Works of Peter Darrell -1952

Dawn Sutton in 'Five Rückert Songs' Photograph by Alan Crumlish

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Works of Peter Darrell - 1952

1951 - 1953

Farewell

18^th May 1952, Ballet Workshop
Mercury Theatre, London

Divertissement based on the theme of love and relationships.

COMPOSER: Jean Francaix (String Trio)
DESIGNER: Hugh Stevenson
CASTING: Julia Arnold, Jerry Burr, Domini Callaghan, Joy Carter, Dudley Davies, Rosina Gay, Anne Lascelles, Norman MacDowell, Grahame McCormack, Edward Monson, Diana Payne, Kenneth Smith

The Telltale Heart

8^th June 1952, Ballet Workshop
Mercury Theatre, London

An adaptation of a story by Edgar Allan Poe. The tale of a youth who, maddened by an old man's filmy eye, resolves to kill him, hiding the body beneath the floorboards. When the police investigate he is completely at ease, until his overwrought senses seem to hear the still-beating heart of the murdered man. He confesses his crime.

COMPOSER: Michael Hobson (for Piano, Harp and Cello)
DESIGNER: Kenneth Aadams (Kenneth MacMillan)
STORY SPOKEN BY: Derek Prowse
CASTING: lain Gordon, Michel de Lutry, Peter Wright, Ronald Yerrell

Harlequinade

26^th December 1952, London Festival Ballet Royal Festival Hall, London

COMPOSER: Riccardo Drigo
DESIGNER: Kenneth Aadams (Kenneth MacMillan)
CASTING: Belinda Wright, John Gilpin, Walter Burgess, Geoffrey Davidson, Philippe Perrottet, Noel Rosanna, Vassilie Trunoff, Geoffrey Webb

1951 - 1953