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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 26th 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");s1[3]=new Array("1953.html","1953.html","","1952 - 1954 Les Chimères 10th May 1953, Ballet Workshop Mercury Theatre, London A ballet on the theme of hunters falling in love with the hunted. COMPOSER: Michael Hobson (for Soprano offstage. Harp, Flute, Percussion and Piano) DESIGNER: Douglas Smith SINGER: Roxanne Houston CASTING: Estaban Cerda, Max Collis, Rosina Gay, Norman Morrice, Yvonne Olena, Ray Pointer, Noreen Sopwith Trio 7th June 1953, Ballet Workshop Mercury Theatre, London A classical pas de trois. COMPOSER: Antonio Vivaldi DESIGNER: Honor Frost CASTING: Beryl Goldwyn, Noreen Sopwith, Alexander Bennett Domino 7th June 1953, Ballet Workshop Mercury Theatre, London Two couples and the tricks of love. COMPOSER: Serge Lancen (Piano Suite) DESIGNER: Tom Lingwood CASTING: Estaban Cerda, Hermione Harvey, Lana Kassinova, Graham Smith Magic 15th November 1953, Ballet Workshop Mercury Theatre, London The work is a mixture of mime and ballet. A magic show with a moral theme - the intervention of fate into the affairs of man. COMPOSER: Michael Hobson DESIGNER: Kenneth Rowell MIME SEQUENCES: Victor Azaria CASTING: Victor Azaria, Deborah Dering, Norman Dixon, Anne Lascelles, Ray Pointer, Noreen Sopwith 1952 - 1954");s1[4]=new Array("1954.html","1954.html","","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 2nd 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 (17th 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 7th 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");s1[5]=new Array("1955.html","1955.html","","1954 - 1956 Balleto da Camera 13th March 1955, Ballet Workshop Mercury Theatre, London A semi-abstract pas de trois, stemming from "Designs with Strings" with the programme note: "Ever let the fancy roam Pleasure never is at home". COMPOSER: Antonio Vivaldi DESIGNER: Jack Coutou CASTING: Peter Brownlee, Dorothy Buttery, Robert Harrold, Herida May, Kenneth Melville, Noel Rossana The Gift 30th September 1955, London Ballet Circle Fortune Theatre, London A father and mother, incompatible and quarrelling, affect the sense of security of their young daughter. Flirtations with friends worsen the situation, and the advent of two brothers and their wives further complicates matters. COMPOSER: Gabriel Fauré DESIGNER: Lucas CASTING: Julia Farron, Susan Salaman, Gilbert Vernon The Farce of Love circa 1955/6. The Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, London A new musical comedy pastiche. The action takes place on the walls of Troy. COMPOSER: Nicholas Smith BOOK AND LYRICS: Charles Robinson DEVISED AND DIRECTED BY: Tristram Jellinek CASTING: Michael Ashton, Colin Barnes, Keith Baxter Wright, Caroline Blakiston, John Blarney, Richard Briers, Albert Finney, John Gray, Tristram Jellinek, Julie Nicholls, Daphne Wetton, Susan Westerby and company. 1954 - 1956");s1[6]=new Array("1956.html","1956.html","","1955 - 1957 The Farce of Love circa 1955/6. The Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, London A new musical comedy pastiche. The action takes place on the walls of Troy. COMPOSER: Nicholas Smith BOOK AND LYRICS: Charles Robinson DEVISED AND DIRECTED BY: Tristram Jellinek CASTING: Michael Ashton, Colin Barnes, Keith Baxter Wright, Caroline Blakiston, John Blarney, Richard Briers, Albert Finney, John Gray, Tristram Jellinek, Julie Nicholls, Daphne Wetton, Susan Westerby and company. Jubilee Girl (Musical) 5th March 1956, Hippodrome Theatre, Bristol The show was set in the summer of 1887, mixing period and pageantry with a standard story of love between the classes. DEVISED BY: Robin Fordyce and David Rogers COMPOSER: Alexander Kevin DESIGNER: Loudon Sainthill DIRECTORS: Bert Stimmel / Leslie Bricuse and Frederick Raphael / George Hall and Caspar Wrede CHOREOGRAPHY: Bert Stimmel / Alfred Rodrigues / Peter Darrell MUSICAL DIRECTOR: Leonard Morris CASTING: George Benson, Joyce Carpenter, Patricia Cree, Tom Criddle, Betty Evans, Fenella Fielding, Michael Foster, Kim Grant, Irene Handl, Wendy Harcourt-Brown, Michael Hart, Vilma Ann Leslie, Marie Löhr, Kenneth Mason, Julie Musgrove, Paddy Nolan, Janet Page, Gillian Webb, Rusty Whitman, Lizbeth Webb and members of the company Tatiana (Operetta) 9th April 1956, Romacofr Association Toynbee Hall Theatre, London BOOK, MUSIC AND LYRICS: Colin Graham DESIGNER: Diana Voet THE GYPSY DANCE: Peter Darrell CASTING: Barbara Viner, John Howe THE GYPSY VIOLIN: Olive Zorian Grand Valse Finale - Part of a Soirée de Ballet. 22nd May 1956, Leas Cliff Hall, Folkestone COMPOSER: Alexander Glazunov CASTING: Peter Darrell, Maryon Lane, Margarita Tate, Pirmin Trecu 1955 - 1957");s1[7]=new Array("1957.html","1957.html","","1956 - 1958 Horoscope - Gemini Valse 7th April 1957, BBC Television Part of a programme with the BBC Concert Orchestra produced by Margaret Dale. PRESENTER: George R. Foa CASTING: Anya Linden, David Blair The Prisoners 24th June 1957, Western Theatre Ballet. Dartington Hall, Devon (Inaugural Tour); 1970 Northern Dance Theatre; 1975 Irish National Ballet; 1977 West Australian Ballet; 1982 The Scottish Ballet. Two convicts escape from prison, one to his death, the other to life enslavement to his friend's wife. COMPOSER: Bela Bartok (Music for Strings, Percussion and Celeste) DESIGNER: Barry Kay (Western Theatre Ballet); Peter Cazalet (Northern Dance Theatre); Patrick Murray (Irish National Ballet); David Jones (West Australian Ballet); Nicholas Ullyott (The Scottish Ballet) CASTING: Suzanne Musitz, Barry Salt, Erling Sunde and dancers of Western Theatre Ballet. Non Stop 25th July 1957, Western Theatre Ballet Arts Theatre Club, London A satirical ballet to a jazz score written around Hazel Merry who was seen by Peter Darrell jiving at a first night party. On the surface, an amusing piece, but in the real cool way the pony-tailed redhead uses her hair to finish off one partner when another arrives, it has a delicate ambiguity and underlying frisson that was to be a feature of many of Peter Darrell's ballets. COMPOSERS: