Title: Petrushka/Jardin aux lilas/Three Virgins and a Devil/Gala Performance
Date: Saturday 3rd August 1946, Evening
Type: Ballet
Company: Ballet Theatre
Location: Royal Opera House, London, England
Composer: Igor Stravinsky (Petrushka), Ernest Chausson (Jardin aux lilas), Ottorino Respighi (Three Virgins and a Devil), Serge Prokofiev (Gala Performance)
Choreographer: Mikhail Fokine (Petrushka), Antony Tudor (Jardin aux lilas, Gala Performance), Agnes DeMille (Three Virgins and a Devil)
Production: 1942 Ballet Theatre production (Petrushka), 1940 Ballet Theatre production (Jardin aux lilas), 1941 Ballet Theatre production (Three Virgins and a Devil), 1941 Ballet Theatre production (Gala Performance)
Conductor: Max Goberman (Petrushka, Jardin aux lilas), Ben Steinberg (Three Virgins and a Devil, Gala Performance)
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Cast
Petrushka
The Dancer: Lucia Chase
Petrushka: Michael Kidd
The Moor: André Eglevsky
The Charlatan: Stanley Herbertt
The Chief Nursemaid: Shirley Eckl
The Chief Coachman: Donald Saddler
The Nursemaids: Anna Cheselka, Barbara Cole, Jean Dovell, Barbara Fallis, Paula Lloyd, Doreen Oswald, Cynthia Riseley, Enrica Soma
Coachmen: Kenneth Davis, Erik Kristen, Fernand Nault, Zachary Solov
Grooms: Fernando Alonso, Eric Braun
The Gay Merchant: Dick Beard
Gypsies: Muriel Bentley, Cynthia Riseley
Street Dancers: Diana Adams, Melissa Hayden
The Drunkards: Kenneth Davis, Erik Kristen, Fernand Nault, Zachary Solov
Jardin aux lilas
Caroline, the bride to be: Nora Kaye
Her Lover: Hugh Laing
The Man She Must Marry: Antony Tudor
An Episode in His Past: Alicia Alonso
Friends and Relations: Diana Adams, Muriel Bentley, Paula Lloyd, Enrica Soma, Dick Beard, Fernando Alonso, Roy Tobias, Donald Saddler
Solo Violin: Joseph Shadwick
Three Virgins and a Devil
Three Virgins-
The Priggish One: Muriel Bentley
The Greedy One: Lucia Chase
The Lustful One: Shirley Eckl
A Devil: Michael Kidd
A Youth: John Kriza
Gala Performance
La Reine de la Danse (from Moscow): Nora Kaye
La Deese de la Danse (from Milan): Alicia Alonso
La Fille de la Danse (from Paris): Norma Vaslavina
Partner to the Italian Ballerina: Dimitri Romanoff
Partner to the French Ballerina: John Kriza
Cavaliers: Fernando Alonso, Kenneth Davis, Robert De Voye, Erik Kristen
Coryphées: Shirley Eckl, Barbara Fallis, Anna Cheselka, Barbara Cole, Jean Dovell, Mary Heater, Paula Lloyd, Doreen Oswald, Cynthia Riseley, Enrica Soma
Ballet Master: Stanley Herbertt
Conductor: Roy Tobias
Dresser: Frances Rainer
Crew
For the Mixed Bill
Decor, Petrushka: Alexandre Benois
Scenery and Costumes, Jardin aux lilas: Raymond Sovey after Hugh Stevenson
Scenery, Three Virgins and a Devil: Arne Lundborg after Miss Harris
Costumes, Three Virgins and a Devil: Motley
Costumes Executed By, Three Virgins and a Devil: Karinska
Scenery and Costumes, Gala Performance: Nicolas De Molas
Scenery Executed By, Gala Performance: Eugene Dunkel Studios
For Ballet Theatre
General Administrator: David L. Webster
House Manager: Peter Waller
Stage Director: Henry Robinson
Chief Machinist: F. Ballard
Chief Engineer: Sydney T. Cheney
Property Master: Jack Lovell
Box Office Manager: A.M. Wolstenholme
For the Royal Opera House
Administrative Directors: Lucia Chase, Oliver Smith
Executive Manager: Peter Lawrence
Artistic Administrator: Antony Tudor
Musical Director: Max Goberman
Company Manager: Allan Attwater
Stage Manager: Herman Kantor
Assistant Stage Manager: Joseph Bastien
Carpenter: Simon Wasserman
Wardrobe Supervisor: Elena Balieff
Accompanist: Marcel Hansotte
Press Representative: Charles Payne
Programme Printed By: Finden Brown & Co. Ltd., London