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1931-1940: The Vic-Wells Ballet
1940-Oct 1956: Sadler's Wells Ballet
from Nov 1956: The Royal Ballet
1930s
1931 (22 Sep & 7 Oct): REGATTA First Performance, JOB,
SUITE OF DANCES, SCENE DE BALLET from FAUST, HOMAGE AUX BELLES
VIENNOISES (Old Vic and Sadler's Wells)
Vic-Wells Ballet: Ninette de Valois, Anton Dolin; among
the "Children of God" in JOB was the director Wendy Toye!;
REGATTA choreographed by Frederick Ashton, JOB choreographed by
Ninette de Valois [8pp; 6x9.5; cast lists, synopsis of JOB, various Old
Vic announcements] (£5) SOLD
1931 (7 Oct): JOB, REGATTA, SUITE OF DANCES, SCENE DE
BALLET from FAUST, DANSE ESPAGNOLE, HOMAGE AUX BELLES
VIENNOISES (Sadler's Wells)
Vic-Wells Ballet: Ninette de Valois, Anton Dolin; among
the "Children of God" in JOB was the director Wendy Toye!; JOB
choreographed by Ninette de Valois, REGATTA choreographed by
Frederick Ashton [8pp; 6x9.5; cast lists, synopsis of JOB, various Old
Vic announcements] £5
1932 (27 Nov): CEPHALUS AND PROCRIS, DANSE SACREE ET DANSE
PROFANE, THE SCORPIONS OF YSIT, REGATTA (Sadler's Wells)
Vic-Wells Ballet: Ninette de Valois; all choreographed by de
Valois except REGATTA (choreography by Ashton) [16pp; 7.4x9.75; red
cover; cast lists, information, various Old Vic announcements; staples rusted
and centre page loose, otherwise VVG] £5
1933 (24 Jan): DOUANES, BOLERO, POMONA, THE LORD OF
BURLEIGH (Sadler's Wells)
Vic-Wells Ballet: Ninette de Valois, Anton Dolin; DOUANES
choreographed by de Valois, POMONA and THE LORD OF BURLEIGH both
choreographed by Ashton [16pp; 7.4x9.75; red cover; cast lists,
information, various Old Vic announcements; staples rusted but secure; VVG]
£5
1937 (23 Oct matinee): CARNAVAL, APPARITIONS, CASSE NOISETTE-Act III (Sadler's Wells)
Vic-Wells Ballet: Margot Fonteyn, Robert Helpmann, Frederick Ashton, Elizabeth Miller, Pamela May, Mary Honer, Joy Newton, Harold Turner, Claude Newman, William Chappell, Leslie Edwards, Michael Somes [12pp, 7.4x9.5; cast lists, information, various Old Vic/Sadler's Wells announcements; staples rusted, edge damage on cover, vertical fold, slightly tatty - but uncommon] £3
1938 (26 Feb matinee): COPPELIA, APPARITIONS (Sadler's Wells)
Vic-Wells Ballet: Margot Fonteyn, Robert Helpmann, Mary Honer, Harold Turner, Claude Newman, Joy Newton, William Chappell, Leslie Edwards, Michael Somes, Margaret Bolam [12pp, 7.4x9.5; cast lists, information, various Old Vic/Sadler's Wells announcements; staples rusted and one misplaced, rumpled - uncommon] £3
1939 (7 Jan): THE LORD OF BURLEIGH, CASSE NOISETTE (Sadler's Wells)
Vic-Wells Ballet: June Brae, Pamela May, William Chapell, Michael Somes, Leslie Edwards, Harold Turner, Mary Honer, Jean Bedells, Moyra Fraser [12pp, 7.25x9.5; cast, synopses, credits, forthcoming events, etc.; flimsy, corners curled, but intact] £4
1940s
1942 (1 Apr): THE HAUNTED BALLROOM - de Valois, COMUS -
Helpmann, and CASSE NOISETTE Act II: The Kingdom of Sweets - Ivanoff
