Title: Les Sylphides/Valses Nobles et Sentimentales/Puerta de Tierra/Ile des Sirènes/Pineapple Poll
Date: Saturday 16th January 1954, Matinee
Type: Ballet
Company: Sadler’s Wells Theatre Ballet
Location: Sadler’s Wells Theatre, London, England
Composer: Frederic Chopin (Les Sylphides), Maurice Ravel (Valses Nobles et Sentimentales), Isaac Albéniz (Puerta de Tierra), Claude Debussy (Ile des Sirènes), Arthur Sullivan (Pineapple Poll)
Choreographer: Mikhail Fokine (Les Sylphides), Frederick Ashton (Valses Nobles et Sentimentales), Roberto Ximenez (Puerta de Tierra), Alfred Rodrigues (Ile des Sirènes), John Cranko (Pineapple Poll)
Production: 1940 Sadler’s Wells Ballet production (Les Sylphides), Revival of original 1947 production (Valses Nobles et Sentimentales), Original 1953 production (Puerta de Tierra), 1952 Sadler’s Wells Theatre Ballet production (Ile des Sirènes), Revival of original 1951 production (Pineapple Poll)
Conductor: John Lanchbery
Collection Folder: Scrapbook #1

Cast

Les Sylphides

Nocturne: Annette Page, Pirmin Trecu, Maryon Lane, Sheilah O’Reilly, Stella Farrance, Veronica Vail, Louise Carley, Yvonne Barnes, Shirley Bishop, Diane Forhan, Lana Kassinova, Yvonne Cartier, Dorinda Brown, Valerie Reece, Elizabeth Trevor, Joan Blakeney, Joanne Nisbet, Doreen Tempest, Pauline Wadsworth, Madeleine White
Valse: Maryon Lane
Mazurka: Annette Page
Mazurka: Pirmin Trecu
Prelude: Sheilah O’Reilly
Valse: Annette Page, Pirmin Trecu
Grand Valse Brillante: Ensemble

Valses Nobles et Sentimentales

Dancers: David Poole, Patricia Miller, Gilbert Vernon, Sheilah O’Reilly, Annette Page, Margaret Hill, Sara Neil, Peter Wright, Maurice Metliss, David Gill

Puerta de Tierra

Dancer: Pirmin Trecu

Ile des Sirènes

The Mariner, Palinurus: Donald Britton
Sirens: Maryon Lane, Dorinda Brown, Joanne Nisbet, Stella Farrance, Doreen Tempest, Pauline Wadsworth, Madeleine White

Pineapple Poll

Pineapple Poll, a Bumboat Woman: Yvonne Cartier
Jasper, Pot Boy at ‘The Steam Packet’: David Poole
Captain Belaye of H.M.S. Hot Cross Bun: Donald Britton
Blanche, his fiancee: Gerd Larsen
Mrs Dimple, her Aunt: Sheilah O’Reilly
Crew of H.M.S. Hot Cross Bun: Dudley Davies, Miro Zolan, Peter Wright, Maurice Metliss, Stanley Holden, Walter Trevor
Sweethearts, Wives etc.: Yvonne Barnes, Joanne Nisbet, Shirley Bishop, Doreen Tempest, Dorinda Brown, Annette Page

Crew

For the Mixed Bill

Orchestrations, Les Sylphides: Gordon Jacob
Decor and Costumes, Les Sylphides: Alexandre Benois
Decor and Costumes, Valses Nobles et Sentimentales: Sophie Fedorovitch
Orchestrations, Puerta de Tierra: Francis Salabert
Costume, Puerta de Tierra: Anthony Boyes
Decor and Costumes Ile des Sirènes: Loudon Sainthill
Music Arranger, Pineapple Poll: Charles Mackerras
Decor and Costumes, Pineapple Poll: Osbert Lancaster

For the Sadler’s Wells Theatre Ballet

Director: Ninette de Valois
Assistant Director: Peggy van Praagh
Ballet Mistress: Barbara Fewster
Men’s Class Teacher: Harold Turner
Musical Director: Norman Tucker
Stage Manager: David E. Rose
Assistant Stage Manager: David Chivers
Rehearsal Pianist: Kenneth Alwyn
Assistant Ballet Mistress: Veronica Vail
Wardrobe Mistress: Jane Scrase-Dickins

For the Sadler’s Wells Theatre

Director: Norman Tucker
General Manager: Stephen Arlen
Manager: Ian Keith
Production Manager: John Glass
Wardrobe Manager: Anthony Boyes
Stage Director: Peter Banks
Master Carpenter: William Blakely
Chief Electrician: Arthur Lane
Property Master: Douglas Vince
Librarian: Ronald Brooks
Press Representative: Ian Purvis
Box Office Manager: Pauline Heathcote

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