Title: The Taming of the Shrew
Date: Thursday 12th November 1981, Evening
Type: Ballet
Company: Sadler’s Wells Royal Ballet
Location: Apollo Theatre, Oxford, England
Composer: Domenico Scarlatti
Choreographer: John Cranko
Production: 1977 Marcia Haydée production for the Royal Ballet
Conductor: Barry Wordsworth

Cast

Baptista: Ronald Plaisted
Katherina: Margaret Barbieri
Bianca: Sherilyn Kennedy
Gremio: Stephen Wicks
Lucentio: Nicholas Millington
Hortensio: Alain Dubreuil
Petruchio: David Ashmole
Whores: Jennifer Mills, Samira Saidi
An Innkeeper: Derek Purnell
A Priest: Derek Purnell
Servants to Petruchio: David Bintley, Denis Bonner, Grahame Lustig, David Morse
Pas de Six: Petal Miller, Grahame Lustig, Nicola Katrak, Susan Lucas, Michael O’Hare, Iain Webb
Corps de Ballet: Artists of the Sadler’s Wells Royal Ballet

Orchestra

First Violins:
Paul Wood (Leader)
Melita Bridgehouse
Mark Thomas
Peter McGowan
Timothy Callaghan
Kenneth McFarlan
Rosemary Rushbrook
Susan Voss

Second Violins:
Stephen Kear
Gwilym Hooson
Geoffrey Hawcutt
Elizabeth Spurrell
Philippa Ballard
Gary Veale

Violas:
Dorith Lichtenstern
Judith Wolfenden
Gruffydd Owen
Aileen Morrison

Cellos:
Francois Rive
Julia Norman
William Heggart
Caroline Brown

Double Basses:
Duncan Mitchell
Ronald Dunning

Flutes:
Patrick Williams
Keith Bragg

Oboes:
Alaster Bentley
Genevieve Maskell

Clarinets:
Tom Whitestone
Malcolm McMillan

Bassoons:
David McKee
Anne Bentley

Horns:
David Lea
Ian Smith
Gareth Mollison
Francis Brown

Trumpets:
Malcolm Woodhouse
David Batstone

Trombones:
Colin Gummer
Maxwell Isely
David Gordon

Tuba:
Andrew Martin

Timpani:
Stephen Webberly

Percussion:
John Beadle
Nigel Bates

Harp:
Jane Lister

Crew

For The Taming of the Shrew

Music Arranger: Kurt-Heinz Stolze
Staging: Georgette Tsinguirides
Scenery and Costumes: Elizabeth Dalton
Lighting: William Bundy

For the Sadler’s Wells Royal Ballet

Director: Peter Wright
Musical Director: Ashley Lawrence
General Manager: Christopher Nourse
Ballet Master: Desmond Kelly
PA to the Director: Alison Palmer
Regisseur: Ronald Plaisted
Ballet Mistress: Anita Landa
Guest Teachers: Christine Anthony, Sonlamif Messerer, Ailne Phillips, Alam Beale
Teacher: Galina Samsova
Répétiteur: Alan Dubreuil
Dance Notator: Deborah Chapman
Company Pianist: Hilary Bell
Rehearsal Pianist: Stephen Lade
Orchestra Manager: Paul Gray
Librarian: Malcolm McMillan
Orchestra Porters: Colin Gummer, David Gordon
Touring Assistant: Clare Temple
State Manager: Michael Throne
Deputy Stage Manager: Michael Soffe
Master Carpenter: John Hart
Chief Electrician: John Hall
Property Master: Graham Crew
Assistant Carpenter: Ronald Brook
Assistant Electrician: Peter Langford
Wardrobe Mistress: Lili Sobieralska
Wardrobe Assistants: Brian Ferguson, Angie Atkinson, Briar Brownson, Dorothy Groom, Janet Knightley, Jane Mitchell, Graham Meethoo
Wigmaster: Henry Menary
Physiotherapist: Britt Tajet-Foxell
Press and Marketing Officer: Jose Phillips
Assistant: Sue Merrett

For the Apollo Theatre

Managing Director: Paul Gregg
General Manager: Mike Adamson
Assistant Manager: David Ashley
Technical Manager: Adrian Leggett
Stage Manager: Will Urbanek
Box Office Manager: Shirley Werrett
Chief Electrician: Jerry Jones
Housekeeper: Joan Cook

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