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Gold Diggers
1st March 1980, The Scottish Ballet Golden Gala. Theatre
Royal, Glasgow
This was Darrell in Busby Berkeley vein. All "the boys"
with top hats and tails and canes stood with their backs to the
audience in V-formation and as the curtain rose the last one to
turn, on a terrace at the back, was Moira Shearer. She led her
team in a high-kicking routine.
COMPOSER: Vincent Youman (Tea
for Two), arranged by Bramwell Tovey
COSTUMES: Moss Bros
CASTING: Moira Shearer and "The
Boys"
Cheri
2nd September 1980, The Scottish Ballet King's Theatre,
Edinburgh. Part of the Edinburgh International Festival; 1987 The
Scottish Ballet Studio version; 24th February 1989, Hong
Kong Ballet
Based closely on the famous novel by Colette, Cheri traces the
story of a passionate and ultimately tragic love affair between
Lea and her young lover Cheri.
COMPOSER: David Earl (commissioned
score)
SCENARIO: Colette de Jouvenel and
Peter Darrell
DESIGNER: Philip Prowse
LIGHTING: lan Irving
ASSISTANT to Peter Darrell: John
Carnegie
CASTING: Galina Samsova, Patrick
Bissell, Eleanor Moore with William Bowen, Veronica Butcher, Sally
Collard-Gentle, Linden Currey, Robert Hampton, Christopher Long,
Anna McCartney, Judy Mohekey, Leslie Morrison, Wendy Roe, Garry
Trinder and dancers of The Scottish Ballet
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