Title: Sleeping Beauty
Date: Thursday 27th March 1980, Evening
Type: Ballet
Company: London Festival Ballet
Location: London Coliseum, England
Composer: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Choreographer: Rudolf Nureyev after Marius Petipa
Production: Rudolf Nureyev’s 1975 staging of his 1966 production
Conductor: Terence Kern
Collection Folder: Folder 27

Cast

Act 1

King Florestan: Michael Pink
The Queen: Linda Darrell
Catalabutte, Master of Ceremonies: Terry Hayworth
Divertissements-
Principal Dancer: Manola Asensio
First Variations: Kathleen Munson
Second Variation: Anya Gilbert, Anne Manger
Third Variation: Mary McKendry
Fourth Variation: Cheryl Liss
Fifth Variation: Christine Keith
Sixth Variation: Manola Asensio
Cavaliers: Christopher Mercer, Nigel Burgoine, Geoffrey Wynne, Jean Louis Cabane, Michael Graham, Peter Jennings, Philippe Arrona
Carabosse: Freya Dominic
Lilac Fairy: Valerie Aitken
Princess Aurora: Patricia Ruanne
Her Suitors: Dudley von Loggenburg, Ben van Cauwenbergh, Nigel Burgoine, Philippe Arrona
Her Fräuleins: Kathleen Munson, Mary McKendry, Caroline Humpston, Janette Mulligan, Anne Manger, Christine Keith, Cheryl Liss, Anya Gilbert

Act 2

Prince Florimund: Rudolf Nureyev
Duke: Michael Pink
Duchess: Suzanne Burch
Counts: Mark Harris, Geoffrey Wynne, Christopher Mercer, Nigel Burgoine, Jean Louis Cabane
Countesses: Kathleen Munson, Anthea Neal, Caroline Humpston, Judy Maelor, Margot Clarke
Valet: James Supervia
Lilac Fairy: Valerie Aitken
Princess Aurora: Patricia Ruanne
Naiads: Artists of London Festival Ballet

Act 3

King Florestan: Michael Pink
Queen: Linda Darrell
Sarabande: Artists of London Festival Ballet
Polacca: Artists of London Festival Ballet
Diamonds: Manola Asensio, Jay Jolley
Silver: Margot Clarke
Gold: Kathleen Munson
Emerald: Mary McKendry
Bluebird: Nicholas Johnson
Princess Florine: Vivien Loeber
Pussycats: Cheryl Liss, Matz Skoog
Princess Aurora: Patricia Ruanne
Prince Florimund: Rudolf Nureyev
Finale: Full Company

Orchestra

First Violins:
Donald Weekes (Leader)
Leonard Fisch
Nicholas Dowding
Howard Walsh
Fay Evans
Harry Nathan
Shirley Bennett
Gillian Bailey
Kenneth Clarke
Nicholas Rigby
Vito Gambazzi
Gillian Radcliffe

Second Violins:
Ronald Good
Rosemary Smith
John Hartley
Avril Carmalt
Susan Croot
Joyce Fraser
Peter Fields
Rhianon Williams
Julia Pullen
Douglas Fraser

Violas:
Donald Clisby
Paul Appleyard
John Walters
Aubrey Myer
Brian Mack
Gordon Humfress
Judith Madter
Diana Carrington

Cellos:
Dennis Nesbitt
Harold Strub
Naomi Elliott
Rosemary Edwards
Larse Payne
Peter Adams
Christine McCrae
Eileen McCarthy

Double Basses:
Guy Henderson
Roy Chilton
Peter Buckoke
Peter McCarthy
Martin Myers
Jeremy Gordon

Flutes:
Enid Hughes
Graham Nash

Piccolo:
Alan Baker

Oboes:
Sandra McKay
Claire Philpot

Cor Anglais:
James Douglas

Clarinets:
Martin Beeston
Angela Fussell

Bass Clarinet:
Paul Allen

Bassoons:
Anthony Averay
Michael Parkinson

Double Bassoon:
David Chatterton

French Horns:
Paul Pritchard
Andrew Paterson
Ian Fisher
Francis Brown

Trumpets:
Andrew Mitchell
Patricia Reid

Cornets:
Martin Ings
John Pickles

Trombones:
Michael Crowther
Paul Barrett
Geoffrey Perkins

Tuba:
Victor Saywell

Timpani:
Heather Steedman

Percussion:
Kevin Nutty
Edward Cornish
Harry Smaile
Peter Greenham
Cecil Kearney

Harps:
Janice Beven
Sheila Watts

Crew

For Sleeping Beauty

Design: Nicholas Georgiadis
Lighting: John B. Read

For London Festival Ballet

Artistic Director: John Field
Assistant Artistic Director: Elizabeth Anderton
Administrative Director: David Rees
Finance Director: Peter Morris
Music Director: Terence Kern
Administrative Manager: Peter Hulme
PA to the Artistic Director: Sally Tonkinson
PA to the Administrative Director: Janet Fairweather
Secretary to the Ballet Staff: Margaret Kingsnorth
Tours Manager: Penny Winship
Chief Cashier: Richard Wooderson
Accounts Assistant: Brendan O’Sullivan
Company Pianists: Kevin Darvas, David Elwin
Orchestra Manager: Guy Henderson
Librarian: Leonard Fisch
Orchestra Assistants: Andrew Paterson, Francis Brown
Ballet Masters: Vassilie Trunoff, David Long
Ballet Mistress: Joan Potter
Assistant Ballet Mistress: Valerie Aitken
Choreologist: Marilyn Vella Gatt
Technical Controller: David Mogridge
Assistant to Technical Controller: Robin Carlyle
Stage Manager: Rosalind Smith
Deputy Stage Manager: Ryan Andrews
Assistant Stage Manager: Johanna Adams
Lighting Consultant: John B. Read
Technical Supervisor: John Berrill
Wardrobe Supervisor: Rita Hatton
Chief Electrician: David Mohr
Deputy Chief Electrician: Ray Purvis
Assistant Electrician: Stuart Wilson
Chief Mechanist: David Clark
Deputy Chief Mechanist: Pat Carroll
Property Master: Sam Seaman
Touring Wardrobe Master: David Wishart
Deputy Touring Wardrobe Mistress: Gay Hinton
Resident Wardrobe Master: Pepe Eizaguirre
Wig Mistress: Marian Street
Wardrobe Assistants: Adrian Barnes, Teresa Bruty, Annett Colgan, Colin Couch
Shoe Supervisor: Lorna Dixon
Scenic Artist: Roy Hardy
Assistant Scenic Artists: Alison Hardy, Frank McClean
Resident Costumier: Gordon Hutchings
Cutter: Robert Gordon
Assistant Costumiers: David Boyd, Frank Gardiner
Press and Publicity Officer: Tony Barlow
Marketing Officer: Dick Matchett
Publicity Assistant: Sue Hoyle
Archivist: John Travis
Organising Secretary, Friends of LFB: Phyllida Ritter
Sponsorship and Fundraising: Denise Fiennes

For London Coliseum

Managing Director: Lord Harewood
Administrative Director: Rupert Rhymes
Technical Director: Noel Staunton
House Manager: Kenneth Baird
Deputy House Manager: Sally Taylor
Box Office Manager: James Clark
Catering Manager: Heinz Kiefer
Press Officer: Helen Salomon
Publicity Officer: Keith Murray
Promotions Office: Jan O’Neill

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