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THE BIRMINGHAM ROYAL BALLET
1945-1947: Sadler's Wells Opera Ballet
1947-1956: Sadler's Wells Theatre Ballet
1956-1976: Touring Company of The Royal Ballet
1976-1990: Sadler's Wells Royal Ballet
1990 on: Birmingham Royal Ballet

1950s

1953 (30 Dec ev.): LES SYLPHIDES, BLOOD WEDDING, BEAUTY AND THE BEAST, FACADE (Sadler's Wells)
Sadler's Wells Theatre Ballet: Annette Page, Kenneth Macmillan, Sara Neil, Margaret Hill, David Poole, Maryon Lane, Gerd Larsen, Doreen Tempest, Peter Wright, Johaar Mosaval, Lana Kassinova, Patricia Miller, Donald Britton; conducted by John Lanchbery
[8pp, 5.6x8.5; cast lists, details of 1953-54 Repertoire, credits etc.; lightly rumpled, minor edge damage else VG] £4

1960s
1960: LA FETE ETRANGE, THE INVITATION, SWEENEY TODD - Royal Ballet on Tour
1960 (1 Dec): LA FETE ETRANGE, THE INVITATION, SWEENEY TODD (Hippodrome, Brighton)
Royal Ballet on Tour: Donald Britton, Anne Heaton, Alexander Bennett, Lynn Seymour, Christopher Gable, Desmond Doyle, Sheila Humphreys
[16pp, 5.6x8.75; 5 photos (incl.3 of Svetlana Beriosova), cast lists etc.] (£4) SOLD

1970s
1971: FACADE, LAS HERMANAS and PINEAPPLE POLL - Royal Ballet on Tour
1971 (Nov): FACADE, LAS HERMANAS and PINEAPPLE POLL (Congress Theatre, Eastbourne)
Royal Ballet on Tour: Margaret Barbieri, Paul Clarke, Desmond Kelly, Brenda Last, Merle Park, Kerrison Cooke, Patricia Ruanne, Doreen Wells
[16pp, 5.5x8.25; synopses, photos, company lists etc.; light marks on cover] (£2) SOLD

1976 (Sep-Oct): AUTUMN SEASON 1976 (Sadler's Wells)
Sadler's Wells Royal Ballet: Synopses for CARD GAME, CONCERTO, COPPELIA, LA FILLE MAL GARDEE, THE FOUR TEMPERAMENTS, GROSSE FUGE, LAS HERMANAS, THE LADY AND THE FOOL, LULU, PRODIGAL SON, RASHOMON, RAYMONDA Act Three, LES RENDEZVOUS, SUMMERTIDE, THE TWO PIGEONS; featuring David Ashmole, Maina Gielgud, Robert North, Margaret Barbieri, Ronald Emblen, Brenda Last, Lynn Seymour, Marion Tate etc.; biographies of Frederick Ashton, George Balanchine, Jack Carter, John Cranko, Kenneth MacMillan, Hans van Manen, Rudolf Nureyev, Marius Petipa, Lynn Seymour, Peter Wright [44pp, 5.25x9; 6 photos] £3
Sadler's Wells Royal Ballet 1976
1976 (Dec): LA FILLE MAL GARDEE (Congress Theatre, Eastbourne)
Sadler's Wells Royal Ballet: David Ashmole, Margaret Barbieri, Ronald Emblen, Desmond Kelly, Brenda Last, Vyvyan Lorrayne, Carl Myers, Peter O'Brien, Brian Shaw, Lois Strike, Marion Tate, David Bintley [5.5x8.25; synopsis, articles, photo etc.] (£3) SOLD

1977 (26 Apr): Royal Gala Performance - RAYMONDA Act III, THE COURT OF LOVE, CHECKMATE (Sadler's Wells)
Sadler's Wells Royal Ballet: Margaret Barbieri, Desmond Kelly, Stephen Wicks, David Ashmole, Maina Gielgud, Vyvyan Lorraine, Robert Helpmann [36pp, 8.25x11.75; 26 company and staff photos, rehearsal photos, charming photo of Princess Margaret; slightly discoloured, else VG] £4

1978 (4 Oct mat.): RHYME NOR REASON, GISELLE (Sadler's Wells)
Sadler's Wells Royal Ballet: Marion Tait, Alain Dubreuil, David Morse, June Highwood, Christine Aitken, Sherilyn Kennedy [5.5x9, w.cast insert; synopses, company biographies and photos, production photos; VG] £4

1979 (29 May): THE FOUR TEMPERAMENTS, CARD GAME, ELITE SYNCOPATIONS (The Big Top, Jesus Green, Cambridge)
Sadler's Wells Royal Ballet: Vyvyan Lorrayne, Desmond Kelly, Lois Strike, David Ashmole, Alain Dubreuil, June Highwood, Stephen Jefferies, Marion Tait, Stephen Wicks, Brian Bertscher, Kim Reeder [c44pp, 5.5x8.25, w.cast insert; 14 company photos, synopses, 10 production photos, 17 company biographies] £4

1980s

1980 (12 Dec): COPPELIA (Sadler's Wells)
Sadler's Wells Royal Ballet: Marion Tait, David Ashmole, David Bintley [5.5x9, w.cast insert; synopses, company biographies and photos, production photos; VG] £4
Sadler's Wells Royal Ballet 1982
1982 (29 Mch): SWAN LAKE (Congress Theatre, Eastbourne)
Sadler's Wells Royal Ballet: Galina Samsova, David Ashmole, Anita Landa, Desmond Kelly, Roland Price, Stephen Wicks, June Highwood [5.5x8.25, w.cast insert; synopses, 16 photos, biographies] (£4) SOLD
Sadler's Wells Royal Ballet 1985
1985 (6 May): THE SLEEPING BEAUTY (ROH, CvtGdn)
Sadler's Wells Royal Ballet: Desmond Kelly, Anita Landa, Sherilyn Kennedy, Carl Myers, June Highwood, Margaret Barbieri, David Yow, Marion Tate, Stephen Wicks [5.9x9.25, c.56pp; red w.black coat of arms; synopses, articles, photos, biographies] (£4) SOLD

1987 (14 Nov matinee): PARAMOUR, GLORIANA, and PAQUITA (Congress Theatre, Eastbourne)
Sadler's Wells Royal Ballet: Galina Samsova, Joseph Cipolla, Nicola Katrak, Michael O'Hare, Samira Saidi, Nicholas Millington, Russell Maliphant, Stephen Wicks, Marion Tait, Petter Jacobsson, Darcey Bussell [28pp, 6x9.25, w.cast insert and ticket; synopses, 40+ photos, biographies; VG] £4

1990s

1994 (24 Dec): THE NUTCRACKER (London Coliseum) Souvenir Brochure
Birmingham Royal Ballet: Miyako Yoshida, Irek Mukhamedov, Joseph Cipolla, Sandra Madgwick, Desmond Kelly [64pp; w.cast list and ticket tipped in; plus colourful flyer; excellent colour production photographs and designs (120+ photos in all); minor damp damage, else VG; a lovely souvenir] £5

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