Although it wasn't meant to be, Janet Suzman has remained one of the more respected classical stage actresses of her time.
Now with The Legend of Moby Dick Whittington, they can use the magic of reco The story of the Sorcerer's Apprentice is updated to modern tastes in this funny and engaging new family musical.
She moved to London in 1959.
Conductor John Eliot Gardiner keeps the music well paced.
You get a sense more of the doting father rather than the court jester or cursed man here.
But as time goes it seems more and more superfluous to the main focus of this tragedy of a court jester who seeks revenge.