Les Sylphides/Apparitions/Aurora Pas de Deux/Façade, The Vic-Wells Ballet- Tuesday 2nd February 1937

Title: Les Sylphides/Apparitions/Aurora Pas de Deux/Façade
Date: Tuesday 2nd February 1937, Evening
Type: Ballet
Company: Vic-Wells Ballet
Location: Sadler’s Wells Theatre, London, England
Composer: Frederic Chopin (Les Sylphides), Franz Liszt (Apparitions), Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (Aurora Pas de Deux), William Walton (Façade)
Choreographer: Mikhail Fokine (Les Sylphides), Frederick Ashton (Apparitions and Façade), Marius Petipa (Aurora Pas de Deux)
Production: Revival of Alicia Markova’s 1932 Vic-Wells production (Les Sylphides), Original 1936 production (Apparitions), Revival of the 1933 production (Aurora Pas de Deux), Revival of the original 1931 production (Façade)
Conductor: Unknown
Collection Folder: Folder 36

Cast

Les Sylphides

Nocturne: Elizabeth Miller, Mary Honer, Pamela May, William Chappell, Laurel Martyn, Molly Brown, Jill Gregory, Wenda Horsburgh, Anne Spicer, Gwyneth Mathews, Joy Robson, Guinevere Parry, Joan Leaman, Annabel Farjeon, Elizabeth Kennedy, Joyce Farron, Jean Pilgrim, Mary Booth, Palma Nye, Susan Reeves
Valse: Elizabeth Miller
Mazurka: Mary Honer
Mazurka: William Chappell
Prelude: Pamela May
Valse: Elizabeth Miller, William Chappell
Grand Valse Brillante: Elizabeth Miller, Mary Honer, Pamela May, William Chappell, Ensemble

Apparitions

Poet: Robert Helpmann
Woman in Ball Dress: Margot Fonteyn
Hussar: Harold Turner
Monk: Maurice Brooke
Ladies of Fashion: Elizabeth Millar, June Brae, Peggy Melliss, Joy Newton, Gwyneth Mathews, Wenda Horsburgh, Anne Spicer, Joan Leaman
Dandies: Harold Turner, Claude Newman, William Chappell, Maurice Brooke, Leslie Edwards, Richard Ellis, Michael Somes, Paul Reyloff
Belfry Spirits: Molly Brown, Jill Gregory, Laurel Martyn, Pamela May, Joan Leaman, Guinevere Parry, June Brae, Anne Spicer, Wenda Horsburgh, Joyce Farron, Elizabeth Kennedy, Annabel Farjeon

Female Chorus: Mademoiselles Tong, Taylor, Carlton, Hambleton, Edwards, Hulbert, Strudwick, Hellewell, Turner, Carline, Dargaval, Pryce
Male Chorus: Messieurs Brooke, Blomley, Harvey, Bertram, Hodgkinson, John, Wiltshire, Meredith, Mossop, Branch, Dargaval, Draper

Aurora Pas de Deux (from Act III of Sleeping Beauty)

Aurora: Mary Honer
Prince: Harold Turner

Façade

Scotch Rhapsody: Jill Gregory, Molly Brown, Claude Newman
Milk-Maid: Laurel Martyn
Mountaineers: Harold Turner, Frederick Ashton, William Chappell
Polka: Margot Fonteyn
Waltz: Pamela May, June Brae, Anne Spicer, Peggy Melliss
Popular Song: Harold Turner, William Chappell
Maiden: Mary Honer
Yokel: Richard Ellis
Squire: Robert Helpmann
Dago: Frederick Ashton
Debutante: Jill Gregory
Tarantella Finale: Mary Honer, Frederick Ashton, Full Company

Crew

For the Mixed Bill

Orchestration, Les Sylphides, Apparitions: Gordon Jacob
Setting, Les Sylphides: Hugh Stevenson

Scenery and Costumes, Apparitions: Cecil Beaton
Dressmaking for the Ballroom Scene, Apparitions: Karinska
Scenery Making, Apparitions: Alick Johnstone
Lighting, Apparitions: Henry Robinson

Costume Design, Aurora Pas de deux: William Chappell
Costumes and Decor, Façade: John Armstrong

For the Vic-Wells Ballet

Director: Ninette de Valois
Assistant Ballet Mistress: Ursula Moreton
Musical Director: Constant Lambert

Stage Management and Lighting: Henry Robinson
Assistant Stage Manager: S.G. Harrison
Orchestra Leader: Joseph Shadwick
Wardrobe Master: O. Whitehead
Wardrobe Mistress: Mrs Newman
Master Carpenter: J. O’Connor
Electrician: J. Hudson
Property Master: G. Ellicott
Press Representatives: Alan Bland, Andrew Reid

Acting Manager: Edward Holbrook