Thu 20 May 1954, Time unknown, Oxford Playhouse
Company:
Ballet Rambert
Swan Lake Act II
Choreographer:
Lev Ivanov
Composer:
Piotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky
Music note:
Danced to live music
Performers
Swan Princess | Noreen Sopwith |
The Prince | Alexander Bennett |
Benno, his friend | John Chesworth |
Valse | Ann Horn |
Valse | Gillian Martlew |
Pas de Quatre | Thelma Litster |
Pas de Quatre | Patricia Ashworth |
Pas de Quatre | Selina Wylie |
Pas de Quatre | Selma Seigertsz |
Pas de Trois | Audrey Nicholls |
Pas de Trois | Patricia Dyer |
Pas de Trois | Terry Gilbert |
Swan | Ann Horn |
Swan | Gillian Martlew |
Swan | Thelma Litster |
Swan | Patricia Ashworth |
Swan | Selina Wylie |
Swan | Selma Seigertsz |
Swan | Valerie Marsh |
Swan | Marcia Walden |
Swan | Alison Norwood |
Swan | Patricia Cassie |
Huntsman | Norman Morrice |
Huntsman | Norman Dixon |
Huntsman | Ronald Yerrell |
Piano | Reginald Halcrow |
Piano | Joseph Vandernoot |
Simple Symphony
Choreographer:
Walter Gore
Composer:
Benjamin Britten
Music note:
Danced to recorded music
Performers
Dancer | Beryl Goldwyn |
Dancer | Terry Gilbert |
Dancer | Mary Munro |
Dancer | John Chesworth |
Dancer | Selina Wylie |
Dancer | Norman Dixon |
Dancer | Audrey Nicholls |
Dancer | Ronald Yerrell |
Dancer | Selma Seigertsz |
Dancer | Thelma Litster |
Dancer | Valerie Marsh |
Dancer | Patricia Ashworth |
The Life and Death of Lola Montez (1816-1861)
Choreographer:
Jack Carter
Composer:
Guiseppe Verdi
Premiere type:
Rambert premiere
Music note:
Danced to live music
Performers
Lola Montez | Anne Lascelles |
Her Mother | Gillian Martlew |
Her Lover | Alexander Bennett |
The Intermission | Mary Munro |
Indian Maidens, Scottish Maidens, Demi-Mondaines and Dance Hall Maidens, Gold Miners, Escorts, Consp | |
Dancer | Ann Horn |
Dancer | Audrey Nicholls |
Dancer | Patricia Dyer |
Dancer | Selma Seigertsz |
Dancer | Noreen Sopwith |
Dancer | Selina Wylie |
Dancer | Patricia Ashworth |
Dancer | Thelma Litster |
Dancer | Norman Dixon |
Dancer | John Chesworth |
Dancer | Terry Gilbert |
Dancer | Norman Morrice |
Dancer | Ronald Yerrell |
Piano | Reginald Halcrow |
Piano | Joseph Vandernoot |
Peter and the Wolf (A Fable without a Moral)
Choreographer:
Frank Staff
Composer:
Sergei Prokofiev
Music note:
Danced to live music
Performers
Peter | Anne Lascelles |
Bird | Beryl Goldwyn |
Duck | Mary Munro |
Cat | Ann Horn |
Granpapa | Norman Dixon |
Wolf | Terry Gilbert |
Huntsman | Alexander Bennett |
Hunter | Gillian Martlew |
Hunter | Selina Wylie |
Hunter | Audrey Nicholls |
Piano | Reginald Halcrow |
Piano | Joseph Vandernoot |
Source:
Photocopy of the programme for 17-22 May 1954 in the Rambert Archive