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The Sleeping Beauty-15 October 1977 Evening 7.30pm

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Ballet: Performance details

Company: The Royal Ballet
Venue: Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
Performance status: Original season
Conductor Ashley Lawrence
Leader John Brown
Cast
King Florestan XXIV Anthony Conway
His Queen Rosalind Eyre
Princess Aurora Merle Park
Prince Florimund David Wall
Cattalabutte
Master of Ceremonies 		Leslie Edwards
The Fairy Carabosse Lynn Seymour
The Lilac Fairy Marguerite Porter
PROLOGUE
The Fairy of the Crystal Fountain Hilary Tickner
Her Cavalier Derek Deane
The Fairy of the Enchanted Garden Wendy Ellis
Her Cavalier Stephen Beagley
The Fairy of the Woodland Glades Alfreda Thorogood
Her Cavalier Andrew Moore
The Fairy of the Song Birds Susan Lockwood
Her Cavalier Michael Batchelor
The Fairy of the Golden Vine Laura Connor
Her Cavalier Ross MacGibbon
The Cavalier of The Lilac Fairy Julian Hosking
Gargoyles, Fairy Attendants, Courtiers, Heralds Artists of The Royal Ballet
ACT I
The English Prince David Drew
The Spanish Prince Derek Rencher
The Indian Prince Julian Hosking
The French Prince Derek Deane
Princess Aurora's Friend Belinda Corken
Princess Aurora's Friend Bess Dales
Princess Aurora's Friend Julie Lincoln
Princess Aurora's Friend Susan Lockwood
Princess Aurora's Friend Denise Nunn
Princess Aurora's Friend Hilary Tickner
Princess Aurora's Friend Rosalyn Whitten
Princess Aurora's Friend Anita Young
Knitting Ladies, Village Maidens, Youths, Courtiers Artists of The Royal Ballet
ACT II
The Countess Georgina Parkinson
Gallison
the Prince's aide 		Garry Grant
The Prince's Entourage Artists of The Royal Ballet
Nymphs, Peasants, Hunt Attendants Artists of The Royal Ballet
ACT III
Florestan Stephen Beagley
His Sister Wendy Ellis
His Sister Laura Connor
Puss in Boots Christopher Carr
The White Cat Anita Young
The Blue Bird Lesley Collier
The Blue Bird Michael Coleman
Hop O' My Thumb and His Magic Boots Wayne Sleep
Grand pas de deux Merle Park
Grand pas de deux David Wall
Ivan
one of The Three Ivans 		Graham Fletcher
Ivan
one of The Three Ivans 		Garry Grant
Ivan
one of The Three Ivans 		Andrew Moore
Mazurka and Finale Artists of The Royal Ballet
Red Riding Hood and the Wolf, Beauty and the Beast, Russian Girls, Courtiers Artists of The Royal Ballet
The Orchestra of the Royal Opera House
Durations: Prologue: 7.30-8.01pm, Act I: 8.16-8.44pm, Act II: 8.59-9.35pm, Act III: 9.39-10.18pm
Information source: Royal Opera House programme and stage manager's report for 15 October 1977 (in Royal Opera House Collections)