Title: The Sanguine Fan/Scheherazade/Graduation Ball
Date: Wednesday 7th September 1977, Evening
Type: Ballet
Company: London Festival Ballet
Location: Royal Festival Hall, London, England
Composer: Edward Elgar (The Sanguine Fan), Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (Scheherazade), Johann Strauss (Graduation Ball)
Choreographer: Ronald Hynd (The Sanguine Fan), Mikhail Fokine (Scheherazade), David Lichine (Graduation Ball)
Production: Original 1976 production (The Sanguine Fan), 1969 London Festival Ballet production (Scheherazade), 1957 London Festival Ballet production (Graduation Ball)
Conductor: Graham Bond (The Sanguine Fan), Bramwell Tovey (Scheherazade, Graduation Ball)
Collection Folder: Folder 27

Cast

The Sanguine Fan

Woman in Red: Liliana Belfiore
Girl in Pink: Andria Hall
Twin Brothers: Dudley von Loggenburg, Kenneth McCombie
Four Ladies: Valerie Aitken, Linda Darrell, Suzanne Oram, Diane Hunwin
Their Escorts: Shane Colquhoun, David Long, John Travis, John Whillans
A Gentleman’s gentleman: Terry Hayworth

Scheherazade

Zobeide: Noleen Nicol
Gold Slave: Ozkan Aslan
Shah Sharyar: Michael Pink
Shah Zeman: Philippe Arrona
Chief Eunuch: Terry Hayworth
Odalisques: Valerie Aitken, Freya Dominic, Andria Hall
Sultanas: Gwendoline Edmonds, Janette Mulligan, Keri Stewart, Margot Clarke, Caroline Humpston, Anthea Neal, Katrina Todd, Suzanne Burch
Almees: Christine Keith, Anya Gilbert, Anne Manger, Denise Welten, Manelle Jaye, Amanda Wenban
Tambourine Dancers: Mary McKendry, Nicky MacLaurin, Nicola Wilde, Vanessa Millar, Jane Scott, Wendy Hubbard
Little Boys: Hugh Rathbone, Klas Rickman, Christopher Carney, Kevin Richmond, Trevor Wood, John Travis
Negroes: Jeremy Macdonald, Philip Betley, Geoffrey Wynne, Bertrand Perreau, James Supervia, Christopher Mercer, Shane Colquhoun, John Whillans

Graduation Ball

Headmistress: Kenn Wells
Junior Pupils: Vivien Loeber, Cheryl Liss, Anne Manger, Anya Gilbert, Katrina Todd, Wendy Hubbard, Vanessa Millar, Amanda Wenban
Senior Pupils: Mary McKendry, Suzanne Burch, Sheryl Stone, Margot Clarke, Caroline Humpston, Nicky MacLaurin, Janette Mulligan, Anthea Neal
Junior Cadets: Kenneth McCombie, Trevor Wood, Hugh Rathbone, John Whillans, Kevin Richmond, Jean Louis Cabane, Philip Betley, Phillip Devonshire, Christopher Carney, Jerome Chretien, Jeremy Macdonald, Geoffrey Wynne
Senior Cadets: Shane Colquhoun, James Supervia, Christopher Mercer, Betrand Perreau
Master of Ceremonies: Vivien Loeber
Drummer: Alain Dubreuil
Sylphide and Scotsman: Noleen Nicol, Kerrison Cooke
Impromptu Dance: Cheryl Liss
Competition Dance: Suzanne Oram, Andria Hall
Perpetuum Mobile: Vivien Loeber, Kenneth McCombie, Anne Manger, Amanda Wenban, Anya Gilbert
Marzuka: Kenn Wells, David Long
Finale: Full Company

Orchestra

First Violins:
Donald Weekes (Leader)
Leonard Fisch
Nicholas Dowding
Thelma Paige
Chumleigh Hind
Alison McAlister
Alla Sharova
Sylvia Spary
Keith Lewis
Julie Gelson
Joseph Temple
John Ford

Second Violins:
Brian Underwood
David Edwards
Rupert Scott
John Hartley
Suzanne Bareau
Carol Ballanger
Gillian Bailey
Alan Pook

Violas:
Maxwell Ware
Ian Killik
Donald Clisby
Eryl Perkins
John Forrester
Paul Morris

Cellos:
Denis Nesbitt
Geoffrey Thomas
Harold Strub
Babette Lichtenstein
John Sharp
Tina McCrae
Maureen Lovell
Nancy Neild

Double Basses:
Guy Henderson
Ronald Smith
Simon Benson
Keith Herling
Christopher Benson

Flutes:
Phillida White
Patrick Taggart

Piccolo:
Enid Sibley

Oboes:
Sidney Sutcliffe
James Douglas

Cor Anglais:
Jean Marsden

Clarinets:
Stuart Allen
Paul Allen

Bassoons:
Anthony Averay
Michael Parkinson

French Horns:
Michael Baines
Andrew Paterson
Phillip Box
Francis Brown

Trumpets:
Clifford Haines
Martin Ings

Cornets:
Nicholas Bomford
Patricia Reid

Trombones:
John Sibley
Michael Crowther
Andrew Ross

Tuba:
Victor Saywell

Timpani:
Heather Steedman

Percussion:
Kevin Nutty
Edward Cornish
Harry Smaile
Cecil Kearney

Harp:
David Dunn

Crew

For the Triple Bill

Designs, The Sanguine Fan: Peter Docherty
Lighting, The Sanguine Fan: Richard Caswell
Designs, Scheherazade: Geoffrey Guy after Leon Bakst
Designs, Graduation Ball: Alexandre Benois

For London Festival Ballet

Artistic Director: Beryl Grey
Administrative Director: Paul Findlay
Finance Controller: Peter Morris
Assistant to the Artistic Director: Heather Knight
Assistant to the Administrative Director: Geoffrey McNab
Company Manager: Peter Hulme
Deputy Company Manager: Deborah Higham
House Services Manager: Keith Cavers
PA to Administrative Director: Janet Fairweather
Choreologist: Bronwen Curry
Company Pianists: Michael Bassett, Kevin Darvas
Orchestra Manager: Ian Killik
Librarian: Leonard Fisch
Technical Director: David Mogridge
Assistant to Technical Director: Mandy Fletcher
Stage Manager: Don Scrimgeour
Deputy Stage Manager: Jane Crosby
Assistant Stage Manager: John Tyler
Technical Supervisor: John Berrill
Wardrobe Supervisor: Kim Baker
Chief Electrician: David Mohr
Deputy Chief Electrician: Ray Purvis
Assistant Electrician: Mike Dawson
Master Carpenter: David Clark
Assistant Carpenter: David Thompson
Property Master: Allan Cleary
Touring Wardrobe Master: David Wishart
Wig Mistress: Marian Street
Wardrobe Assistants: Teresa Bruty, Colin Couch, Pepe Eizaguirre, Gay Hinton, Bernadette King, Mallory Smith, Brenda Jackson
Scenic Artist: Roy Hardy
Assistant Scenic Artists: Ian Fogden, Alison Hardy
Resident Costumier: Gordon Hutchings
Press and Publicity Officer: Tony Barlow
Marketing Officer: Dick Matchett
Special Projects Officer: Denise Fiennes
Archivist: John Travis

For Royal Festival Hall

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

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