Title: The Snow Maiden
Date: Monday 24th July 1961, Evening; Saturday 29th July 1961, 5pm
Type: Ballet
Company: London Festival Ballet
Location: Royal Festival Hall, London, England
Composer: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Choreographer: Vladimir Bourmeister
Production: Original 1961 production
Conductor: Unknown
Collection Folder: Folder 10
Cast
Snow Maiden: Gaye Fulton (Monday), Belinda Wright (Saturday)
Snow Flakes, her friends: Jeannette Minty, Diane Westerman, Janet Kedge, Gillian Shane, Diane Elesmore, Jane Hammond, Christine Hutchinson, Christine Jope, Vicki Karras, Janet Lewis, Sheila Melvin, Angela Symonds, Nona Telford, Rosemary Toombs, Cristine Stirling, Stella Orton, Rozanne Ward, Susan Winterton, Carol Yule
Father Frost: Peter White
Mizgir: Oleg Briansky
Kupava: Marilyn Burr
Leil: Jelko Yuresha
Bobyl: Donald McAlpine
Bobiliha, his wife: Anna Delany
King Berendej: John Auld
First Jester: Ronald Emblem
Jesters: Hendrik Davel, Desmond Kelly, Gale Law, Alan Woodard
Vassilie, leading village dancer: Vassilie Trunoff
His sweetheart: Joan Potter
Young Girls from the Village: Angela Bishopp, Anna Delany, Diane Elesmore, Christine Jope, Christine Hutchinson, Vicki Karras, Sheila Melvin, Priscilla Moulds, Stella Orton, Gillian Shane, Cristine Stirling, Angela Symonds, Nona Telford, Rosemary Toombs, Rozanne Ward, Susan Winterton, Carol Yule
Young Men from the Village: Geoffrey Corser, William Gill, Rosney Macdonald, Simon Mottram, Willie Perrie, Alun Rhys, John Sherwood, Roy Staite, Arthur Sweet, Gordon Yeats
Crew
For The Snow Maiden
Producer and Adapter: Vladimir Bourmeister
Assistant Choreographer: Antonina Kroupenina
Decor and Costumes: Yuri Pimenov and Gennady Epishin
Scenery Building: E. Babbage & Co.
Scenery Painting: Edward Delany
Costume Execution: Mme. Lilyne
For London Festival Ballet
Director General: Julian Braunsweg
Administrator: Benn Toff
Musical Director: Geoffrey Corbett
Conductors: Geoffrey Corbett, Aubrey Bowman
Régisseur General: Leon Woizikowski
Ballet Master: Charles Dickson
Production Manager: Doris Barry
Company Manager: Peter Brownlee
Company Secretary: Reg. Cooper
Stage Manager: Anthony Gilpin
Assistant Stage Manager: Kenneth Sudell
Stage Carpenter: John Berrill
Chief Electrician: Norman Elliott
Wardrobe Master: Arthur Bunce
Secretary: Iris Palmer
Press Representatives: Clark, Nelson & Partners Ltd.
For London Festival Hall
General Manager: T.E. Bean
Deputy General Manager: Stuart L. Bacon
House Manager: L.C. Roberts
Box Office Manager: Lionel Fishman
Publicity Officer: Patricia Brewster
Engineer-in-Charge: H. King
Deputy Engineer-in-Charge: C.A. Bell
Programme Printed By: Waterloo Printing Co. Ltd.