(New Theatre)
Sadler's Wells Ballet: Margot Fonteyn, Robert Helpmann,
David Paltenghi, Jean Bedells, Peggy Van Praagh, Beryl Grey, Moyra
Fraser, John Field, Celia Franca, Lorna Mossford, Joy Newton;
orchestra c:Constant Lambert [8pp, 5x3.75; cast lists, synopses, Air
Raid Warning etc.; uncommon] (£4) SOLD
1946 (20 Feb): Covent Garden re-opened by the Sadler's Wells Ballet Company with THE SLEEPING BEAUTY
1948 (25 Feb): COPPELIA, SCENES DE BALLET (Royal Opera House, Covent Garden)
Sadler's Wells Ballet: Pamela May, Alexis Rassine, Robert Helpmann, June Leighton, David Davenport, Leslie Edwards, Beryl Grey, Moira Shearer, Michael Somes, Alexander Grant, Anne Heaton, Nadia Nerina, Alexander Grant, John Cranko, Donald Britton, Gerd Larsen [8pp, 4.75x7.5; synopses, cast lists, credits etc.; rumpled and creased, but intact; uncommon] (£4) SOLD
1948 (19 Jun matinee): THE SLEEPING BEAUTY (Royal Opera House, Covent Garden)
Sadler's Wells Ballet:
Alicia Markova, Anton Dolin, David Davenport, Leslie Edwards, Alexis Rassine, Gillian Lynne, Jean Bedells, Nadia Nerina, Frederick Ashton, Pamela May, Leslie Edwards [8pp, 4.75x7.5; synopses, cast lists, credits etc.; two punch-holes, but uncommon] £4
1949 (16 Mch): LE LAC DES CYGNES Act II, LA BOUTIQUE FANTASQUE, HAMLET (Royal Opera House, Covent Garden)
Sadler's Wells Ballet: Moira Shearer, John Hart, Michael Somes, Alexander Grant, Alexis Rassine, Donald Britton, Leonide Massine, Alexandra Danilova, Robert Helpmann, Nadia Nerina, Gillian Lynne, Gerd Larsen, Anne Heaton, John Cranko, Kenneth MacMillan [12pp, 4.75x7.5; synopses, cast lists, credits etc.; uncommon] £4
1950s
1950 (8 Jul): THE THREE CORNERED HAT, BALLABILE, BALLET IMPERIAL (Royal Opera House, Covent Garden)
Sadler's Wells Ballet: Harold Turner, Palma Nye, John Hart, Mary Drage, Franklin White, Leslie Edwards, Kenneth MacMillan, Gillian Lynne, Peter Clegg, Violetta Elvin, Alexander Grant, Anne Negus, Philip Chatfield, Margot Fonteyn, Michael Somes, Beryl Grey [12pp, 4.75x7.5; cast lists, credits etc.] (£4) SOLD
1951 (18 Jul): THE RAKE'S PROGRESS, SYMPHONIC VARIATIONS, TIRESIAS (Royal Opera House, Covent Garden)
Sadler's Wells Ballet: Margot Fonteyn, Alexander Grant, Leslie Edwards, Gerd Larsen, Pauline Clayden, Moira Shearer, Michael Somes, Nadia Nerina, Brian Shaw, Rosemary Lindsay, John Hart, Margaret Dale, Anne Heaton, Desmond Doyle, Kenneth MacMillan, Gilbert Vernon, Peter Clegg, Alfred Rodrigues [16pp, 4.75x7.5; cast list, credits etc.] £4
1951 (8 Dec): COPPELIA (Royal Opera House, Covent Garden)
Sadler's Wells Ballet: Nadia Nerina, Leslie Edwards,
Gilbert Vernon, Deidre Dixon, Alexander Grant, Peter Clegg, Alfred
Rodrigues [20pp, 4.75x7.5; cast list, credits etc.] £3
1952 (24 Sep): SYLVIA (Royal Opera House, Covent Garden)
Sadler's Wells Ballet: Margot Fonteyn, Michael Somes, John Hart, Alexander Grant, Peter Clegg, Desmond Doyle, Ronald Hynd, Leslie Edwards, Svetlana Beriosova [16pp, 4.75x7.5; cast list, credits etc.] £3
