Title: The Four Temperaments/Intimate Letters/The Rake’s Progress
Date: Thursday 10th May 1979, Evening
Type: Ballet
Company: Sadler’s Wells Royal Ballet
Location: Sadler’s Wells Theatre, London, England
Composer: Paul Hindemith (The Four Temperaments), Leos Janáček (Intimate Letters), Gavin Gordon (The Rake’s Progress)
Choreographer: George Balanchine (The Four Temperaments), Lynn Seymour (Intimate Letters), Ninette de Valois (The Rake’s Progress)
Production: 1973 Royal Ballet production (The Four Temperaments), Original 1978 production (Intimate Letters), Original 1935 production (The Rake’s Progress)
Conductor: Colin Metters
Collection Folder: Folder 27

Cast

The Four Temperaments

Theme 1: Vyvyan Lorrayne, Derek Purnell
Theme 2: Sherilyn Kennedy, Nicholas Millington
Theme 3: Petal Miller, Murray Kilgour
Melancholic: Carl Myers, Nicola Katrak, Susan Lucas, Susan Crow, Claire Farnsworth, Mandy-Jane Richardson, Siobhan Stanley
Sanguinic: Marion Tait, Kim Reeder, Ann Carol, Lili Griffiths, Amanda Seaton, Lynne Wake
Phlegmatic: Peter O’Brien, Franziska Merky, Jennifer Mills, Janis Parsons, Vicki Powell
Choleric: Judith Rowann, Ensemble
Solo Piano: Stephen Lade

Intimate Letters

The Host: Stephen Wicks
The Hostess: Vicki Powell
The Woman: Galina Samsova
Her Husband: Alain Dubreuil
Her Children: Mark Longthorn, Jonathan Smith
The Man She Loves: David Ashmole
The Man Who Loves Her: Desmond Kelly
His Wife: Janis Parson
The Maid: Siobhan Stanley
The Rival: David Bintley
Guests: Claire Farnsworth, Franziska Merky, Jennifer Mills, Chenea Williams

Solo Violinists: Paul Wood, Martin Loveday
Solo Viola: Stephen Gorringe
Solo Cello: Michail Kaznowski
Singers: Brenda Blethyn, Albert Finney, Rodney Fisher, Dorith Grant, Sara Kestelmann, Diana Quick, Robin Ramsay

The Rake’s Progress

Scene I, The Reception-
The Rake: Desmond Kelly
The Betrayed Girl: Marion Tait
Her Mother: Susan Crow
The Dancing Master: Brian Bertscher
The Tailor: David Bintley
The Jockey: Denis Bonner
The Bravo: Stephen Wicks
The Fencing Master: Stephen Speed
The Hornblower: Derek Purnell

Scene II, The Orgy-
Ladies of the Town: Nicola Katrak, Sherilyn Kennedy, Petal Miller, Vicki Powell, Chenca Williams
The Dancer: Judith Rowann
The Rake: Desmond Kelly
The Rake’s Friend: Paul Waller
The Ballad Singer: Siobhan Stanley
The Servant: Lili Griffiths
The Musicians: Derek Purnell, Mark Welford

Scene III, Virtuous Interlude-
The Creditors: David Bintley, Stephen Speed, Stephen Wicks
The Betrayed Girl: Marion Tait
The Rake: Desmond Kellu

Scene IV, The Gambling Den-
The Gamblers: Denis Bonner, Derek Purnell, Paul Waller, Stephen Wicks
The Rake: Desmond Kelly
The Rake’s Friend: Paul Waller

Scene V, Near the Prison Gates-
The Betrayed Girl: Marion Tait

Scene VI, The Mad House-
The Gentleman with a Rope: David Morse
The Sailor: David Bintley
The Card Player: Paul Waller
The Violinist: Stephen Speed
The King: Iain Webb
The Pope: Mark Welford
The Rake: Desmond Kelly
The Betrayed Girl: Marion Tait