Williams and Palmer JAZZ SCORE: Dizzy Gillespie and Roy Eldridge DESIGNER: Barry Kay, lan Spurling (1963) CASTING: Hazel Merry, Oliver Symons, Jeffery Taylor Cool for Cats 1957-1960, BBC Television A weekly jazz programme - one of the most choreographically demanding of all dance programmes of its time, calling for speed in conception, wit, originality and versatility Amster Tea 1957-1960, BBC Television, Cardiff NUMBERS CHOREOGRAPHED BY: Peter Darrell CASTING: David Hepburn, Brenda Last, Hazel Merry, Oliver Symons Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves (Pantomime) 26th December 1957, Theatre Royal, Bristol COMPOSER: David King DECOR: Patrick Robertson COSTUMES: Rosemary Vercoe MUSICAL NUMBERS ARRANGED BY: Peter Darrell DIRECTOR: John Moody MUSICAL DIRECTION: Courtney Kenny CASTING: Sheila Alien, Bernard Behrens, Susan Engel, John Floyd, Valerie Gearon, Wendy Hutchinson, David King, Emrys James, Peter Jeffrey, Robert Lang, Raymond Llewellyn, Peter O'Toole, 'Sooty', Angela Sturdy, Wendy Williams, Barry Wilshire, Hazel Wright and dancers of Western Theatre Ballet 1956 - 1958");s1[8]=new Array("1958.html","1958.html","","1957 - 1959 Vampaera 18th June 1958, Western Theatre Ballet Theatre Royal, Bristol "An essay in the macabre or a comment upon human and social behaviour - depending on personal interpretation." It captures the horror and cruelty of the Dracula tale. Originally conceived to Debussy's Rhapsody for Saxophone and Orchestra, permission to use the score was withheld. It was decided to go ahead with musique concrete. Hobson composed the score to fit the already rehearsed choreography. COMPOSER: Michael Hobson (Musique Concrète) DESIGNER: Una Collins CASTING: Basil Pattison and students from the Bristol Old Vie and Bristol School of Dancing The Unicorn, the Gorgon and the Manticore 22nd July 1958, New Opera Company Sadler's Wells Theatre, London; 28th June 1962 revised version by Western Theatre Ballet Theatre Royal, Bristol The piece tells the tale of a man who does not conform, with humour, fantasy and pathos. He lives in a castle with his unicorn, gorgon and manticore, whom he leads to town on Sundays. When he no longer appears the citizens, believing the man has killed them, march to the castle only to find him dying. COMPOSER: Gian Carlo Menotti DESIGNER: Barry Kay CASTING: Ronald Emblen, Brenda Last, Hazel Merry, Laverne Meyer, Oliver Symons, Jeffery Taylor and dancers of Western Theatre Ballet The Enchanted Rose Garden 12th August, 1958, Western Theatre Ballet Lyric Opera House, Hammersmith, London The story of a love-sick lady and an indifferent youth, for whom she has to transform herself to gain his interest, is told in the tradition of romantic grand pas de deux. COMPOSER: Alexander Glazunov (Excerpts from Raymonda) DESIGNER: Derek West CASTING: David Hepburn, Anne Hyde, Brenda Last, Jeffery Taylor Impasse 12th August 1958, Western Theatre Ballet Lyric Opera House, Hammersmith, London A group of people find themselves trapped in a labyrinth from which there appears to be no way out. It becomes evident that whoever is to survive will do so because he has keen able to preserve some spark of human feeling. COMPOSER: Michael Hobson DESIGNER: Ronald Fouracre CASTING: David Hepburn, Hazel Merry, Suzanne Musitz, Erling Sunde, Oliver Symons, Sylvia Wellman The Sleeping Beauty (Pantomime) December 1958, Hippodrome Theatre, Bristol MUSICAL NUMBERS ARRANGED BY: Peter Darrell The Lilac Domino (Musical) May 1959, Chiswick Empire, London. The company sold itself as a "package" as a feature in this musical comedy. COMPOSERS: Gatti and Jenbach MUSICAL NUMBERS ARRANGED BY: Peter Darrell CASTING: Brenda Last, Laverne Meyer and dancers of Western Theatre Ballet 1957 - 1959");s1[9]=new Array("1959.html","1959.html","","1958 - 1960 The Land of Smiles (Operetta) 9th July 1959, Sadler's Wells Opera Coliseum Theatre, London COMPOSER: Franz Lehár DESIGNER: Berkeley Sutcliffe MUSICAL NUMBERS ARRANGED BY: Peter Darrell DIRECTOR: Charles Hickman CASTING: Peter Bayliss, Stanley Beedle, June Bronhill, Rachel Conway, Charles Craig, Denis Dowling, Elizabeth Fretwell, Peter Grant, Barbara Howitt, June Johnstone, Gwilym Jones, Cynthia Morey, Alfred Oldridge, Frederick Sharp, Suzanne Steele, Deirdre Thurlow and dancers of Sadler's Wells Opera Ballet Chiaroscuro 18th November 1959, Western Theatre Ballet Théâtre de la Monnaie, Brussels; 1963 Royal Winnipeg Ballet A series of dance impressions of the light and shade in human behaviour. COMPOSER: Darius Milhaud (Saudades do Brasil) DESIGNER: Barry Kay; Peter Cazalet (Western Theatre Ballet) DECOR: Roy Izen (Royal Winnipeg Ballet) COSTUMES: Grant Marshall (Royal Winnipeg Ballet) CASTING: Dennis Griffith, Anne Hyde, Brenda Last, Hazel Merry, Laverne Meyer, Richard Morris Quatre Quartiers November 1959, Western Theatre Ballet and Béjart Ballet Brussels Théâtre de la Monnaie, Brussels A jazz ballet in four parts. COMPOSER: Willy Albimoor DESIGNER: Jacques Van Nerom CASTING: Jeannine Berdel, Jean de Cock, Francine Cramer, Roland Dimitri, Jeannine Festraet, Nicole Floris, Anne Hyde, Josiane Janvier, Dolores Laga, Brenda Last, André Leclair, Mouette Loza, Coletter Ludo, Andrée Marlière, Liliane Merry, Madeleine Middegaels, Richard Morris, Arnold Poels, Anna Price, Michèle Rimbold, Paule Scamp, Jacques Sausin, Cornell Senechal, Jane Simons, Oliver Symons, Vivianne Varetti, Sylvia Wellman, Jeannine Wisniewsky Bal de la Victoire November 1959, Western Theatre Ballet and Béjart Ballet. Théâtre de la Monnaie, Brussels; Filmed for BBC "Music for You", shown 27th April 1960; 8th May 1960, Western Theatre Ballet. Royal Court Theatre, London A Victory Ball circa 1800. Flirtatious encounters by fair maidens and gallant officers. COMPOSERS: Friedrich Kuhlau and Hans Christian Lumbye DESIGNER: Barry Kay CASTING: Jean de Cock, Roland Dimitri, Dennis Griffith, Anne Hyde, Dolores Laga, Brenda Last, Andrée Marlière, Hazel Merry, Liliane Merry, Laverne Meyer, Richard Morris, Serge Mrakoff, Suzanne Musitz, Arnold Poels, Anna Price, Jacques Sausin, Cornell Senechal, Eriing Sunde, Oliver Symons. Viviane Varetti, Sylvia Wellman