1954 (31 Mch): COPPELIA (Royal Opera House, Covent Garden)
Sadler's Wells Ballet: Rosemary Lindsay, Desmond Doyle, Franklin White, Harold Turner, Leslie Edwards, Donald MacLeary, Merle Park (sic), Derek Rencher [20pp, 4.75x7.5; cast lists, synopsis, credits etc.] £4
1955 (26 Feb. matinee): LES SYLPHIDES, THE FIREBIRD, and BALLET IMPERIAL (Royal Opera House, Covent Garden)
Sadler's Wells Ballet: Beryl Grey, Gerd Larsen, Margot Fonteyn, Michael Somes, Svetlana Beriosova, Frederick Ashton, Valerie Taylor, Deidre Dixon, Doreen Wells, Merle Park, Peter Clegg, Derek Rencher, Ronald Plaisted, Ronald Hynd, Leslie Edwards, David Blair; conducted by Robert Irving [24pp, 4.75x7.5; cast lists, synopsis, company list, credits etc.; minor edge damage, else VG] £4
1956 (4th Sept): LES SYLPHIDES, THE MIRACULOUS MANDARIN (London Premiere), and THE LADY AND THE FOOL (Royal Opera House, Covent Garden)
Sadler's Wells Ballet: Svetlana Beriosova, Ronald Hynd, Michael Somes, Elaine Fifield, Beryl Gray, Leslie Edwards, David Blair, Desmond Doyle [4pp, on heavy paper; large size - 8.5x12.5; corner bite, else VG] (£4) SOLD
and Sadler's Wells Ballet became
The Royal Ballet
1958 (3 Jul): LES SYLPHIDES, THE BURROW, A BLUE ROSE, PINEAPPLE POLL (Royal Opera House, Covent Garden)
Royal Ballet: Susan Alexander, Anne Heaton, Donald MacLeary, Margaret Lee, Lynn Seymour, Donald Britton, Christopher Gable, Edward Miller, Audrey Farriss [20pp, 4.8x7.2; cast list, credits etc.] £4
1958 (29 Aug): THE PRINCE OF THE PAGODAS (Royal Opera House, Covent Garden)
Royal Ballet: Pirmin Trecu, Ray Powell, Leslie Edwards, Monica Mason, Deirdre Dixon, Desmond Doyle, Derek Rencher, Peter Clegg, Gary Burne, Julia Farron, Svetlana Beriosova, David Blair, Antoinette Sibley, Annette Page, Doreen Wells, Vyvyan Lorrayne, Graham Usher, Merle Park [20pp, 4.8x7.2; cast list, company list, credits etc.; light vertical crease, else VG] £4
1958 (11 Nov): ONDINE (Royal Opera House, Covent Garden)
Royal Ballet: Margot Fonteyn, Michael Somes, Julia Farron, Alexander Grant, Leslie Edwards, Monica Mason, Deirdre Dixon, Vyvyan Lorrayne, Deanne Bergsma, Desmond Doyle, Ronald Hynd, Gary Burne, Derek Rencher, Peter Clegg, Merle Park, Doreen Wells, Antoinette Sibley, Graham Usher; conducted by Hans Werner Henze [28pp, 4.8x7.2; cast list, synopsis, company list, credits etc.] £4
1959 (11 June): THE SHADOW - Von Dohnanyi, SYMPHONIC VARIATIONS - Franck, DAPHNIS AND CHLOE - Ravel (Royal Opera House, Covent Garden)
Royal Ballet: Philip Chatfield, Svetlana Beriosova, Derek Rencher, Merle Park, Margot Fonteyn, Michael Somes, Alexander Grant, Desmond Doyle [24pp, 4.8x7.2; cast list, credits, synopsis, company list etc.; with ticket; VG] £4
1959 (10 Sep): ONDINE - Henze (Royal Opera House, Covent Garden)
Royal Ballet: Margot Fonteyn, Michael Somes, Alexander Grant, Leslie Edwards, Monica Mason [24pp, 4.8x7.2; cast list, credits, synopsis, company list etc.; with ticket; VG] £4
1959 (9 Dec): ANTIGONE, SYMPHONIC VARIATIONS, DAPHNIS AND CHLOE (Royal Opera House, Covent Garden)
