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

Franco Zeffirelli

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

April Cantelo

Berthe - singing

Kyung-Wha Chung

Self

Royal Military School Of Music Band

Themselves

John Williams

Self

Hermann Prey

Baritone

Millicent Martin

Self - Singer

Julia McKenzie

Self - Singer

Billie Whitelaw

Emma Hardy

David Kernan

Self - Singer

Patricia Parker

Contralto

London Sinfonietta

Themselves

Alfred Burke

The words of Schoenberg spoken by

Leonard Bernstein

Self

BBC Symphony Orchestra

Themselves

Charles Rosen

Self

Alexander Goehr

Self - Presenter

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

Sean O'Faoláin

Self

Sidney Nolan

Self - Subject

Martin Esslin

Self

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

Pamela Stephenson

Josephine

Britt Ekland

Self

Joss Ackland

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

Geoffrey Palmer

William in 'Something for the Time Being'

Maureen Stapleton

Amanda Wingfield

Rod Stewart

Self

Annie Ross

Self

James Aubrey

Tom Wingfield in 'The Glass Menagerie'

Dick Clement

Self

Elizabeth Adare

Ella in 'Something for the Time Being'

Jennifer Hilary

Madge in 'Something for the Time Being'

Ian La Frenais

Self

Martha Graham

Self

Rosemary McHale

Blanche Du Bois in 'A Streetcar Named Desire'

Malcolm Arnold

Self - Guest Conductor

Pinchas Zukerman

Self

Joyce Cuoco

Olga

Estelle Kohler

Liz in 'The Late Bourgeois World'

James Galway

Self

Milos Kirek

Self

Rahsaan Roland Kirk

Themselves

Geoffrey Morris

Headmaster in 'The Late Bourgeois World'

Teresa Berganza

Rosina

Roland Petit

Dr. Coppelius

Sarah Craze

Laura Wingfield in 'The Glass Menagerie'

Michael Long

Sosthene

Claudio Arrau

Self

Malcolm Williamson

Self

Daniel Barenboim

Self

Kenneth Corden

Self - Narrator

Simon Rattle

Self - Guest Conductor

Louis Kentner

Self

Marcia Haydée

Tatiana

Judy Lynne

Berthe

Donald Swann

Self - Guest Conductor

Edward Kemp

Bruce in 'The Late Bourgeois World'

Lucia Popp

Soprano

BBC Concert Orchestra

Themselves

Maurizio Pollini

Self - Piano Soloist

Bud Freeman

Self

Hephzibah Menuhin

Self

Alton Kumalo

Daniel in 'Something for the Time Being'

Eva Evdokimova

Muse

Soft Machine

Themselves

Egon Madsen

Lenski

Elizabeth Poston

Self - Guest Conductor

Melbourne Symphony Orchestra

Themselves

Ida Haendel

Self

Paolo Bortoluzzi

Apollo

Luigi Alva

Count Almaviva

Roy Waterson

1st Oarsman

Jon Weaving

Sosthene - singing

David Atherton

Self

Henning Kronstam

Iago

National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain

Themselves

Erich Leinsdorf

Self

Toni Lander

Desdemona

Maina Gielgud

Muse

Neil Easton

Old fisherman

Lawrence Leonard

Self - Guest Conductor

Jean-Bernard Pommier

Self

Heidrun Schwaarz-Kosak

Muse

Alex Welsh

Themselves

Paul Crossley

Self

Vivi Flindt

Emilia

Marisa Robles

Self

John van Kesteren

Bass

Simon Gluckman

Braithwaite in 'The Late Bourgeois World'

Paolo Montarsolo

Don Basilio

Gary Bertini

Self

Thomas Hemsley

Self

Gino Zancanaro

Governor

Stefania Malagù

Berta

Enzo Dara

Dr. Bartolo

James Christiansen

Marcel

Stephen Kovacevitch

Self - Piano Soloist

Ruth Rosen

Narrator of 'Something for the Time Being'

