The Lively Arts (1969) | Full Cast

Barrie Gavin

DIRECTOR

Peter Butler

DIRECTOR

Bob Lockyer

DIRECTOR

Robin Lough

DIRECTOR

Merrill Brockway

DIRECTOR

Ian Engelmann

DIRECTOR

Dirk Sanders

DIRECTOR

Jean-Pierre Ponnelle

DIRECTOR

Roy Tipping

DIRECTOR

Brian Large

DIRECTOR

Colin Nears

DIRECTOR

François Reichenbach

DIRECTOR

Peter Page

DIRECTOR

David Sutherland

DIRECTOR

Petr Weigl

DIRECTOR

Brian Adams

DIRECTOR

Humphrey Burton

DIRECTOR

Herbert Chappell

DIRECTOR

Kenneth Corden

DIRECTOR

David Heycock

DIRECTOR

Hans Hulscher

DIRECTOR

James Hunter

DIRECTOR

Anne James

DIRECTOR

Phil McPhedran

DIRECTOR

Donald McWhinnie

DIRECTOR

Leo Nadelmann

DIRECTOR

Joes Odufré

DIRECTOR

Anthony Page

DIRECTOR

Volker Schlöndorff

DIRECTOR

Roman Tikhomirov

DIRECTOR

Vincent Dowdall

DIRECTOR

Wilhelmina Hoedeman

DIRECTOR

Franz Kabelka

DIRECTOR

Dennis Marks

DIRECTOR

Tristram Powell

DIRECTOR

Peter West

DIRECTOR

Jean-Louis Fournier

DIRECTOR

Elizabeth Sussex

DIRECTOR

Tony Cash

DIRECTOR

Robin Ray

Self - Presenter

Melvyn Bragg

Self - Presenter

Richard Baker

Self - Presenter

André Previn

Self

Humphrey Burton

Self - Presenter

Robert Tear

Self

Benjamin Luxon

Self

Julian Bream

Self

Kenneth Clark

Self

Lyndon Brook

Self - Narrator

Michel Beroff

Self - Piano

Spike Milligan

Self

Isaac Stern

Self

James Loughran

Self

William Walton

Self

Owain Arwel Hughes

Self - Presenter

Raymond Leppard

Self

Stephen Sondheim

Self

Robin Leggate

Malcolm

Michael Aldridge

Holzapfel

James Herriot

Self

Karen Kain

Self

Hans Werner Henze

Self

Rafael Kubelík

Self

Royal Military School Of Music Band

Themselves

Kyung-Wha Chung

Self

April Cantelo

Berthe - singing

John Williams

Self

Hermann Prey

Baritone

Millicent Martin

Self - Singer

Julia McKenzie

Self - Singer

Billie Whitelaw

Emma Hardy

David Kernan

Self - Singer

London Sinfonietta

Themselves

Patricia Parker

Contralto

Leonard Bernstein

Self

Alfred Burke

The words of Schoenberg spoken by

Alexander Goehr

Self - Presenter

BBC Symphony Orchestra

Themselves

Charles Rosen

Self

Gerald English

Self

John Ringham

Hüttenbrenner

Michael Smee

Narrator

Oscar Peterson

Self

Ian Hogg

Arnold Rubek

Tennessee Williams

Self

Wiener Philharmoniker

Themselves

Nadine Gordimer

Self

Gewandhausorchester Leipzig

Themselves

Tom Baker

Self

Len Deighton

Self

Norman Bailey

Macbeth

Martin Esslin

Self

Sean O'Faoláin

Self

Sidney Nolan

Self - Subject

Plácido Domingo

Canio

Geraint Evans

Bottom

Annette Crosbie

Aline Solness

Patricia Johnson

Lady Macbeth

Pauline Tinsley

Santuzza

Janet Maw

Hilde Wangel

Nicolai Ghiaurov

Banquo

Heather Begg

Mamma Lucia

Ingrid Hafner

Gina Ekdal

Neil Shicoff

Macduff

Gianpiero Mastromei

Alfio

Gillian Knight

Lola

Paul Shelley

Einar

Peter Glossop

Tonio

Maureen O'Brien

Ella Rentheim

Thomas Lawlor

Doctor

Oliver Maguire

Hjalmar Ekdal

Bruce Ogston

Macbeth's servant

Francis Egerton

Beppe

Sophie Ward

Hedvig Ekdal

Ronald Russell

Dignitary

