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Checkmate-1 December 1947 Evening

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Ballet: Performance details

Company: Sadler's Wells Ballet
Venue: Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
Performance status: Revival
Conductor Geoffrey Corbett
Leader Joseph Shadwick
Cast
Love
one of Two Players 		Jean Bedells
Death
one of Two Players 		Franklin White
Red Pawn Margaret Dale
Red Pawn Avril Navarre
Red Pawn Jill Gregory
Red Pawn Anne Negus
Red Pawn Elizabeth Kennedy
Red Pawn Pauline Clayden
Red Pawn Guinevere Parry
Red Pawn Dorothea Zaymes
First Red Knight Alexis Rassine
Second Red Knight John Field
Black Knight Richard Ellis
Black Knight Philip Chatfield
The Black Queen Violetta Elvin
The Red Queen Gerd Larsen
The Red King Gordon Hamilton
Red Bishop Paul Reymond
Red Bishop Henry Legerton
Red Castle John Cranko
Red Castle Stanley Hall
Black Pawn Gillian Lynne
Black Pawn Rosemary Lindsay
Black Pawn Lorna Mossford
Black Pawn Joan Grantham
Black Pawn Jean Stokes
Black Pawn Christine du Boulay
Black Pawn Rowena Jackson
Black Pawn Thekla Russell
Black Castle David Davenport
Black Castle Alfred Rodrique
The Covent Garden Orchestra
Event: Number 1 in Sadler's Wells Ballet mixed programme 1 December 1947
Information source: Royal Opera House programme for 1 December 1947 (in Royal Opera House Collections)