Wed 20 Oct 1954, 8.00pm, Stoll Theatre, London
Company:
Ballet Rambert
Giselle Act I
Choreographer:
Jean Coralli, Jules Perrot, Marius Petipa
Composer:
Adolph Adam
Music note:
Danced to live music
Performers
Albrecht (A Duke disguised as a peasant) | Alexander Bennett |
Wilfred (His Squire) | Terry Gilbert |
Hilarion (A Gamekeeper) | Norman Dixon |
Giselle (A Peasant Girl) | Beryl Goldwyn |
Berthe (Her Mother) | Anne Lascelles |
The Prince | John Chesworth |
Bathilde (His daughter and Albrecht's Fiancee) | Gillian Martlew |
Courtier | Meg Hopkins |
Courtier | Jane Hunter |
Courtier | Norman Morrice |
Courtier | Kenneth Mott |
Courtier | Lionel Densley |
Courtier | John Webley |
One of Two Young Peasants | Noreen Sopwith |
One of Two Young Peasants | Ronald Yerrell |
Giselle's Friend | Audrey Nicholls |
Giselle's Friend | Patricia Dyer |
Giselle's Friend | Selma Seigertsz |
Giselle's Friend | Patricia Ashworth |
Giselle's Friend | Selina Wylie |
Giselle's Friend | Thelma Litster |
Giselle's Friend | Valerie Marsh |
Giselle's Friend | Marcia Walden |
Giselle's Friend | Alison Norwood |
Giselle's Friend | Patricia Cassie |
Giselle's Friend | Sarita Fonseca |
Giselle's Friend | Cecily Plowright |
Giselle's Friend | Naomi Ben-Ari |
Giselle's Friend | Dorothy Buttery |
Giselle's Friend | Sheila Alletson |
Giselle's Friend | Sylvia Singleton |
Giselle's Friend | Leda Harris |
Giselle's Friend | Zoharah Gibar |
Conductor | Joseph Vandernoot |
Performance note:
This performance preceded the oratorio 'Joan of Arc at the Stake'.
Ballet of the Game of Cards (Scene 6 of the play ‘Joan of Arc at the Stake’)
Choreographer:
David Ellis
Composer:
Arthur Honegger
Premiere type:
World premiere
Orchestra:
Ambrosian Singers
Performers
The King of France | Michael Greenwood |
The Duke of Burgundy | Barry Shawzin |
Avarice | Cecily Plowright |
Pride | Naomi Ben-Ari |
Duke of Bedford | John Chesworth |
Reynold of Chartres | Terry Gilbert |
The King of England | Ann Gardner |
Death | Norman Morrice |
Lust | Dorothy Buttery |
Stupidity | Alison Norwood |
John of Luxembourg | Norman Dixon |
William of Flavy | Ronald Yerrell |
Conductor | Leighton Lucas |
Performance note:
In addition to this ballet, Audrey Nicholls played Tiger and Thelma Litster played Fox in Scene 4.
Source:
Programme for 20 October-13 November 1954 (evening) in the Rambert Archive; Programme for 20 October-13 November 1954 in the Rambert Archive