Jonathan Newth

Nils Vogt

Paul Beech

Railway attendant

Edmond Bennett

Hotel manager

Eileen Helsby

Amalie Skram

Norman Rutherford

Thorvald Niss

Margot Van der Burgh

Fru Anckarsvard

Michelle Newell

Froken Hullberg

Caroline Burt

Fru Under

Guy Hassan

Young man

Britt Ekland

Self

Joss Ackland

Harold 'Mitch' Mitchell in 'A Streetcar Named Desire'

Geoffrey Palmer

William in 'Something for the Time Being'

Pamela Stephenson

Josephine

Maureen Stapleton

Amanda Wingfield

Rod Stewart

Self

Jennifer Hilary

Madge in 'Something for the Time Being'

James Aubrey

Tom Wingfield in 'The Glass Menagerie'

Annie Ross

Self

Ian La Frenais

Self

Elizabeth Adare

Ella in 'Something for the Time Being'

Dick Clement

Self

Pinchas Zukerman

Self

Rosemary McHale

Blanche Du Bois in 'A Streetcar Named Desire'

Martha Graham

Self

Malcolm Arnold

Self - Guest Conductor

Roland Petit

Dr. Coppelius

Estelle Kohler

Liz in 'The Late Bourgeois World'

Milos Kirek

Self

Teresa Berganza

Rosina

Michael Long

Sosthene

Lucia Popp

Soprano

Geoffrey Morris

Headmaster in 'The Late Bourgeois World'

Judy Lynne

Berthe

Simon Rattle

Self - Guest Conductor

James Galway

Self

Sarah Craze

Laura Wingfield in 'The Glass Menagerie'

Daniel Barenboim

Self

Maurizio Pollini

Self - Piano Soloist

Marcia Haydée

Tatiana

Malcolm Williamson

Self

Bud Freeman

Self

Kenneth Corden

Self - Narrator

Louis Kentner

Self

John Lill

Self

Claudio Arrau

Self

Gino Zancanaro

Governor

Joyce Cuoco

Olga

Rahsaan Roland Kirk

Themselves

Alex Welsh

Themselves

Henning Kronstam

Iago

Eva Evdokimova

Muse

Elizabeth Poston

Self - Guest Conductor

Enzo Dara

Dr. Bartolo

John van Kesteren

Bass

Egon Madsen

Lenski

Maina Gielgud

Muse

Donald Swann

Self - Guest Conductor

Paolo Montarsolo

Don Basilio

Jon Weaving

Sosthene - singing

Thomas Hemsley

Self

Günther Reich

Self - Narrator

Bruce Marks

Othello

Stephen Kovacevitch

Self - Piano Soloist

Gary Bertini

Self

Heidrun Schwaarz-Kosak

Muse

Syd Lawrence

Themselves

Alexander Gibson

Self

Alton Kumalo

Daniel in 'Something for the Time Being'

John Drummond

Self - Interviewer

Jeremy Menuhin

Self

Simon Gluckman

Braithwaite in 'The Late Bourgeois World'

Paul Crossley

Self

Soft Machine

Themselves

Stefania Malagù

Berta

Edward Kemp

Bruce in 'The Late Bourgeois World'

Hephzibah Menuhin

Self

Melbourne Symphony Orchestra

Themselves

Roy Waterson

1st Oarsman

Vivi Flindt

Emilia

Rae Cocking

Madam Sciocca

Jean-Bernard Pommier

Self

Lawrence Leonard

Self - Guest Conductor

Rudy Bryans

Franz

Myung-Whun Chung

Self

Luigi Alva

Count Almaviva

Paolo Bortoluzzi

Apollo

David Atherton

Self

James Christiansen

Marcel

Toni Lander

Desdemona

John Constable

Self - Piano Accompanist

Neil Easton

Old fisherman

BBC Concert Orchestra

Themselves

Erich Leinsdorf

Self

Heinz Clauss

Onegin

National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain

Themselves

Bernard Heinze

Self - Conductor

Ruth Rosen

Narrator of 'Something for the Time Being'

