Title: Les Sylphides/Capriol Suite/The Fugitive/Façade
Date: Tuesday 5th June 1945, Evening
Type: Ballet
Company: Ballet Rambert
Location: King’s Theatre, Hammersmith, London, England
Composer: Frédéric Chopin (Les Sylphides), Peter Warlock (Capriol Suite), Leonard Salzedo (The Fugitive), William Walton (Façade)
Choreographer: Mikhail Fokine (Les Sylphides), Frederick Ashton (Capriol Suite, Façade), Andreé Howard (The Fugitive)
Production: 1944 revival of 1930 Ballet Rambert production (Les Sylphides), Original 1930 production (Capriol Suite), Original 1944 production (The Fugitive), 1931 Ballet Rambert production which excludes later revisions (Façade)
Conductor: H.J. Rober
Collection Folder: Folder 32

Cast

Orchestral Overture: Overture from Les Petite Riens, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Les Sylphides

Nocturne: Sally Gilmour, Joan McClelland, Brenda Hamlyn, Frank Staff, Margaret Scott, Joyce Graeme, Marguerite Stewart, Nina Shelley, Jean Stokes, Marjorie Field, Barbara Grimes, Mary Gornell, Paula Hinton, Nona Harvey, Marita Kern, Annette Chappell
Valse: Brenda Hamlyn
Prelude: Sally Gilmour
Mazurka: Frank Staff
Mazurka: Joan McClelland
Grande Valse: Sally Gilmour, Frank Staff
Finale: Ensemble

Capriol Suite

Basse Danse: Marguerite Stewart, Jean Stokes, Walter Gore, Michael Bayston
Pavane: Joan McClelland, Frank Staff, Rex Reid
Tordion: Jean Stokes, Walter Gore
Pieds en l’air: Joan McClelland, Brenda Hamlyn, Frank Staff, Rex Reid
Mattachins: Walter Gore, Frank Staff, Michael Bayston, Rex Reid
Bransles: Ensemble

Musical Interlude: Ballet Music, Christoph Willibald Gluck

The Fugitive

The Elder Sister: Joan McClelland
The Younger Sister: Sally Gilmour
The Father: Michael Bayston
The Lady Companion: Marjorie Field
The Fugitive: Walter Gore
Guests: Margaret Scott, Marguerite Stewart, Nina Shelley, Brenda Hamlyn, Jean Stokes, Paula Hinton, Rex Reid, Stanley Newby, Michael Holmes

Façade

Scotch Rhapsody: Rex Reid, Jean Stokes, Marguerite Stewart
Yodelling Song: Joan McClelland, Frank Staff, Michael Bayston, Stanley Newby
Polka: Brenda Hamlyn
Valse: Margaret Scott, Barbara Grimes, Mary Gornell, Joyce Graeme
Popular Song: Michael Bayston, Michael Holmes
Tango Pasodoble: Elizabeth Schooling, Frank Staff
Tarantella Sevilliana: Ensemble

Crew

For the Mixed Bill

Decor, Les Sylphides: Ronald Wilson
Costumes, Capriol Suite: William Chappell
Theme, Decor and Costumes, The Fugitive: Hugh Stevenson
Decor, Façade: John Armstrong

For Ballet Rambert

Director: Marie Rambert
Business Manager: Henry Shute
Stage Director: Jessica Morton
Stage Manager: John Kerslake
Assistant Stage Manager: June Johnston
Wardrobe Mistress: May Mellor
Assistant Wardrobe Mistress: Olga Ward
Stage Carpenter: Ernest Edwards
Pianists: Marjorie Reed, Thomas Lishman

For the King’s Theatre

Licensee: A.L. Mulholland
Director: Jack Buchanan
Manager: Thomas J. Pigott
Acting Manager: Clifford H. Manley
Stage Manager: David Bishop

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