Alexander Gibson

Self

Syd Lawrence

Themselves

Bernard Heinze

Self - Conductor

Günther Reich

Self - Narrator

Bruce Marks

Othello

Jeremy Menuhin

Self

John Constable

Self - Piano Accompanist

John Lill

Self

Charles Elsesser

Self

Rudy Bryans

Franz

Heinz Clauss

Onegin

John Drummond

Self - Interviewer

Myung-Whun Chung

Self

Rae Cocking

Madam Sciocca

Marilyn Richardson

Josephine - singing

Deep Roy

Mr. Sin

Michael Hordern

Claude Monet

William Hootkins

Bray (Discipline)

Ronald Pickup

ACTOR

Martin Jarvis

Self - Narrator

Tony Haygarth

Winkelstein (Discipline)

Bernard Hepton

The words of Webern spoken by

Ray McAnally

Maguire in 'The Fur Coat'

Princess Margaret

Self

Billy J. Mitchell

Soldier (Discipline)

Veronica Quilligan

Teresa in 'Teresa'

Mary Hignett

Superioress in 'Teresa'

William Lucas

Pelling (It Must Have Been Two Other Fellows)

Mary Wimbush

Additional narration

Barbara Mullen

Sister Patrick in 'Teresa'

Dave Brubeck

Self - Piano

Zubin Mehta

Self

John Bloomfield

Self

Jane Darling

Dancer

Blain Fairman

Lieut. Simms (Discipline)

Bill Bailey

Green (Discipline)

John Fowles

Self

Colette O'Neil

Molly in 'The Fur Coat'

Paul Antrim

Maxer in 'Two of a Kind'

London Symphony Orchestra

Themselves

John Dair

Commuter

Graham Weston

Steeple (It Must Have Been Two Other Fellows)

Robert Holmes

Self

Dick Francis

Self

Michael Frayn

Self - Presenter

Gwyneth Jones

Self

Dave Brubeck Quartet

Themselves

Aleksandr Slastin

Prince Galitsky

Terrance Dicks

Self

John Dallimore

Keats (It Must Have Been Two Other Fellows)

Roger Murray-Leach

Self

Paul Desmond

Self - Alto Sax

Peter Maxwell Davies

Self

Sheila Manahan

Lily in 'Two of a Kind'

Bud Strait

Captain (Discipline)

Clark Terry

Self - and the Big Band

Victor Winding

Wool (It Must Have Been Two Other Fellows)

Janet Baker

Self - Soloist

Ray Jewers

Ashton (Discipline)

Norwich Duff

Harvey (Discipline)

Dudley Simpson

Self

Julian Littman

Orpheus

Graham Williams

Self

Arthur Mitchell

Self - and the Dance Theatre of Harlem

David Maloney

Self

Martha Argerich

Self

Hugo De Vernier

Waiter in 'Teresa'

Jay Neill

Sergeant (It Must Have Been Two Other Fellows)

Philip Hinchcliffe

Self

Alan Brownjohn

Self

Trinity Boys Choir

Themselves

Boris Khmelnitskiy

Prince Igor

Peter Porter

Self

Nelli Pshyonnaya

Prince Igor's wife

Boris Tokarev

Prince Igor's son

Lorin Maazel

Self

Maurice Lane

Dancer

Dick Mills

Self

Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks

Themselves

Mstislav Rostropovich

Self - Cello

Jessica Mitford

Self

BBC Philharmonic

Themselves

Gillian Widdicombe

Self

Eugene Wright

Self - Bass

The English Bach Festival Orchestra

Themselves

Tito Gobbi

Self

Joe Morello

Self - Drums

Virgilius Noreika

Prince Igor's son sung by

Jules Walter

Commuter

Adrian Boult

Self

The Moiseyev Dancers

Themselves

Yvonne Minton

Self - Mezzo-soprano

Edwin Mullins

Self - Narrator

Darius Brubeck

Self - Electric Piano

Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen

Self

Willi Reich

Self

Paul Hudson

Self - bass

Roy Eldridge

Self

Leo Abse

Self

Denys Ganio

Self

Colin Davis

Self

Elsa Smith

Commuter

Heather Stewart

Self

Richard Kates

Sloan (It Must Have Been Two Other Fellows)

