Le lac des cygnes
Contributors: De Valois, Ninette, 1898-2001; Ashton, Frederick, Sir, 1904-1988; Irving, Robert, 1913-1991; Hurry, Leslie, 1909-; Ivanov, Lev, 1834-1901; Petipa, Marius, 1818-1910; Coe, Richard L. (Richard Livingstone), 1914-1995, annotator; Dunham, Katherine; Ruiz Soler, Antonio, 1921-1996; Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilich, 1840-1893; Sadler's Wells Ballet; Loew's Capitol Theatre (Organization : Washington, D.C.); Sam S. Shubert Theatre (Organization : Washington, D.C.); Katherine Dunham Company; Richard L. Coe Theater Programs Collection (Library of Congress)
Published: 1955
Language: eng
Other titles: Sadler's Wells Ballet; Swan lake (Choreographic work : Ivanov and Petipa)
Description: The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Ltd., general administrator: David L. Webster, in association with The Arts Council of Great Britain presents "The Sadler's Wells Ballet," under the management of S. Hurok, director: Ninette De Valois, presented in Washington by Patrick Hayes, associate director: Frederick Ashton, musical director: Robert Irving, conductor: Robert Irving, guest conductor: Arthur Lief, "Le Lac des Cygnes," ballet in four acts, music by Piotr Ilich Tchaikovsky, choreography by Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov, produced by Nicolai Sergeyev, present production revised by Ninette de Valois, choreography for the Pas de Six in Act I and the Neapolitan Dance in Act III by Frederick Ashton, scenery and costumes by Leslie Hurry, lighting by John Sullivan, conductor: Robert Irving.
Notes: Loew's Capitol Theatre, [Washington, DC], Thursday, November 3, 1955 at 8:30 p.m.

Title devised by Library staff.

Cast: Michael Somes, Jennifer Gay, Franklin White, Leslie Edwards, Svetlana Beriosova, Mary Drage, Meriel Evans, Philip Chatfield, Ronald Hynd, Desmond Doyle, Brian Shaw, Maryon Lane, Pauline Clayden, Shirley Grahame, John Sale, Douglas Steuart, Ronald Plaisted, Keith Rosson, David Drew, Graham Usher, Bryan Ashbridge, Gary Burne, Derek Rencher, Henry Legerton, David Boswell, Keith Milland, Christopher Newton, Peter Clegg, Basil Thompson, Shirley Grahame, Ann Howard, Debra Wayne, Margaret Wing, Sonia Taverner, Doreen Eastlake, Sallie Lewis, Anne Stringer, Margaret Mercier, Hylda Zinkin, Valmai Ennor, Patricia Thorogood, Margot Fonteyn, Arnott Mader, Dorothea Zaymes, June Lesley, Judith Sinclair, Angela Walton, Catherine Boulton< Annette Page, Valerie Taylor, Deirdre Dixon, Merle Park..

Principal artists: Margot Fonteyn, Beryl Grey, Violetta Elvin, Nadia Nerina, Rowena Jackson, Svetlana Beriosova, Michael Somes, John Field, Alexander Grant, John Hart, Alexis Rassine, Brian Shaw, Pauline Clayden, Julia Farron, Elaine Fifield, Anne Heaton, Rosemary Lindsay, David Blair, Philip Chatfield, Mary Drage, Meriel Evans, Gerd Larsen, Maryon Lane, Anya Linden, Annette Page, Brenda Taylor, Valerie Taylor, Bryan Ashbridge, Peter Clegg, Desmond Doyle, Leslie Edwards, Ronald Hynd, Henry Legerton, Ray Powell, Pirmin Trecu, Franklin White.

LC copy has notations by Coe. Accompanied by playbill advertisements for "Katherine Dunham and Her Company," at the Sam S. Shubert Theatre, Washington from November 14, [1955] and for "Antonio," at the Sam S. Shubert Theatre from November 21, [1955]. Shelved under: Sadler's Wells Ballet.

In: Richard L. Coe Theater Programs Collection (Library of Congress).