Title: Papillon
Date: Tuesday 4th November 1980, Evening
Type: Ballet
Company: Sadler’s Wells Royal Ballet
Location: New Theatre, Oxford, England
Composer: Jacques Offenbach
Choreographer: Ronald Hynd
Production: Original 1980 production
Conductor: Colin Metters
Collection Folder: Folder 27

Cast

Hamza, a Witch: Alain Dubreuil
Papillon: Marion Tait
Bijahn, a Shepherd: Carl Myers
The Shah: David Ashmole
Hamza transformed: Jennifer Mills
Pas de cinq: Judith Rowann, Sherilyn Kennedy, Franziska Merky, Michael Corder, Stephen Wicks
Butterflies: Christine Aitken, Ann Carol, Bess Dales, Claire Farnsworth, Lili Griffiths, Nicola Katrak, Barbara Lyndon, Franziska Merky, Mandy-Jayne Richardson, Siobhan Stanley, Lynn Wake, Chenca Williams
Attendants, Slaves, Guards and Ladies of the Harem: Artists of Sadler’s Wells Royal Ballet

Orchestra

First Violins:
Paul Wood (Leader)
Melita Bridgehouse
Peter McGowan
Timothy Callaghan
Rosemary Bushbrook
Susan Voss
Martin Pring
Geoffrey Marshall

Second Violins:
Stephen Kear
Gwilyam Hooson
June Wilson
Elizabeth Spurrell
Geoffrey Hawcutt
Philippa Ballard

Violas:
Dorith Lichtenstern
Judith Wolfenden
Gruffydd Owen
Aileen Morrison

Cellos:
Francois Rive
Julia Norman
William Heggart
Caroline Brown

Double bass:
Duncan Mitchell
Ronald Dunning

Flutes:
Patrick Williams
Keith Bragg

Oboes:
Alistair Bentley
Nigel Roberts

Clarinets:
Tom Whitehouse
Malcolm McMillan

Horns:
Jonathan Williams
Ian Smith
Gareth Mollison
Ann Barnard

Trumpets:
Malcolm Woodhouse
David Batstone

Trombones:
Colin Gummer
Maxwell Iseley

Bass trombone:
David Gordon

Tuba:
Andrew Martin

Harp:
Valerie Aldrich-Smith

Timpani:
Stephen Webberly

Percussion:
Paul Patrick
Nigel Bates

Crew

For Papillon

Arranger and Orchestrator: John Lanchbery
Designer: Peter Docherty
Lighting: John B. Read

For the Sadler’s Wells Royal Ballet

Director: Peter Wright
Music Director: Ashley Lawrence
General Manager: Christopher Nourse
Ballet Master: Desmond Kelly
Regisseur: Ronald Plaisted
Guest Teachers: Ailne Philips, Christine Anthony
Teacher: Galina Samsova
Ballet Mistress: Anita Landa
Dance Notators: Deborah Chapman, Karel Schorer
Company Pianist: Hilary Bell
Rehearsal Pianist: Stephen Lade
Orchestra Manager: Ambrose Miller
Librarian: Malcolm McMillan
Orchestra Porters: Colin Gummer, David Gordon
Company Physiotherapist: Britt Tajet-Foxell
Technical Manager: Hazel Sharples
Stage Manager: Victoria Wakley
Deputy 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, Briar Brownson, Dorothy Groom, Janet Knightley, Angie Kiblenskie, Jane Mitchell, Michael Morrison
Wig Master: Henry Menary
Press Officer: Jose Philips
Marketing: Judith James
Secretary: Clare Temple

For the New Theatre

Managing Director: Paul Gregg
General Manager: Joanna Weston
House Manager: Tony Bulmer
Technical Manager: Adrian Leggett
Stage Manager: Will Urbanek
Housekeeper: Joan Cook
Manager, Manhattan Bar: Mike Adamson