Royal Ballet: Leslie Edwards, Svetlana Beriosova, Julia Farron, David Blair, Gary Burne, Donald MacLeary, Margot Fonteyn, Michael Somes, Rosemary Lindsay, Brian Shaw, Annette Page, Pirmin Trecu, Ronald Hynd, Alexander Grant, Merle Park, Doreen Wells, Antoinette Sibley, Monica Mason, Vyvyan Lorrayne, Peter Clegg, Derek Rencher [28pp, 4.8x7.2; cast list, credits, synopses, company list etc.; VG] £4
1960s
1960 (28 Jan): LA FILLE MAL GARDEE, FACADE (Royal Opera House, Covent Garden) First Performance Souvenir
Royal Ballet: Nadia Nerina, David Blair, Leslie Edwards, Alexander Grant, Vyvyan Lorrayne, Monica Mason, Deanne Bergsma, Derek Rencher, Doreen Wells, Merle Park, Peter Clegg; 'La Fille Mal Gardee' choreographed by Frederick Ashton, designed by Osbert Lancaster [4pp, on heavy paper; large size - 8.5x12.5; slight corner crease, else VG] £4
1960 (23 Feb): LE LAC DES CYGNES (Royal Opera House, Covent Garden)
Royal Ballet: Anya Linden, David Blair, Leslie Edwards, Derek Rencher, Doreen Wells, Merle Park, Monica Mason, Gerd Larson, Deanne Bergsma [32pp, 4.8x7.2; cast list, credits, historical note, synopsis etc.; with ticket; VG] £4
1961 (23 Feb): LA FETE ETRANGE, LES DEUX PIGEONS (ROH, Covent Garden)
Royal Ballet: Richard Farley, Anne Heaton, Alexander Bennett, Christopher Gable, Lynn Seymour, Shirley Bishop, Elizabeth Anderton, Robert Mead, Johaar Mosaval [28pp, 4.8x7.2; cast list, credits, synopsis, company list etc.; VG] £4
1961 (19 Oct): LA FILLE MAL GARDEE (ROH, Covent Garden)
Royal Ballet: Nadia Nerina, David Blair, Leslie Edwards, Alexander Grant, Stanley Holden, Monica Mason, Deanne Bergsma, Derek Rencher, David Drew, Anthony Dowell [7.25x6.9 red&white; cast list, credits, notes, synopsis, company lists etc.; date on cover, else VG] £4
1961 (16 Dec matinee): LA FILLE MAL GARDEE - Ashton (ROH, Covent Garden)
Royal Ballet: Nadia Nerina, David Blair, Leslie Edwards, Alexander Grant, Stanley Holden, Monica Mason, Deanne Bergsma, Derek Rencher, David Drew, Anthony Dowell [7.25x6.9 red&white; cast list, credits, notes, synopsis, designs etc.] £4
1962 (31 Mch matinee): LE LAC DES CYGNES (ROH, Covent Garden)
Royal Ballet: Doreen Wells, Christopher Gable, Kenneth Barlow, Derek Rencher, Deanne Bergsma, Monica Mason, Anthony Dowell, David Drew [7.25x6.9 red&white; cast list, credits, notes, synopsis, company lists etc.] £4
1962 (14 Jun): LES PATINEURS, SYMPHONIC VARIATIONS, DON QUIXOTE Pas de deux, THE FIREBIRD (ROH, Covent Garden)
Royal Ballet: Rudolf Nureyev, Sonia Arova, Michael Somes, Merle Park, Anthony Dowell, David Drew, Lynn Seymour, Derek Rencher, Deanne Bergsma, Anya Linden, David Blair, Antoinette Sibley, Brian Shaw, Georgina Parkinson, Graham Usher [7.25x6.9 red&white; cast list, credits, notes, synopses, company lists etc.; minor mark on cover, else VG] £5
1962 (25 Jun): LE LAC DES CYGNES (ROH, Covent Garden)
