Title: Meadow of Proverbs/Grosse Fuge/Elite Syncopations
Date: Thursday 29th November 1979, Evening
Type: Ballet
Company: Sadler’s Wells Royal Ballet
Location: New Theatre, Oxford, England
Composer: Darius Milhaud (Meadow of Proverbs), Ludwig van Beethoven (Grosse Fuge), Scott Joplin (Elite Syncopations)
Choreographer: David Bintley (Meadow of Proverbs), Hans van Manen (Grosse Fuge), Kenneth MacMillan (Elite Syncopations)
Production: Original 1979 production (Meadow of Proverbs), 1972 Sadler’s Wells Royal Ballet production (Grosse Fuge), 1978 Sadler’s Wells Royal Ballet production (Elite Syncopations)
Conductor: Colin Metters, Stephen Lade (Piano Conductor- Elite Syncopations)
Collection Folder: Folder 27

Cast

Meadow of Proverbs

1. The Company
2. The Company
3. Judith Rowann, Derek Purnell
4. Sherilyn Kennedy, June Highwood, Jennifer Mills
5. Judith Rowann, Derek Purnell, Michael Corder, Stephen Wicks
6. James Smith, Denis Bonner
7. Murray Kilgour, Stuart Beckett, James Smith, Douglas Vardon, Mark Welford
8. Denis Bonner
9. Denis Bonner, June Highwood, Jennifer Mills, Janis Parsons, Nicola Katrak, Stephen Wicks
10. Kim Reeder and Company
11. Chenca Williams, Derek Purnell and Company
12. Entire Cast

Solo Piano: Hilary Bell

Grosse Fuge

Dancers: Nicola Katrak, Margaret Barbieri, Sherilyn Kennedy, Susan Lucas, Murray Kilgour, Stuart Beckett, David Morse, Douglas Vardon

Elite Syncopations

1. The Company
2. The Company
3. Bess Dales, June Highwood, Judith Rowann
4. Denis Bonner, Murray Kilgour, Carl Myers, Stephen Wicks
5. June Highwood
6. The Company
7. Bess Dales, Carl Myers
8. Marion Tait
9. Judith Rowann, Denis Bonner
10. Marion Tait, Desmond Kelly
11. Murray Kilgour
12. The Company

Company Musicians: David Batstone, John Beadle, Melita Bridgehouse, Colin Gummer, Tim Hewitt-Jones, Andrew Martin, Duncan Mitchell, Tom Whitestone, Patrick Williams, Judith Wolfenden, Paul Wood, Malcolm Woodhouse

Orchestra

First Violins:
Paul Wood (Leaders)
Melita Bridgehouse
Peter McGowan
Timothy Callaghan
Valerie Medlicott
Martin Pring
Marian Elleman
Diana Gould

Second Violins:
Stephen Kear
Gwylam Hooson
June Wilson
Elizabeth Spurrell
Geoffrey Hawcutt
Susan Carvell

Violas:
John Adams
Malcolm Murray
Judith Wolfenden
Gryph Owen

Cellos:
Timothy Hewitt-Jones
Julia Norman
William Heggert
Caroline Brown

Double Basses:
Duncan Mitchell
Ronald Dunning

Flutes:
Patrick Williams
Keith Bragg

Oboes:
Paul Arden Taylor
David Powell

Clarinets:
Tom Whitestone
Malcolm McMillan

Bassoons:
Julie Andrews
Amma Batstone

Horns:
Stephen Reading
William Haskins
Christopher Tilbury
Ann Barnad

Trumpets:
Malcolm Woodhouse
David Batstone

Trombones:
Colin Gummer
Maxwell Isley
David Gordon

Tuba:
Andrew Martin

Harp:
Valerie Aldrich-Smith

Percussion:
John Beadle
Paul Patrick

Crew

For the Triple Bill

Design, Meadow of Proverbs: Mike Becket
Lighting, Meadow of Proverbs: John Hall
Scenery, Grosse Fuge: Jean-Paul Vroom
Costumes, Grosse Fuge: Hans van Manen
Costumes, Elite Syncopations: Ian Spurling

For the Sadler’s Wells Royal Ballet

Director: Peter Wright
Assistant Director: John Auld
Music Director: Ashley Lawrence
General Manager: Christopher Nourse
Ballet Master: Desmond Kelly
Regisseur: Ronald Plaisted
Guest Teachers: Christine Anthony, Galina Samsova
Ballet Mistress: Anita Landa
Assistant Ballet Mistress: Lois Strike
Dance Notator: Deborah Chapman
Company Pianist: Hilary Bell
Rehearsal Pianist: Stephen Lade
Orchestra Manager: Ambrose Miller
Orchestra Porters: David Batstone, Colin Gummer
Librarian: Malcolm McMillan
Company Physiotherapist: Britt Tajet-Foxell
Technical Manager: Hazel Sharples
Stage Manager: Victoria Wakley
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: Lila Sobieralska
Wardrobe Assistants: Brian Ferguson, Brian Brownson, Dorothy Groom, Janet Knightley, Angie Kiblenskie, Jane Mitchell, Michael Morrison
Wigmaster: Henry Menary
Press Officer: Jose Phillips
Marketing: Fleur Selby
Secretary: Clare Temple

For New Theatre

Managing Director: Paul Gregg
General Manager: Joanna Weston
Technical Director: Luke Menning

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