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| 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
one of His four Councillors
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Clive Molloy |
His Councillor
one of His four Councillors
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Kenneth Barlow |
His Councillor
one of His four Councillors
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Austin Bennet |
His Councillor
one of His four Councillors
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Kenneth Mason |
| His Courtier
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Christine Beckley |
| His Courtier
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Vyvyan Lorrayne |
| His Courtier
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Monica Mason |
| His Courtier
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Patricia Thorogood |
| His Courtier
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Jacqueline Daryl |
| His Courtier
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Audrey Henderson |
| His Courtier
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Deanne Bergsma |
| His Courtier
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Meriel Evans |
| His Courtier
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Ronald Plaisted |
| His Courtier
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Richard Farley |
| His Courtier
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Petrus Bosman |
| His Courtier
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Douglas Steuart |
| His Courtier
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Lambert Cox |
| His Courtier
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Robert de Warren |
| His Courtier
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Maurice Metliss |
| His Courtier
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Bryan Lawrence |
The King of the North
Anxious to marry the heiress to the crown of the Middle Kingdom
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Keith Rosson |
The King of the East
Anxious to marry the heiress to the crown of the Middle Kingdom
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Derek Rencher |
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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Julie Wood |
| Page to a King
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Glynis Ellams |
| Page to a King
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Noreen Sopwith |
| Page to a King
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Maureen Maitland |
| Page to a King
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Margaret Lyons |
| Page to a King
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Gloria Bluemel |
| Page to a King
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Clover Roope |
| Page to a King
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Robin Haig |
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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Michael Betts |
Frog
Messenger from the Prince of the Pagodas
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Lawrence Ruffell |
Frog
Messenger from the Prince of the Pagodas
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Gary Sherwood |
| 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
one of Four Frogs
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John Sale |
Frog
one of Four Frogs
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Michael Betts |
Frog
one of Four Frogs
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Lawrence Ruffell |
Frog
one of Four Frogs
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Gary Sherwood |
| Star
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Hylda Zinkin |
| Star
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Brenda Bolton |
| Star
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Margaret Lyons |
| Star
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Robin Haig |
| Star
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Mavis Osborn |
| Star
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Clover Roope |
| Cloud
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Ronald Plaisted |
| Cloud
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Bryan Lawrence |
| Cloud
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Douglas Steuart |
| Cloud
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Petrus Bosman |
| Cloud
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Richard Farley |
| Cloud
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Maurice Metliss |
| Cloud
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Robert de Warren |
| Cloud
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Lambert Cox |
| Cloud
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Clive Molloy |
| Cloud
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Kenneth Barlow |
| The Moon
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Georgina Parkinson |
| Fish
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Doreen Wells |
| Fish
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Ann Howard |
| Fish
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Peter Clegg |
| Fish
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Pirmin Trecu |
| The Ruler of the Fire
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Merle Park |
| 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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Deanne Bergsma |
Pagoda
one of The Six Pagodas
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Doreen Eastlake |
Pagoda
one of The Six Pagodas
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Monica Mason |
Pagoda
one of The Six Pagodas
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Louanne Richards |
Pagoda
one of The Six Pagodas
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Patricia Thorogood |
Pagoda
one of The Six Pagodas
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Glynis Ellams |
| 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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Vyvyan Lorrayne |
Her Courtier
unhappy under her tyranny
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Monica Mason |
Her Courtier
unhappy under her tyranny
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Christine Beckley |
Her Courtier
unhappy under her tyranny
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Patricia Thorogood |
Her Courtier
unhappy under her tyranny
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Audrey Henderson |
Her Courtier
unhappy under her tyranny
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Deanne Bergsma |
Her Courtier
unhappy under her tyranny
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Meriel Evans |
Her Courtier
unhappy under her tyranny
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Jacqueline Daryl |
Her Courtier
unhappy under her tyranny
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Ronald Plaisted |
Her Courtier
unhappy under her tyranny
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Bryan Lawrence |
Her Courtier
unhappy under her tyranny
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Kenneth Barlow |
Her Courtier
unhappy under her tyranny
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Petrus Bosman |
Her Courtier
unhappy under her tyranny
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Douglas Steuart |
Her Courtier
unhappy under her tyranny
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Maurice Metliss |
Her Courtier
unhappy under her tyranny
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Lambert Cox |
Her Courtier
unhappy under her tyranny
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Robert de Warren |
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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Doreen Wells |
| Pas de Six
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Merle Park |
| Pas de Six
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Georgina Parkinson |
| Pas de Six
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Derek Rencher |
| Pas de Six
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Richard Farley |
| Pas de Six
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Gary Burne |
| The Fool
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Pirmin Trecu |
| The Prince of the Pagodas
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David Blair |
| The Princess of the Pagodas
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Svetlana Beriosova |
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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Brenda Bolton |
| Subject of the Prince of the Pagodas
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Robin Haig |
| Subject of the Prince of the Pagodas
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Clover Roope |
| Subject of the Prince of the Pagodas
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Margaret Lyons |
| Subject of the Prince of the Pagodas
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Hylda Zinkin |
| Subject of the Prince of the Pagodas
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Julie Wood |
| Subject of the Prince of the Pagodas
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Ann Howard |
| Subject of the Prince of the Pagodas
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Mavis Osborn |
| Subject of the Prince of the Pagodas
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Petrus Bosman |
| Subject of the Prince of the Pagodas
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Lawrence Ruffell |
| Subject of the Prince of the Pagodas
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Clive Molloy |
| Subject of the Prince of the Pagodas
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John Sale |
| Subject of the Prince of the Pagodas
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Bryan Lawrence |
| Subject of the Prince of the Pagodas
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Kenneth Barlow |
| Subject of the Prince of the Pagodas
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Lambert Cox |
| Subject of the Prince of the Pagodas
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Maurice Metliss |
| Pagoda Lady
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Christine Beckley |
| Pagoda Lady
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Vyvyan Lorrayne |
| Pagoda Lady
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Jacqueline Daryl |
| Pagoda Lady
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Monica Mason |
| Pagoda Lady
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Deanne Bergsma |
| Pagoda Lady
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Audrey Henderson |
| Pagoda Lady
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Patricia Thorogood |
| Pagoda Lady
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Glynis Ellams |
| Pagoda Lady
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Heather Clipperton |
| Pagoda Lady
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Meriel Evans |
| Pagoda Lady
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Janet Varley |
| Pagoda Lady
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Ann Kenward |
| Pagoda Lady
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Rosalind Eyre |
| Pagoda Lady
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Pamela Turner |
| Pagoda Lady
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Jane Robinson |
| Pagoda Lady
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Imogen Hassall |
| Herald
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Keith Milland |
| Herald
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Gary Sherwood |
| Herald
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Michael Betts |
| Herald
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Austin Bennett |
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The Covent Garden Orchestra |