Title: Coppélia
Date: Tuesday 20th March 1979, Evening
Type: Ballet
Company: Sadler’s Wells Royal Ballet
Location: Theatre Royal, Norwich, England
Composer: Léo Delibes
Choreographer: Peter Wright after Enrico Cecchetti and Marius Petipa
Production: Peter Wright’s 1979 production
Conductor: Barry Wordsworth
Collection Number: 2401_1979_01

Cast

Swanilda: Lois Strike
Franz: Alain Dubreuil
Dr Coppelius: Brian Bertscher
Swanilda’s Friends: Susan Crow, Anya Evans, Sherilyn Kennedy, Petal Miller
Franz’s Friends: Murray Kilgour, Paul Waller
Three gypsies: Janis Parsons, Judith Rowann, Siobhan Stanley
Burgomaster: Bernd Berg
Innkeeper: David Bintley
Coppelia: Lynne Wake
Oriental Doll: Amanda Seaton
Spanish Doll: Mandy-Jane Richardson
Scottish Doll: Mark Francis
Soldier Dolls: John Appleton, James Smith
Musician Dolls: Stuart Beckett, Iain Webb
Duke: Derek Purnell
His aide: Stephen Speed
Sun: Judith Rowann
Night: Anya Evans
Her attendants: Bess Dales, Lili Griffiths, Nicola Katrak, Amanda Seaton, Lynne Wake, Carol Wrighton
Work: Jennifer Mills, Janis Parsons, Mark Francis, Mark Welford
Betrothal: Susan Crow, Sherilyn Kennedy, Susan Lucas, Petal Miller, Stuart Beckett, Denis Bonner, David Morse, Douglas Vardon
Combat: John Appleton, Kim Reeder, James Smith, Iain Webb
Peasants & Townsfolk, Dance of the Hours: Artists of the Sadler’s Wells Royal Ballet

Orchestra

First Violins:
Paul Wood (Leader)
Jan Kaznowski
Melita Bridgehouse
Ruth Ferguson
Peter McGowan
Peter Lilly
Annabel Garret
Valerie Medlicott

Second Violins:
Stephen Kear
Rebecca Wade
June Wilson
Elizabeth Spurrell
Geoffrey Hawcutt
Mary Harrison

Violas:
Stephen Gorringe
Judith Wolfenden
Ambrose Miller
Gryffydd Owen

Cellos:
Deborah Ann Johnston
Caroline Brown
Stefan Racwicz

Basses:
Duncan Mitchell
Ronald Dunning

Harp:
Kate Wilson

Flutes:
Patrick Williams
Keith Bragg

Oboes:
Paul Arden Taylor
David Powell

Clarinets:
Tom Whitestone
Malcolm McMillan

Bassoons:
Anne Bentley
Julie Andrews

Horns:
Stephen Reading
William Haskins
Christopher Tilbury
Ann Barnard

Trumpets:
Malcolm Woodhouse
David Batstone

Trombones:
Colin Gummer
Maxwell Isley
David Gordon

Tuba:
Andrew Martin

Timpani:
Stephen Webberley

Percussion:
John Beadle
Jeremy Rutland

Crew

For Coppélia

Scenery and Costumes: Peter Snow
Lighting: Charles Bristow

For The Sadler’s Wells Royal Ballet

Director: Peter Wright
Assistant Director: John Auld
Musical Director: Ashley Lawrence
Company Manager: Christopher Nourse
Teacher: Vyvyan Lorrayne
Guest Teachers: Christine Anthony, Galina Samsova
Dance Notator: Deborah Chapman
Company Pianist: Hilary Bell
Rehearsal Pianist: Stephen Lade
Orchestra Manager: Ambrose Miller
Librarian: Malcolm McMillan
Porters: David Batstone, Colin Gummer
Ballet Masters: Desmond Kelly, Ronald Plaisted
Assistant Ballet Mistress: Lois Strike
Stage Manager: Andis Marton
Assistant Stage Manager: Michael Soffe
Master Carpenter: John Hart
Chief Electrician: John Hall
Property Master: Graham Crew
Assistant Carpenter: Ronald Brook
Assistant Electrician: Peter Langford
Wardrobe Mistress: Lili Sobieralska
Wardrobe Assistants: Brian Ferguson, Briar Brownson, Janet Knightley, Angie Kiblenskie, Jennifer Nicholas, Colin Rye
Wig-master: Henry Menary
Physiotherapist: Britt Tajet-Foxell
Press Officer: Jose Phillips
Secretary: Alison Palmer

For the Theatre Royal

House Manager: Stanley C. Fuller
General Manager: Dick Condon
Stage Manager: Jack Bowhill
Chief Electrician: Billy Vann
Assistant Electrician: Alistair Coubrough
Assistant Stage Manager: Arthur Hoare
Sound Technician: Chris Woodley
Stage Security Officer: Cyril Brown

Programme Published By: Stilwell Darby & Co. Ltd.