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Adam Zero-10 April 1946 Evening

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Ballet: Performance details

Company: Sadler's Wells Ballet
Venue: Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
Performance status: Original season
Leader Joseph Shadwick
Cast
The Stage Director David Paltenghi
The Choreographer
('Creator and Destroyer') 		June Brae
The Principal Dancer
('Adam Zero') 		Robert Helpmann
The Designer
('His Fate') 		Jean Bedells
The Wardrobe Mistress
('His Fate') 		Julia Farron
The Dresser
('His Fate') 		Palma Nye
The Ballerina
('His first love, wife and mistress') 		June Brae
Understudy
('His son') 		Alexis Rassine
Understudy
('His daughter') 		Gillian Lynne
Character Dancer
('His cat') 		Pauline Clayden
Character Dancer
('His dog') 		Gordon Hamilton
The Mime
('His spiritual adviser') 		Leslie Edwards
The Company
The Covent Garden Orchestra
Notes: The programme gives the names of two conductors (Constant Lambert and Geoffrey Corbett), but it does not say who conducted this performance. The programme does not give the name of the orchestra, but it is most likely to have been The Covent Garden Orchestra.
Event: Number 2 in Sadler's Wells Ballet mixed programme 10 April 1946
Information source: Royal Opera House programme for 10 April 1946 (in Royal Opera House Collections)