Title: Isadora
Date: Thursday 30th April 1981, Evening
Type: Ballet
Company: Royal Ballet
Location: Royal Opera House, London, England
Composer: Richard Rodney Bennett
Choreographer: Kenneth MacMillan
Production: World Premiere Date
Conductor: Barry Wordsworth
Collection Folder: Folder 22

Cast

Isadora: Merle Park (dancer), Mary Miller (speaker)

Her Mother: Julie Wood
Her Brother: Robert Jude
Her Sister: Rosalind Eyre
Her Favourite Pupil: Jennifer Jackson
Her Children, Deidre and Patrick: Alison Coburn, Brian Godfrey
A Sailor: Graham Fletcher
Ballet Dancers: Rosalyn Whitten, Judith Howe, Genesia Rosato, Bryony Brind, Deirdre Eyden, Wendy Groombridge, Pippa Wylde
Spanish Dance: Sally Inkin, Graham Fletcher
Loie Fuller: Laura Connor
Nursey: Monica Mason
Oskar Beregi: Derek Deane
Edward Gordon Craig: Julian Hosking
Russian Station: Genesia Rosato, Judith Howe, Michael Batchelor, Antony Downson, Artists of the Royal Ballet

Paris Singer: Derek Rencher
Isadora’s Rival: Sally Inkin
Tango Boy: Ashley Page
Andre Caplet: Garry Grant
Max Merz: David Drew
Pupils: Madonna Benjamin, Jennifer Jackson, Gillian Kingsley, Julie Lincoln, Karen Paisey, Julie Rose
Man on the Beach: Ross MacGibbon
Sergei Esenin: Stephen Jefferies

Ensemble: Artists of the Royal Ballet, Students of the Royal Ballet School
Recorded Voices: Royal Opera Male Chorus

Pianists: Anthony Twiner, Henry Roche

Orchestra

First Violins:
John Brown (Leader)
Meyer Stolow (Leader)
Adrian Reed (Sub-Leader)
Santiago Bravo (Sub-Leader)
Alan Sloan
Christine Hilton
George Ewart
Louis Rutland
Stephen Hague
Carol Corkish
Ruth Ticher
John Woolf
Susan Johnson
Leonard Worsley
Alan Edwards
Robert Samuel
Winston Holloway
John Canter
Judy Mayhew
David Butler
Susan Weitz
Geoffrey Marshall

Second Violins:
Yasuo Ichinose
Geoffrey Palmer
Jillian Elliff
Martyn Patterson
Vasilakis Nicoloau
Haim Lazarov
Nicholas Darby
Nigel Sharpe
Edward Patston
Jack Musikant
Denis Vine
Lisa Axon
Philip Sawyers
Robert Trory
Deborah Green
Gillian Harrit
David Hanesworth
John Montague
Lewis Maby

Violas:
Jeremy White
John Brearley
Richard Peake
Benedict James
Allen Thomas
Richard Pugh
John Hall
John Marshall
Peter Barbirolli
Jennifer Weston
Andrew Haxell
William Hallett
Nigel Bielby

Cellos:
Robert Truman
Christopher Vanderspar
Colin Jackson
Jennifer Brown
John Whittaker
Brian Meddemmen
Iain Prestage
Colin Walker
Mary Mundy
Michael Storey
Lionel Alberts
Timothy Hewitt-Jones
Ben Rivers

Basses:
Frederic Wigston
John Bakewell
Albert Hayward
Tony Hougham
Nathaniel Paris
Robert Edwards
Richard Hart
Richard Dalling
Martin Vigay

Flutes:
Oliver Bannister
Judith Hall
William Morton
Donald Davidson (Piccolo)
John Bowler (Piccolo)

Oboes:
John Barnett
Janet Craxton
David Woolley
Anthony McColl (Cor Anglais)
Alan Wardley (Cor Anglais)

Clarinets:
Ian Herbert
Andrew Brockett (E flat clarinet)
John Payne (E flat clarinet)
Frederick Lowe (Bass clarinet)

Bassoons:
Roger Hagger
Melbon Mackie
Donald Reid
Fritz Berent (Contra bassoon)

Horns:
Anthony Tunstall
Julian Baker
Christopher Satterthwaite
Ian Harper
Christiaan Boers
Peter Smith
Kenneth Shaw

Trumpets:
Harry Dilley
John Hardy
Raymond Allen
Peter Reeve
Ian Brown

Trombones:
Harold Nash
David Chandler
John Iveson
Alan Hutt

Bass Trombones:
Gerard McElhone
David Petken

Tuba:
Ashley Wall

Timpani:
Alan Taylor
Norman Taylor

Percussion:
Michael Skinner
Jonathan Tolansky
Ronald McCrea
Boyd Gilmour
Norman Taylor

