The Red Shoes

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and dance for us again.

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'This is the BBC Third Program.

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'I am at the Royal 0pera House,
Covent Garden, London.

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'Tonight is the first night
of Cupid and Psyche,

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'a new opera by British composer
Julian Craster,

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'whose only well-known work has been
the score for The Red Shoes.

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'The Red Shoes was a great success

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'when produced at Monte Carlo
with the Ballet Lermontov,

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'but has not yet been seen
in this country.

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'0h. Something must have gone wrong.

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'I think somebody's going
to make an announcement.'

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'Ladies and gentlemen,

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'I regret to announce that
Mr Julian Craster the composer,

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'who was to conduct his own opera,
has been suddenly taken ill.

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'Sir Hartley Menzies
will conduct in his place.'

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'Here comes Sir Hartley Menzies now.'

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'I'll announce the cast
at the interval.'

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All the way down from London,
I wondered if I'd find you here.

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And here you are.

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- So you left your first night?
- Yes.

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0h, Julian.

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Why didn't you?

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This is all that matters.

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All right, love, my sweetheart.

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There's a train to Paris at 8.00.
We'll be on it together.

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Better hurry and get changed.

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- But I'm dancing tonight.
- Walk out.

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Good evening, Mr Craster.