Tannhaüser (Opera) 9th December 1959, Sadler's Wells Opera Sadler's Wells Theatre, London The Opera was given in the original Dresden version COMPOSER: Richard Wagner DESIGNER: Motley DIRECTOR: Anthony Besch CASTING: Harold Blackburn, Marie Collier, Ronald Dowd, Gwyn Griffiths, Raimund Herincx, Iris Kells, Joseph Powell, Joan Stuart, Tom Swift, David Ward and dancers of Western Theatre Ballet Humpty Dumpty (Pantomime) December 1959, London Palladium COMPOSER: Park/Croft/Ornadel DECOR: Tod Kingman and Edward Delaney COSTUMES: St John Roper MUSICAL NUMBERS ARRANGED BY: Peter Darrell DIRECTOR: Robert Nesbitt CASTING: Roy Castle, Hazel Coppen, Samy Curtis, David Davenport, Jack and Manny Francois, Dave Jackley, Michael Kilgarriff, Alfred Marks, Gary Miller, Paddy O'Neil, J. Max Russell, Harry Secombe, Marina Svetlova, Stephanie Voss 1958 - 1960");s1[10]=new Array("1960.html","1960.html","","1959 - 1961 Sound Barrier 13th November 1960, Sunday Ballet Club Lyric Theatre, Shaftesbury Avenue, London A ballet about communications, social misfits and an eventual break-through -for the wrong reason. COMPOSER: Peter Rugolo DESIGNER: Barry Kay CASTING: Chesterina Sim Zecha, George Minami A Wish for Jamie (Pantomime) 9th December 1960, Alhambra Theatre, Glasgow DEVISED AND DIRECTED BY Freddie Carpenter BOOK, ADDITIONAL MUSIC AND LYRICS: John Law DESIGNER: Berkeley Sutcliffe MUSICAL NUMBERS ARRANGED BY: Peter Darrell CASTING: Clement Ashby, Mary Benning, Rikki Fulton, Russell Hunter, Fay Lenore, Doris McClure, Kenneth McKellar, Paul & Peta Page, Ethel Scott, Reg Varney, The George Mitchell Singers, The Geraldo Orchestra and dancers of Western Theatre Ballet 1959 - 1961");s1[11]=new Array("1961.html","1961.html","","1960 - 1962 Sound Barrier 13th November 1960, Sunday Ballet Club Lyric Theatre, Shaftesbury Avenue, London A ballet about communications, social misfits and an eventual break-through -for the wrong reason. COMPOSER: Peter Rugolo DESIGNER: Barry Kay CASTING: Chesterina Sim Zecha, George Minami A Wish for Jamie (Pantomime) 9th December 1960, Alhambra Theatre, Glasgow DEVISED AND DIRECTED BY Freddie Carpenter BOOK, ADDITIONAL MUSIC AND LYRICS: John Law DESIGNER: Berkeley Sutcliffe MUSICAL NUMBERS ARRANGED BY Peter Darrell CASTING: Clement Ashby, Mary Benning, Rikki Fulton, Russell Hunter, Fay Lenore, Doris McClure, Kenneth McKellar, Paul & Peta Page, Ethel Scott, Reg Varney, The George Mitchell Singers, The Geraldo Orchestra and dancers of Western Theatre Ballet Ode 15th May 1961, Western Theatre Ballet Civic Theatre, Rotherham Based on the idea of contrasting ways of life and the inner conflict involved in a choice between them. COMPOSER: Igor Stravinsky DESIGNER: Pauline Whitehouse CASTING: David Hepburn, Brenda Last, Max Natiez, Oliver Symons, Sylvia Wellman Five-past-Eight of 1961 (Revue) 17th May 1961, Alhambra Theatre, Glasgow DEVISED AND PRODUCED BY Dick Hurran DECOR: Tod Kingman COSTUMES: Floc MUSICAL NUMBERS ARRANGED BY: Peter Darrell CASTING: John Adams, Eve Boswell, Roy Boutcher, Irene Claire, Brian Jones, Jimmy Logan, Una McLean, John Mulvaney, Helen Norman, Jack Radcliffe, The Bluebell Girls, The Four Fellers and The George Mitchell Singers and the Geraldo Orchestra under the direction of Michael Steyn Salade 4th September 1961, Western Theatre Ballet Empire Theatre, Edinburgh Part of a Triple Bill (together with Le Renard and Seven Deadly Sins) commissioned by the Edinburgh International Festival. COMPOSER: Darius Milhaud DESIGNER: Barry Kay TEXT: Albert Flament, translated by Rollo H. Meyer CASTING: Peter Cazalet, Gail Donaldson, Dennis Griffith, Yvonne Joseph, Brenda Last, Victor Maynard, Hazel Merry, Laverne Meyer, Gilda Proudley, Erling Sunde, Oliver Symons, Sylvia Wellman. Aladdin (Pantomime) December 1961, Empire Theatre, Glasgow For this production Peter Darrell devised and produced the Vision of the Highlands Ballet. MUSIC AND LYRICS: Cole Porter DESIGNER: Loudon Sainthill CHOREOGRAPHY: Robert Helpmann BOOK BY: John Law DIRECTOR: Eleanor Fazan CASTING: Johnny Beattie, Jessie Carron, William Dickie, Gerald Fallon, Jimmy Fletcher, Claire Francis, David Henderson-Tate, Soo-Bee Lee, Duncan Macrae, Eric V. Marsh, Brian Moorehead, Mark Wynter DANCERS: Anne Heaton with Gail Donaldson, Dennis Griffith, Yvonne Joseph, Brenda Last, Victor Maynard, Laverne Meyer, Max Natiez, Gilda Proudley, Clover Roope, Erling Sunde, Sylvia Wellman, Brian Willis 1960 - 1962");s1[12]=new Array("1962.html","1962.html","","1961 - 1963 A Wedding Present 19th 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 3rd 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) 24th 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");s1[13]=new Array("1963.html","1963.html","","1962 - 1964 Jeux 7th 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 8th 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 18th December 1963, Western Theatre Ballet Prince Charles Theatre, London COMPOSER: Gabriel Fauré DESIGNER: Alix Stone CASTING: Gail Donaldson, Simon Mottram Mods and Rockers '63 18th 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");s1[14]=new Array("1964.html","1964.html","","1963 - 1965 Houseparty 7th June 1964 Commissioned work for BBC Television A virtually stepless drama of manners and motives, it brought the idea of Nijinska's ballet right up to the moment concerning, as it did, behaviour and morals typical of the early 60's. Time: late afternoon Sunday until dawn Monday. COMPOSER: Francis Poulenc (Les Biches) SCENARIO: John Hopkins and Peter Darrell DESIGNER: Marilyn Taylor and Jarvis CASTING: Peter Cazalet, Bronwen Curry, Gail Donaldson, Robin Haig, Suzanne Hywel, Gale Law, Elaine McDonald, Victor Maynard, Hazel Merry, Laverne Meyer, Simon Mottram, Oliver Symons, Robert Verbrugge, Sylvia Wellman Lysistrata 9th June 1964, Western Theatre Ballet Theatre Royal, Bath. A Bath Festival Production The story of Women's Lib through the ages from the Greeks to the Crusades, the Puritans, the Suffragettes, today and even beyond. COMPOSER: John Dankworth (commissioned score) SCENARIO AND LYRICS: Benny Green DESIGNER: André François GUEST ARTIST: Cleo Laine CASTING: Sean