Title: Swan Lake Act II/Simple Symphony/The Fugitive/Façade
Date: Wednesday 18th June 1947, Evening
Type: Ballet
Company: Ballet Rambert
Location: Sadler’s Wells Theatre, London, England
Composer: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (Swan Lake Act II), Benjamin Britten (Simple Symphony), Leonard Salzedo (The Fugitive), William Walton (Façade)
Choreographer: Lev Ivanov (Swan Lake Act II), Walter Gore (Simple Symphony), Andrée Howard (The Fugitive), Frederick Ashton (Façade)
Production: 1944 revival of 1937 Ballet Rambert production (Swan Lake Act II), Original 1944 productions (Simple Symphony, The Fugitive), 1931 Ballet Rambert production which excludes later revisions (Façade)
Conductor: Unknown
Collection Folder: Scrapbook #1

Cast

Swan Lake Act II

Swan Princess: Belinda Wright
Prince: Walter Gore
Benno: Harry Cordwell
Huntsmen: Stanley Newby, David Ellis, Ronald Hynd
Cygnets: Sara Luzita, Maris Wellesley, Sylvia Briar, Pearl Gaden
Pas de trois: Annette Chappell, Paula Hinton, John Gilpin
Valse: Joyce Graeme, Margaret Scott
Swans: Margaret Scott, Paula Hinton, Annette Chappell, Barbara Grimes, Sara Luzita, Sylvia Briar, Pamela Vincent, Eileen Ward, Maria Wellesley, Enid Owen, Margaret Hill, Pearl Gaden, Pamela Harford, Fay Hammond, Josephine Leigh, Jane Worth

Simple Symphony

Dancers: Sally Gilmour, John Gilpin, Brenda Hamlyn, David Ellis, Paula Hinton, Harry Cordwell, Margaret Scott, Stanley Newby, Barbara Grimes, Pamela Vincent, Eileen Ward, Enid Owen

The Fugitive

Elder Sister: Margaret Scott
Younger Sister: Sally Gilmour
Father: Harry Cordwell
Lady Companion: Eileen Ward
Fugitive: Walter Gore
Guests: Joyce Graeme, Belinda Wright, Paula Hinton, Barbara Grimes, Annette Chappell, John Gilpin, Stanley Newby, David Ellis

Façade

Scotch Rhapsody: Enid Owen, Pearl Gaden, Vladimir Kalichevsky
Yodelling Song: Paula Hinton, Walter Gore, Stanley Newby, David Ellis
Polka: Annette Chappell
Valse: Margaret Scott, Brenda Hamlyn, Sara Luzita, Pamela Vincent
Popular Song: Stanley Newby, David Ellis
Tango Pasodoble: Sally Gilmour, Walter Gore
Tarantella Sevillana: Ensemble

Crew

For the Mixed Bill

Scenery and Costumes, Swan Lake Act II: Harry Cordwell
Scenery and Costumes, Simple Symphony: Ronald Wilson
Theme, Decor and Costumes, The Fugitive: Hugh Stevenson
Decor, Façade: John Armstrong

For Ballet Rambert

Director: Marie Rambert
Manager: John Dowey
Assistant Manager: Joan Walkeden
Stage Director: Michael Davidson
Stage Manager: Mary Verney
Assistant Stage Manager: Robert Cooper
Wardrobe Mistress: May Mellor
Assistant Wardrobe Mistress: M.C. Boynton
Stage Carpenter: Charles Mitchell
Orchestra Leader: Harold Fairhurst
Pianists: Marjorie Reed, John Lindsay
Press Representative: Erica Bowen

For the Sadler’s Wells Theatre

General Manager and Licensee: George Chamberlain
Manager: Bruce Worsley

Notes

Original owner wrote cast changes into the programme. Walter Gore replaced Vladimir Kalichevsky in Swan Lake Act II, and John Gilpin replaced Walter Gore in Simple Symphony.