Title: Mam’zelle Angot/Scènes de ballet/Checkmate
Date: Monday 29th March 1948, Evening
Type: Ballet
Company: Sadler’s Wells Ballet
Location: Royal Opera House, London, England
Composer: Charles Lecocq (Mam’zelle Angot), Igor Stravinsky (Scènes de ballet), Arthur Bliss (Checkmate)
Choreographer: Léonide Massine (Mam’zelle Angot), Frederick Ashton (Scènes de ballet), Ninette de Valois (Checkmate)
Production: 1947 Sadler’s Wells Ballet production (Mam’zelle Angot), Original 1948 production (Scènes de ballet), Original 1937 production (Checkmate)
Conductor: Unknown
Collection Folder: Folder 3

Cast

Mam’zelle Angot

Mam’zelle Angot: Julia Farron
A Barber: Alexander Grant
The Caricaturist: Michael Somes
The Aristocrat: Moira Shearer
A Government Official: John Hart

Scene I-
The Chief of Police: Franklin White
Two Gendarmes: Paul Reymond, Ray Powell
The Butcher: Leslie Edwards
The Tailor: Henry Legerton
The Bootmaker: John Field
The Fishwife: Margaret Dale
The Florist: Jill Gregory
The Seller of Fruit: Anne Negus
The Seller of Vegetables: Avril Navarre
Three Ladies: Jean Bedells, Palma Nye, Thekla Russell
Two Children: Guinevere Parry, Veronica Vail
Urchins, Market Women, etc.: Artists of the Sadler’s Wells Ballet

Scene II-
The Officer: Richard Ellis
Soldiers: David Davenport, Kenneth Melville, Philip Chatfield, Alfred Rodrique, Alec Martin, Bryan Ashbridge
Guests: Gillian Lynne, Rosemary Lindsay, Joan Grantham, Christine Du Boulay, Rowena Jackson, Lorna Mossford

Scene III-
Pirates: John Field, Jill Gregory
Savages: Henry Legerton, Pauline Clayden
Minstrels: Gilbert Vernon, Avril Navarre
Officer and his Lady: Richard Ellis, Palma Nye
Incroyables: Ray Powell, John Cranko
Marveilleuses: Christine Du Boulay, Jean Bedells
Grisettes: Jean Stokes, Dorothea Zaymes, Rosemary Valaire, Wendy Winn, Fiorella Keane, Anne Gieves
Customers, Musicians, Waiters, etc: Artists of the Sadler’s Wells Ballet

Scènes de ballet

Dancers: Margot Fonteyn, Michael Somes, Alexander Grant, John Field, Donald Britton, Philip Chatfield, Avril Navarre, Gerd Larsen, Lorna Mossford, Pauline Clayden, Gillian Lynne, Jill Gregory, Margaret Dale, Rosemary Lindsay, Nadia Nerina, Anne Heaton, Anne Negus, Jean Stokes

Checkmate

Love: Jean Bedells
Death: Franklin White
Red Pawns: Margaret Dale, Avril Navarre, Jill Gregory, Anne Negus, Elizabeth Kennedy, Pauline Clayden, Guinevere Parry, Dorothea Zaymes
First Red Knight: Harold Turner
Second Red Knight: John Hart
The Black Knights: Richard Ellis, John Field
The Black Queen: Pamela May
The Red Queen: Gerd Larsen
The Red King: Leslie Edwards
The Red Bishops: Paul Reymond, Henry Legerton
The Red Castles: John Cranko, Kenneth Melville
Black Pawns: Gillian Lynne, Rosemary Lindsay, Lorna Mossford, Joan Grantham, Jean Stokes, Christine Du Boulay, Palma Nye, Thekla Russell
The Black Castles: David Davenport, Alfred Rodrique

Crew

For the Triple Bill

Orchestrator, Mam’zelle Angot: Gordon Jacob
Decor and Costumes, Mam’zelle Angot: André Derain
Scenery and Costumes, Scènes de ballet: André Beaurepaire
Costumes and Decor, Checkmate: E. McKnight Kauffer

Costume Execution, All Ballets: Olivia Cranmer
Headdress Execution, All Ballets: Josef Roth, Anthony Martell
Fabric Dyeing, Mam’zelle Angot: Bettina Pacey, Barbara Ternouth, Audrey Davies
Scenery Building, All Ballets: Edward Waldron
Scenery Painting, Mam’zelle Angot, Checkmate: Jack Cross
Property Making, Mam’zelle Angot, Checkmate: Jack Lovell, Vic Drummond
Fabric Dyeing and Painting, Scènes de ballet, Checkmate: Bettina Pacey, Barbara Ternouth
Scenery Painting, Scènes de ballet: Clement Glock

For the Sadler’s Wells Ballet

Director: Ninette de Valois
General Manager: Herbert Hughes
Ballet Mistress: Jean Bedells
Accompanists: Edna Downing, Ena Child
Assistant Ballet Mistress: Elizabeth Kennedy

For the Royal Opera House

General Administrator: David L. Webster
House Manager: Peter Waller
Box Office Manager: A.M. Wolstenholme
Stage Director: Henry Robinson
Stage Manager: Louis Yudkin
Chief Machinist: F. Ballard
Chief Engineer: Sydney T. Cheney
Property Master: Jack Lovell

Orchestra Leader: Joseph Shadwick
Conductors: Geoffrey Corbett, Hugo Rignold

Programme Printed By: Finden Brown & Co. Ltd., London