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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 (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 (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
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
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