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Cinderella-14 December 1960 Evening

Ballet: Performance details

Company: The Royal Ballet Touring Company
Venue: Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
Performance status: Original season
Conductor Hugo Rignold
Leader Charles Taylor
Cast
ACT I
Cinderella Margot Fonteyn
Cinderella's Step-sister Rosemary Lindsay
Cinderella's Step-sister Meriel Evans
Cinderella's Father Gordon Aitken
The Ragged Fairy Godmother Barbara Remington
A Tailor Terry Westmoreland
Dressmaker Rita Evans
Dressmaker Alfreda Thorogood
The Shoemaker Alan Alder
The Hairdresser Jeffrey Phillips
A Jeweller Adrian Grater
The Dancing Master David Boswell
The Coachman Colin Jones
The Fairy Spring Doreen Wells
Her Page Hilary Debden
Her Page Donna-Day Washington
The Fairy Summer Elizabeth Anderton
Her Page Susan Jones
Her Page Barbara Butler
The Fairy Autumn Audrey Farriss
Her Page Gilliam Thomas
Her Page Janet Hodgkinson
The Fairy Winter Carole Needham
Her Page Jane Terrell
Her Page Kathleen Denley
Lackey Lawrence Beevers
Lackey David Morse
Lackey Keith Martin
Lackey David Long
Star Joan Blakeney
Star Elaine Thomas
Star Denise Thomas
Star Valerie Taylor
Star Jennifer Layland
Star Helen Starr
Star Gillian Orpin
Star Jacqueline Williams
Star Kathleen Geldard
Star Judith Maden
Star Judith Colborne
Star Phyllis Spira
ACT II
Cinderella Margot Fonteyn
The Prince Michael Somes
Cinderella's Step-sister Rosemary Lindsay
Cinderella's Step-sister Meriel Evans
Cinderella's Father Gordon Aitken
Their Suitor Alan Beale
Their Suitor Terry Westmoreland
The Jester Donald Britton
The Prince's Friend Christopher Gable
The Prince's Friend Alexander Bennett
The Prince's Friend Robert Mead
The Prince's Friend Ian Hamilton
A Negro Frances Swan
Courtier Diana Baxendale
Courtier Jean Thomas
Courtier Valerie Deakin
Courtier Elizabeth Chapman
Courtier Myrleen Hedley
Courtier Janet Lewis
Courtier Jane Witchell
Courtier Oriol Bath
Courtier David Jones
Courtier Piers Beaumont
Courtier Gary Sherwood
Courtier Gordon Yeats
Courtier Geoffrey Corser
Courtier David Gale
Courtier Nicholas Benton
Courtier Geoffrey Cauley
The Fairy Spring Doreen Wells
Her Page Hilary Debden
Her Page Donna-Day Washington
The Fairy Summer Elizabeth Anderton
Her Page Susan Jones
Her Page Barbara Butler
The Fairy Autumn Audrey Farriss
Her Page Gilliam Thomas
Her Page Janet Hodgkinson
The Fairy Winter Carole Needham
Her Page Jane Terrell
Her Page Kathleen Denley
Star Joan Blakeney
Star Elaine Thomas
Star Denise Thomas
Star Valerie Taylor
Star Jennifer Layland
Star Helen Starr
Star Gillian Orpin
Star Jacqueline Williams
Star Kathleen Geldard
Star Judith Maden
Star Judith Colborne
Star Phyllis Spira
Guest Regina Nurse
Guest Meredith Kinmont
Guest Denise Le Comte
Guest Susan Turnham
Guest Jane Hammond
Guest Paul Brown
Guest Ashley Killar
Guest Nikolai Costello
ACT III
Cinderella Margot Fonteyn
Cinderella's Step-sister Rosemary Lindsay
Cinderella's Step-sister Meriel Evans
Cinderella's Father Gordon Aitken
Townswoman Rita Evans
Townswoman Alfreda Thorogood
The Dancing Master David Boswell
The Hairdresser Jeffrey Phillips
The Shoemaker Alan Alder
A Jeweller Adrian Grater
A Tailor Terry Westmoreland
The Prince Michael Somes
The Jester Donald Britton
A Negro Frances Swan
Footman Lawrence Beevers
Footman Keith Martin
The Fairy Godmother Barbara Remington
The Fairy Spring Doreen Wells
Her Page Hilary Debden
Her Page Donna-Day Washington
The Fairy Summer Elizabeth Anderton
Her Page Susan Jones
Her Page Barbara Butler
The Fairy Autumn Audrey Farriss
Her Page Gilliam Thomas
Her Page Janet Hodgkinson
The Fairy Winter Carole Needham
Her Page Jane Terrell
Her Page Kathleen Denley
The Prince's Friend Christopher Gable
The Prince's Friend Alexander Bennett
The Prince's Friend Robert Mead
The Prince's Friend Ian Hamilton
Lackey David Morse
Lackey David Long
Star Joan Blakeney
Star Elaine Thomas
Star Denise Thomas
Star Valerie Taylor
Star Jennifer Layland
Star Helen Starr
Star Gillian Orpin
Star Jacqueline Williams
Star Kathleen Geldard
Star Judith Maden
Star Judith Colborne
Star Phyllis Spira
The Covent Garden Orchestra
Information source: Royal Opera House programme for 14 December 1960 (in Royal Opera House Collections)