Title: The Rake’s Progress/Scènes de ballet/Job
Date: Tuesday 25th May 1948, Evening
Type: Ballet
Company: Sadler’s Wells Ballet
Location: Royal Opera House, London, England
Composer: Gavin Gordon (The Rake’s Progress), Igor Stravinsky (Scènes de ballet), Ralph Vaughan Williams (Job)
Choreographer: Ninette de Valois (The Rake’s Progress, Job), Frederick Ashton (Scènes de ballet)
Production: 1946 Revival of Original 1935 production (The Rake’s Progress), Original 1948 production (Scènes de ballet), 1948 Sadler’s Wells Ballet production (Job)
Conductor: Unknown (The Rake’s Progress, Scènes de ballet), Adrian Boult (Guest Conductor, Job)
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Cast

The Rake’s Progress

Scene I, The Reception-
The Rake: Robert Helpmann
The Tailor: Franklin White
The Jockey: Paul Reymond
The Bravo: David Davenport
The Dancing Master: Alexis Rassine
The Fencing Master: Leslie Edwards
The Hornblower: John Field
The Betrayed Girl: Violetta Elvin
The Girl’s Mother: Elizabeth Kennedy

Scene II, The Orgy-
Ladies of the Town: Jill Gregory, Anne Negus, Palma Nye, Thekla Russell, Christine Du Boulay
The Dancer: Gerd Larsen
The Rake: Robert Helpmann
The Rake’s Friend: Richard Ellis
The Ballad Singer: Jean Bedells
The Servant: Veronica Vail

Scene III, Virtuous Interlude-
The Creditors: Franklin White, David Davenport, Philip Chatfield
The Girl: Violetta Elvin
The Rake: Robert Helpmann

Scene IV, The Gambling Den-
The Rake: Robert Helpmann
The Rake’s Friend: Richard Ellis
The Gamblers: John Field, Leslie Edwards, David Davenport

Scene V, Near the Prison Gates-
The Betrayed Girl: Violetta Elvin

Scene VI, The Madhouse-
The Gentleman with a Rope: Ray Powell
The Sailor: Franklin White
The Card Player: Richard Ellis
The Violinist: David Davenport
The King: Alfred Rodrique
The Pope: Alec Martin
The Betrayed Girl: Violetta Elvin
The Rake: Robert Helpmann

Scènes de ballet

Dancers: Moira Shearer, John Hart, Alexander Grant, John Field, Donald Britton, Philip Chatfield, Avril Navarre, Gerd Larsen, Lorna Mossford, Pauline Clayden, Gillian Lynne, Jill Gregory, Margaret Sear, Rosemary Lindsay, Nadia Nerina, Anne Heaton, Anne Negus, Jean Stokes

Job

Job: David Davenport
His Wife: Jean Bedells
The Three Daughters: Julia Farron, Gerd Larsen, Palma Nye
The Seven Sons: Alexander Grant, Franklin White, Gilbert Vernon, Henry Legerton, Donald Britton, Tony Tarver, Ray Powell
Satan: Robert Helpmann
Baccanale (The Seven Sons): Philip Chatfield, Kenneth Melville, Bryan Ashbridge, John Cranko, Henry Legerton, Robert Lunnon, Leslie Edwards
Baccanale (The Seven Wives): Gillian Lynne, Rosemary Lindsay, Rosemary Valaire, Jean Stokes, Joan Grantham, Pauline Clayden, Lorna Mossford
War, Pestilence, Famine: Donald Britton, Alexander Grant, Ray Powell
The Three Messengers: John Hart, Michael Somes, John Field
The Three Comforters: Franklin White, Henry Legerton, Paul Reymond
Elihu: Alexis Rassine
The Children of God: Guinevere Parry, Jill Gregory, Veronica Vail, Dorothea Zaymes, Anne Heaton, Nadia Nerina, Thekla Russell, Christine Du Boulay, Rowena Jackson, Anne Gieves, Wendy Winn
Sons of the Morning: Annette Page, Jean Cameron-Finney, Vickey Hill, Shirley Rees, Noreen Sopwith, June Konapasek, Wendy Hyde, Maureen Swanson
Job’s Spiritual Self: Alfred Rodrique

Crew

For the Triple Bill

Décor and Costume Design, The Rake’s Progress: Rex Whistler after William Hogarth
Additional Set Design, The Rake’s Progress: Oliver Messel
Costume Executor, The Rake’s Progress: Alec Shanks
Scenery Painting, The Rake’s Progress: Alick Johnstone
Scenery and Costumes, Scènes de ballet: André Beaurepaire
Costume Executor, Scènes de ballet, Job: Olivia Cranmer
Fabric Dyeing and Painting, Scènes de ballet, Job: Bettina Pacey and Barbara Ternouth
Headdress Making, Scènes de ballet, Job: Josef Roth, Anthony Martell
Scenery Building, Scènes de ballet, Job: Edward Waldron
Scenery Painting, Scenes de ballet, Job: Clement Glock
Property Making, Job: Jack Lovell, Vic Drummond

For the Sadler’s Wells Ballet

Director: Ninette de Valois
General Manager: Herbert Hughes
Ballet Mistress: Jean Bedells
Accompanists: Edna Downing, Ena Child
Assistant Ballet Mistress: Elizabeth Kennedy

For the Royal Opera House

General Administrator: David L. Webster
House Manager: Peter Waller
Box Office Manager: A.M. Wolstenholme
Stage Director: Henry Robinson
Stage Manager: Louis Yudkin
Chief Machinist: F. Ballard
Chief Engineer: Sydney T. Cheney
Property Master: Jack Lovell

Orchestra Leader: Joseph Shadwick
Conductors: Geoffrey Corbett, Hugo Rignold

Programme Printed By: Finden Brown & Co. Ltd., London