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Houseparty
7th June 1964
Commissioned work for BBC Television
A virtually stepless drama of manners and motives, it brought
the idea of Nijinska's ballet right up to the moment concerning,
as it did, behaviour and morals typical of the early 60's. Time:
late afternoon Sunday until dawn Monday.
COMPOSER: Francis Poulenc (Les
Biches)
SCENARIO: John Hopkins and Peter
Darrell
DESIGNER: Marilyn Taylor and Jarvis
CASTING: Peter Cazalet, Bronwen
Curry, Gail Donaldson, Robin Haig, Suzanne Hywel, Gale Law, Elaine
McDonald, Victor Maynard, Hazel Merry, Laverne Meyer, Simon Mottram,
Oliver Symons, Robert Verbrugge, Sylvia Wellman
Lysistrata
9th June 1964, Western Theatre Ballet Theatre Royal,
Bath. A Bath Festival Production
The story of Women's Lib through the ages from the Greeks to
the Crusades, the Puritans, the Suffragettes, today and even beyond.
COMPOSER: John Dankworth (commissioned
score)
SCENARIO AND LYRICS: Benny Green
DESIGNER: André François
GUEST ARTIST: Cleo Laine
CASTING: Sean Bartley, Peter
Butler, Peter Cazalet, Bronwen Curry, Robin Haig, Suzanne Hywel,
Gale Law, Angela Leigh, Elaine McDonald, Simon Mottram, Deirdre
O'Donohoe, Graham Smith, Robert Verbrugge |