Royal Ballet: Rudolf Nureyev, Sonia Arova, Gerd Larsen, Derek Rencher, David Jones, Antoinette Sibley, Lynn Seymour, Anthony Dowell, David Drew, Alexander Grant [7.25x6.9 red&white; cast list, credits, notes, synopsis, company lists etc.; VG] £4
1962 (15 Dec matinee): LES SYLPHIDES, THE GOOD HUMOURED LADIES and BIRTHDAY OFFERING (ROH, Covent Garden)
Royal Ballet: Nadia Nerina, Patricia Ruanne, Merle Park, Annette Page, Deanne Bergsma, Antoinette Sibley, Ronald Hynd, David Drew, Alexander Grant, Svetlana Beriosova, Monica Mason, Desmond Doyle [7.25x6.9 red&white; cast list, credits, notes, synopsis, company lists etc.] £4
1963 (26 Feb): DIVERSIONS, GISELLE (ROH, Covent Garden)
Royal Ballet: Margot Fonteyn, Rudolf Nureyev, Leslie Edwards, David Drew, Donald MacLeary, Graham Usher, Deanne Bergsma, Derek Rencher, Gerd Larsen, Pamela May, Antoinette Sibley [7.25x6.9 red&white; cast list, credits, notes, synopses, company lists etc.; very lightly rumpled, minor marks, else VVG] £5
1964 (21 Mch matinee): DIVERTISSEMENT from NAPOLI, PAS DE DEUX, THE TWO PIGEONS (ROH, Covent Garden)
Royal Ballet: Antoinette Sibley, Merle Park, Graham Usher, Violette Verdy, David Blair, Alexander Grant, Monica Mason, David Drew, Anthony Dowell [32pp, 7.25x6.9 red&white; cast lists, credits, notes, synopsis, company lists etc.] £4
1965 (8 Feb): LES PATINEURS, LES BICHES, SERENADE (ROH, Covent Garden)
Royal Ballet: David Drew, Graham Usher, Vyvyan Lorrayne, Derek Rencher, Monica Mason, David Blair, Georgina Parkinson, Deanne Bergsma, Jennifer Penney, Keith Rosson [7.25x6.9 red&white; cast list, credits, notes, synopses, company lists etc.; VG] £4
1965 (20 Mch): SCENES DE BALLET, IMAGES OF LOVE, MARGUERITE AND ARMAND (ROH, Covent Garden)
Royal Ballet: Margot Fonteyn (as Marguerite) and Rudolf Nureyev (as Armand), Antoinette Sibley, Brian Shaw, Keith Robson, Robert Mead, David Drew, Anthony Dowell, Jennifer Penney, Svetlana Beriosova, Donald MacLeary, Deanne Bergsma, Monica Mason, Carole Needham, Lynn Seymour, Christopher Gable, Desmond Doyle, Derek Rencher, Michael Somes, Leslie Edwards, conductor: Emanuel Young [28pp, 7.25x6.9 red&white; cast list, credits, notes, company lists etc.; VG] £4
1965 (25 Nov): GISELLE (ROH, Covent Garden)
Royal Ballet: Svetlana Beriosova, Donald MacLeary, Leslie Edwards, David Drew, Gerd Larsen, Derek Rencher, Vyvyan Lorrayne, Antoinette Sibley, Jennifer Penney, Deanne Bergsma, Monica Mason [7.25x6.9 red&white; cast lists, credits, notes, synopsis, company lists etc.; w.ticket stapled to cover] £4
1966 (15 Jan): CINDERELLA (ROH, Covent Garden)
Royal Ballet: Margot Fonteyn, David Blair, Frederick Ashton, Robert Helpmann, Leslie Edwards, Annette Page, Antoinette Sibley, Vyvyan Lorrayne, Merle Park, Deanne Bergsma, Alexander Grant, David Drew, Derek Rencher, Wayne Sleep [20pp, 7.25x6.9 red&white; cast lists, credits, notes, synopsis, company lists etc.] £4
1966 (3 Mch): GISELLE (ROH, Covent Garden)
Royal Ballet: Margot Fonteyn, Rudolf Nureyev, Leslie Edwards, David Drew, Jennifer Penney [24pp, 7.25x6.9 red&white; cast lists, credits, notes, synopsis, company lists etc.] £5
