Title: Harlequin in the Street/Les Sylphides/Checkmate
Date: Tuesday 14th November 1939, Evening
Type: Ballet
Company: Vic-Wells Ballet
Location: Theatre Royal, Nottingham, England
Composer: François Couperin (Harlequin in the Street), Frédéric Chopin (Les Sylphides), Arthur Bliss (Checkmate)
Choreographer: Frederick Ashton (Harlequin in the Street), Mikhail Fokine (Les Sylphides), Ninette de Valois (Checkmate)
Production: 1938 Vic-Wells Ballet production (Harlequin in the Street), Vic-Wells Ballet staging (Les Sylphides), Original 1937 production (Checkmate)
Conductor: N/A
Collection Number: 3901_1939_01

Cast

Harlequin in the Street

La Superbe: June Brae
Monseigneur: Michael Somes
Harlequin: Alan Carter
Porters: Stanley Hall, Leo Young
Commères: Palma Nye, Mavis Jackson, Patricia Garnett
Bird-Catcher: Richard Ellis
Bread-Boy: John Hart
Letter-Bearer: Paul Reymond

Les Sylphides

Nocturne: Margot Fonteyn, Mary Honer, June Brae, Robert Helpmann, Julia Farron, Jean Bedells, Molly Brown, Guinevere Parry, Joy Newton, Anne Spicer, Elizabeth Kennedy, Joan Leaman, Mavis Jackson, Patricia Garnett, Palma Nye, Olive Deacon, Joan Ross, Margaret Dale, Annabel Farjeon, Joan Phillips
Valse: Mary Honer
Mazurka: Margot Fonteyn
Mazurka: Robert Helpmann
Prelude: June Brae
Valse: Margot Fonteyn, Robert Helpmann
Grand Valse: Margot Fonteyn, Mary Honer, June Brae, Robert Helpmann, and Ensemble

Checkmate

The Two Players: Joy Newton, Claude Newman
Red Pawns: Molly Brown, Joan Phillips, Guinevere Parry, Elizabeth Kennedy, Joan Leaman, Margaret Dale, Jean Bedells, Mavis Jackson
The First Red Knight: Michael Somes
The Second Red Knight: John Hart
The Black Knights: Alan Carter, Richard Ellis
The Black Queen: Pamela May
The Red Queen: June Brae
The Red King: Robert Helpmann
Red Castles: Leslie Edwards, Stanley Hall
Red Bishops: Deryk Mendel, Paul Reymond
Black Pawns: Julia Farron, Patricia Garnett, Joy Newton, Anne Spicer, Joan Ross, Annabel Farjeon
Black Castles: Leslie Edwards, Stanley Hall

Pianists (All Works): Constant Lambert, Hilda Gaunt

Crew

For Harlequin in the Street/Les Sylphides/Checkmate

Scenery and Costume Design, Harlequin in the Street: André Derain
Costume Execution, Harlequin in the Street: Madame Karinska

Sets, Les Sylphides: Hugh Stevenson

Scenery, Costume and Headdress Design, Checkmate: E. McKnight Kauffer
Headdress Execution, Checkmate: Doria Paston

For the Vic-Wells Ballet

Director: Ninette de Valois
Choreographers: Frederick Ashton and Ninette de Valois

Ballet Mistress: Joy Newton
Stage Manager: Louis Yudkin
Assistant Stage Manager: C.J. Hillier
Secretary: Edith Carlyon

For the Theatre Royal

Managing: Moss’ Empires Ltd.
Joint Managing Directors: R.H. Gillespie and George Black
Director: George Black
Resident Manager: Tim H. Tillson
Resident Musical Director: Charles Dennis

Programme Published By: Stilwell Darby & Co. Ltd.
Programme Printed By: John Waddington Ltd.

Notes

Intervals were placed between each ballet. Before Les Sylphides a piano interlude, Valse Romantique No. 3 by Emmanuel Chabrier was played.