Bartley, Peter Butler, Peter Cazalet, Bronwen Curry, Robin Haig, Suzanne Hywel, Gale Law, Angela Leigh, Elaine McDonald, Simon Mottram, Deirdre O'Donohoe, Graham Smith, Robert Verbrugge 1963 - 1965");s1[15]=new Array("1965.html","1965.html","","1963 - 1965 Houseparty 7th June 1964 Commissioned work for BBC Television A virtually stepless drama of manners and motives, it brought the idea of Nijinska's ballet right up to the moment concerning, as it did, behaviour and morals typical of the early 60's. Time: late afternoon Sunday until dawn Monday. COMPOSER: Francis Poulenc (Les Biches) SCENARIO: John Hopkins and Peter Darrell DESIGNER: Marilyn Taylor and Jarvis CASTING: Peter Cazalet, Bronwen Curry, Gail Donaldson, Robin Haig, Suzanne Hywel, Gale Law, Elaine McDonald, Victor Maynard, Hazel Merry, Laverne Meyer, Simon Mottram, Oliver Symons, Robert Verbrugge, Sylvia Wellman Lysistrata 9th June 1964, Western Theatre Ballet Theatre Royal, Bath. A Bath Festival Production The story of Women's Lib through the ages from the Greeks to the Crusades, the Puritans, the Suffragettes, today and even beyond. COMPOSER: John Dankworth (commissioned score) SCENARIO AND LYRICS: Benny Green DESIGNER: André François GUEST ARTIST: Cleo Laine CASTING: Sean Bartley, Peter Butler, Peter Cazalet, Bronwen Curry, Robin Haig, Suzanne Hywel, Gale Law, Angela Leigh, Elaine McDonald, Simon Mottram, Deirdre O'Donohoe, Graham Smith, Robert Verbrugge 1963 - 1965");s1[16]=new Array("1966.html","1966.html","","1965 - 1967 Lessons in Love 26th February 1966, Zurich Ballet State Opera House, Zurich COMPOSER: Aaron Copland (Music for the Theatre and Danzon Cubano) DESIGNER: Max Rothlisberger CASTING: Colette Cerf, Verena Fluhrer, Bernd Ganter, Sybille Kaess, Ryta Keller, Susan Kiefer, Barry McGrath, Alun Rhys, Ben de Rochemont, Stefan Schuller, Carlos Serrano, Mirja Tervamaa and dancers of Zurich Ballet Sun into Darkness 13th April 1966, Western Theatre Ballet Sadler's Wells Theatre, London The action takes place in a Cornish village in autumn on the eve of its yearly carnival. Violent in places, sombre, orgiastic, strident, pulsating, powerful and towards the end claustrophobic. This was the first British three-act ballet on a contemporary theme since the war, and Peter Darrell's first three-act ballet. COMPOSER: Malcolm Williamson (commissioned score) COMMISSIONED SCENARIO: David Rudkin DESIGNER: Harry Waistnage CONSULTANT DIRECTOR: Colin Graham LIGHTING: Charles Bristow CASTING: Peter Cazalet, Elaine McDonald, Laverne Meyer, Gary Sherwood, Donna-Day Washington with Brian Burn, Alan Cunliffe, Robin Haig, Harry Haythorne, Suzanne Hywel, David Jones, Robert Verbrugge and dancers of Western Theatre Ballet and Sadler's Wells Opera Ballet Gloriana (Opera) 21st October 1966, Sadler's Wells Opera Sadler's Wells Theatre, London COMPOSER: Benjamin Britten LIBRETTO: William Plomer DECOR: Colin Graham COSTUMES: Alix Stone CONDUCTOR: Mario Bernardi DIRECTOR: Colin Graham LIGHTING: Charles Bristow CASTING: Wendy Baldwin, David Bowman, John Cameron, Shirley Chapman, Charles Draper, Ailene Fischer, Sylvia Fisher, Don Garrard, Neville Griffiths, Donald Mclntyre, David Morton-Gray, Eric Stannard, Jennifer Vyvyan, John Wakefield. DANCERS: Terry John Bates, Caroline Douglas, Norman Milne and dancers of Sadler's Wells Opera Ballet Cinderella (Pantomime) December 1966, Alhambra Theatre, Glasgow DEVISED AND DIRECTED BY: Freddie Carpenter DESIGNER: Berkeley Sutcliffe MUSICAL NUMBERS ARRANGED BY: Peter Darrell LIGHTING: Michael Northern CASTING: Stanley Baxter, Ronnie Corbett, Lonnie Donegan, Kahnan Glass, Paula Hendrix, Lynn Kennington, O'Keefe Brothers, William Redmond, Jackie Sands, Graham Squire, Louisa Vaughan DANCERS: Arlette van Boven, Tony Hulbert with Christina Avery, Elisabeth Carn, Ann Calver, Anne Denne, Helen Garton, Geraldina McCarthy, Janis Macintosh, Elizabeth Milligan, April Nicholson, Ann Nugent, Ann Oakman, Margaret O'Rorke, Diana Page, Lucy Pearson, Gillian Reed, Frances Scott Samson and Delilah (Opera) 1966, Sadler's Wells Opera Sadler's Wells Theatre, London COMPOSER: Camille Saint-Saëns DESIGNER: Ralph Koltai CONDUCTOR: John Matheson CASTING: Robert Bickerstaff, Ronald Dowd, Anne Howard and dancers of Sadler's Wells Opera Ballet 1965 - 1967");s1[17]=new Array("1967.html","1967.html","","1966 - 1968 Francesca 2nd February 1967, Western Theatre Ballet Sadler's Wells Theatre, London COMPOSER: Albert Roussel (Petite Suite for Orchestra) DESIGNER: Peter Cazalet CASTING: Robin Haig, Suzanne Hywel, Simon Mottram and dancers of Western Theatre Ballet Orpheus and Eurydice (Opera) 4th October 1967, Sadler's Wells Theatre, London Joint production of Western Theatre Ballet and Sadler's Wells Opera COMPOSER: Christoph Willibald von Gluck DESIGNER: Jocelyn Herbert CONDUCTOR: Bryan Balkwill DIRECTOR: Glen Byam-Shaw LIGHTING: Charles Bristow CASTING: Margaret Curphey, Patricia Kern, Margaret Neville, Alexander Young and dancers of Western Theatre Ballet and Sadler's Wells Opera Ballet 1966 - 1968");s1[18]=new Array("1968.html","1968.html","","1967 - 1969 Ephemeron 12th February 1968, Sadler's Wells Opera Ballet St Alban's Ballet Club. 28th April 1968, Western Theatre Ballet. Akademie der Kunste, Berlin A man's rememberance of things past as he moves through a landscape of frozen figures. COMPOSER: Darius Milhaud DESIGNER: Peter Darrell (Sadler's Wells Opera Ballet); Peter Docherty (Western Theatre Ballet) CASTING: Terry John Bates, Donald McLennan, Juliet Tooby and dancers of Sadler's Wells Opera Ballet, Peter Cazalet, Elaine McDonald, Kenn Wells and dancers of Western Theatre Ballet Carmina Burana / Catulli Carmina (Opera) 21st May 1968, Deutsch Oper, Berlin COMPOSER: Carl Orff DESIGNER: Teo Otto DIRECTOR: Gustav Rudolf Sellner When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth 1968, Hammer Horror Film 1967 - 1969");s1[19]=new Array("1969.html","1969.html","","1968 - 1970 Beauty and the Beast 19th November 1969, Scottish Theatre Ballet Sadler's Wells Theatre, London Peter Darrell chose to use the old French version of this fairy tale, but the search for truth has as much urgency today as when it