1966 (10 Mch): Divertissement from NAPOLI, Pas de deux from FLOWER FESTIVAL AT GENZANO, MONOTONES, CARD GAME, BRANDENBURG No.2 & 4 (ROH, Covent Garden)
Royal Ballet: Anthony Dowell, Merle Park, Antoinette Sibley, Anthony Coleman, Annette Page, Monica Mason, Donald MacLeary, David Drew, Lynn Seymour, Derek Rencher, Deanne Bergsma, Brian Shaw, Georgina Parkinson, Graham Usher, Vyvyan Lorrayne, Robert Mead [7.25x6.9 red&white; cast list, credits, notes, synopses, company lists etc.; VG] £4
1966 (12 Mch): ROMEO AND JULIET (ROH, Covent Garden)
Royal Ballet: Margot Fonteyn, Rudolf Nureyev, David Drew, Desmond Doyle, Anthony Dowell, Derek Rencher, Michael Somes, Leslie Edwards, Vyvyan Lorrayne, Jennifer Penney, Monica Mason, Deanne Bergsma [28pp, 7.25x6.9 red&white; cast lists, credits, notes, synopsis, company lists etc.] £5
1966 (16 Mch): SWAN LAKE (ROH, Covent Garden)
Royal Ballet: Margot Fonteyn, Rudolf Nureyev, Keith Rosson, Leslie Edwards, Deanne Bergsma, Vyvyan Lorrayne, Monica Mason, David Drew, Merle Park, Antoinette Sibley, Graham Usher, Alexander Grant, Anthony Dowell [28pp, 7.25x6.9 red&white; cast lists, credits, notes, synopsis, company lists etc.] £5
1966 (26 Mch matinee): LA FILLE MAL GARDEE (ROH, Covent Garden)
Royal Ballet: Merle Park, David Drew, Graham Usher, Laurence Ruffell, Keith Milland, Wayne Sleep, Lesley Collier [24pp, 7.25x6.9 red&white; cast lists, credits, notes, synopsis, company lists etc.; slightly rumpled, else VG] £3
1966 (9 Apr): CINDERELLA (ROH, Covent Garden)
Royal Ballet: Margot Fonteyn, Donald MacLeary, Frederick Ashton, Robert Helpmann, Leslie Edwards, Annette Page, Antoinette Sibley, Vyvyan Lorrayne, Merle Park, Deanne Bergsma, Alexander Grant, Graham Usher, Anthony Dowell, David Drew, Derek Rencher, Wayne Sleep [28pp, 7.25x6.9 red&white; cast lists, credits, notes, synopsis, company lists etc.; w.ticket stapled to cover] £4
1966 (13 May): THE SLEEPING BEAUTY (ROH, Covent Garden)
Royal Ballet: Svetlana Beriosova, Donald MacLeary, Derek Rencher, Alexander Grant, Deanne Bergsma, Jennifer Penney, David Drew, Monica Mason, Desmond Doyle, Lesley Collier, Laurence Ruffell, David Morse, Wayne Sleep [24pp, 7.25x6.9 red&white; cast lists, credits, notes, synopsis, company lists etc.; slightly rumpled, else VG] £4
1966 (21 Nov): PETRUSHKA, APOLLO and THE RITE OF SPRING (ROH, Covent Garden)
Royal Ballet: Jennifer Penney, Alexander Grant, Leslie Edwards, David Drew, Derek Rencher, Robert Mead, Georgina Parkinson, Monica Mason, Deanne Bergsma, Lesley Collier, Wayne Sleep, Vyvyan Lorrayne [7.25x6.9 red; cast lists, credits, notes, synopsis, company lists etc.; w.ticket stapled to cover and two newsclippings] £4
1967 (30 Jan): BRANDENBURG NOS.2 & 4, SHADOWPLAY and LA BAYADERE (ROH, Covent Garden)
Royal Ballet: Deanne Bergsma, Vyvyan Lorrayne, Jennifer Penney, Monica Mason, Robert Mead, Graham Usher, David Drew, Anthony Dowell, Derek Rencher, Merle Park, Donald MacLeary, Lesley Collier [7.25x6.9 red; cast lists, credits, notes, synopsis, company lists etc.; w.ticket stapled to cover] £4
