Title: Swan Lake Act II/Death and the Maiden/Jardin aux lilas/Peter and the Wolf
Date: Wednesday 6th June 1945, Evening
Type: Ballet
Company: Ballet Rambert
Location: King’s Theatre, Hammersmith, London, England
Composer: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (Swan Lake Act II), Franz Schubert (Death and the Maiden), Ernest Chausson (Jardin aux lilas), Sergei Prokofiev (Peter and the Wolf)
Choreographer: Marius Petipa (Swan Lake Act II), Andrée Howard (Death and the Maiden), Antony Tudor (Jardin aux lilas), Frank Staff (Peter and the Wolf)
Production: 1944 revival of 1937 Ballet Rambert production (Swan Lake Act II), Original 1937 production (Death and the Maiden), Original 1936 production (Jardin aux lilas), Original 1940 production (Peter and the Wolf)
Conductor: H.J. Rober
Collection Folder: Folder 32

Cast

Orchestral Overture: Overture from Les Petits Riens, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Swan Lake Act II

Swan Princess (Odette): Sally Gilmour
Prince (Siegfried): Norman Thomson
His Friends: Michael Holmes, Rex Reid
Cygnets: Marguerite Stewart, Jean Stokes, Barbara Grimes, Marita Kern
Swans: Margaret Scott, Brenda Hamlyn, Joyce Graeme, Nona Harvey, Marguerite Stewart, Nina Shelley, Jean Stokes, Barbara Grimes, Mary Gornell, Paula Hinton, Annette Chappell, Marita Kern

Death and the Maiden

Death: Frank Staff
The Maiden: Brenda Hamlyn
Shadows: Marjorie Field, Barbara Grimes, Nona Harvey, Annette Chappell

Musical Interlude: Ballet Music, Christoph Willibald Gluck

Jardin aux lilas

Caroline: Sally Gilmour
Her Lover: Frank Staff
The Man She Must Marry: Michael Bayston
A Woman in His Past: Joan McClelland
Guests: Margaret Scott, Brenda Hamlyn, Jean Stokes, Stanley Newby, Michael Holmes

Solo Violin: Tom Carter

Peter and the Wolf

Peter: Lulu Dukes
Bird: Brenda Hamlyn
Duck: Sally Gilmour
Cat: Marguerite Stewart
Grandfather: Michael Holmes
Wolf: Leo Kersley
Hunters: Frank Staff, Joan McClelland, Margaret Scott, Nina Shelley

Narrator: Guy Sheppard

Crew

For the Mixed Bill

Decor, Swan Lake: Ronald Wilson
Costumes, Death and the Maiden: Andrée Howard
Decor, Jardin aux lilas: Hugh Stevenson
Decor, Peter and the Wolf: Guy Sheppard

For Ballet Rambert

Director: Marie Rambert
Business Manager: Henry Shute
Stage Director: Jessica Morton
Stage Manager: John Kerslake
Assistant Stage Manager: June Johnston
Wardrobe Mistress: May Mellor
Assistant Wardrobe Mistress: Olga Ward
Stage Carpenter: Ernest Edwards
Pianists: Marjorie Reed, Thomas Lishman

For the King’s Theatre

Licensee: A.L. Mulholland
Director: Jack Buchanan
Manager: Thomas J. Pigott
Acting Manager: Clifford H. Manley
Stage Manager: David Bishop

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