was written by Madame de Villeneuve. COMPOSER: Thea Musgrave (commissioned score) SCENARIO AND PRODUCTION: Colin Graham DESIGNER: Peter Minshall CASTING: Donna-Day Washington, Tatsuo Sakai with Brian Bum, Susan Carlton, Sean Cunningham, Bronwen Curry, Caroline Douglas, Robin Haig, Harry Haythorne, Terence James, Ashley Killar, Harold King, Elaine McDonald, Deirdre O'Donohoe, Gernot Petzold, Domy Reiter, Patricia Rianne, Marian St Claire, James Supervia, Juliet Tooby, Kenn Wells 1968 - 1970");s1[20]=new Array("1970.html","1970.html","","1969 - 1971 La Vida 7th May 1970, London Festival Ballet Gran Teatro de Liceo, Barcelona COMPOSER: Daniel Auber (Overture - The Bronze Horse ) CASTING: Alain Dubreuil, Dagmar Kessler, Margot Miklosy (Dubreuil replacing John Gilpin for whom the role was created) Herodias 13th July 1970, Scottish Theatre Ballet Sadler's Wells Theatre, London In the ballet the aged Herodias meditates on her past life and re-lives the events by which she has achieved power. Peter Darrell introduced the human voice into his Herodias with the dancers speaking Mallarme's poem. The role of Salome was always performed by a male dancer. COMPOSER: Paul Hindemith (Herodiade) POEM: Herodiade -: Stephane Mallarme DESIGNER: Peter Docherty PRODUCTION CONSULTANT: Vincent Guy CASTING: Gordon Aitken, Brian Burn, Nicholas Carroll, Caroline Douglas, Terence James, Elaine McDonald, Paul Rayner, Patricia Rianne, Kenn Wells 1969 - 1971");s1[21]=new Array("1971.html","1971.html","","1970 - 1972 Four Portraits 1st February 1971, Scottish Theatre Ballet McLaren High School, Callander This ballet was inspired by Agnes Varda 's film Le Bonheur. Bernard falls in love with Philip's wife Charlotte. His wife, Esme, is found drowned - was it suicide or an accident? COMPOSER: Serge Prokofiev DESIGNER: Peter Docherty CASTING: Brian Burn, Peter Connell, Hilary Debden, Elaine McDonald Giselle 30th March 1971, Scottish Theatre Ballet His Majesty's Theatre, Aberdeen Darrell directed an unusually logical treatment of the drama and adapted the traditional choreography to fit a score that excluded all the added passages not by Adam. The dramatic qualities were intensified by setting it against a background of medieval superstition. COMPOSER: Adolphe Adam, arranged by Humphrey Searle SCENARIO: Theophile Gautier, Vernoy de Saint Georges, Jean Coralli CHOREOGRAPHY: Jean Coralli and Jules Perrot, reproduced by Joyce Graeme PRODUCTION: Peter Darrell DESIGNER: Peter Cazalet LIGHTING: John B Read GUEST ARTIST: Joyce Graeme CASTING: Elaine McDonald, Brian Burn, Patricia Rianne with Gordon Aitken, Michael Beare, Sally Collard-Gentle, Hilary Debden, Caroline Douglas, Terence James, Ashley Killar and dancers of Scottish Theatre Ballet Garden Party 22nd June 1971, Coliseum Theatre, London Part of a Charity Gala to raise funds to prevent a Titian painting from being sold overseas COMPOSER: J S Bach, chosen by Diaghilev, Benois and Nijinsky in 1913, orchestrated by Richard Stoker. Dame Margot Fonteyn's solo played by Christopher Hogwood on a mother-of-pearl harpsichord. The ballet was preceded by an introduction in the form of a Magic Lantern Show. SCENARIO: Richard Buckle DECOR: Andy Warhol COSTUMES: Richard Buckle CASTING: Margot Fonteyn and Christine Aitken, Graham Bart, Kama Dev, Shirley Grahame, Hugh Halliday, Terry Hayworth, Sally Inkin, Donald Kirkpatrick, Jeanetta Lawrence, Peter O'Brien, Andre Prokovsky, Galina Samsova, Wayne Sleep, Helen Starr Othello 17th November 1971, New London Ballet. Trieste; 16th September 1976, The Scottish Ballet; 19th June 1978, Irish National Ballet; 1978 Malmö Ballet; 1982 Athens; 7th October 1985, London City Ballet; 1990 Cisne Negro Compania de Dança, Brazil; 23rd March 1993, NAPAC, Durban Darrell has taken Shakespeare's classic tragedy and conceived a powerful and dramatic one-act ballet. COMPOSER: Franz Liszt (A Faust Symphony: 1st Movement) DESIGNER: Peter Farmer (New London Ballet, The Scottish Ballet); Patrick Murray (Irish National Ballet) Abelado Gonzales (Malmö Ballet); Peter Cazalet (NAPAC); DECOR: Murilo Sola, COSTUMES: Murilo Sola, Arlene Leao (Cisne Negro Compania de Danca) CASTING: Galina Samsova, Andre Prokovsky with John Fletcher, Jorge Salavisa, Helen Starr (New London Ballet); Andrea Durant, Graham Bart with Simon Laing, Patricia Merrin, Nigel Spencer (The Scottish Ballet) 1970 - 1972");s1[22]=new Array("1972.html","1972.html","","1971 - 1973 The Tales of Hoffmann 6th April 1972, Scottish Theatre Ballet King's Theatre, Edinburgh; 2nd April 1988 restaged Theatre Royal, Glasgow; 12th July 1973, American Ballet Theatre, New York (with Jonas Kage as Hoffmann and Cynthia Gregory as all three heroines); 5th October 1981, Ballet of the National Theatre, Belgrade; 29th October 1981, Ballet of the National Theatre, Prague; 20th October 1983, The Australian Ballet, Melbourne; 1988 Asami Maki Company, Tokyo; 1991 Hong Kong Ballet Adapted from Offenbach's popular opera, the tales which span Hoffmann's life from youth to old age tell of his four loves: for a life-like doll, a ballerina, an alluring courtesan and an opera singer. COMPOSER: Jacques Offenbach, arranged by John Lanchbery SCENARIO: Peter Darrell from stories by ETA Hoffmann. DESIGNER: Alistair Livingstone (Scottish Theatre Ballet, Australian Ballet and Asami Maki Company, Tokyo); Peter Docherty (American Ballet Theatre); DECOR: Petar Pasic; COSTUMES: Tatjana Brilej (Ballet of the National Theatre, Belgrade); Svoboda (Ballet of the National Theatre, Prague); Peter Farmer (Hong Kong Ballet and Scottish Ballet 1998) LIGHTING: John B. Read CASTING: Gordon Aitken, Peter Cazalet, Hilary Debden, Elaine McDonald, Patricia Rianne, Marian St Claire with Anne Allan, Michael Beare, Nicholas Carroll, Sally Collard-Gentle, Harold King, Anna McCartney, Amanda Olivier, Gernot Petzold, Hugh Rathbone, Paul Rayner, Bruce Steivel, Keri Stewart and dancers of Scottish Theatre Ballet Variations for a Door and a Sigh 28th June 1972, Scottish Theatre Ballet Close Theatre Club, Glasgow This work explored the realms of sexual behaviour and the conflicts of personal commitment. COMPOSER: Pierre Henry (Sound