Variations on a theme of Purcell
Contributors: Ashton, Frederick, Sir, 1904-1988; Irving, Robert, 1913-1991; Snow, Peter (Peter Frederick Briscoe), 1927-2008; Britten, Benjamin, 1913-1976; Britten, Benjamin, 1913-1976; Sadler's Wells Ballet; Royal Opera House (London, England); Royal Opera House (London, England). Orchestra; Richard L. Coe Theater Programs Collection (Library of Congress)
Published: 1955
Language: eng
Other titles: Sadler's Wells Ballet; Variations on a theme of Purcell (Choreographic work : Ashton)
Description: Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, house manager: Neville Coppel, box office manager: Derek Wilson, the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, limited, general administrator: David L. Webster, deputy general administrator: Sir Steuart Wilson, present "The Sadler's Wells Ballet," director: Ninette de Valois, associate director: Frederick Ashton, musical director and conductor: Robert Irving, guest conductors: Sir Arthur Bliss, Sir Adrian Boult, Anatole Fistoulari, guest artist Pamela May with the Covent Garden Orchestra, leader: Charles Taylor, the 10th performance at the Royal Opera House by the Sadler's Wells Ballet of "Variations on a Theme of Purcell," music by Benjamin Britten, choreography by Frederick Ashton, scenery and costumes by Peter Snow, lighting by John Sullivan, conductor: Robert Irving.
Notes: Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Ballet season 1955, Saturday matinee, 5th March, 1955.

Title devised by Library staff.

Cast: Elaine Fifield, Nadia Nerina, Merle Park, Alexander Grant, David Blair, Michael Boulton, Philip Chatfield, Ronald Hynd, Gary Burne, Ronald Plaisted, Jennifer Gay, Doreen Wells, Deirdre Dixon, Meriel Evans, June Lesley, Margaret Mercier, Ann Page, Judith Sinclair, Brenda Taylor, Valerie Taylor, Angela Walton, Dorothea Zaymes.

The following artists will be appearing during the season: Margot Fonteyn, Violetta Elvin, Beryl Grey, Rowena Jackson, Nadia Nerina, Michael Somes, John Field, Alexander Grant, John Hart, Alexis Rassine, Brian Shaw,  Svetlana Beriosova, Pauline Clayden, Julia Farron, Elaine Fifield, Anne Heaton, Rosemary Lindsay, David Blair, Philip Chatfield, Mary Drage, Meriel Evans, Gerd Larsen, Anya Linden, Avril Navarre, Valerie Taylor, Bryan Ashbridge, Michael Boulton, Peter Clegg, Desmond Doyle, Leslie Edwards, Ronald Hynd, Henry Legerton, Ray Powell, Doublas Steuart, Franklin White.

LC copy shelved under: Sadler's Wells Ballet.

With: Le lac des cygnes -- La boutique fantasque. Issued together.

In: Richard L. Coe Theater Programs Collection (Library of Congress).
Table of contents: title: Overture: The Gordian Knot Untied / Henry Purcell; title: Variations on a Theme of Purcell / Benjamin Britten.