The World Our Stage (1957)

Cast & Credits

• Cast

  • • narrator

      Trevor Howard

    • Singers

      The Royal Choral Society

    • Singers

      Scottish Junior Singers

    • Singers

      The Treorchy Male Choir

    • Orchestra

      BBC Symphony Orchestra

    • on-screen participant

      Shirley Eaton

    • on-screen participant

      Wendy Toye

    • on-screen participant

      Irving Davies

    • on-screen participant

      Geraldo and His Orchestra

    • on-screen participant

      Ted Ray

    • on-screen participant

      Charlie Drake

    • on-screen participant

      Kenneth Connor

    • on-screen participant

      Georges Guetary

    • on-screen participant

      Peggy Cummins

    • on-screen participant

      Bob Monkhouse

    • on-screen participant

      Dickie Valentine

    • on-screen participant

      Bill Maynard

    • on-screen participant

      George Burns

    • on-screen participant

      Gracie Allen

    • on-screen participant

      Line Renaud

• Credits

  • Direction:

    • Live sequences directed by

      Francis Essex

    • Live sequences directed by

      John Street

    • Live sequences directed by

      André Hughes

    • Live sequences directed by

      John Vernon

    • Live sequences directed by

      Barry Learoyd

    • Live sequences directed by

      Bill Stevenson

    • Live sequences directed by

      Selwyn Roderick

    Production:

    • Production Company

      BBC

    • Producer

      Francis Essex

    Writing:

    • `The Man on the Balcony' Written by

      Andre de Launay

    Photography:

    • Film sequences filmed by

      Peter Hamilton

    Editing:

    • Film sequences edited by

      Alf Chapman

    Design:

    • Designer

      Stephen Taylor

    Costumes:

    • Wardrobe supervision

      Maureen Henegan

    Make-up:

    • Special make-up effects by

      Toni Chapman

    Music:

    • Special music composed by

      Benjamin Frankel

    • `The Curtain's Rising' Written by

      Arthur Wilkinson

    • `The Curtain's Rising' Written by

      Alan Melville

    • Conductor

      Eric Robinson

    Choreography:

    • Choreography

      Irving Davies