Collage) DESIGNER: Amanda Colin CASTING: Sally Collard-Gentle, Kit Lethby, Amanda Olivier, Ruth Prior, Paul Rayner The Nutcracker - Act II The Kingdom of Sweets 26th September 1972, Scottish Theatre Ballet Theatre Royal, York COMPOSER: Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, arranged by Leonard Salzedo CHOREOGRAPHER: Lev Ivanov/Peter Darrell DESIGNER: Philip Prowse CASTING: Hilary Debden, Cristian Addams with Anne Allan, Sally Collard-Gentle, Gwendoline Edmonds, Beryl Hicks, Harold King, Kit Lethby, Elaine McDonald, Ruth Prior, Hugh Rathbone, Patricia Rianne, Jorge Salavisa, Keri Stewart, Anthony West and dancers of Scottish Theatre Ballet 1971 - 1973");s1[23]=new Array("1973.html","1973.html","","1972 - 1974 Scorpius 7th January 1973, Scottish Theatre Ballet King's Theatre, Glasgow Created for Fanfare for Europe A forceful duet based on the astrological proposition that those born under the sign of Scorpio make dangerous partners for each other. COMPOSER: Thea Musgrave - Commissioned score (Chamber Concerto No 1 for Nine Instruments) CASTING: Patricia Rianne, Brian Burn La Péri 9th January 1973, London Festival Ballet Royal Festival Hall, London. Created for Fanfare for Europe; 1986, Asami Maki Company, Tokyo Based on a Persian folk tale. La Péri tells the story of Iskander who resting during a journey sees a magic lotus, the flower of immortality, which unknown to him is guarded by a magic creature, La Péri. He steals it - La Péri reappears as a woman and, bewitched by her, Iskander returns the flower. COMPOSER: Paul Dukas DESIGNER: John Fraser CASTING: Galina Samsova, André Prokovsky with Anthony Forsey, Kenneth McCombie, Kenneth Whitmore, Geoffrey Wynne In Nightly Revels 1973, Jacob's Pillow Festival, Lee, Massachusetts, USA COMPOSER: Johann Sebastian Bach Solo for Margot Fonteyn The Nutcracker 19th December 1973, Scottish Theatre Ballet Royal Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh; 1987 Hong Kong Ballet After a sumptuous Christmas party, little Clara falls asleep and dreams that she helps the Nutcracker Prince to defeat an army of giant mice. She is rewarded by a visit to the Land of Snow and the Realm of the Sugar Plum Fairy. COMPOSER: Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky SCENARIO: after Marius Petipa CHOREOGRAPHY: Lev Ivanov/Peter Darrell DESIGNER: Philip Prowse (Scottish Theatre Ballet); John Fraser (Hong Kong Ballet 1990 and 1995) LIGHTING: John B. Read CASTING: Anna-Marie Holmes, David Holmes, Patricia Rianne with Linda Aiming, Sarah Beck, Alexander Bennett, Kenneth Burke, Brian Burn, James Cowie, Philip Crowther, Gwendoline Edmonds, Sally Collard-Gentle, Gavin Dorrian, Julie Haydn, Harry Haythorne, Beryl Hicks, Michael Ho, Richard Holland, Chua Kah Joo, Simon Laing, Kit Lethby, Anna McCartney, Eleanor Moore, Barry McGrath, Ruth Prior, Keri Stewart, Lesley Stewart, Dianne Storer, Anthony West. CHILDREN: Students from the Academy of Ballet; The Madame Ada School of Dancing; The Manor School of Ballet; The Theatre School of Dance and Drama, Edinburgh 1972 - 1974");s1[24]=new Array("1974.html","1974.html","","1973 - 1975 Apsaras 29th January 1974, Irish National Ballet Opera House, Cork A romantic pas de deux with oriental embellishments. COMPOSER: Jules Massenet (from Le Roi de Lahore) DESIGNER: Patrick Murray JEWELLERY: Alun Rhys-Jones CASTING: Helen Starr, Richard Rowe Caritas 31st January 1974, The Scottish Ballet Movable Workshop. Dunfermline College of Education, Dunfermline An exploration of love and lust COMPOSER: Cat Stevens DESIGNER: Joyce Mellish CASTING: Peter Allan, Gary Cobb, Lynda Colston, Fionna McPhee Grand Pas Gitane 28th May 1974, Irish National Ballet. Abbey Theatre, Dublin; 16th August 1974, Scottish Theatre Ballet, Gala Performance, Ochtertyre Theatre, Crieff A showpiece of classical bravura in which flamboyance is taken to the brink of satire. COMPOSERS: Camille Saint-Saëns and Romualdo Marenko DESIGNER: Patrick Murray (Irish National Ballet); Gordon Garforth (Scottish Theatre Ballet) CASTING: Anna Donovan, Charles Flanders (Irish National Ballet); Marian St Claire, Michael Beare (Scottish Theatre Ballet) Alceste (Opera) 19th August 1974, Scottish Opera King's Theatre, Edinburgh Part of the Edinburgh International Festival COMPOSER: Christoph Willibald von Gluck DESIGNER: John Stoddart DIRECTOR: Anthony Besch LIGHTING: Charles Bristow CASTING: Stacey Almond, Enid Bannatyne, Peter van der Bilt, Gerald Blakely, Delme Bryn-Jones, Richard Evans, David Fieldsend, Arthur Jackson, Jamie Neill, Jason Smith, Robert Tear, Julia Varady, Norman White DANCERS: Gillian Bird, Brian Burn, James Cowie, Gwendoline Edmonds, Richard Holland, Sam McManus, Georgette Marcel, Eleanor Moore, Jeanette Newell, Keri Stewart, Mark Storey Monologue 20th August 1974, The Scottish Ballet Nework 74 at STV's Gateway Studios, Edinburgh This performance did not take place due to cast injuries COMPOSER: Darius Milhaud (Elegy for Cello and Piano) DESIGNER: Peter Docherty CASTING: Dianne Richards, Paul Tyers Aimee 1974, New London Ballet Commissioned work for Granada Television COMPOSER: Leoš Jánaček DESIGNER: Peter Docherty 1973 - 1975");s1[25]=new Array("1975.html","1975.html","","1974 - 1976 Biedermeier Dances January 1975, Irish National Ballet Opera House, Cork COMPOSERS: Ludwig van Beethoven, Franz Schubert and Joseph Palmer DESIGNER: Patrick Murray CASTING: Jonathan Aitken, Wendy Albrow, Terry John Bates, Monica Johanneson, Kay McLoughlin, Stephanie Murphy O Caritas 3rd February 1975, The Scottish Ballet. Ballet for Scotland Tour, Duns; 12th May 1975, The Scottish Ballet, Kings Theatre, Glasgow (Gala); 1977/78 West Australian Ballet; 1993 NAPAC, Durban Developed from Caritas first performed by The Scottish Ballet Movable Workshop in 1974, this moving ballet expresses the senselessness of violence in human affairs. MUSIC AND LYRICS: Andrea Toumazi, Jeremy Taylor, Cat Stevens DESIGNERS: Peter Darrell and Peter Cazalet PHOTOGRAPHY: George Wilkie CASTING: Robin Haig, Paul Tyers with Georgette Marcel, Wayne Stewarte (Ballet for Scotland); Robin Haig, Paul Tyers with Beryl Hicks, Kit Lethby (The Scottish Ballet Gala) Songs