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Coppélia-8 September 1951 Evening 7.00pm

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Ballet: Performance details

Company: Sadler's Wells Ballet
Venue: Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
Performance status: Revival
Conductor Robert Irving
Leader Thomas Matthews
Cast
ACT I
Swanilda Moira Shearer
Franz Alexis Rassine
Dr. Coppelius Frederick Ashton
Coppelia Deirdre Dixon
The Burgomaster Alfred Rodrigues
His Wife Mary Drage
Attendant to the Burgomaster's Wife Ann Rodger
Attendant to the Burgomaster's Wife Judy Collins
Child
one of Four Children 		Colin Worth
Child
one of Four Children 		Donald Kilgour
Child
one of Four Children 		Helen Trevor
Child
one of Four Children 		Rosina Gay
Swanilda's Friend Pauline Clayden
Swanilda's Friend Margaret Dale
Swanilda's Friend Rowena Jackson
Swanilda's Friend Rosemary Lindsay
Swanilda's Friend Julia Farron
Swanilda's Friend Christine du Boulay
Swanilda's Friend Jill Gregory
Swanilda's Friend Franklin White
Swanilda's Friend Dorothea Zaymes
Mazurka and Csardas Joan Benesh
Mazurka and Csardas Angela Walton
Mazurka and Csardas Brenda Taylor
Mazurka and Csardas Valerie Taylor
Mazurka and Csardas Diane Forhan
Mazurka and Csardas Catherine Boulton
Mazurka and Csardas Anna Carne
Mazurka and Csardas Jane Shore
Mazurka and Csardas Desmond Doyle
Mazurka and Csardas William Barrett
Mazurka and Csardas Ray Powell
Mazurka and Csardas John Sale
Mazurka and Csardas Peter Clegg
Mazurka and Csardas Douglas Steuart
Mazurka and Csardas Gilbert Vernon
Mazurka and Csardas Henry Legerton
Innkeeper Donald Barclay
ACT II
Swanilda Moira Shearer
Franz Alexis Rassine
Dr. Coppelius Frederick Ashton
Coppelia Deirdre Dixon
Swanilda's Friend Margaret Dale
Swanilda's Friend Pauline Clayden
Swanilda's Friend Rosemary Lindsay
Swanilda's Friend Jill Gregory
Swanilda's Friend Rowena Jackson
Swanilda's Friend Dorothea Zaymes
Chinese Doll Shirley Bateman
Crusader Doll Margaret Watson
Pierrot Doll Joan Blakeney
Astrologer Doll Rosina Gay
Oriental Doll Yvonne English
ACT III
Swanilda Moira Shearer
Franz Alexis Rassine
Dr. Coppelius Frederick Ashton
Duke Alfred Rodrigues
Duchess Jennifer Batt
Father Time Donald Barclay
Dance of the Hours Wendy Winn
Dance of the Hours Mary Drage
Dance of the Hours Greta Hamby
Dance of the Hours Anna Carne
Dance of the Hours Brenda Taylor
Dance of the Hours Jane Shore
Dance of the Hours Catherine Boulton
Dance of the Hours Meriel Evans
Dance of the Hours Valerie Taylor
Dance of the Hours Christine du Boulay
Dance of the Hours Anya Linden
Dance of the Hours Diane Forhan
Aurora Rowena Jackson
Prayer Rosemary Lindsay
Hymen, the betrothal dance Angela Walton
Hymen, the betrothal dance Peter Clegg
Pas de Deux Moira Shearer
Pas de Deux Alexis Rassine
Work Julia Farron
Work Pauline Clayden
Work Anne Heaton
Work Avril Navarre
Variation Alexis Rassine
Variation Alexis Rassine
Finale Nadia Nerina
Finale Dorothea Zaymes
Finale Joan Benesh
Finale June Lesley
Finale Jill Gregory
Peasant Boy Desmond Doyle
Peasant Boy Keith Milland
Peasant Boy Henry Legerton
Peasant Boy John Sale
Peasant Boy William Barrett
Peasant Boy Douglas Steuart
Peasant Boy Paul Reymond
Peasant Boy Gilbert Vernon
The Duke's attendant Colin Worth
The Duke's attendant Donald Kilgour
The Duke's attendant Ann Rodger
The Duke's attendant Judy Collins
The Covent Garden Orchestra
Durations: Act I: 7.04-7.33pm, Act II: 7.53-8.18pm, Act III: 8.40-9.05pm
Information source: Royal Opera House programme for 8 September 1951 (in Royal Opera House Collections)