Title: Romeo and Juliet/Tally-Ho, or The Frail Quarry/The Nutcracker Grand Pas de deux/On Stage!
Date: Wednesday 31st July 1946, Evening
Type: Ballet
Company: Ballet Theatre
Location: Royal Opera House, London, England
Composer: Frederick Delius (Romeo and Juliet), Christoph Willibald Gluck (Tally-Ho, or The Frail Quarry), Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (The Nutcracker Grand Pas de deux), Norman Dello Joio (On Stage!)
Choreographer: Antony Tudor (Romeo and Juliet), Agnes DeMille (Tally-Ho, or The Frail Quarry), Anton Dolin after Lev Ivanov (The Nutcracker Grand Pas de deux), Michael Kidd (On Stage!)
Production: Original 1943 production (Romeo and Juliet), Original 1944 production (Tally-Ho, or The Frail Quarry), Anton Dolin’s staging for Ballet Theatre (The Nutcracker Grand Pas de deux), Original 1945 production (On Stage!)
Conductor: Max Goberman (Romeo and Juliet, The Nutcracker Grand Pas de deux, On Stage!), Ben Steinberg (Tally-Ho, or The Frail Quarry)
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Cast

Romeo and Juliet

Romeo: Hugh Laing
Juliet: Nora Kaye

Lord Montague: Kenneth Cope
Lady Montague: Barbara Steele
Mercutio: Fernando Alonso
Benvolio: Erik Kristen
Kinsmen of the Montagues: Robert De Voye, Stanley Herbertt, Roy Tobias

Lord Capulet: Philip Chatfield
Lady Capulet: Mary Heater
Tybalt: Antony Tudor
Paris: Donald Saddler
Nurse to Juliet: Frances Rainer
Kinsmen of the Capulets: Dick Beard, Kenneth Davis, Fernand Nault, Zachary Solov

Friar Laurence: Dimitri Romanoff
Rosaline: Diana Adams

Ladies at the Ball & Attendants to Juliet: Muriel Bentley, Anna Cheselka, Barbara Cole, Jean Dovell, Shirley Eckl, Barbara Fallis, Shellie Farrell, Paula Lloyd, Doreen Oswald
Trading Women: Melissa Hayden, Barbara Steele
Cripple: Kenneth Cope
Blind Man: Lawrence Corbin
The Girl: Anna Cheselka
The Attendants: Patricia Barker, Ruth Ann Koesun

Tally-Ho, or The Frail Quarry

The Wife: Shirley Eckl
Her Husband, a genius: Dimitri Romanoff
The Prince: John Kriza
The Innocent: Lucia Chase
A Lady, no better than she should be: Muriel Bentley
Two others, somewhat worse: Barbara Fallis, Melissa Hayden
Courtiers: Diana Adams, Patricia Barker, Jean Dovell, Paula Lloyd, Fernando Alonso, Kenneth Davis, Stanley Herbertt, Erik Kristen, Fernand Nault, Zachary Solov, Roy Tobias

The Nutcracker Grand Pas de deux

Sugar Plum Fairy: Alicia Alonso
Her Cavalier: André Eglevsky

On Stage!

Stagehands: Zachary Solov, Phillip Chatfield
Handyman: Michael Kidd
Ballerina of company, the Princess: Nora Kaye
Her partner, the Hero: John Kriza
Ballet Master: Donald Saddler
Girl in Blue: Shirley Eckl
Girl in Pink: Alicia Alonso
Members of the Company: Diana Adams, Anna Cheselka, Barbara Cole, Barbara Fallis, Melissa Hayden, Paula Lloyd, Cynthia Riseley, Richard Beard, Eric Braun, Kenneth Davis, Robert De Voye, Stanley Herbertt, Erik Kristen, Fernand Nault, Roy Tobias,
Boy who plays the piano: Roy Tobias
Rehearsal Pianist: Marcel Hansotte

Crew

For the Mixed Bill

Music Arranger, Romeo and Juliet: Antal Dorati
Scenery and Costumes, Romeo and Juliet: Eugene Berman
Costumes Executed By, Romeo and Juliet: Karinska
Sets Executed By, Romeo and Juliet: Curran Productions

Costumes and Scenery, Tally-ho: Motley
Scenery Executed By, Tally-ho: Triangle Scenic Studios
Ladies’ Costumes Executed By, Tally-ho: Edith Lutyens
Mens’ Costumes Executed By, Tally-ho: Eaves Costume Company

Scenery, On Stage!: Oliver Smith
Scenery Executed By, On Stage!: Eugene B. Dunkel Studios
Costumes, On Stage!: Alvin Colt
Costumes Executed By, On Stage!: Eaves Costume Company

For Ballet Theatre

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

For the Royal Opera House

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

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

Notes

2 programmes from this performance are in the collection.