Title: Les Sylphides/Danses Espagnoles/Polovtsian Dances, Princes Igor/Everyman
Date: Monday 23rd October 1944, Evening
Type: Ballet
Company: International Ballet
Location: King’s Theatre, Hammersmith, London, England
Composer: Frederic Chopin (Les Sylphides), Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, Mantis, Castillo, Isaac Albeniz, Joaquín Turina, Espert, Manuel de Falla (Danses Espagnoles), Alexander Borodin (Polovtsian Dances, Prince Igor), Richard Strauss (Everyman)
Choreographer: Mikhail Fokine (Les Sylphides), Angelo Andes (Danses Espagnoles), Lev Ivanov (Polovtsian Dances, Prince Igor), Mona Inglesby (Everyman)
Production: International Ballet Staging (Les Sylphides), Original 1944 production (Danses Espagnoles), Nicholas Sergeyev’s 1941 staging (Polovtsian Dances, Prince Igor), Original 1943 production (Everyman)
Conductor: Wynn Reeves
Collection Folder: Folder 32

Cast

Les Sylphides

Nocturne: Claudie Leonard, Rovi Pavinoff, Joan Harris, Moira Tucker, Domini Callaghan, Herida May, Christine Du Boulay, Sandra Vane, Gwenda Sheldrake, Noreen Lee, Gladys Walton, Anne Suren, Doreen Nash
Waltz: Claudie Leonard
Mazurka: Anna Marinova
Mazurka: Rovi Pavinoff
Prelude: Sonia Arova
Grand Waltz: Claudie Leonard, Rovi Pavinoff
Waltz Finale: Full Company

Danses Espagnoles

Overture (Music Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov)

Sevillana (Music Mantis)

Dancers: Sonia Arova, Herida May, Domini Callaghan, Moira Tucker

Panaderos (Music Castillo)

Dancers: Sonia Arova, Herida May

Matador (Music Isaac Albeniz)

Dancer: Angelo Andes

Ensuena (Music Joaquín Turina)

Dancers: Dolores Prado, Domini Callaghan, Moira Tucker, Sonia Arova, Herida May

Fandango (Music Espert)

Dancer: Angelo Andes

Vida Breve (Music Manuel de Falla)

Dancers: Dolores Prado, Angelo Andes, Sonia Arova, Herida May, Domini Callaghan, Moira Tucker

Polovtsian Dances, Prince Igor

Polovtsian Chief: Harcourt Algeranoff
Polovtsian Women: Domini Callaghan
Polovtsian Girls: Herida May, Claudie Leonard, Christine Du Boulay, Noreen Lee, Anne Suren, Sandra Vane, Gwenda Sheldrake, Phyllis Miller
Polovtsian Warriors: Jan Hoyer, Seamus Gordon, Ernest Hewitt, Charles Ley

Everyman

Death: Harcourt Algeranoff
Everyman: Leslie French
Fellowship: John Healy, Angelo Andes, Seamus Gordon, Ernest Hewitt, Anthony Wallis, Leonard Boucher, Jan Hoyer
Temptress: Sonia Arova
Maiden: Claudie Leonard
Her Lover: Terence Theobald
Kinsman: Mark Baring
His Wife: Joan Harris
The Child: Gladys Walton
Tapestry Women: Maria Balinska, Betty Malin, Moira Tucker, Gwenda Sheldrake, Noreen Lee, Maureen Power, Doreen Nash, Maria Wheeler
Riches: John Healy
Five Wits: Claudie Leonard, Domini Callaghan, Christine Du Boulay, Sandra Vane, Anne Suren
Good Deeds: Mona Inglesby
Knowledge: Anthony Wallis
Strength: Angelo Andes
Discretion: Seamus Gordon
Beauty: Terence Theobald
Revellers, Good Deeds, Pages: Company

Crew

For the Mixed Bill

Orchestrations, Les Sylphides: Frederic Austin
Decor, Les Sylphides, Everyman: Rex Whistler
Orchestrations, Danses Espagnoles: Ernest Irving
Decor, Danses Espagnoles: Hein Heckroth
Costumes, Danses Espagnoles: Hein Heckroth, Honoria Plesch
Staging, Polovtsian Dances: Nicholas Sergeyev
Producer, Everyman: Leslie French
Music Arranger, Everyman: Ernest Irving
Costumes, Everyman: William Chappell
Scenery Painting: Alick Johnstone
Scenery Building: Brunskill & Loveday Ltd.

For the International Ballet

Director: Mona Inglesby
Maître de Ballet: Stanislas Idzikowski
Manager: E. Fleetwood
Stage Director: Harry Winton

For the King’s Theatre Hammersmith

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

Programme Printed By: Ludo Press Ltd.

Synopsis: Everyman

A Ballet based on the medieval morality play in which the High Father of Heaven sendeth Death to summon Everyman to come and give account of his life in the world.

Scene 1

Death appears to Everyman during his revels and summons him on his last journey. Everyman is unready and seeks companions to go with him. In the words of the original play:

First fellowship said he would with me go
His words were very pleasant and gay;
But afterwards he left me alone.
Then spake I to my Kinsman all in despair
And also they gave me words fair; 
They lacked no fair speaking. 
But all forsake me in the ending. 
Then I went to my Goods than I love best
In hope to have comfort but there I had least
For my Goods sharply did me tell
That he bringeth many into Hell. 
Thus may I well myself hate
Of whom shall I now counsel take? 

Scene 2

I think that I shall never speed 
Till that I go to my Good Deeds
But, alas, she is so weak
That she can neither go nor speak. 
Yet will I venture on her now
My Good Deeds, where be you? 

Good Deeds calls to Everyman’s aid Knowledge, who persuades him to confess his sins, giving him the scourge and the garment of sorrow. Everyman scourges himself and his Good Deeds is made whole and sound. “Going upright upon the ground”. He takes the last Sacrament and with Strength, Discretion, Five Wits, Knowledge and Good Deeds, sets off on his last journey. One by one they leave him until only his Good Deeds remains and even she has to stay behind when he is finally embraced by Death, who no longer holds any terror for him, but leads him towards the light.