Otello was an ambitious piece for a touring company to tackle, really needing a full-sized chorus and orchestra to make a proper impact. However the designs by the Polunins, as well as Frank Mullings and Miriam Licette all functioned well withing thos limitations, and transferred successfully to BNOC after the demise of Beecham's company.
The conductor is here described as 'Eugene Goossens junior' - a title his father had employed some thirty years earlier.
Cast details are from a programme in the A M Gardiner collection at the Mitchell Library.,
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