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Checkmate-24 August 1955 Evening

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Ballet: Performance details

Company: Sadler's Wells Ballet
Venue: Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
Performance status: Revival
Conductor Robert Irving
Leader Charles Taylor
Cast
Love
one of Two Players 		Anya Linden
Death
one of Two Players 		Franklin White
Red Pawn Joan Benesh
Red Pawn Judith Sinclair
Red Pawn Deirdre Dixon
Red Pawn Margaret Mercier
Red Pawn June Lesley
Red Pawn Dorothea Zaymes
Red Pawn Cynthia Mayan
Red Pawn Angela Walton
First Red Knight David Blair
Second Red Knight Desmond Doyle
Black Knight Bryan Ashbridge
Black Knight Ronald Hynd
The Black Queen Beryl Grey
The Red Queen Gerd Larsen
The Red King Leslie Edwards
Red Bishop Keith Milland
Red Bishop John Sale
Red Castle Christopher Newton
Red Castle Ronald Plaisted
Black Pawn Valerie Taylor
Black Pawn Mary Drage
Black Pawn Catherine Boulton
Black Pawn Shirley Grahame
Black Pawn Anne Stringer
Black Pawn Patricia Thorogood
Black Pawn Meriel Evans
Black Pawn Jennifer Gay
Black Castle Arnott Mader
Black Castle Derek Rencher
The Covent Garden Orchestra
Event: Number 2 in Sadler's Wells Ballet mixed programme 24 August 1955
Information source: Royal Opera House programme for 24 August 1955 (in Royal Opera House Collections)