Title: La fille mal gardée
Description: The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Ltd., general administrator: Sir David Webster presents The Royal Ballet, from the Royal Opera House, London, under the management of S. Hurok, presented in Washington by Patrick Hayes in association with The Friday Morning Music Club, gala benefit premiere for the International Student House and the Foreign Student Service Council, sponsored by Her Brittanic Majesty's Ambassador and Lady Caccia, director: Ninette de Valois, associate director and principal choreographer: Frederick Ashton, principal conductor: John Lanchbery, assistant conductor for the North American tour: Arthur Lief, choreographers to the Royal Ballet include John Cranko, Kenneth Macmillan, Alfred Rodrigues, prinicpal of ballet staff: John Hart, "La Fille Mal Gardee," ballet in two acts music by Ferdinand Herold, freely adapted and arranged by John Lanchbery from the 1828 version, choreography by Frederick Ashton, scenery and costumes by Osbert Lancaster, conductor: John Lanchbery.