Without Words 15th June 1975, Scottish Ballet Scholars. Couper Institute, Glasgow; 1975 Voyage (Songs without Words) The Scottish Ballet A series of dances with an emotional undertone devised to show the potential of the more advanced students. It was later performed by The Scottish Ballet with Guest Artist Anna-Mane Holmes. COMPOSER: Felix Mendelssohn PIANIST: Donald Runnicles CASTING: Paul Tyers with Scottish Ballet Scholars Deborah Alison, Jane Blair, Elizabeth Cameron, Deborah Faessler, Natasha Gerson, Elizabeth Harrower, Louise Hellewell, Ann-Marie Lochrie, Marie McElhinney, Rhona McNam, Linda Martin, Judith Osborne, Elizabeth Peden The Scarlet Pastorale 21st October 1975, The Scottish Ballet King's Theatre, Edinburgh Based on an idea from Aubrey Beardsley's Yellow Book, Darrell wrote a remarkable study in decadence. Originally created for Margot Fonteyn in an unusual double role showing her image of purity as a facade for a wicked nature beneath. COMPOSER: Frank Martin (Concerto for Seven Wind Instruments) DESIGNER: Philip Prowse GUEST ARTISTS: Margot Fonteyn, Augustus van Heerden CASTING: Anne Allan, Linda Anning, Roy Campbell-Moore, James Cowie, Gavin Dorrian, Vincent Hantam, Richard Holland, Henry Man, Christopher Mercer, Eleanor Moore, Ruth Prior, Patricia Rianne, Yuji Sato, Dianne Storer, Paul Tyers 1974 - 1976");s1[26]=new Array("1976.html","1976.html","","1975 - 1977 Mary Queen of Scots 3rd March 1976, The Scottish Ballet Theatre Royal, Glasgow COMPOSER: John McCabe (commissioned score) SCENARIO: Noël Goodwin DESIGNER: Peter Docherty LIGHTING: John B. Read CASTING: Elaine McDonald, Graham Bart, Robin Haig with Andrea Durant, Richard Holland, Kit Lethby, Paul Tyers; Gordon Aitken, Anne Allan, James Cowie, Gavin Dorrian, Louise Hellewell, Chua Kah Joo, Simon Laing, Ruth Prior, Yuji Sato, Kenneth Saunders, Nigel Spencer, Dianne Storer and dancers of The Scottish Ballet Carte Blanche 30th September 1976, Phoenix Theatre, London A nude review with contributions by Robert Cohan, Peter Darrell, Rudy de Luca and Barry Levinson, Alistair Elliot, Robin Hughes, Eugene lonesco. Pat McCormick, Robert North, Molly Parkin, The Earl of Rochester, Frantz Salieri, Kenneth Tynan, Paul Verlaine, Keith Waterhouse, Michael Weller and Clifford Williams. MUSIC AND LYRICS: Alan Blaikley, Bob Downes, Ken Howard, Dee Shipman, Roger Webb, Marc Wilkinson DESIGNERS: Farrah and Judith Bland DIRECTOR: Clifford Williams LIGHTING: Andrew Bridge SOUND: David Collinson CASTING: Sue Aldred, Robin Courbet, Fiona Douglas Stewart, Caroline Grenville, Philip Hatton, Rodney Madden, Michael Manning, Natasha Morgan, Sue Rittman, Peter Van De Wouw, Edwin Van Wyk, Jean Warren, Michael Watkins, Josephine Welcome John Curry Theatre of Skating December 1976, Cambridge Theatre, London DECOR: Nadine Baylis MUSICAL DIRECTOR: Grant Hossack "Scenes of Childhood" COMPOSER: Robert Schumann (Kinderscenen Op. 15) PIANO: Grant Hossack COSTUMES: Joe Eula LIGHTING: Keith Edmundson CASTING: John Curry, Lorna Brown, Cathy Foulkes, Jacquie Harbord, Paul McGrath, Paul Toomey, Bill Woehrle "Suite for Sitar" COMPOSER: Grant Hossack CHOREOGRAPHY: Peter Darrell and John Curry COSTUMES: Anthony Dowell SITAR: Alan Sparks CASTING: Lorna Brown, Cathy Foulkes, Jacquie Harbord, Paul McGrath, Paul Toomey, Bill Woehrle 1975 - 1977");s1[27]=new Array("1977.html","1977.html","","1976 - 1978 Swan Lake 23rd March 1977. The Scottish Ballet King's Theatre, Edinburgh; 1981 The Ballet of the Sarajevo Opera House, Yugoslavia In this production Siegfried is seen as an opium-smoking Prince who searches after an impossible love and is tragically deceived. COMPOSER: Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky CHOREOGRAPHY: Marius Petipa, Lev Ivanov, Peter Darrell ORIGINAL CHOREOGRAPHY REPRODUCED BY: Sheila Humphreys PRODUCTION: Peter Darrell DESIGNER: Peter Cazalet LIGHTING: John B Read CASTING: Elaine McDonald, Paul Tyers, Graham Bart with Gordon Aitken, Linda Aiming, Jane Ball, Kenneth Burke, Vincent Hantam, Sheila Humphreys, Kit Lethby, Christopher Long, Anna McCartney, Patricia Merrin, Eleanor Moore, Jeanette Newell, Noriko Ohara, Ruth Prior, Patricia Rianne, Wendy Roe, Robert Ryan, Yuji Sato, Dianne Storer, Anastasio Vitoros and dancers of The Scottish Ballet Intaglio 1st July 1977, Scottish Ballet Scholars Couper Institute, Glasgow COMPOSER: Jacques Offenbach DESIGNER: Norman McDowell CASTING: Paul Tyers with Scottish Ballet Scholars Elaine Bryce, Jacqueline Hammersley, Gillian Hendry, Maureen Laughlin, Paulene Laverty, Jacqueline Lewis, Shelagh Lonergan, Leslie Miller, Jacqueline Moor, Georgette Robb, Alison Service, Linsey Stewart, Jacqueline Taylor, Jacqueline Thomson Mary Queen of Scots (Opera) 6th September 1977, Scottish Opera King's Theatre, Edinburgh Part of The Edinburgh International Festival Opera in three Acts, based on the play by Amalia Elguera. COMPOSER: Thea Musgrave DECOR: Robin Don and Colin Graham COSTUMES: Alex Reid DIRECTOR: Colin Graham LIGHTING: Charles Bristow and Victor Lockwood CASTING: Barbara Bames, Una Buchanan, lan Comboy, Stafford Dean, Gregory Dempsey, Jake Gardner, David Hillman, William McCue, Linda Ormiston, John Robertson, Eryl Royle, Catherine Wilson Greensong 1977, The Scottish Ballet. Cumbernauld COMPOSER: Francis Poulenc (Piano Concerto: 2nd Movement) CASTING: Patricia Merrin, Paul Tyers Chairs 1977, West Australian Ballet Dedicated to Robin Haig and the West Australian Ballet Company. MUSIC: Tommaso Albinoni CASTING: Robin Haig, Keith Ditto 1976 - 1978");s1[28]=new Array("1978.html","1978.html","","1977 - 1979 The Bartered Bride (Opera) 8th February 1978, Scottish Opera Theatre Royal, Glasgow COMPOSER: Bedrich Smetana LIBRETTIST: Karel Sabina TRANSLATION: Leonard Hancock / David Pountney DECOR: Sue Blane COSTUMES: Maria Bjornson DIRECTOR: David Pountney CASTING: Peter Bodenham, Una Buchanan, Alien Cathcart, Claire Livingstone, William McCue, Donald Maxwell, Alexander Oliver, Linda Ormiston, Vicor Ponce, Sylvia Ponce, Gaetano Rea, Maria Slorach, Norman White DANCERS: Keith Barlow, Roger Bennet, Elaine Bryce, Dinah Carriejones, Philip Crowther, Patricia Goodburn, Virginia