Title: Clock Symphony/Le Tricorne/Dante Sonata
Date: Wednesday 14th July 1948, Evening
Type: Ballet
Company: Sadler’s Wells Ballet
Location: Royal Opera House, London, England
Composer: Franz Joseph Hadyn (Clock Symphony), Manuel de Falla (Le Tricorne), Franz Liszt (Dante Sonata)
Choreographer: Léonide Massine (Clock Symphony, Le Tricorne), Frederick Ashton (Dante Sonata)
Production: Original 1948 production (Clock Symphony), 1947 Sadler’s Wells Ballet production (Le Tricorne), Original 1940 production (Dante Sonata)
Conductor: Unknown
Collection Folder: Folder 3

Cast

Clock Symphony

The Clockmaker: Alexander Grant
The King: Leslie Edwards
The Princess: Moira Shearer
Ladies-in-waiting: Gillian Lynne, Rosemary Lindsay, Gerd Larsen, Lorna Mossford
Courtiers: Richard Ellis, John Field, Philip Chatfield, Kenneth Melville
The Duke: Donald Britton
His Page: Tony Tarver
The Prince: Harold Turner
His Page: Gilbert Vernon
The Bird: Anne Negus
The Lizard: Henry Legerton
Lackeys: David Davenport, Alfred Rodriques, Alec Martin, Bryan Ashbridge, Robert Lunnon, John Cranko

A Comedian: Ray Powell
Two Ladies-in-waiting: Christine Du Boulay, Avril Navarre
Genie of the Mountain: John Hart
Genie of the River: Alexis Rassine
Genie of the Lightning: Michael Somes
A Sage: Paul Reymond
The Mandarin: Franklin White
His Wife: Anne Heaton
Pendulum: Ronald Plaisted
Clock Hands: Anne Gieves, Margaret Sear
Chinese Boy: Dorothea Zaymes

Le Tricorne

The Miller: Harold Turner
The Miller’s Wife: Margot Fonteyn
The Governor: John Hart
The Governor’s Wife: Wendy Winn
The Dandy: Alexander Grant
Police: John Cranko, David Davenport, Leslie Edwards, Philip Chatfield, Alfred Rodriques, Bryan Ashbridge
Neighbours: Gerd Larsen, Avril Navarre, Anne Gieves, Rosemary Lindsay, Margaret Sear, Fiorella Keane, Joan Grantham, Dorothea Zaymes, Richard Ellis, Alec Martin, John Field, Ray Powell, Franklin White, Paul Reymond, Kenneth Melville, Henry Legerton
Jota: Moira Shearer, Julia Farron, Lorna Mossford, Gillian Lynne, Rosemary Valaire, Wendy Winn, Christine Du Boulay, Full Company
Fools: Gilbert Vernon, Tony Tarver
Beggars: Rands Trevor, Elizabeth Kennedy

Singer: Vera Hoddinott

Dante Sonata

Children of Light: Pauline Clayden, Pamela May, Lorna Mossford, Julia Farron, Christine Du Boulay, Gerd Larsen, Rosemary Lindsay, Gillian Lynne, Michael Somes, Richard Ellis, Leslie Edwards, Kenneth Melville
Children of Darkness: Palma Nye, Jill Gregory, Guinevere Parry, June Leighton, Avril Navarre, Anne Gieves, Anne Negus, Margaret Sear, John Hart, Paul Reymond, Franklin White, Ray Powell

Solo Pianist: Angus Morrison

Crew

For the Triple Bill

Scenery and Costumes, Clock Symphony: Christian Berard
Scenery and Costumes, Le Tricorne: Pablo Picasso
Costumes and Décor, Dante Sonata: Sophie Fedorovitch after John Flaxman

Costume Executor, Clock Symphony: Olivia Cranmer
Headdress Executor, Clock Symphony: Joseph Roth, Anthony Martell
Fabric Dyeing and Painting, Clock Symphony: Bettina Pacey, Barbara Ternouth
Scenery Building, Clock Symphony: Edward Waldron
Scenery Painting, Clock Symphony: Clement Glock
Properties, Clock Symphony: Jack Lovell, Vic Drummond
Scenery Painter, Dante Sonata: Edward Delaney

For the Sadler’s Wells Ballet

Director: Ninette de Valois
General Manager: Herbert Hughes
Ballet Mistress: Jean Bedells
Maître de ballet: Harijs Plucis
Accompanists: Edna Downing, Ena Child
Assistant Ballet Mistress: Elizabeth Kennedy
Librarian: R. Temple Savage

For the Royal Opera House

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

Leader, Covent Garden Orchestra: Joseph Shadwick
Conductors: Geoffrey Corbett, Hugo Rignold

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

Notes

Additional Material: A Flyer for the Grand Ballet du Marquis de Cuevas de Monte Carlo’s Summer performances at the Royal Opera House, 2nd-28th August 1948.