Title: Les Patineurs/Symphonic Variations/Miracle in the Gorbals
Date: Monday 13th May 1946, Evening
Type: Ballet
Company: Sadler’s Wells Ballet
Location: Royal Opera House, London, England
Composer: Giacomo Meyerbeer (Les Patineurs), César Franck (Symphonic Variations), Arthur Bliss (Miracle in the Gorbals)
Choreographer: Frederick Ashton (Les Patineurs, Symphonic Variations), Robert Helpmann (Miracle in the Gorbals)
Production: Original 1937 production (Les Patineurs), Original 1946 production (Symphonic Variations), Original 1944 production (Miracle in the Gorbals)
Conductor: Not Listed

Cast

Les Patineurs

Entrée: Margaret Dale, Avril Navarre
Pas de Huit: Jill Gregory, Margaret Rosery, Oenone Talbot, Margaret Sear, Anthony Burke, Franklin White, Norman Thomson, Kenneth Melville
Variation: Harold Turner
Pas de deux: Julia Farron, David Paltenghi
Ensemble: Beryl Grey, Gillian Lynne, Harold Turner, Margaret Dale, Avril Navarre, Jill Gregory, Margaret Rosery, Oenone Talbot, Margaret Sear, Anthony Burke, Franklin White, Norman Thomson, Kenneth Melville
Pas de trois: Margaret Dale, Avril Navarre, Harold Turner
Pas des Patineuses: Beryl Grey, Gillian Lynne
Ensemble: Beryl Grey, Gillian Lynne, Margaret Dale, Avril Navarre, Anthony Burke, Franklin White, Norman Thomson, Kenneth Melville
Finale: Ensemble

Symphonic Variations

Dancers: Margot Fonteyn, Michael Somes, Pamela May, Brian Shaw, Moira Shearer, Henry Danton

Solo Pianist: Angus Morrison

Miracle in the Gorbals

The Suicide: Pauline Clayden
The Lovers: Lorna Mossford, Alexis Rassine
A Beggar: Leslie Edwards
A Street Boy: Paul Reymond
The Official: David Paltenghi
The Prostitute: Julia Farron
The Stranger: Michael Somes

Ensemble: Palma Nye, Joan Sheldon, Gerd Larsen, Joy Newton, Anne Negus, Jean Bedells, Elizabeth Kennedy, Jill Gregory, Gillian Lynne, Paula Dunning, Guinevere Parry, June Leighton, Avril Navarre, Anthony Burke, Franklin White, Henry Danton, David Davenport, Kenneth Melville, Frank Ward, Peter Clegg, Tony Tarver

Crew

For the Triple Bill

Music Arrangement, Les Patineurs: Constant Lambert
Costume & Decor Design, Les Patineurs: William Chappell
Scenery Painting, Les Patineurs: Edward Delaney

Decor & Costume Design, Symphonic Variations: Sophie Fedorovitch
Costume Execution, Symphonic Variations: Olivia Cranmer
Headdress Execution, Symphonic Variations: Hugh Skillen
Scenery Painting, Symphony Variations: Edward Delaney

Scenario, Miracle in the Gorbals: Michael Benthall
Costume & Decor Design, Miracle in the Gorbals: Edward Burra
Costume Execution, Miracle in the Gorbals: Grace Kelly
Scenery Painting, Miracle in the Gorbals: Alick Johnstone

For the Sadler’s Wells Ballet

Director: Ninette de Valois
Principal Choreographer: Frederick Ashton
Musical Director: Constant Lambert

Conductors: Constant Lambert, Geoffrey Corbett
Orchestra Leader: Joseph Shadwick
Accompanist: Edna Downing

Ballet Mistress: Joy Newton
Assistant Ballet Mistress: Jean Bedells

Ballet Company Manager & Stage Director: Harold Arneil
Stage Manager: Henry Robinson
Assistant Stage Managers: Herbert Hughes, Louis Yudkin
Chief Machinist: F. Ballard
Chief Electrician: Sydney Cheney

For the Royal Opera House

General Administrator: David L. Webster
House Manager: Peter Waller
Production Manager: Reece Pemberton
Box Office Manager: A. M. Wolstenholme

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