The World Our Stage The Curtain's Rising (Season 1, Episode 1)
TV Episode | Comedy, Music

The World Our Stage

The Curtain's Rising (Season 1, Episode 1)

TV Episode | Comedy, Music

Writers

Alan Adair (arranged for the screen by: La Canne a Sucre) | Michael Bond (adaptation: The Decoration) | Guy de Maupassant (short story: The Decoration)

Producers

Francis Essex | Cyril Fletcher

Production Designer

Stephen Taylor

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Updated Jan 4, 1958

Release date

Jan 4, 1958 (United Kingdom)

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11 cast members

Name	Known for
BBC Concert Orchestra Themselves (as The Concert Orchestra) Themselves (as The Concert Orchestra) See fewer	Cognition (2020)
Tony Britton Actor (The Decoration) Actor (The Decoration) See fewer	The Day of the Jackal (1973)
Carole Carr Self Self See fewer	Down Among the Z Men (1952)
Gwen Cherrell Aladdin (Aladdin) Aladdin (Aladdin) See fewer	One Wild Oat (1951)
Ronnie Collis Wishey-Washey (Aladdin) Wishey-Washey (Aladdin) See fewer	The World Our Stage (1958)
Marcel Cornelis Self Self See fewer	Le petit nuage/La chasse au nuage/Le nuage atomique (1954)
Cyril Fletcher The Queen (Sleeping Beauty) The Queen (Sleeping Beauty) See fewer	The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby (1947)
Richard Hearne Widow Twankey (Aladdin) Widow Twankey (Aladdin) See fewer	Mr. Pastry's Progress (1950)
Vanessa Lee Self Self See fewer	Armchair Theatre (1956)
Dave O'Gorman Ebenezer (Aladdin) Ebenezer (Aladdin) See fewer	The World Our Stage (1958)
Henri Salvador Self Self See fewer	A.I. Artificial Intelligence (2001)