Harps:
Hilary Wilson
Jeffrey Dyball

Crew

For Isadora

Scenery and Costumes: Barry Kay
Assistant to Barry Kay: Elle Huhne
Scenario: Gillian Freeman
Dialogue Organiser: Mary Millar
Lighting: John B. Read

Costume, Props, Scenery and Jewellery Making, Fabric Dyeing: Covent Garden Production Department
Additional Costume Making: Wallace & McMurray, Jean Lamprell, Susanna Wilson, Lal D’Ado, Vin Burnham, Ba Higgins, Arthur Davey, Chril Streeter, David Harvey-Jones
Additional Hat Making: Anne Gainsford, Patrick Reid
Additional Dyeing: Mathilde Sandberg

Conductor, Royal Opera Male Chorus Recording: John McCarthy

For the Royal Ballet

Director: Norman Morrice
Principal Choreographer: Kenneth MacMillan
Musical Director: Ashley Lawrence
General Manager: Peter Brownlee
Artistic Administrator: Iris Law

Ballet Mistress: Jill Gregory
Ballet Master: Christopher Newton
Regisseur: Henry Legerton
Principal Répétiteur: Michael Somes
Senior Teacher Répétiteur: Gerd Larsen
Répétiteur: Robert Mead
Répétiteur to Kenneth MacMillan: Monica Mason
Principal Teachers: Brian Shaw, Terry Westmoreland
Assistant Ballet Mistress: Rosalind Eyre
Assistant Ballet Master: Oliver Symonds
Director, Royal Ballet Choreographic Groups: Leslie Edwards

Dance Notators: Diana Curry, Monica Parker, Douglas Steuart, Faith Worth
Principal Pianist: Anthony Twiner
Pianist: Philip Gammon
Music Staff: Jonathan Frank, Cameron Paulin, Henry Roche

Stage Manager: Keith Gray
Deputy Stage Manager: Andrew Moore
Assistant Stage Manager: Isabel Crossley

Company Physiotherapist: Lesley Cox
Administrative Assistant: Barbara Booroff

For the Royal Opera House

General Director: John Tooley
Chairman of the Board of Directors: Claus Moser
Board of Directors: Isaiah Berlin, Mark Bonham Carter, Colette Clark, Denis Forman, Lord Gibson, Wynne Godley, Lord Goodman, Lord Kissin, John Sainsbury, Francis Sandilands, Angus Stirling
Secretary to the Board: Robert Armstrong

Director of Administration: Richard Wright
Assistant Director: Paul Findlay
Director of Finance: Adrian Doran
Company Secretary: Leonard C. Grant
Personnel Manager: Judith Vickers

House Manager: Trevor Jones
Deputy House Manager: Clifford Starr
House Maintenance Manager: Stanley Cooper
Deputy House Maintenance Manager: Roland Scales
Catering Manager: Aydin Hasirci

Technical Director: Tom Macarthur
Assistant Technical Director: Michael Thomson
Technical Managers: David Enraght, Hazel Sharples, John Seekings
Lighting Manager: Bill McGee
Assistant Lighting Manager: Bill Besant
Chief Machinist: Ted Pursey
Chief Electrician: William Ould
Sound Engineer: Eric Pressley

Production Master: Jeffrey Phillips
Assistant Production Managers: Peter Courtier (Scenic Studios), Norman Dixon
Property Master: Peter Fea
Property Maker: Michael Whiteley
Armourer: Terry Keen
Scenic Building: Tom Walker

Wardrobe Director: Janice Pullen
Wigmaster: Ronald Freeman
Costumes: Audrey Ward, Susan Kempster, Gabriella Mustillo, Gordon Hutchings, Robert Gordon, Margaret Beck, Edward Percival, Jean Percival (Jewellery), Jennifer Adey (Millinery)
Dyeing: Valerie Connell

Box Office Manager: Tony Mabbutt
Postal Booking Supervisor: William Hall
Royal Opera Press: Katharine Wilkinson
Royal Ballet Press: Janet Judd
Sadler’s Wells Royal Ballet Press: Jose Phillips
Marketing: Lynne zbudton
Sadler’s Wells Royal Ballet Marketing: Judith James
Programme Consultant: Irene Leggatt
Education Officer: Werdon Anglin

Development Director: Leonard C. Grant
Project Director: Robin Dartington
Appeal Director: Pat Spooner
Campaign Administrator: Valeria Ossola
Development Coordinator: Clare Street

Programme Printed By: Thomas Jenkins Printers Ltd.

Notes

Programme Signed By: Merle Park

Additional Material: A ticket for the performance. The ticket is for seat A16 in the Side Balcony Stalls, and originally cost £8.

Two programmes from this performance are present in the collection. 1 is unsigned.