Title: The Nutcracker
Date: Friday 12th January 1979, Evening
Type: Ballet
Company: London Festival Ballet
Location: Royal Festival Hall, London, England
Composer: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Choreographer: Ronald Hynd after Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov
Production: Ronald Hynd’s 1976 production for the London Festival Ballet
Conductor: David Coleman
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Cast

Dr Stahlbaum: Vassilie Trunoff
Frau Stahlbaum: Margot Miklosy
Louise: Carole Hill
Clara: Kim Miller
Fritz: Trevor Wood
Lotte: Joan Potter
Herr von Rattenstein: Michael Pink
Frau von Rattenstein: Linda Darrell
Hermann, their son: Nigel Burgoine
Drosselmeyer: Terry Hayworth
Karl, his nephew: Nicholas Johnson
Hans: Christopher Carney
Guests: Valerie Aitken, Nicola Brice, Elaine Mayson, Judith Thomas, Mary McKendry, Nicky MacLaurin, Anthony Ryvers, Peter Jennings, Gavin Pollard, Phillip Betley, Shane Couper, Christopher Mercer
Parents: Alexandra Pickford, Kevin Richmond, Nicola Wilde, Daniel Taboga

Rats: James Supervia, Stephen Pratt, Kevin Richmond, Shane Couper, Christopher Carney, Sean O’Brien, Hugh Rathbone, Daniel Piasco
Soldiers: Anthony Ryvers, Christopher Mercer, Shane Colquhoun, John Willians, Dewi Fairclough, Daniel Taboga, Michael Graham, Phillipe Arrona, Phillip Betley
Snow Queen: Manola Asensio
Snowflakes: Freya Dominic, Diane Hunwin, Janette Mulligan, Kathleen Munson, Nicky MacLaurin, Beverly Fry, Amanda Wenban, Susanne Burch, Kate Simmons, Judith Thomas, Margot Clarke, Elaine Mayson, Anya Gilbert, Christine Keith, Andrea Gaze, Nicola Brice

Cavaliers: Ben van Cauwenbergh, Jean Louis Cabane, Michael Graham
Spanish Dance: Vivien Loeber, Kerrison Cooke
Arabian Dance: Nigel Burgoine, Linda Darrell, Valerie Aitken, Alexandra Pickford, Shane Colquhoun, Michael Pink
Chinese Dance: Children from Arts Educational schools
Mirlitons: Andria Hall, Christine Keith, Anne Manger
Russian Dance: Hugh Rathbone, Christopher Carney, Kevin Richmond, Peter Jennings
Old Woman who Lived in a Shoe: Joan Potter, Terry Hayworth, Children from Arts Educational Schools
Flowers: Janette Mulligan, Mary McKendry, Diane Hunwin, Kathleen Munson, Nicky MacLaurin, Amanda Wenban, Elaine Mayson, Susanne Burch, Margot Clarke, Judith Thomas, Beverly Fry, Summer Lee Rhatigan
Grand Pas de Deux: Carole Hill, Nicholas Johnson

Orchestra

First Violins:
Donald Weekes (Leader)
Leonard Fisch
Nicholas Dowding
Alla Sharova
Harry Nathan
Nicholas Rigby
Ronald Good
Beryl Auty
Howard Walsh
Shirley Bennett
Gillian Bailey
David Edwards

Second Violins:
Brian Underwood
John Hartley
Hannah Jones
Avril Carmalt
Carol Ballanger
Rosemary Smith
Fay Evans
Susan Croot

Violas:
Donald Clisby
Gordon Humfress
Russell Guiver
Judith Madter
Eryl Perkins
Stephen Gorringe

Cellos:
Denis Nesbitt
Harold Strub
Heather Brearley
Eileen McCarthy
Naomi Elliott
Rosemary Edwards
Christina McCrae
Nancy Nield

Double Basses:
Guy Henderson
Christopher Freeman
Ian Anderson
Robert Hart
Keith Harling

Flutes:
Enid Sibley
Christopher Lacy

Piccolo:
James Gregory

Oboes:
Sidney Sutcliffe
Sandra McKay

Cor Anglais:
James Douglas

Clarinets:
Martin Beeston
Peter Thompson

Bass Clarinet:
Paul Allen

Bassoons:
Anthony Averay
Michael Parkinson

French Horns:
Michael Baines
Andrew Paterson
Huw Jenkins
Francis Brown

Trumpets:
Patricia Read
Andrew Mitchell

Trombones:
Michael Crowther
Ian White
Noel Abel

Tuba:
Victor Saywell

Timpani:
Heather Steedman

Percussion:
Edward Cornish
Kevin Nutty
Arthur Soothill

Harps:
Janice Bevan
Francis Kelly

Crew

For The Nutcracker

Designer: Peter Docherty
Lighting: John B. Read
Children’s Baller Mistress: Eve Pettinger
Choir: Finchley Children’s Music Group
Wardrobe Supervisor: Jane Hamilton
Assistant to the Designer: Glyn Powell

For London Festival Ballet

Artistic Director: Beryl Grey
Administrative Director: David Rees
Secretary and Finance Controller: Peter Morris
Assistant to the Artistic Director: Heather Knight
Assistant to the Administrative Director: Geoffrey McNab
Company Manager: Peter Hulme
Assistant Company Manager: Penny Winship
Chief Cashier: Richard Wooderson
PA to Administrative Director: Janet Fairweather
Orchestra Manager: Guy Henderson
Orchestral Assistant: Andrew Paterson
Librarian: Leonard Fisch
Choreologist: Lyn Vella Gatt
Company Pianist: Kevin Darvas
Secretary to Artistic Director: Margaret Kingsnorth
Technical Controller: David Mogridge
Assistant to Technical Controller: Robin Carlyle
Stage Manager: Rosalind Smith
Deputy Stage Manager: Keith Oldfield
Assistant Stage Manager: Eddie Keogh
Lighting Consultant: John B. Read
Technical Supervisor: John Berill
Wardrobe Supervisor: Kim Baker
Chief Electrician: David Mohr
Deputy Chief Electrician: Ray Purvis
Assistant Electrician: Mike Dawson
Chief Machinist: David Clark
Deputy Chief Machinist: Pat Carroll
Property Master: Allan Cleary
Touring Wardrobe Master: David Wishart
Deputy Touring Wardrobe Mistress: Gay Hinton
Resident Wardrobe Master: Pepe Eizaguirre
Wig Mistress: Marian Street
Wardrobe Assistants: Teresa Bruty, Colin Couch, Lorna Dixon, Brenda Jackson
Shoe Supervisor: Rita Hatton
Scenic Artist: Roy Hardy
Assistant Scenic Artists: Ian Fogden, Alison Hardy
Resident Costumier: Gordon Hutchings
Assistant Costumier: David Boyd
Press and Publicity Officer: Tony Barlow
Marketing Officer: Dick Matchett
Archivist: John Travis
Sponsorship and Fundraising: Denise Fiennes

For Royal Festival Hall

Director: George Mann
Deputy Director: Shirley Cooper
House Manager: Douglas Bailey
Box Office Manager: R.G.F Howden
Planning Manager: Ian Maclay
Publicity Officer: Nicholas Boyle
Hall Engineer: R. Bond
Finance Officer: A.G. Stevens

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