Works of Peter Darrell -1963

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

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Works of Peter Darrell - 1963

1962 - 1964

Jeux

7^th March 1963, Western Theatre Ballet. Citizen's Theatre, Glasgow; 1968 Nederlands Dans Theater; 1977 Queensland Ballet (Games out of Court)

Three people have been playing tennis but the game continues after the match is over.

COMPOSER: Claude Debussy
DESIGNER: Jean Muir; Harry Waistnage (Western Theatre Ballet); Peter Cazalet (Queensland Ballet)
CASTING: Simon Mottram, Clover Roope, Sylvia Wellman

Mayerling

8^th November 1963, Royal Winnipeg Ballet Playhouse Theatre, Winnipeg

Based on the life of Crown Prince Rudolf and the Royal Hapsburg Family of Austria.

COMPOSER: Gabriel Fauré, orchestrated by Claude Kenneson
DECOR: Roy Izen
COSTUMES: Grant Marshall
CASTING: Donna-Day Washington, Richard Rutherford with Beverley Barkley, Richard Browne, Jim Clouser, Patrick Crommett, Stephanie Finch, Richard Foose, Donna Frances, Leo Guerard, Sharon Herr, Hiller Huhn, Gina Hiscock, Bill Martin-Viscount, Sheila MacKinnon, Helen McKergow, Yemaiel Oved, Frederic Strobel, Sonia Taverner

Elegy

18^th December 1963, Western Theatre Ballet Prince Charles Theatre, London

COMPOSER: Gabriel Fauré
DESIGNER: Alix Stone
CASTING: Gail Donaldson, Simon Mottram

Mods and Rockers '63

18^th December 1963, Western Theatre Ballet Prince Charles Theatre, London; 1996 Sarasota Ballet, Florida

Britain's first 'beat' ballet, the score is based on a wide variety of The Beatles' titles. Leather-clad Rockers meet Mods at a dance hall and Mod girl falls for Rocker boy.

COMPOSERS: The Beatles (John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison)
DESIGNER: Desmonde Downing; Robin Hirtenstein (1968)
CASTING: Mods - Sylvia Wellman with Bronwen Curry, Suzanne Hywel, Gale Law, Oliver Symons; Rockers - Simon Mottram with Gail Donaldson, Robin Haig, Victor Maynard, Graham Smith

1962 - 1964