Evening star., 1952-02-27

BHliSb uiu bWu HppelHeulHf NllHHbt
II unveiled HAllefifiA Elaine y
climax with itA famous Festival of
OF The tWeI The more slehlhel
The ballet bAAea uheA a steFv OF
w q Gilbert and The Iilusle OF
hlF AuFthup sullivan may eHtlast
Mlss Flfela by decades eP pos
Eihlv centuries That Ia In The has
tHFes OF aaheeFs and aaheear but
o. far Al she gees In time ana
space, Miss Flhela viii he the mere
enchanting,
A special Haagie teek possession
of the gFeat reaches of the Capitol
with her fFsb appearance last
hiHht and the memepy OF 1t will
be a leng time fading, A program
note describes Miss Fifield as the
successor to Marget Fenteyn In a
number OF sadlers Wells hallerina
roles Heiresses have rarely been
90 eKquisitely qualified,
Miss Fifield, an Australian, Is
obviously made Of some rare,
precious and lively material which
end0ws her with instantly reoog-
nlgahle hrillianoe In sadler's Wells
classic roles, In character or
comedy parts, She Ia the dancer
who comes along once In q gen.
grafton, which makes this gener-
alton more fortunate that II prob
ably had fanoled itself UP 10 last
nlaht.
In view OF the fact that Gilbert
and Sullivan are more firmly ess
tabllshed artists, II probably IA
their pineapple Poll" which aeu
counted for The fact that last
nights program was sold out sew
efai days In advance
This represents sound Judgment
on the part Of the 5,454 ticket
buyers, pineapple Poll" IA eems
pieteiy In the tradition OF Gilbert
and Sullivan, lacking only the for
mer's iFfeVerently witty words and
Atenina for this fully by subatir
tutlnH the ehereearaphy Of John
eranke,
English dancers, like English
singers, apparently are born per.
feetly at home In the ldiem Of
Gilbert and Sullivan, No less than
the D'oyly Carte liaht opera eem-
pany which has been up 10 II for
years and years, the bndleth Wells
dancers catch every CLINT OF the
eayety and untameable humor OF
The author and composer team,
TO bulllvana ripping music,
they dance here the story OF "fhe
humboat Woman" hliahtly and
fittinaly revised 10 make II NJ
Miss Fiheld's n years instead OF
the 90 OF the original Pineapple
Poll II IA the tale Of A special
Elrl=Rnd all the other Wemen OF
q COMMUNICATIVE fall In love
with a handsome young Rea eaps
tain, disguise themselves IA sall0rs
te board his ship, and faint with
anguish when they discover he
has Just taken 4 bride,
II was a behHatlenHlly HueeeAhful
addition To the e0lnpRhy'A repers
tory last SEASON MI home, MlAA Fis
field AA the heroine, David Blair
"A the hero, and n b0undlnHly
happy company assure ltA eauHl
SUCCESS before American audi
theeA, She, especially, IA the Atahds
eut performer IN "FlheApple Poll"
a n heroine who loved ehthuhlH
Astieaily, feeklessly and far more
ves6ureefuily than most 6f her heA
Win altogether admirable dis
efetl6h, this ballet VIII be repeated
In tGhlaht's Anal pr6aFaliii IL
would be Il lehretlAble mistake
not 10 lee H.
Miss F'lheld=lheFes n0 point IN
hGt dwelling upon her MARY MHfs
tInslIke mAHle=WAs lhe dominant
hHupe IN the other hiehllHht Item
Bf lasL NIGHTS threHsbHllet proc
Gram, ThiA WIS "1he NulefHekeF''
Whlah The ehAhapleAAlv charming
T'AehAlk0wAkl music IN which Ahb
aahpeh thai ehehAhtFeAAi thh SUGAR
Plum Fairy,
ThI6 Ia ths elAAAIaal anthellAIA
Of her Fell role and MlAA Flheld
makes II evah mars III 4 aellHhtI
q FeVelatIAR nj resource the Tine
Nt which has mol been hAan aFauna
hers Ainee Mika Fentevn, This tFR.
diti9nal Item AlRe undeFheeFea
agaIn the eKeelleRea Of hRdlep's
Wells corps dH ballet, and The
artistry of such kelaistR Al David