The Snow Queen, The Sadler’s Wells Royal Ballet- Wednesday 19th November 1986

Title: The Snow Queen
Date: Wednesday 19th November 1986
Type: Ballet
Company: Sadler’s Wells Royal Ballet
Location: Apollo Theatre, Oxford, England
Composer: Modest Mussorgsky
Choreographer: David Bintley
Production: Original 1986 production
Conductor: Ormsby Wilkins
Collection Folder: Folder 27

Cast

The Snow Queen: Laura Hussey
Kay: Iain Webb
Gerda: Sandra Madgwick
The White Dwarf: Graham Lustig
Kay’s Mother: June Highwood
Gerda’s Father: Desmond Kelly
Gerda’s Mother: Anita Landa
Wolves: Petter Jacobsson, Andrew Allen, Kevin O’Hare
Mirror Makers: Graham Hall, Stephen Wicks, Douglas Vardon
Wolves disguised as Gentlemen: Andrew Allen, Kevin O’Hare
Stamping Dance: David Yow, Sam Armstrong, Vincent Redmon
Carnival: Nicholas Millington
Lent: Stephen Wicks
Narrator: Graham Lustig
King of Spring: Petter Jacobsson
Spring: Jennifer Jackson, Susan Lucas
Winter: Karen Donovan, Gilliam Maclaurin
Kay as a boy: Thomas Sapsford
Villagers, Townspeople, Gerda as a Child, Children: Artists of the Sadler’s Wells Royal Ballet
Bottle Dance: David Yow, Mark Welford, Stephen Wicks
Friends and Guests: Artists of the Sadler’s Wells Royal Ballet
Act III Pas de quatre: Karen Donovan, Jennifer Jackson, Susan Lucas, Gillian Maclaurin
Snowmaidens: Jane Billson, Louise Britain, Julie Francis Allen, Claire French, Mary Goodhew, Katherine Hartbottle, Anne Little, Dorcas Walters

Orchestra

First Violins:
Richard Friedman (Leader)
Melita Bridgehouse
Pauline Doig
Peter McGowan
Peter Jenkins
Penelope Poole
Nicola George
Amanda Brown
Catherine Firth
Stephen Kear
Bridget Proctor

Second Violins:
Gwilym Hooson
Martin Pring
Geoffrey Hawcutt
Jacqueline McCreadie
Elizabeth Spurrell
Jennifer Ingham
Jane Margeson
Gina Ray
Rachel Upsom
Susan Voss

Violas:
Nigel Goodwin
Judith Wolfenden
Gruffydd Owen
Lynn Baker
Lori Bannister
Martin Fenn
Clive Howard

Cellos:
James Potter
Julia Norman
Phillip Hesketh
Anne Baker
David Daniels
Andrew Fuller
David Newby

Double basses:
Duncan Mitchell
Ronald Dunning
Clive Brown
Ian Eyres

Flutes:
Patrick Williams
Lynn Peters
Rosemary Rathbone

Oboes:
Alaster Bentley
Sue Böhling

Clarinets:
Tom Whitestone
Malcolm McMillan

Bassoons:
David McKee
Anne Bentley

Horns:
Francis Markus
Ian Smith
Timothy Caister
Philip Walker
Elizabeth Randell
Marjorie Dunn

Trumpets:
Anne McAneney
Mark Calder
Ronald Osborne
Ruth Hogan

Trombones:
Colin Gummer
Maxwell Isley
David Gordon

Tuba:
Andrew Martin

Timpani:
Stephen Webberley

Percussion:
Michael Doran
Tony Lucas

Harp:
Sophy Cartledge

Crew

For The Snow Queen

Music Arranger: Bramwell Tovey
Designer: Terry Bartlett
Lighting: John B. Read

For The Sadler’s Wells Royal Ballet

Director: Peter Wright
Music Director: Ashley Lawrence
Administrator: Christopher Nourse
Ballet Master: Desmond Kelly
PA to the Director: Jane Armitage
Regisseur: Ronald Plaisted
Ballet Mistress: Anita Landa
Teacher: Galina Samsova
Guest Teachers: Alan Beale, Eileen Ward
Répétiteur: Alain Dubreuil
Dance Notators: Grant Coyle, Denis Bonner
Company Pianist: Hilary Bell
Rehearsal Pianist: Stephen Lade
Orchestra Manager: Wendy Hacker
Librarians: Tom Tillery, Malcolm McMillan
Orchestra Porters: Colin Gummer, David Gordon
Touring Manager: Clare Temple
Stage Manager: Michael Throne
Deputy Stage Manager: Michael Soffe
Master Carpenter: John Hart
Chief Electrician: John Hall
Property Master: Graham Weston
Deputy Carpenter: Douglas Nicholson
Assistant Carpenters: Peter Read, Andrew Wright
Deputy Electrician: Cliff Williams
Assistant Electricians: Brian Beeson, Nick Royle
Wardrobe Mistress: Lili Sobieralska
Men’s Wardrobe: Brian Ferguson
Wardrobe Assistants: Jacquie Khan, Janet Knightley, Amanda McCallum, Christine Rushworth, Andrew Thackeray
Wigmistress: Pamela Vine
Shoes: Liz Thorrington
Company Physiotherapist: Britt Tajet-Foxell
Press and Marketing Officer: Jose Phillips
Press and Marketing Assistant: Joanna Baker
Dance Education Officer: Jane Hackett

For the Apollo Theatre

Managing Director: Paul Gregg
General Manager: Andrew De Rosa
Assistant Manager: Rosalind Sector
Theatre Secretary: Barbara Hines
Stage Manager: Will Urbanek
Chief Electrician: David Norton
Box Office Manager: Suzanne Hall
Assistant Box Office Manager: Julia Greenwood
Front of House Supervisor: Peter Bollock
Party Bookings Organiser: Maureen Scriven
Party Bookings Assistant: June Surridge

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