Ida Haendel

Self

Marisa Robles

Self

Charles Elsesser

Self

Marilyn Richardson

Josephine - singing

Deep Roy

Self

Ronald Pickup

ACTOR

William Hootkins

Bray (Discipline)

Martin Jarvis

Self - Narrator

Michael Hordern

Claude Monet

Tony Haygarth

Winkelstein (Discipline)

Bernard Hepton

The words of Webern spoken by

Ray McAnally

Maguire in 'The Fur Coat'

Zubin Mehta

Self

Mary Hignett

Superioress in 'Teresa'

Mary Wimbush

Additional narration

William Lucas

Pelling (It Must Have Been Two Other Fellows)

Billy J. Mitchell

Soldier (Discipline)

Princess Margaret

Self

Veronica Quilligan

Teresa in 'Teresa'

Colette O'Neil

Molly in 'The Fur Coat'

Bill Bailey

Green (Discipline)

Barbara Mullen

Sister Patrick in 'Teresa'

Robert Holmes

Self

Terrance Dicks

Self

Jane Darling

Dancer

Blain Fairman

Lieut. Simms (Discipline)

John Bloomfield

Self

Arthur Mitchell

Self - and the Dance Theatre of Harlem

Graham Williams

Self

John Fowles

Self

John Dair

Commuter

Graham Weston

Steeple (It Must Have Been Two Other Fellows)

Dick Francis

Self

Paul Antrim

Maxer in 'Two of a Kind'

Gwyneth Jones

Self

Ray Jewers

Ashton (Discipline)

Bud Strait

Captain (Discipline)

Dave Brubeck Quartet

Themselves

Sheila Manahan

Lily in 'Two of a Kind'

Michael Frayn

Self - Presenter

Dave Brubeck

Self - Piano

Philip Hinchcliffe

Self

Hugo De Vernier

Waiter in 'Teresa'

London Symphony Orchestra

Themselves

Victor Winding

Wool (It Must Have Been Two Other Fellows)

Tito Gobbi

Self

Jules Walter

Commuter

Julian Littman

Orpheus

David Maloney

Self

Martha Argerich

Self

Norwich Duff

Harvey (Discipline)

John Dallimore

Keats (It Must Have Been Two Other Fellows)

Paul Desmond

Self - Alto Sax

Nelli Pshyonnaya

Prince Igor's wife

Dudley Simpson

Self

Clark Terry

Self - and the Big Band

Jay Neill

Sergeant (It Must Have Been Two Other Fellows)

Roger Murray-Leach

Self

Jessica Mitford

Self

Aleksandr Slastin

Prince Galitsky

Alfred Brendel

Self

Gillian Widdicombe

Self

Murray Perahia

Self

Mstislav Rostropovich

Self - Cello

Janet Baker

Self - Soloist

Roy Eldridge

Self

John Wain

Self

Dick Mills

Self

Pierre Boulez

Self - Conductor

Bimbulat Vatayev

Khan Konchak

Boris Khmelnitskiy

Prince Igor

Peter Maxwell Davies

Self

Joe Morello

Self - Drums

Eugene Wright

Self - Bass

Maurice Lane

Dancer

Colin Davis

Self

The Ambrosian Singers

Themselves

Paul Hudson

Self - bass

Boris Tokarev

Prince Igor's son

Francis Watson

Self

Frank Augustyn

Self

Lorin Maazel

Self

Heather Stewart

Self

The Moiseyev Dancers

Themselves

Desmond Shawe-Taylor

Self

The Cleveland Orchestra

Themselves

John Shirley-Quirk

Self - Soloist

Jean-Rodolphe Kars

Self - Piano

Adrian Boult

Self

Melanie Parr

Dancer

Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks

Themselves

John Elwes

Self - Tenor

Ian Caddy

Self - Baritone

Elsa Smith

Commuter

Yvonne Minton

Self - Mezzo-soprano

Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen

Self

John Mitchinson

Self - tenor

The New York City Ballet

Themselves - Symphony in C

Richard Kates

Sloan (It Must Have Been Two Other Fellows)

