Title: Coppélia
Date: Tuesday 8th December 1987, Evening
Type: Ballet
Company: Northern Ballet
Location: Theatre Royal, Norwich, England
Composer: Léo Delibes
Choreographer: Marius Petipa and Enrico Cecchetti
Additional Choreography: Paul Clegg, Robert de Warren
Production: 1987 revised version of Paul Clegg’s 1977 production
Conductor: Brian Fieldhouse
Collection Number: 2401_1987_01

Cast

Swanilda: Graciela Kaplan
Franz: Duncan de Gruchy
Dr Coppelius: Jeremy Kerridge
Lord of the Manor: Robert Clarke
Swanilda’s Friends: Georgina Crowther, Cressida Merritt-Webb, Catherine Phelan, Katrina Phillips, Jayne Regan, Julia Sommers
Mazurka and Czardas: Julie Puckering, Cheryl Ransom, Heather Houliston, Nadia Thompson, Helena Nam, Carol Foster, Benjamin Love, Stephen Walther, Christopher Powney, Paul Thrussell, Hartmut Reichel
Coppélia: Student of the Central School of Dancing, Norwich
3 Wise Monkey dolls: Stephen Walter, Benjamin Love, Keith Chamberlain
Spanish doll: Nadia Thompson
Scottish doll: Carol Foster
Dresden dolls: Heather Houliston, Robert Clarke
May Queen: Victoria Westall
Her Escort: Christopher Powney
Clog Dance: Cheryl Ransom, Julie Puckering, Heather Houliston, Nadia Thompson, Helena Nam
Work Dance: Hartmut Reichel, Paul Thrussell, Benjamin Love
Morris Dance: Benjamin Love, Stephen Walther, Hartmut Reichel, Paul Thrussell

Crew

For Coppelia

Music Arranger: Christopher Tadman-Robbins
Staging: Paul Clegg
Set Design and Painting: Richard Marks
Set Constructor: Derek Watts
Lighting: David Marsden
Costume Makers: Ros Ward, Hilary Norton, Deborah Judd, Philips Reynolds, Annie Hadley, Cathy McGloughlin, Liz Fitzgerald
Headdress Makers: Deborah Judd, Hilary Norton, Christine Vickers

For Northern Ballet

Artistic Director: Christopher Gable
Administrator Director: Anthony Wraight
Assistant Artistic Director & Ballet Master: Jeremy Leslie-Spinks
Ballet Mistress: Julie Jensen
Music Director: Brian Fieldhouse
Assistant Administrator: Sally Rolfe
Secretary to the Directors: Diane Slater
Finance Officer: Sheila Greenwood
Marketing and Press Officer: Katie Dohle
Marketing Assistant: Anna Izza
Sponsorship Coordinator/Education Secretary: Sheila Burton
Education Officer: Jessica Gray
Secretary/Telephonist: Brenda Phillips
Company Manager/Technical Director: Andrew Gordon
Lighting Manager: David Marsden
Assistant Technical Stage Manager: Duncan N. Mitchell
Wardrobe Mistress: Hilary Norton-Kerridge
Company Pianist/Conductor: David Chapman

For the Theatre Royal, Norwich

General Manager: Dick Condon
Deputy General Manager: Anna-Claire White
Stage Manager: Jack Bowhill
Theatre Manager: Martin Griffiths
Chief Electrician: Ian Greeves
Assistant Chief Electrician: Glenn Alderton
Assistant Stage Manager: Arthur Hoare
Catering Manager: James Byrne
Stage Security: Les Elmes

Programme Published By: Stilwell Darby & Co. Ltd.

Notes

Additional Material: A Flyer advertising the Friends of the Theatre Royal Norwich scheme