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Antigone-6 March 1963 Evening

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Ballet: Performance details

Company: The Royal Ballet
Venue: Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
Performance status: Revival
Conductor John Lanchbery
Leader Charles Taylor
Cast
Oedipus
the dying King of Thebes 		Leslie Edwards
Jocasta
his wife, the Queen 		Gerd Larsen
Polynices
one of their children 		David Drew
Etiocles
one of their children 		Rudolf Nureyev
Antigone
one of their children 		Svetlana Beriosova
Creon
brother to the Queen 		Michael Somes
Haemon
his son, and the lover of Antigone 		Donald MacLeary
People of Thebes Artists of The Royal Ballet
The Covent Garden Orchestra
Event: Number 3 in The Royal Ballet mixed programme 6 March 1963
Information source: Royal Opera House programme for 6 March 1963 (in Royal Opera House Collections)