Title: Apollo/Tally-Ho, or The Frail Quarry/On Stage!
Date: Friday 2nd August 1946, Evening
Type: Ballet
Company: Ballet Theatre
Location: Royal Opera House, London, England
Composer: Igor Stravinsky (Apollo), Christoph Willibald Gluck (Tally-Ho, or The Frail Quarry), Norman Dello Joio (On Stage!)
Choreographer: George Balanchine (Apollo), Agnes DeMille (Tally-Ho, or The Frail Quarry), Michael Kidd (On Stage!)
Production: 1943 Ballet Theatre production (Apollo), Original 1944 production (Tally-Ho, or The Frail Quarry), Original 1945 production (On Stage!)
Conductor: Max Goberman (Apollo, On Stage!), Ben Steinberg (Tally-Ho, or The Frail Quarry)
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Cast

Apollo

Apollo: André Eglevsky
Terpsichore: Alicia Alonso
Polyhymnia: Nora Kaye
Calliope: Barbara Fallis
Two Nymphs: Paula Lloyd, Doreen Oswald
Leto, Mother of Apollo: Mary Heater

Tally-Ho, or The Frail Quarry

The Wife: Shirley Eckl
Her Husband, a genius: Hugh Laing
The Prince: John Kriza
The Innocent: Lucia Chase
A Lady, no better than she should be: Muriel Bentley
Two others, somewhat worse: Barbara Fallis, Melissa Hayden
Courtiers: Diana Adams, Patricia Barker, Jean Dovell, Paula Lloyd, Fernando Alonso, Kenneth Davis, Stanley Herbertt, Erik Kristen, Fernand Nault, Zachary Solov, Roy Tobias

On Stage!

Stagehands: Zachary Solov, Phillip Chatfield
Handyman: Michael Kidd
Ballerina of company, the Princess: Nora Kaye
Her partner, the Hero: John Kriza
Ballet Master: Donald Saddler
Girl in Blue: Shirley Eckl
Girl in Pink: Alicia Alonso
Members of the Company: Diana Adams, Patricia Barker, Anna Cheselka, Barbara Cole, Melissa Hayden, Paula Lloyd, Cynthia Riseley, Richard Beard, Eric Braun, Kenneth Davis, Stanley Herbertt, Erik Kristen, Fernand Nault, Zachary Solov, Roy Tobias
Boy who plays the piano: Roy Tobias
Rehearsal Pianist: Marcel Hansotte

Crew

For the Triple Bill

Scenery Execution, Apollo, On Stage!: E.B. Dunkel Studios
Costume Execution, Apollo: Karinska Inc.
Music Arranger, Tally-Ho: Paul Nordoff
Costumes and Scenery, Tally-Ho: Motley
Scenery Executed By, Tally-Ho: Triangle Scenic Studios
Ladies’ Costume Executor, Tally-Ho: Edith Lutyens
Mens’ Costume Executor, Tally-Ho: Eaves Costume Company
Scenery, On Stage!: Oliver Smith
Costumes, On Stage!: Alvin Colt
Costumes Executive By, On Stage!: Eaves Costume Company

For the American Ballet Theatre

Administrative Directors: Lucia Chase, Oliver Smith
Executive Manager: Peter Lawrence
Artistic Administrator: Antony Tudor
Musical Director: Max Goberman
Company Manager: Allan Attwater
Stage Manager: Herman Kantor
Assistant Stage Manager: Joseph Bastien
Carpenter: Simon Wasserman
Wardrobe Supervisor: Elena Balieff
Accompanist: Marcel Hansotte
Press Representative: Charles Payne

For the Royal Opera House

General Administrator: David L. Webster
House Manager: Peter Waller
Stage Director: Henry Robinson
Chief Machinist: F. Ballard
Chief Engineer: Sydney T. Cheney
Property Master: Jack Lovell
Box Office Manager: A.M. Wolstenholme

Programme Printed By: Finden Brown & Co. Ltd., London

Notes

2 programmes from this performance are in the collection.