Peter Porter

Self

Virgilius Noreika

Prince Igor's son sung by

Gail Galih

Commuter

Christine Carlson

Dancer

Olga Hegedus

Self - Cello

Gordon Beck

Self

Paco Peña

Self - Presenter

Danny Abse

Self

Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

Themselves

Anny Mory

Self - soprano

Chris Brubeck

Self - Bass Guitar

David Lloyd-Jones

Self

Jill Gomez

Self - Soprano

Trinity Boys Choir

Themselves

Huddersfield Choral Society

Themselves

Orchestre national de France

Themselves

Andrew Porter

Self

Willi Reich

Self

Anthony Thwaite

Self

Homero Fransesch

Self

Rupert Horder

ACTOR

Tamara Milashkina

Prince Igor's wife sung by

Dmitry Alexeev

Self - Piano

Joanna Carlin

Eurydice

Suzanne Hywel

Self - Dancer

Adam Makowicz

Self

Bolshoi Ballet

Themselves

Edwin Mullins

Self - Narrator

Tamás Vásáry

Self - Piano Soloist

BBC Philharmonic

Themselves

Buddy Tate

Self

Mary Thomas

Self - Soprano

Jimmy Raney

Self - and his Quartet

Leo Abse

Self

The English Bach Festival Orchestra

Themselves

Anthony Payne

Self

Philip Hope-Wallace

Self

Tony Coe

Self

Darius Brubeck

Self - Electric Piano

Alan Brownjohn

Self

Le Ballet National de Marseille

Themselves - Le Loup

Danny Brubeck

Self - Drums

Yevgeni Nesterenko

Khan Konchak sung by

Con Chambers

Commuter

Bryan Payne

Dancer

Denys Ganio

Self

Charles Groves

Self

Dorothy Dorow

Self - Soprano

Adam Godley

Franz Schubert as a boy

Sylvester McCoy

Puck

Caroline Blakiston

Narrator

Edward Petherbridge

Bauernfeld

Peter Barkworth

Josef von Spaun

David Wood

Franz Schubert

Alan Price

Self

Cyril Luckham

Thomas Hardy

Frank Gatliff

Schindler

Basil Henson

Sonnleithner

David Hockney

Self

John Gill

Eckel

John Gabriel

Stadler

Robert Hughes

Self - Presenter

Peter France

Self - Interviewer

Ralph Steadman

Self

Suzanne Murphy

Helena

Patricia Price

Hippolyta

Peter Blake

Self

Narodowa Orkiestra Symfoniczna Polskiego Radia w Katowicach

Themselves

Cecil Lewis

Self

Koninklijk Concertgebouworkest

Themselves

John Read

Self - Narrator

Arthur Davies

Lysander

Jim Dine

Self

John Treleaven

Flute

David Gwynne

Quince

Witold Lutoslawski

Self

Ralph Hamer

Snug

Julian Moyle

Starveling

Roderick Kennedy

Theseus

Thomas Allen

ACTOR

Jann Haworth

Self

Wiener Staatsopernballett

Themselves

Peter Dvorský

Self - Tenor

Graham Ovenden

Self

John Franklyn-Robbins

Self - in discussion

John Normington

Self - in discussion

Ian Anderson

Self

John Evan

Self

Martin Barre

Self

John Glascock

Self

Barriemore Barlow

Self

Colin Douglas

Narrator

Stuart Fell

Selfuncredited

Michael Spice

Selfuncredited

Ryland Davies

Tenoruncredited

Elizabeth Vaughan

Sopranouncredited