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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
1954 (4 Dec matinee): LES SYLPHIDES, HARLEQUIN IN APRIL, and CARTE BLANCHE (Sadler's Wells)
Sadler's Wells Theatre Ballet: Annette Page, Maureen Bruce, Miro Zolan, Doreen Tempest, Donald Britton, Pirmin Trecu, Patricia Miller, Peter Wright, David Gill, Johaar Mosaval, Yvonne Cartier, Patrick Hurde, David Shields, Maryon Lane, David Poole; c: John Lanchbery [12pp, 5.6x8.5; repertoire, cast lists, credits; VG] £4
1955 (5 Feb matinee): CARNAVAL, SELIA, and CARTE BLANCHE (Sadler's Wells)
Sadler's Wells Theatre Ballet: Maryon Lane, Donald Britton, Doreen Tempest, Sara Neil, Patricia Miller, David Poole, Andree Howard, Walter Trevor, Dudley Davies, David Shields; c:John Lanchbery [12pp, 5.6x8.5; repertoire, cast lists, credits; VG] £4
1956 (16 June matinee): COPPELIA (Sadler's Wells)
Sadler's Wells Theatre Ballet: Anne Heaton, Donald Britton, Miro Zolan, Margaret Knoesen, Gordon Aitken, Walter Trevor, Donald MacLeary, Edward Miller, Brenda Bolton, Sandra Vane; c:Kenneth Alwyn
[12pp, 5.6x8.5; cast lists, credits, details of 1956 Summer Tour, repertoire list, company and orchestra lists, credits etc.; lightly rumpled, rusty staples, minor edge damage else VG] £4
1960s
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 (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 (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
1981 (11 Sep): LA FILLE MAL GARDEE (Sadler's Wells)
Sadler's Wells Royal Ballet:
David Bintley, Galina Samsova, David Ashmole, Ronald Plaisted, David Morse, Stephen Wicks [44pp, 5.5x8.25, w.cast insert; synopses, 20 cast and production photos, company biographies; light vertical bend, else VG] £4
1982 (11 Mch): LA FILLE MAL GARDEE (Empire Theatre, Liverpool)
Sadler's Wells Royal Ballet: Marion Tait, David Ashmole, David Morse, Ronald Plaisted, Denis Bonner, James Seabrook, Kim Reeder [36pp, 5.75x8.25, w.cast insert; synopses, 14 photos, biographies; ticket stapled to cover; VG] £4
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
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
1999: EDWARD II, THE PROSPECT BEFORE US, THE PROTECTING VEIL, and IN THE UPPER ROOM (Winter/Spring Tour 1999) Souvenir Brochure
Birmingham Royal Ballet: Magnificent large-size Souvenir Brochure for the 1999 Winter/Spring Tour, with features on EDWARD II (8 full-page colour photos, synopsis, commentary), THE PROSPECT BEFORE US (5 full-colour reproductions of the original designs by Roger Furse, synopsis, 7 photos of the original 1940 cast and the 1951 revival, 3 costume designs for the 1998 revival), THE PROTECTING VEIL (6 colour illustrations, commentary), IN THE UPPER ROOM (commentary); articles on David Bintley (w.photo), Ninette de Valois (w.photo), Twyla Tharp (w.large photo), company lists, diary of performances (Sadler's Wells, Birmingham, Liverpool, Manchester, Bristol, Sunderland, Plymouth), company biographies (w. 80+ photos) etc. [76pp, 8.25x11.75; with single-page cast-list insert for the matinee performance of EDWARD II on 4th Feb 1999 at Sadler's Wells, w.Wolfgang Stollwitzer, Sabrina Lenzi, Andrew Murphy, Asier Uriagereka, Alain Dubreuil; very slightly rumpled, else VG] £6