Photographs of the first production which was recorded 23-30 November 1970 in Snape Maltings Concert Hall, Suffolk and broadcast on BB2 TV on 16 May 1971. A rehearsal, with an invited audience, was held at the Jubilee Hall, Aldeburgh, on 21 Nov 1970.
Includes photographs taken during and out of performance, and photographs of the cast and set.
The cast in this production was: Owen Wingrave, Benjamin Luxon; Spencer Coyle, John Shirley-Quirk; Lechmere, Nigel Douglas; Miss Wingrave, Sylvia Fisher; Mrs Coyle, Heather Harper; Mrs Julian, Jennifer Vyvyan; Kate, Janet Baker; General Sir Philip Wingrave/Narrator/Colonel Wingrave, Peter Pears; Wandsworth School Boys' Choir; English Chamber Orchestra; directors, Brian Large and Colin Graham; designer, David Myerscough-Jones; costumes, Charles Knode; conductor, Benjamin Britten.
45 items
Black and white
See also collection MSC26 for plans and photographs of the set designed by David Myerscough-Jones.
Archive
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