Dawn Sutton in 'Five Rückert Songs' Photograph by Alan Crumlish
 
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Works of Peter Darrell - 1980

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