Title: Albert Herring
Date: Friday 1st October 1948, Evening
Type: Opera
Company: English Opera Group
Location: Alexandra Theatre, Birmingham, England
Composer: Benjamin Britten
Librettist: Eric Crozier
Conductor: Benjamin Britten
Collection Folder: Folder 12

Cast

Lady Billows, an elderly autocrat: Joan Cross
Florence, her housekeeper: Gladys Parr
Miss Wordsworth, Head Teacher: Margaret Ritchie
Mr Gedge, the Vicar: Otakar Kraus
Mr Upfold, the Mayor: Roy Ashton
Superintendent Budd: Norman Lumsden
Sid, butcher’s shophand: Denis Dowling
Albert Herring, from the greengrocer’s: Peter Pears
Nancy, from the bakery: Nancy Evans
Mrs Herring, Albert’s Mother: Catherine Lawson
Emmie, village child: Anne Sharp
Cis, village child: Elisabeth Parry
Harry, village child: Alan Thompson

Orchestra

First Violin:
Jack Kessler

Second Violin:
Hans Geiger

Viola:
Bernard Davis

Violoncello:
George Roth

Double Bass:
Robert Meyer

Harp:
Enid Simon

Flute:
John Francis

Oboe:
Joy Boughton

Clarinet:
Stephen Waters

Bass Clarinet:
Wilfred Hambleton

Bassoon:
Edward Wilson

Horn:
David Burditt

Percussion:
Herbert Wilson

Crew

For Albert Herring

Director: Frederick Ashton
Designer: John Piper

For the English Opera Group

Directors: Benjamin Britten, Eric Crozier, John Piper
Business Manager: Elizabeth Sweeting
Stage Director: Eric J. Croall
Stage Manager and Electrician: Ronald Thomas
Assistant Stage Manager and Property Master: Rita Burr
Master Carpenter: H.L. Copley
Wardrobe Mistress: Maureen Copley
Secretary: Enid Vandyk

For the Alexandra Theatre

Managing Director and Licensee: Derek Salberg
Directors: J. Thomas, B.A. Thomas, S. Thomas, C. Keeling, G.C. King
General Manager: W.A. Debson
Secretary: C. Wooldridge
Box Office Manager: Mrs Siddons

Programme Printed By: Parkes and Mainwarings Ltd.