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Cinderella

Summary
1958 BBC Television production of C. E. Webber’s adaptation of Cinderella for Children’s Television.
Theatre play
Cinderella by C. E. Webber [more information]
Date of transmission
Friday 26 December 1958
Time
4.45pm (60 mins)
Series
Children’s Television
Channel
BBC Television
Production company
BBC

Credits

Producer
Shaun Sutton
Film Cameraman
Leonard Newson
Adapted for Television by
C. E. Webber
Composer
John Hotchkis
Orchestra Directed by
Emanuel Hurwitz (credited as Leader of the Goldsbrough Orchestra)
Designer
Stewart Marshall
Film Editor
Jim Tobin
Dances Arranged by
Peggy van Praagh
Cast
BalbinaMademoiselle Jojo
John BarrardCount Grumblekin
Joan BenhamAraminta
Patrick CargillFirst Broker’s Man
Colin DouglasSecond Broker’s Man
John FabianPrince Florizel
Frazer HinesButtons
Bernard HorsfallSignor Benvenuto
Mary MackenzieThe Godmother
Edna PetrieArabella
Dennis RamsdenMajor Domo
Kynaston ReevesThe Grand Chamberlain
Peter SallisBaron Aristide de Pennilac
James SharkeyDandini
June ThorburnCinderella

Additional details

Later transmissions
A recording was transmitted again on 15 December 1959 (4.55-6.00pm).
Play tags
fairy tale

Print sources

Title
Radio Times, 11 December 1959 (Magazine)
Linking notes
p. 11, listing for a repeat transmission in December 1959; illustrated article on p. 1 of the Junior Radio Times supplement
Title
Radio Times, 19 December 1958 (Magazine)
Linking notes
p. 20, listing

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