Title: Swan Lake Act II/Mermaid/Mr Punch/Soiree Musicale/Jardin aux Lilas/Czernyana
Date: Wednesday 23rd October 1946, Evening, and Thursday 24th October 1946, Matinee and Evening
Type: Ballet
Company: Ballet Rambert
Location: King’s Theatre, Hammersmith, London, England
Composer: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (Swan Lake Act II), Maurice Ravel (Mermaid), Arthur Oldham (Mr Punch), Gioachino Rossini (Soiree Musicale), Ernest Chausson (Jardin aux Lilas), Carl Czerny (Czernyana)
Choreographer: Marius Petipa (Swan Lake Act II), Andree Howard and Susan Salaman (Mermaid), Walter Gore (Mr Punch), Antony Tudor (Soiree Musicale, Jardin aux Lilas), Frank Staff (Czernyana)
Production: Revival of 1937 Ballet Rambert staging (Swan Lake Act II), Revival of original 1934 production (Mermaid), Original 1946 production (Mr Punch), Revival of 1940 Ballet Rambert staging (Soiree Musicale), Revival of original 1936 production (Jardin aux lilas), Revival of original 1939 production (Czernyana)
Conductor: Arthur Oldham
Collection Folder: Folder 32

Cast

Wednesday 23rd October 1946, Evening

Swan Lake Act II

Swan Princess (Odette): Sonia Arova
Prince (Siegfried): Rex Reid
Benno, his friend: Harry Cordwell
Huntsmen: Michael Bayston, David Ellis, Stanley Newby
Cygnets: Sara Luzita, Paula Hinton, Maria Wellesley, Sylvia Briar
Valse: Joyce Graeme, Margaret Scott
Pas de Trois: Annette Chappell, Belinda Wright, John Gilpin
Swans: Joyce Graeme, Margaret Scott, Jean Stokes, Paula Hinton, Annette Chappell, Sarah Luzita, Belinda Wright, Barbara Grimes, Sylvia Briar, Pepita Pasley, Katia Alfimova, Elizabeth Lillie, Pamela Vincent, Eileen Ward, Maria Wellesley, Jasmine Honorie

Mermaid

Mermaid: Sally Gilmour
Other Mermaids: Barbara Grimes, Eileen Ward, Elizabeth Lillie, Jasmine Honore, Pepita Pasley, Pamela Vincent
The Prince: Robert Harrold
His Bride: Sara Luzita
His Friends: Annette Chappell, John Gilpin, Paula Hinton, Belinda Wright, Katia Alfimova, Maria Wellesley, Stanley Newby, David Ellis

Mr Punch

Mr Punch: Walter Gore
Dog Toby: Sylvia Briar
Mrs Punch: Joyce Graeme
Scaramouch: Rex Reid
Pretty Polly: Sally Gilmour
Doctor: David Ellis
Policeman: Michael Bayston
Jack Ketch: John Gilpin
Devil: Stanley Newby

Thursday 24th October 1946, Matinee and Evening

Mermaid

Mermaid: Sally Gilmour
Other Mermaids: Barbara Grimes, Eileen Ward, Elizabeth Lillie, Jasmine Honore, Pepita Pasley, Pamela Vincent
The Prince: Robert Harrold
His Bride: Sara Luzita
His Friends: Annette Chappell, John Gilpin, Paula Hinton, Belinda Wright, Katia Alfimova, Maria Wellesley, Stanley Newby, David Ellis

Soiree Musicale

March: Ensemble
Canzonetta: Margaret Scott, Michael Bayston
Tyrolese: Annette Chappell, John Gilpin
Bolero: Sara Luzita, Paula Hinton, Barbara Grimes
Tarantella: Jean Stokes, Robert Harrold, Ensemble

Jardin aux Lilas

Caroline: Sally Gilmour
Her Lover: Robert Harrold
The Man She Must Marry: Michael Bayston
Woman in His Past: Sara Luzita (Mat.), Brenda Hamlyn (Eve.)
Guests: Angela Ellis, Jean Stokes, Eileen Ward, David Ellis, Harry Cordwell

Solo Violin: Harold Fairhurst

Czernyana

Fugue: Ensemble
Se habla español: Walter Gore
Ebats: Annette Chappell, Paula Hinton, Brenda Wright, Jean Stokes
Nuages: Brenda Hamlyn, Michael Bayston
Visions: Walter Gore, Paula Hinton, Stanley Newby, Ensemble
M’as Tu Vue: Annette Chappell or Sonia Arova
Pas de Trois: Margaret Scott, Jean Stokes, Michael Bayston
Variation: John Gilpin
Ebats avec corde: Jean Stokes, Paula Hinton, Annette Chappell
Presque Classique: Margaret Scott
Trop Symphonique: Ensemble
Les Belles Samnolentes: Brenda Hamlyn, Margaret Scott
Galop: Ensemble

Pianists: Marjorie Reed, Henry Vincent

Crew

For the Mixed Bill

Scenery and Costumes, Swan Lake Act II: Harry Cordwell
Scenery and Costumes, Mermaid: Andree Howard
Scenery and Costumes, Mr Punch: Ronald Wilson
Scenery and Costumes, Soiree Musicale and Jardin aux lilas: Hugh Stevenson
Musical Arranger, Soiree Musicale: Benjamin Britten
Scenery and Costumes, Czernyana: Eve Swinstead-Smith

For Ballet Rambert

Direction: Marie Rambert
Business Manager: John Dowey
Stage Director: Alice Lidderdale
Stage Manager: Mary Verney
Assistant Stage Manager: June Johnston
Wardrobe Mistress: May Mellor
Assistant Wardrobe Mistress: M.C. Boynton
Stage Carpenter: Robert Cooper

For King’s Theatre Hammersmith

Licensee: Thomas J. Pigott
Director: Jack Buchanan
General Manager: Gilbert Brown
Manager: Clifford H. Manley
Stage Manager and Engineer: Arthur Camp
Box Office Manageress: Georgina Searle

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