Hartley, Jim Hastie, Harry Murray, Judith Osborne, Victoria Wynn Five Rückert Songs 26th September 1978, The Scottish Ballet. Ballet for Scotland Tour by the 'East' Group: Town Hall Falkirk; 'West' Group: 27th September 1978. Denny Civic Theatre, Dumbarton; 1st March 1980, The Scottish Ballet. Theatre Royal, Glasgow. A woman, disenchanted with the glamorous but passing pleasures of her life, finds within herself an inner peace. COMPOSER: Gustav Mahler arranged by Bramwell Tovey (to poems by Friedrich Rückert), DESIGNER: Peter Darrell CASTING: 'East' Group - Sally Collard-Gentle, Peter Mallek with Kenneth Burke, William Bowen, Fiona Dear, Vincent Hantam, Michael Harper, Christopher Long, Linda Packer, Wendy Roe, Nigel Spencer 'West' Group - Eleanor Moore, Paul Tyers with Kit Lethby, Timothy Flynn, Anna McCartney, Judy Mohekey, Elizabeth Peden, Peter Royston, Robert Ryan, Kenneth Saunders, Patrick Wood The Scottish Ballet, 1st March 1980: GUEST ARTIST: Janet Baker, DANCERS: Elaine McDonald, Paul Tyers with Kit Lethby, Timothy Flynn, Anna McCartney, Judy Mohekey, Elizabeth Peden, Peter Royston, Robert Ryan, Kenneth Saunders, Patrick Wood Picnic 12th October 1978, Scottish Ballet Workshop for schools programme Wowza!; 21st May 1987, The Scottish Ballet. Part of the Perth Festival of Arts During an outing a young girl disappears, but the picnic continues. COMPOSER: Francis Poulenc DESIGNER: Bruno Santini CASTING: Roger Bennet, Christopher Blagdon, Hilary dark, Susan Cooper, Erica Knighton (Scottish Ballet Workshop); Paul Bayes-Kitcher, Wendy Dawson, Fiona Dear, Karl Burnett, Catherine Evers (The Scottish Ballet) Economy in Straitjacket but Still Room for Movement 1978 Scottish Ballet Workshop; 21st May 1987 The Scottish Ballet - reworked version as part of the Perth Festival of Arts This challenging ballet takes its title from a financial headline in The Times. A provocative and satirical piece. COMPOSER: Johann Sebastian Bach (Preludes and Fugues from The Welltempered Clavier) DESIGNERS: Peter Darrell and Terry Jacobs (Scottish Ballet Workshop); Peter Darrell and Caro Harkness (The Scottish Ballet) CASTING: Sue Weston with Christopher Blagdon, Susan Cooper, Serge Julian, Greta Mendez, (Scottish Ballet Workshop); Elaine McDonald with Tristan Borrer, Christopher Gillard, Judy Mohekey, Eleanor Moore (The Scottish Ballet) 1977 - 1979");s1[29]=new Array("1979.html","1979.html","","1978 - 1980 Such Sweet Thunder 7th March 1979, The Scottish Ballet Theatre Royal, Glasgow The ballet is built up in layers on the basis of a famous 1957 jazz suite. The musical subject is a selection of Shakespearean characters, which Peter Darrell choreographed with sharp-eyed satire and sparkling wit incorporating some of Ellington 's own comments as a spoken sound-track. COMPOSERS: Duke Ellington / Billy Strayhorn, arranged by Paul Hart CHOREOGRAPHY: Busby Berkeley (assisted by Peter Darrell) GOWNS BY: Adrian (assisted by Bob Ringwood) LIGHTING: Stanley McCandless (recreated by David Hersey) CASTING: Gordon Aitken, Linda Aiming, Kenneth Burke, Roy Campbell-Moore, Sally Collard-Gentle, Linden Currey, Fiona Dear, Andrea Durant, Gwendoline Edmonds, Vincent Hantam, Michael Harper, Michael Hurran, Paulene Laverty, Kit Lethby, Christopher Long, Seonaid MacLeod, Elaine McDonald, Peter Maliek, Patricia Merrin, Eleanor Moore, Noriko Ohara, Wendy Roe, Peter Royston, Paul Russell, Kenneth Saunders, Nigel Spencer, Paul Tyers, Jonathan Williams Tristan and Iseult 18th May 1979, New London Ballet Theatre Royal, York The tragic love story of Tristan and Iseult who having unknowingly taken a love potion are both led to deception and death. COMPOSER: Franz Liszt DESIGNER: Peter Farmer CASTING: Galina Samsova, Alpo Pakarinen with Simon Laing, Peter Locke, Andy Norman, Penelope Wright Orfeo ed Eurydice (Opera) 17th October 1979, Scottish Opera Theatre Royal, Glasgow COMPOSER: Christoph Willibald von Gluck DESIGNER: Ingrid Rosell DIRECTOR: Peter Ebert CASTING: Janet Baker, Margaret Marshall, Marie McLoughlin DANCERS: Christopher Blagdon, Elaine Bryce, Robert Hampton, Louise Hellewell, Paulene Laverty, Elspeth Shaw, Garry Trinder, Jonathan Williams Cinderella 7th December 1979, The Scottish Ballet His Majesty's Theatre, Aberdeen The story goes back to pre-pantomime days where (Cinderella is not the familiar kitchen maid, but rather a gentle and reflective creature, looked down on by her more glamorous and sophisticated step-sisters - whose ugliness lies within their self-centred characters. The period is late 19th century. COMPOSER: Gioacchino Rossini, arranged by Bramwell Tovey (Excerpts from La Cenerentola and other operas, little known ballets and piano music) DESIGNER: John Eraser LIGHTING: John B. Read CASTING: Elaine McDonald, Donald MacLeary, Patrica Merrin, Paul Russell with Gordon Aitken, William Bowen, Sue Carlton-Jones, Sally Collard-Gentle, Kit Lethby, Anna McCartney, Eleanor Moore, Jeanette Newell, Noriko Ohara, Linda Packer, Elizabeth Peden, Wendy Roe, Peter Royston, Kenneth Saunders, Nigel Spencer, Garry Trinder and dancers of The Scottish Ballet Jack in the Box 1979, Old Vic Theatre, London COMPOSER: Eric Satie Solo for Kenneth Burke as part of Maina Gielgud's "Steps Notes and Squeaks". 1978 - 1980");s1[30]=new Array("1980.html","1980.html","","1979 - 1982 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 1979 - 1982");s1[31]=new Array("1982.html","1982.html","","1980 - 1983 Variations on a Rococo Theme 1st February 1982, The Scottish Ballet Theatre Royal, Glasgow COMPOSER: Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (Variations on a Rococo Theme for Cello and Orchestra) DESIGNER: Peter Darrell CASTING: Noriko Ohara, Robert Hampton with Kenn Burke, Fiona Busby, Veronica Butcher, Joachim Chandler, Sally Collard-Gentle, Wendy Dawson, Lloyd Embleton, Vincent Hantam, Christopher Long, Niall McMahon, Sheila Manson, Judy Mohekey, Eleanor Moore, Leslie Morrison, Jeanette Newell, Ruth Prior, Donna Richardson, Peter Royston, Geoffrey West, Jonathan Williams Carriages at Midnight 3rd February 1982, The Scottish Ballet New works. 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