Murray Perahia

Self

John Shirley-Quirk

Self - Soloist

Ian Caddy

Self - Baritone

Alfred Brendel

Self

The Ambrosian Singers

Themselves

Bimbulat Vatayev

Khan Konchak

Joanna Carlin

Eurydice

The New York City Ballet

Themselves - Symphony in C

Yevgeni Nesterenko

Khan Konchak sung by

Francis Watson

Self

John Elwes

Self - Tenor

Jill Gomez

Self - Soprano

Desmond Shawe-Taylor

Self

Huddersfield Choral Society

Themselves

Pierre Boulez

Self - Conductor

Olga Hegedus

Self - Cello

Danny Abse

Self

Andrew Porter

Self

Tamás Vásáry

Self - Piano Soloist

Melanie Parr

Dancer

Anthony Thwaite

Self

Paco Peña

Self - Presenter

Philip Hope-Wallace

Self

Le Ballet National de Marseille

Themselves - Le Loup

Christine Carlson

Dancer

Dorothy Dorow

Self - Soprano

Con Chambers

Commuter

The Cleveland Orchestra

Themselves

Dmitry Alexeev

Self - Piano

Danny Brubeck

Self - Drums

Bolshoi Ballet

Themselves

Gail Galih

Commuter

Suzanne Hywel

Self - Dancer

Anthony Payne

Self

Anny Mory

Self - soprano

Adam Makowicz

Self

Charles Groves

Self

Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

Themselves

John Wain

Self

Rupert Horder

ACTOR

Tamara Malashkina

Prince Igor's wife sung by

Jimmy Raney

Self - and his Quartet

Gordon Beck

Self

Chris Brubeck

Self - Bass Guitar

David Lloyd-Jones

Self

Buddy Tate

Self

Mary Thomas

Self - Soprano

Bryan Payne

Dancer

Jean-Rodolphe Kars

Self - Piano

Tony Coe

Self

Frank Augustyn

Self

John Mitchinson

Self - tenor

Orchestre national de France

Themselves

Homero Fransesch

Self

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

Cyril Luckham

Thomas Hardy

Basil Henson

Sonnleithner

Frank Gatliff

Schindler

Alan Price

Self

John Gill

Eckel

David Hockney

Self

John Gabriel

Stadler

Ralph Steadman

Self

Robert Hughes

Self - Presenter

Peter Blake

Self

Narodowa Orkiestra Symfoniczna Polskiego Radia w Katowicach

Themselves

Koninklijk Concertgebouworkest

Themselves

Cecil Lewis

Self

John Read

Self - Narrator

Suzanne Murphy

Helena

Peter Dvorský

Self - Tenor

Witold Lutoslawski

Self

Roderick Kennedy

Theseus

John Treleaven

Flute

Peter France

Self - Interviewer

David Gwynne

Quince

Julian Moyle

Starveling

Jim Dine

Self

Wiener Staatsopernballett

Themselves

Graham Ovenden

Self

Arthur Davies

Lysander

Thomas Allen

ACTOR

Ralph Hamer

Snug

Patricia Price

Hippolyta

Jann Haworth

Self

John Franklyn-Robbins

Self - in discussion

John Normington

Self - in discussion

Ian Anderson

Self

Barriemore Barlow

Self

John Evan

Self

Martin Barre

Self

John Glascock

Self

Colin Douglas

Narrator

Stuart Fell

Selfuncredited

Michael Spice

Selfuncredited

Elizabeth Vaughan

Sopranouncredited

Ryland Davies

Tenoruncredited