Orchestra

First Violins:
Paul Wood (Leader)
Melita Bridgehouse
Wilhelm Martin
Peter McGowan
Ruth Ferguson
Graham Pyatt
Gwilam Houson
Valerie Medlicott
Philip Yeeles
Marian Elleman

Second Violins:
Stephen Kear
Rebecca Wade
June Wilson
Elizabeth Spurrell
Geoffrey Hawcutt
Susan Carvell
Bridget Proctor
Susan Penfold

Violas:
Stephen Gorringe
Judith Wolfenden
Gryffydd Owen
Ambrose Miller
Ursula Stedman
Alan Dancey

Cellos:
Michail Kaznowski
Deborah Johnston
Julia Norman
Tim Hewitt-Jones
William Haggart

Basses:
Duncan Mitchell
Ronald Dunning
Chris Freeman

Harp:
Kate Wilson

Flutes:
Patrick Williams
Keith Bragg

Oboes:
Paul Arden Taylor
David Powell

Clarinets:
Tom Whitestone
Malcolm McMillan

Bassoons:
Michael Cole
Anne Bentley

Horns:
Steven Reading
William Haskins
Christopher Tilbury
Ann Barnard

Trumpets:
Malcolm Woodhouse
David Batstone
Howard Hawkes
John Goodwin

Trombones:
Colin Gummer
Maxwell Isley
David Gordon

Tuba:
Andrew Martin

Timpani:
Stephen Webberley

Percussions:
John Beadle
Paul Patrick

Crew

For the Triple Bill

Staging, The Four Temperaments: Patricia Neary
Scenario, Intimate Letters: Gilliam Freeman
Design, Intimate Letters: Nicholas Georgiadis
Lighting, Intimate Letters: Keith Edmundson
Design, The Rake’s Progress: Rex Whistler after William Hogarth

For the Sadler’s Wells Royal Ballet

Director: Peter Wright
Assistant Director: John Auld
Musical Director: Ashley Lawrence
Company Manager: Christopher Nourse
Teacher: Vyvyan Lorrayne
Guest Teachers: Christine Anthony, Galina Samsova
Ballet Masters: Desmond Kelly, Ronald Plaisted
Assistant Ballet Mistress: Lois Strike
Dance Notator: Deborah Chapman
Company Pianist: Hilary Bell
Rehearsal Pianist: Stephen Lade
Orchestra Manager: Ambrose Miller
Librarian: Malcolm McMillan
Orchestra Porters: David Baststone, Colin Gummer
Stage Manager: Victoria Wakley
Assistant Stage Manager: Michael Soffe
Master Carpenter: John Hart
Chief Electrician: John Hall
Property Master: Graham Crew
Assistant Carpenter: Ronald Brool
Assistant Electrician: Peter Langford
Wardrobe Mistress: Lili Sobieralska
Wardrobe Assistants: Brian Ferguson, Briar Brownson, Janet Knightley, Angie Kiblenskie, Jane Mitchell, Jennifer Nicholas, Colin Rye
Wigmaster: Henry Menary
Press Officer: Jose Phillips
Secretaries: Alison Palmer, Clare Temple
Physiotherapist: Britt Tajet-Foxell

For the Sadler’s Wells Theatre

General Manager: Derek Westlake
Financial Controller: Joseph Karaviotis
House Manager: John Gourley
Box Office Manager: David Piper
Stage Director: Paul Richardson
Chief Electrician: Mark Henderson
Press Representative: Claire Thornton
Catering Manager: Andreas Karaviotis
Archivists: Raymond Mander, Joe Mitchenson
Display Lighting Consultants: Peter Burian Associates

Programme Printed By: Thomas Jenkins Printers Ltd.

Notes

Additional Material: Two Flyers advertising the Sadler’s Wells Royal Ballet’s Autumn Season at the Sadler’s Wells Theatre, 5th-22nd September 1979

Marion Tait’s name is misspelt ‘Tate’ in the Cast Listings