Works of Peter Darrell -1962

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

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Works of Peter Darrell - 1962

1961 - 1963

A Wedding Present

19^th April 1962, Western Theatre Ballet Empire Theatre, Sunderland

A dramatic work about a girl whose marriage is shattered when she finds out her husband is in love with a young man.

COMPOSER: Béla Bartók (Piano Concerto No 3)
DESIGNER: Judith Wood
CASTING: Brenda Last, Victor Maynard, Laverne Meyer, Sylvia Wellman and dancers of Western Theatre Ballet

The Great Gala

3^rd May 1962, Royal Albert Hall, London

A Gala Divertimento of music, song and dance and brilliant decor.

ARTISTIC DIRECTOR: Franco Zeffirelli, assisted by Peter Darrell
CASTING: World famous artists including Victoria de los Angeles, Yehudi Menuhin and Giuseppe di Stefano

The Desert Song (Operetta)

24^th September 1962, Empire Theatre, Glasgow

COMPOSER: Sigmund Romberg
BOOK AND LYRICS: Otto Harbach, Oscar Hammerstein II and Frank Mandel
DECOR: Tod Kingman
COSTUMES: Alec Shanks
MUSICAL NUMBERS AND CHOREOGRAPHY: Peter Darrell
CASTING: Tearlach Bruce, Jill Donohue, David Fallon, Dorothy Fraser, Charles Harris, Ernest Hare, Kenneth Lacey, Helen Lambert, Olga Lowe, Brian Matheson, Lise Moscrop, Howard Nuttall, Felicity Page, Robert Parvin, Desmond Walter-Ellis and company;
DANCERS: Ann Delyse, Lillabea Gifford, Gillian Gregory, Tony Lane, Patricia Lovette, Jack Macfarlan, Wendy Morris, Fred Reford, Robin Sheringham, Ruth Till, Janet Varley

1961 - 1963