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The Nutcracker-12 March 1968 Evening

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Ballet: Performance details

Company: The Royal Ballet
Venue: Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
Performance status: Original season
Conductor John Lanchbery
Chorus Master Douglas Robinson
Leader Charles Taylor
Cast
Act I scenes 1 and 2
Dr Stahlbaum Leslie Edwards
Frau Stahlbaum Betty Kavanagh
Herr Drosselmeyer Rudolf Nureyev
Clara Merle Park
Fritz
her brother 		Keith Martin
Louisa
her sister 		Ann Jenner
Grandmother Gerd Larsen
Grandfather Stanley Holden
Guests Artists of The Royal Ballet
Children Students of The Royal Ballet School (Lower School)
Act I scene 3
The Prince Rudolf Nureyev
The Nutcracker Wayne Sleep
The Rat King Ronald Plaisted
Marines and Rats Students of The Royal Ballet School (Lower School)
Cavalry Artists of The Royal Ballet
Snowflake Vyvyan Lorrayne
Snowflake Monica Mason
Snowflakes Artists of The Royal Ballet
Act II
Spanish dance Georgina Parkinson
Spanish dance Michael Coleman
Spanish dance Vyvyan Lorrayne
Spanish dance Christine Beckley
Spanish dance Vergie Derman
Spanish dance Petrus Bosman
Spanish dance Peter O'Brien
Spanish dance Frank Freeman
Arab dance Gerd Larsen
Arab dance Alexander Grant
Arab dance Ann Howard
Arab dance Gary Sherwood
Arab dance Marilyn Trounson
Arab dance Rosemary Taylor
Arab dance Bridget Goodricke
Chinese dance Kenneth Mason
Chinese dance Keith Martin
Chinese dance Geoffrey Cauley
Russian dance Jane Robinson
Russian dance Monica Mason
Russian dance Desmond Doyle
Russian dance Ronald Hynd
Russian dance Elaine Thomas
Russian dance Rosalind Eyre
Russian dance Darryl Jaffray
Russian dance Julie Wood
Russian dance Lambert Cox
Russian dance Derek Rencher
Russian dance Petrus Bosman
Russian dance Christopher Newton
Pastorale Carole Hill
Pastorale Lesley Collier
Pastorale Wayne Sleep
Waltz Artists of The Royal Ballet
A section of The Royal Opera Chorus
The Covent Garden Orchestra
Information source: Royal Opera House programme for 12 March 1968 (in Royal Opera House Collections)