Title: Till Eulenspiegel’s Merry Pranks/Swan Lake Act II/Billy the Kid/Gala Performance
Date: Monday 27th July 1953, Evening
Type: Ballet
Company: American National Ballet Theatre
Location: Royal Opera House, London, England
Composer: Richard Strauss (Till Eulenspiegel’s Merry Pranks), Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (Swan Lake Act II), Aaron Copland (Billy the Kid), Serge Prokofiev (Gala Performance)
Choreographer: Jean Babilée (Till Eulenspiegel’s Merry Pranks), Anton Dolin after Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov (Swan Lake Act II), Eugene Loring (Billy the Kid), Antony Tudor (Gala Performance)
Production: 1951 ABT production (Till Eulenspiegel’s Merry Pranks), 1940 ABT production (Swan Lake Act II), Original 1940 production (Billy the Kid), 1941 ABT production (Gala Performance)
Conductor: Joseph Levine (Till Eulenspiegel’s Merry Pranks, Swan Lake Act II, Billy the Kid), Bryan Balkwill (Gala Performance)
Collection Folder: Scrapbook #1

Cast

Till Eugenspiegel’s Merry Pranks

Till: Eric Braun
Nell: Ruth Ann Keosun
First Lady: Dorothy Scott
The Gentlemen: Enrique Martinez
His Lady: Barbara Lloyd
The Merchants/Soldiers: William Burdick, Scott Douglas, Robert Hanlin, Erik Kristen, Vernon Lusby, Vernon Wensdorf
The Hunchbacks: Mademoiselle Clement, Nancy Unger, Ivan Allen, Leo Duggan, Howard Jeffrey, Donald Spottswood
Executioner: Eugene Tanner
A Judge: Donald Spottswood

Swan Lake Act II

Odette: Alicia Alonso
Prince Siegfried: Igor Youskevitch
Benno: Michael Lland
Von Rothbart: Fernand Nault
Cygnets: Christine Mayer, Rochelle Barzer, Barbara Lloyd, Jenny Workman
Swans: Lillian Lanese, Dorothy Scott, Mademoiselle Clement, Irma Grant, Sally Gura, Catherine Horn, Deborah Lovering, Isabel Mirrow, Helen Murielle, Marilynn Oden, Liane Plane, Lila Popper, Unger, Margaret Watson
Hunstmen: Ivan Allen, William Burdick, Leo Duggan, Robert Hanlin, Howard Jeffrey, Donald Spottswood, Eugene Tanner, Vernon Wendorf

Billy the Kid

Billy: John Kriza
Pat Garrett: Kelly Brown
Alias: Fernand Nault
Sweetheart and Mother: Ruth Ann Koesun
Prospector: Robert Hanlin
Mailman: Don Spottswood
Dance Hall Girls: Catherine Horn, Irma Grant, Liane Plane
Cowboy in Red: Enrique Martinez
Mexican Girls: Marilynn Oden, Barbara Lloyd, Rochelle Barzer, Jenny Workman
Housewives: Sally Gura, Christine Mayer, Mademoiselle Clement, Helen Murielle, Nancy Unger, Margaret Watson
Cowgirls in Grey: Barbara Lloyd, Jenny Workman
Cowgirls in Tan: Catherine Horn, Christine Mayer, Isabel Mirrow, Lila Popper, Nancy Unger
Cowboys: Ivan Allen, William Burdick, Eugene Tanner, Leo Duggan, Robert Hanlin, Vernon Lusby, Vernon Wendorf
Ranchers’ Wives: Helen Murielle, Deborah Lovering, Sally Gura, Margaret Watson

Gala Performance

Russian Ballerina: Melissa Hayden
Italian Ballerina: Lillian Lanese
French Ballerina: Barbara Lloyd
Partner to the Italian Ballerina: Kelly Brown
Partner to the French Ballerina: Michael Lland
Cavaliers: Leo Duggan, Howard Jeffrey, Vernon Wendorf, Ivan Allen
Coryphées: Dorothy Scott, Irma Grant, Catherine Horn, Christine Mayer, Isabel Mirrow, Helen Murielle, Marilynn Oden, Lila Popper, Margaret Watson, Nancy Unger
Ballet Master: Edward Caton
Conductor: Don Spottswood
Dresser: Deborah Lovering

Crew

For the Mixed Bill

Scenery and Costumes, Till Eulenspiegel’s Merry Pranks: Tom Keogh
Scenery, Swan Lake Act II: Lee Simonson
Men’s Costumes, Swan Lake Act II: Lucinda Ballard
Orchestrator, Billy the Kid: Aaron Copland
Scenery and Costumes, Billy the Kid: Jared French
Scenery and Costumes, Gala Performance: Nicolas De Molas

For the American National Ballet Theatre

Directors: Lucia Chase, Oliver Smith
Musical Director: Joseph Levine
Regisseur: Dmitri Romanoff
Ballet Master: Edward Caton
Exclusive Management for Europe and North Africa: Anatole Heller
Company Manager: Michel Delaroff
Stage Manager: Randall Brooks
Assistant Stage Manager: James Morske
Chief Technician: Richard Pebworth
Wardrobe Supervisor: Tamara Venmar
Wardrobe Mistress: Bella Olsen
Wardrobe Master: Otto Wurtz
Pianist: Edmund Horn
Librarian: Erik Kessler

For the Royal Opera House

General Administrator: David L. Webster
Deputy General Administrator: Sir Steuart Wilson
House Manager: Neville Coppel
Box Office Manager: Derek Wilson
Production Manager: John Sullivan
Chief Machinist: Horace Fox
Chief Electrician: William Bundy
Property Master: Edward Blatch
Resident House Engineer: Sydney T. Cheney

Notes

Most dancers are listed in the company rota but one (Mademoiselle Clement) isn’t and remains without a forename