Title: The Wise Monkeys/La Sylphide
Date: Friday 29th + Saturday 30th July 1960, Evenings
Type: Ballet
Company: Ballet Rambert
Location: Sadler’s Wells Theatre, London, England
Composer: Dmitri Shostakovich (The Wise Monkeys), Hermann Løvenskjold (La Sylphide)
Choreographer: Norman Morrice (The Wise Monkeys), August Bournonville (La Sylphide)
Production: Original 1960 production (The Wise Monkeys), 1960 Ballet Rambert production (La Sylphide)
Conductor: David Ellenberg
Collection Folder: Scrapbook #1

Cast

The Wise Monkeys

A Young Girl: Lucette Aldous
Her conscientious monkeys: June Sandbrook, Thelma Litster, Jennifer Kelly
A Young Man: John O’Brien
His slightly dilatory monkeys: John Chesworth, Kenneth Bannerman, Gordon Coster
A Lady of rather more than usual experience: Gillian Martlew
A Gentlemen well-acquainted with her: Norman Morrice

Solo Piano: Cyril Preedy
Solo Trumpet: Norman Archibald

La Sylphide

James: Flemming Flindt
The Sylph: Elisa Marianne von Rosen
Magda (Madge), a Witch: Gillian Martlew
Effie, James’ fiancee: Shirley Dixon
Gurn, a farmhand: John Chesworth
Anna, James’ Mother and owner of the farm: Valerie Marsh

Act 1-
Nancy, Effie’s Friend: Thelma Litster
Two Village Boys: John O’Brien, Kenneth Bannerman
A Village Piper: Alan Cunliffe
Villagers: Norman Morrice, Jennifer Kelly, Rachel Holland, Irene Siegfried, Gayrie MacSween, Sandra Short, Doreen Draisey, Anna Truscott, Carolyn Fey, Joanna Banks, Gordon Coster

Act 2-
Magda’s Attendants: Norman Morrice, Gordon Coster, John O’Brien, Alan Cunliffe
Three Sylphs: June Sandbrook, Jennifer Kelly, Rachel Holland
Sylphs (Variations Soloists): June Sandbrook, Elsa Recagno, Rachel Holland, Jennifer Kelly, Thelma Litster, Irene Siegfried
Sylphs: Sandra Short, Carolyn Fey, Anna Truscott, Doreen Draisey, Gayrie MacSween, Joanna Banks
Two Villagers: Norman Morrice, Gordon Coster

Orchestra

Violins:
Penelope Howard (Leader)
Paul Collins
Daphne Wakeham
Betty Rajna
Richard Maunder
Julie Davies

Violas:
Joan Bucknall
Joe Tredennick

Cellos:
Glenna Thomas
Naomi Elliot

Double Bass:
Nora Mukle

Flute:
Judith Fitton

Oboes:
Paul Mosby
Peter Crane

Clarinets:
Ian Herbert
Daphnes Downes

Bassoons:
Vernon Elliot
Peter Francis

Horns:
Percy Kelly
Raymond Few

Trumpet:
Norman Archibald

Trombone:
Neville Roberts

Percussion:
Albert Sherry
Bernard Davis

Singer:
Eric Shilling

Crew

For the Double Bill

Decor and Costumes, The Wise Monkeys: Ralph Adron
Staging, La Sylphide: Elsa Marianne von Rosen
Decor and Costumes, La Sylphide: Robin and Christopher Ironside
Music Arranging, La Sylphide: Poul London

For Ballet Rambert

Director: Marie Rambert
Associate Director: David Ellis
General Manager: Frederick Bromwich
Secretary: Judith Robertson

Stage Director: William Ferguson
Musical Director: David Ellenberg
Stage Manager: Arthur Jago
Wardrobe Mistress: Judith Edsall
Assistant Wardrobe Mistress: Anne Hardie
Public Relations: John Webley
Press Relations: Wilfred Stiff

For the Sadler’s Wells Theatre

Licensee and Administrative Director: Stephen Arlen
Director: Norman Tucker
Press Representative: Ian Crichton

Manager: Douglas Bailey
Catering Supervisor: Elsie Barrow
Usherette Manageress: Elisabeth Keay
Box Office Manager: John Walcot

Opera Manager: John Wright
Stage Director and Production Manager: Anthony Easterbrook
Wardrobe Manager: Anthony Boyes
Assistant Wardrobe Manager: Betty Farnan
Master Carpenter: William Blakely
Chief Electrician: Charles Bristow
Property Master: Dereyck Varley
Librarian: Ronald Brooks
Orchestra Manager: Percy D. Showan

Programmed Printed By: John Waddington Ltd., London