Mon 30 Jul 1951, 7.45pm, Marlowe Theatre, Canterbury
Company:
The Rambert Ballet
Festival name:
1951 Canterbury Festival
Giselle Act I
Choreographer:
Jean Coralli, Jules Perrot, Marius Petipa
Composer:
Adolph Adam
Music note:
Danced to live music
Performers
Albrecht (The Duke) | Alex Bennett |
The Prince | Ronald Hynd |
Wilfred (The Duke's Squire) | Derek Westlake |
Hilarion (A Gamekeeper) | Norman Dixon |
Bathilde (Daughter of the Prince and Fiancee of Albrecht) | Christine Hindmarch |
Berthe (Giselle's Mother) | Shirley Rees |
Giselle (A Peasant Girl) | Margaret Hill |
Her Friend | Josephine Spaull |
Her Friend | Ann Horn |
Her Friend | Audrey Brookes |
Her Friend | Margaret Pollen |
Her Friend | Pearl Gaden |
Her Friend | Gillian Martlew |
Her Friend | Noreen Sopwith |
Her Friend | Pamela Fisher |
Her Friend | Joyce Crookes |
One of Two Young Peasants | Beryl Goldwyn |
One of Two Young Peasants | Cecil Bates |
Huntsmen and Courtiers | |
Conductor | Geoffrey Corbett |
Canterbury Prologue
Choreographer:
David Paltenghi
Composer:
Peter Racine Fricker
Premiere type:
World premiere
Music note:
Danced to live music
Performers
Scene I | |
A Knight there was | Ronald Hynd |
Heathen Cock | Cecil Bates |
Scene II | |
A Young Squire | Derek Westlake |
Young Maiden | Ann Horn |
Young Maiden | Shirley Rees |
Scene III | |
A Prioress | Margaret Pollen |
Nun | Gillian Martlew |
Young Deer | Josephine Spaull |
Scene IV | |
A Monk there was | Norman Dixon |
Young Deer | Josephine Spaull |
Hunter | Ronald Hynd |
Hunter | Alex Bennett |
Scene V | |
A Friar there was | David Paltenghi |
Village Girl | Pearl Gaden |
Village Girl | Beryl Goldwyn |
Village Girl | Audrey Brookes |
Hunters and Young Maidens | |
Scene VI | |
A Ship there was | Derek Westlake |
A Girl | Pearl Gaden |
A Man | Cecil Bates |
Scene VII | |
A Clerk there was | Alex Bennett |
A Man | Norman Dixon |
A Man | Cecil Bates |
Young Girls | |
Scene VIII | |
A Summoner there was | Ronald Hynd |
A Gentle Pardoner | Cecil Bates |
A Man | Norman Dixon |
Young Girls | |
Scene IX | |
A Miller | David Paltenghi |
A Man | Alex Bennett |
Young Girls | |
Scene X | |
A Good Wife of Bath | Margaret Hill |
A Miller | David Paltenghi |
Scene XI | |
A Poor Parson | Cecil Bates |
Dancers | Ensemble |
Scene XII | |
Our Host | Alex Bennett |
Dancers | Ensemble |
Conductor | Geoffrey Corbett |
House of Cards (Scherzi della Sorte)
Choreographer:
David Paltenghi
Composer:
Claudio Monteverdi, Pietro Cesti
Music note:
Danced to live music
Performers
The Man | Ronald Hynd |
The Fortune Teller | Beryl Goldwyn |
The King | David Paltenghi |
The Queen | Margaret Hill |
The Knave | Cecil Bates |
Conductor | Geoffrey Corbett |
Façade (The Original Version)
Choreographer:
Frederick Ashton
Composer:
William Walton
Music note:
Danced to live music
Performers
Scotch Rhapsody | Pearl Gaden |
Scotch Rhapsody | Noreen Sopwith |
Scotch Rhapsody | Derek Westlake |
Yodelling Song | Margaret Pollen |
Yodelling Song | Cecil Bates |
Yodelling Song | Ronald Hynd |
Yodelling Song | Norman Dixon |
Polka | Josephine Spaull |
Valse | Ann Horn |
Valse | Audrey Brookes |
Valse | Gillian Martlew |
Valse | Christine Hindmarch |
Popular Song | Cecil Bates |
Popular Song | Ronald Hynd |
Tango Pasodoble | Margaret Hill |
Tango Pasodoble | David Paltenghi |
Tarantella Sevillana | Ensemble |
Conductor | Geoffrey Corbett |
Source:
Programme for 30 July-4 August 1951 in the Rambert Archive