Title: Les Sylphides/The Prodigal Son/Elite Syncopations
Date: Friday 10th November 1978, Evening
Type: Ballet
Company: Sadler’s Wells Royal Ballet
Location: New Theatre, Oxford, England
Composer: Frederic Chopin (Les Sylphides), Sergei Prokofiev (The Prodigal Son), Scott Joplin (Elite Syncopations)
Choreographer: Mikhail Fokine (Les Sylphides), George Balanchine (The Prodigal Son), Kenneth MacMillan (Elite Syncopations)
Production: Revival of Serge Grigoriev and Lubov Tchernicheva’s 1946 production for the Sadler’s Wells Ballet (Les Sylphides), Revival of the 1973 John Taras production for the Royal Ballet (The Prodigal Son), 1978 Sadler’s Wells Royal Ballet Production (Elite Syncopations)
Conductor: Barry Wordsworth, Stephen Lade (Piano Conductor- Elite Syncopations)
Collection Folder: Folder 27

Cast

Les Sylphides

Nocturne: Margaret Barbieri, David Ashmole, Anya Evans, Judith Rowann, Christine Aitken, Sherilyn Kennedy, Artists of the Sadler’s Wells Royal Ballet
Valse: Judith Rowann
Mazurka: Margaret Barbieri
Mazurka: David Ashmole
Prelude: Anya Evans
Pas de Deux: Margaret Barbieri, David Ashmole
Grand Valse Brillante: Ensemble

The Prodigal Son

The Prodigal Son: David Ashmole
The Siren: Vyvyan Lorrayne
Father: John Auld
Servants to the Prodigal Son: Murray Kilgour, Peter O’Brien
The Sisters: Vicki Powell, Siobhan Stanley
Drinking Companions: Denis Bonner, John Appleton, Stuart Beckett, David Bintley, Mark Francis, James Smith, Stephen Speen, Paul Tomkinson, Douglas Vardon

Elite Syncopations

1. The Company
2. The Company
3. Christine Aitken, Vyvyan Lorrayne, Lois Strike
4. David Ashmole, Brian Bertscher, Carl Myers, Stephen Wicks
5. Lois Strike
6. The Company
7. Christine Aitken, Carl Myers
8. Marion Tait
9. Vyvyan Lorrayne, Brian Bertscher
10. Marion Tait, Alain Dubreuil
11. David Ashmole
12. The Company

Company Musicians: David Batstone, John Beadle, Melita Bridgehouse, Stephen Gorringe, Colin Gummer, Deborah Ann Johnston, Andrew Martin, Duncan Mitchell, Bridget Proctor, Tom Whitestone, Patrick Williams, Malcom Woodhouse

Orchestra

First Violins:
Paul Wood (Leader)
Jan Kaznowski
Melita Bridgehouse
Franklin Feldman
Rebecca Wade
Stephen Kear
Jane Margeson
Peter McGowan

Second Violins:
Bridget Procter
June Wilson
Diane Youngman
Elizabeth Spurrell
Geoffrey Hawcutt
Annabel Garrett

Violas:
Stephen Gorringe
Judith Wolfenden
Ambrose Miller
Gryffydd Owen

Cellos:
Deborah Ann Johnston
Julia Norman
Ivan Andrews
Roger Preston

Basses:
Duncan Mitchell
Ronald Dunning

Harp:
Kate Wilson

Flutes:
Patrick Williams
Keith Bragg

Oboes:
Paul Arden Taylor
David Powell

Clarinet:
Tom Whitestone
Malcolm McMillan
Terence Busby

Bassoons:
Michael Cole
Anne Bentley

Horns:
Steven Reading
William Haskins
Christopher Tilbury
Ann Barnard

Trumpets:
Malcolm Woodhouse
David Batstone

Trombones:
Colin Gummer
Maxwell Isley
David Gordon

Tubas:
Andrew Martin

Timpani:
Stephen Webberley

Percussion:
John Beadle
Jenny Rutland

Crew

For the Triple Bill

Orchestrator, Les Sylphides: Roy Douglas
Costumes and Scenery, Les Sylphides: Alexandre Benois
Staging, The Prodigal Son: John Taras
Scenery and Costumes, The Prodigal Son: Georges Rouault
Costumes, Elite Syncopations: Ian Spurling
Musical Arrangers, Elite Syncopations: D.S. de Lisle, George Sponahaltz, E.J. Stark, Robert Docker
Musical Editor, Elite Syncopations: Gunther Schuller

For The Sadler’s Wells Royal Ballet

Director: Peter Wright
Assistant Director: John Auld
Musical Director: Ashley Lawrence
Company Manager: Christopher Nourse
Teacher: Vyvyan Lorrayne
Guest Teachers: Christine Anthony, Galina Samsova
Assistant Ballet Mistresses: Jeanetta Laurence, Lois Strike
Dance Notator: Deborah Chapman
Company Pianist: Hilary Bell
Rehearsal Pianist: Stephen Lade
Orchestra Manager: Clarissa Melville
Assistant Orchestra Manager: Ambrose Miller
Librarian: Malcolm McMillan
Orchestra Porters: Stephen Kear, David Batstone
Stage Manager: Andis Marton
Assistant Stage Manager: Michael Soffe
Master Carpenter: John Hart
Chief Electrician: John Hall
Property Master: Graham Crew
Assistant Carpenter: Ronald Brook
Assistant Electrician: Peter Langford
Wardrobe Mistress: Lili Sobieralska
Wardrobe Assistants: Brian Ferguson, Briar Brownson, Louise Champion, Janet Knightley, Angela Kiblenskie, Jennifer Nicholas, Colin Rye
Wigmaster: Henry Menary
Physiotherapist: Britt Tajet-Foxell
Press Office: Jose Ohillips
Secretary: Alison Palmer

For the New Theatre

Managing Director: Paul Gregg
Assistant Manager: Barbara Gotzel
Stage Director: Luke Manning
Mailing Clerk: Frances Platt
Housekeeper: Joan Cook
Bars Manager: Victor Gleeson
Cleaning Supervisor: Elsie Thomas
Theatre Painter: Raymond Howell
Public Relations: David Cook

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