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A Wedding Bouquet-8 May 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 John Hollingsworth
Leader Thomas Matthews
Cast
Webster
'Webster was a name that was spoken' 		April Olrich
Peasant Girl Margaret Sear
Peasant Girl Valerie Taylor
Peasant Boy
'They must hurry and get their waggon' 		Douglas Steuart
Peasant Boy
'They must hurry and get their waggon' 		Brian Shaw
Josephine
'She may be wearing a gown newly washed and pressed' 		Greta Hamby
Paul
'Pleasant, vivacious and quarrelsome' 		Gilbert Vernon
John
'An elder brother who regrets the illness of his father' 		Franklin White
Violet
'She may be delightful or not, as it happens' 		Lorna Mossford
Ernest
'May be a victim of himself' 		Ray Powell
Therese
'Will be faintly neat' 		Rosemary Lindsay
Julia
'Is known as forlorn' 		Anne Heaton
Bridegroom
'They all speak as if they expected him not to be charming' 		John Hart
Pépé
(Julia's dog) 'Little dogs resemble little girls' 		Angela Walton
Arthur
'Very well I thank you' 		Leslie Edwards
Guy
'Unknown' 		Alexis Rassine
Guest
'They incline to oblige only when they stare' 		Wendy Winn
Guest
'They incline to oblige only when they stare' 		Mary Drage
Guest
'They incline to oblige only when they stare' 		Jane Shore
Guest
'They incline to oblige only when they stare' 		Pauline Wadsworth
Gendarme
'They make preparations to deal with an exception' 		Peter Clegg
Gendarme
'They make preparations to deal with an exception' 		Henry Legerton
Bride
'Charming! Charming! Charming!' 		Margaret Dale
Bridesmaid
'They may recognise places' 		Jill Gregory
Bridesmaid
'They may recognise places' 		Dorothea Zaymes
Orator Robert Irving
The Covent Garden Orchestra
Durations: Entire work: 9.06-9.35pm
Event: Number 3 in Sadler's Wells Ballet mixed programme 8 May 1951
Information source: Royal Opera House programme for 8 May 1951 (in Royal Opera House Collections)