Works of Peter Darrell -1954

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

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Works of Peter Darrell - 1954

1953 - 1955

Fountain

April 1954, Ballet Comique of London
Royal Court Theatre, Liverpool

The theme is love - the realistic represented by two couples of human lovers, and the symbolic perpetuated in the sculptured figures of the fountain.

COMPOSER: Gabriel Faure
DESIGNER: George Kirsta
CASTING: Domini Callaghan, Norman McDowell, Derek Westlake, Stanley Williams

Celeste and Celestinha

2^nd September 1954.
Commissioned by London City Ballet Society. Toynbee Hall, London
Revived June 1957, Western Theatre Ballet Dartington Hall, Devon

A delightful character ballet of two sisters, one tall, one short, and Vasco a Portuguese fisherman who returns to his village after several years absence.

COMPOSER: Carlos Seixas (17^th Century Portugese composer)
DESIGNER: Douglas Smith
CASTING: Jeanne Artois, Harry Cordwell, Jeanne Lusby, Philippe Perrottet (London City Ballet Society) Peter Darrell, Anne Hyde, Brenda Last, Hazel Merry, Suzanne Musitz, Jeffery Taylor, Oliver Symons (Western Theatre Ballet)

Thea ou la Fée aux Fleurs

7^th November 1954, Oxford University Ballet Club Playhouse, Oxford

A pastiche of a classical grand pas de deux.

COMPOSER: Gioacchino Rossini
CASTING: Herida May, Peter Darrell

1953 - 1955