green Salamander afterwards Prince of the Pagodas
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David Blair |
Pagoda
one of The Six Pagodas
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Jennifer Gay |
Pagoda
one of The Six Pagodas
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Doreen Eastlake |
Pagoda
one of The Six Pagodas
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Clare Millar |
Pagoda
one of The Six Pagodas
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Patricia Thorogood |
Pagoda
one of The Six Pagodas
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Jacqueline Watcham |
Pagoda
one of The Six Pagodas
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Jane Bartlett |
| ACT III
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| Scene I
The Court of the Empress of the Middle Kingdom
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| The Empress Belle Epine
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Julia Farron |
| The Dwarf
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Ray Powell |
Her Courtier
unhappy under her tyranny
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Jennifer Gay |
Her Courtier
unhappy under her tyranny
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Jacqueline Watcham |
Her Courtier
unhappy under her tyranny
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Brenda Taylor |
Her Courtier
unhappy under her tyranny
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Valerie Taylor |
Her Courtier
unhappy under her tyranny
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Catherine Boulton |
Her Courtier
unhappy under her tyranny
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Deirdre Dixon |
Her Courtier
unhappy under her tyranny
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Stella Farrance |
Her Courtier
unhappy under her tyranny
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Patricia Thorogood |
Her Courtier
unhappy under her tyranny
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Richard Farley |
Her Courtier
unhappy under her tyranny
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Petrus Bosman |
Her Courtier
unhappy under her tyranny
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Derek Rencher |
Her Courtier
unhappy under her tyranny
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Douglas Steuart |
Her Courtier
unhappy under her tyranny
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David Drew |
Her Courtier
unhappy under her tyranny
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Ronald Plaisted |
Her Courtier
unhappy under her tyranny
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Keith Rosson |
Her Courtier
unhappy under her tyranny
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David Boswell |
The ex-Emperor
ill treated by his daughter the Empress
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Leslie Edwards |
| The Fool
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Pirmin Trecu |
| The Princess Belle Rose
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Svetlana Beriosova |
| The Green Salamander
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David Blair |
| Scene II
Belle Rose's Triumphant Return and Marriage to the Prince of the Pagodas
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| Pas de Six
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Annette Page |
| Pas de Six
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Merle Park |
| Pas de Six
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Maryon Lane |
| Pas de Six
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Desmond Doyle |
| Pas de Six
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Bryan Ashbridge |
| Pas de Six
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Gary Burne |
| The Fool
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Pirmin Trecu |
| The Princess of the Pagodas
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Svetlana Beriosova |
| The Prince of the Pagodas
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David Blair |
The Father of Belle Rose
once Emperor of the Middle Kingdom
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Leslie Edwards |
| Subject of the Prince of the Pagodas
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Margaret Mercier |
| Subject of the Prince of the Pagodas
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Antoinette Sibley |
| Subject of the Prince of the Pagodas
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Georgina Parkinson |
| Subject of the Prince of the Pagodas
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Debra Wayne |
| Subject of the Prince of the Pagodas
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Doreen Eastlake |
| Subject of the Prince of the Pagodas
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Margaret Wing |
| Subject of the Prince of the Pagodas
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Hylda Zinkin |
| Subject of the Prince of the Pagodas
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Christine Beckley |
| Subject of the Prince of the Pagodas
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David Shields |
| Subject of the Prince of the Pagodas
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Christopher Newton |
| Subject of the Prince of the Pagodas
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John Sale |
| Subject of the Prince of the Pagodas
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Graham Usher |
| Subject of the Prince of the Pagodas
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Richard Farley |
| Subject of the Prince of the Pagodas
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Maurice Metliss |
| Subject of the Prince of the Pagodas
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Ronald Plaisted |
| Subject of the Prince of the Pagodas
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David Boswell |
| Pagoda Lady
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Brenda Taylor |
| Pagoda Lady
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Deirdre Dixon |
| Pagoda Lady
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Valerie Taylor |
| Pagoda Lady
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Jennifer Gay |
| Pagoda Lady
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Catherine Boulton |
| Pagoda Lady
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Stella Farrance |
| Pagoda Lady
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Patricia Thorogood |
| Pagoda Lady
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Jane Bartlett |
| Pagoda Lady
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Audrey Henderson |
| Pagoda Lady
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Clare Millar |
| Pagoda Lady
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Julie Wood |
| Pagoda Lady
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Sandra Vane |
| Pagoda Lady
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Deanne Bergsma |
| Pagoda Lady
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Sheila Humphreys |
| Pagoda Lady
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Janet Burgess |
| Pagoda Lady
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Jacqueline Watcham |
| Herald
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Keith Milland |
| Herald
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Stanley Holden |
| Herald
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William Wilson |
| Herald
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Colin Jones |
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The Covent Garden Orchestra |