Title: The Nutcracker
Date: Friday 10th January 1975, Evening
Type: Ballet
Company: London Festival Ballet
Location: Royal Festival Hall, London, England
Composer: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Choreographers: Andrée Howard and Vassilie Trunoff after Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov
Production: 1968 London Festival Ballet production
Conductor: Terence Kern
Collection Folder: Folder 27

Cast

Councillor von Stahlbaum: David Long
His Wife: Valerie Aitken
Clara: Christine Hammond
Fritz: Keith Lelliot
Dr Drosselmeyer: Terry Hayworth
Parents: Patricia Merrin, Nigel Burgoine, Alexandra Pickford, Paul DeMasson, Diane Hunwin, Geoffrey Wynne, Judith Rowann, Gerald Byrne
Elderly Aunts: Joan Potter, Freya Dominic
Elderly Uncle: John Tyler
Butlers: David Radford, Kenneth McCombie
Organ Grinder: Patrick Wood
Columbine: Carol Barrett
Harlequin: Kenn Wells
Vivandière: Heather McCubbin
Soldier: Hugh Rathbone
Nutcracker: Jonathan Ellingham

King Rat: Peter Tasco
Snow Fairy/Sugar Plum Fairy: Doreen Wells
Nutcracker Prince: Patrice Bart
Snowflakes: Artists of London Festival Ballet

Cavaliers: Adam Luders, Paul DeMasson, Kenneth McCombie, John Travis
Spanish Dance: Diane Hunwin, David Radford, Kathleen Munson, Richard Sikes, Linda Darrell, Gerald Byrne
Arabian Dance: Nini Stucky, Kerrison Cooke, Rudy Guerin, Jeremy Macdonald
Chinese Dance: Cherida Langford, Karen Smith, Adam Beck
Russian Dance: Hugh Rathbone, Nigel Burgoine, Peter Tasco
Dance of the Mirlitons: Alexandra Pickford, Vivien Loeber, Nona Telford
Jig: Juan Sanchez
Madame Bonbonnière: Jonathan Ellingham
Waltz of the Flowers: Patricia Merrin, Judith Rowann, Freya Dominic, Josephine Jason, Artists of London Festival Ballet
Grand Pas de Deux: Doreen Wells, Patrice Bart
Finale: Full Company

Orchestra

First Violins:
Donald Weekes (Leader)
Leonard Fisch
Thelma Paige
Brian Underwood
Nicholas Dowding
Alison McAlister
Mario Witkowski
John Hartley
Joseph Temple
Peter Hulme
David Edwards
Sylvia Spary

Second Violins:
Michael Hall
Chumleigh Hind
Julie Gelson
Rupert Scott
Clair Renwick
Wyn Andrews
Carol Ballanger
David Lyon

Violas:
Maxwell Ward
Ian Killik
Rosemary Green
Eryl Perkins
Donald Clisby
Rona Smith

Cellos:
Dennis Nesbitt
Geoffrey Thomas
Harold Strub
Babette Lichtenstein
Heather Brearley
Maureen Lovell
Barry Newland
Nancy Neild

Double Basses:
Geoffrey Downs
Ian Hall
Richard Brown
Paul Wing
Warwick Ross

Flutes:
Phillida White
James Gregory

Piccolo:
Henry Messent

Oboes:
Sidney Sutcliffe
James Douglas

Cor anglais:
Jean Marsden

Clarinets:
Keith Puddy
Stuart Allen

Bass clarinet:
Paul Allen

French Horns:
James Brown
Andrew Paterson
Anthony Toullis
Barry King

Trumpets:
Clifford Haines
Nigel Boddice

Trombones:
David Purser
John Sibley
Andrew Ross

Tuba:
Victor Saywell

Timpani:
Celia Dudley

Percussion:
Kevin Nutty
Edward Cornish
Heather Steedman

Harps:
David Dunn
Isobel Frayling-Cork

Celeste:
Michael Bassett

Crew

For The Nutcracker

Advisor: Tamara Karsavina
Design: After Alexandre Benois
Ballet Mistress, Children’s Corps de Ballet, Eve Pettinger
Choir: Young London Singers

For London Festival Ballet

Artistic Director: Beryl Grey
Accountant: Peter Morris
Company Manager: Ray Andrews
Assistant Accountant: Ian Baker
Company and Touring Assistant: Deborah Higham
PA to Artistic Director: Heather Knight
Ballet Mistress: Joan Potter
Choreologist: Bronwen Curry
Orchestra Manager: Ian Killik
Librarian: Peter Hulme
Company Pianists: Michael Bassett, Robin Barker, James Slater
Technical Director: Stephen Dunne
Stage Manager: David Mogridge
Deputy Stage Manager: Armand Gerrard
Assistant Stage Manager: Julian Meers
Technical Supervisor: John Berrill
Chief Electrician: David Mohr
Master Carpenter: Glynn Cook
Property Master: Allan Cleary
Assistant Carpenter: David Clark
Assistant Electricians: Ray Purvis, Mike Dawson
Touring Wardrobe Master: David Wishart
Wardrobe Assistants: Mallory Smith, Colin Crouch, Pablo Hernandez, Pepe Eizaguirre
Chief Scenic Artist: Geoffrey Guy
Resident Costumiers: Banks and Hutchings
Press Officer: Tony Barlow
Publicity Office: Carole McPhee

For Royal Festival Hall

Director: John Denison
Deputy Director: George Mann
House Manager: Douglas Bailey
Box Office Manager: R.G.F. Howden
Planning Manager: Geoffrey Radford
Publicity Officer: Nicholas Boyle
Hall Engineer: A.G. Bond
Finance Officer: A.G. Stevens

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