1967 (23 Apr): CINDERELLA (Metropolitan Opera House, New York)
Royal Ballet: Svetlana Beriosova, Donald MacLeary, Frederick Ashton, Robert Helpmann, Leslie Edwards, Georgina Parkinson, Jennifer Penney, Vyvyan Lorrayne, Merle Park, Deanne Bergsma, Alexander Grant, Michael Coleman, Robert Mead, David Drew, Ian Hamilton, Derek Rencher, Wayne Sleep; conducted by Emanuel Young [60pp, 8x11; cast list, synopsis, company lists, credits, various articles, extensive illustrated article by Irving Kolodin about the company's first appearance in America in October 1949; slightly rumpled, minor marks, else VG] £6
1967 (21 May): ROMEO AND JULIET (Metropolitan Opera House, New York)
Royal Ballet: Margot Fonteyn, Rudolf Nureyev, David Blair, Ronald Hynd, Anthony Dowell, Derek Rencher, Michael Somes, Georgina Parkinson, Leslie Edwards, Vyvyan Lorrayne, Gerd Larsen, Christopher Newton, Betty Kavanagh, Ann Jenner, Jennifer Penney, Lesley Collier, Monica Mason, Deanne Bergsma, Rosalind Eyre, Ian Hamilton, Michael Coleman; conducted by John Lanchbery [52pp, 8x11; cast list, synopsis, company lists, credits, various articles, extensive illustrated article by Irving Kolodin about the company's first appearance in America in October 1949; slightly rumpled, minor marks, else VG] £6
1967 (29 Jul): SWAN LAKE (ROH, Covent Garden)
Royal Ballet: Doreen Wells, David Wall, David Gordon, Ronald Emblen, Margaret Barbieri, Patricia Ruanne, Paul Clarke, Sheron Koshley [7.25x6.9 red; cast lists, credits, notes, synopsis, company lists etc.; ] £4
1967 (16 Nov): LES PATINEURS, SYMPHONIC VARIATIONS and PERSEPHONE (ROH, Covent Garden)
Royal Ballet: David Drew, Vyvyan Lorrayne, Derek Rencher, Merle Park, Donald MacLeary, Graham Usher, Jennifer Penney, Svetlana Beriosova, Alexander Grant, Deanne Bergsma, Monica Mason [5.25x9 red w.black coat of arms; cast lists, credits, notes, company lists etc.; w.20pp booklet containing Rollo Myers' translation of Andre Gide's 'Persephone'] £4
1967 (9 Dec): LA FILLE MAL GARDEE (ROH, Covent Garden)
Royal Ballet: Brenda Last, Graham Usher, Leslie Edwards, Alexander Grant, Wayne Sleep, Lesley Collier, Jennifer Penney [5.25x9 red w.black coat of arms; cast lists, credits, notes, company lists etc.; minor marks, rumpled, else VG] £2
1968 (17 Jan): THE DREAM, JAZZ CALENDAR, LA BAYADERE (ROH, Covent Garden)
Royal Ballet: Merle Parke, Rudolf Nureyev, Jennifer Penney, Anthony Dowell, Wayne Sleep, David Drew, Derek Rencher, Lesley Collier, Monica Mason, Deanne Bergsma, Ria Peri, Robert Mead, Svetlana Beriosova, Alexander Grant, Desmond Doyle, Marilyn Trounsor [5.25x9 red w.black coat of arms; cast lists, credits, notes, company lists etc.; slightly rumpled, else VG] £4
1969 (27 Mch): RAYMONDA Act III, OLYMPIAD and PELLEAS ET MELISANDE (ROH, Covent Garden)
Royal Ballet: Svetlana Beriosova, Donald MacLeary, Merle Park, Antoinette Sibley, Deanne Bergsma, Desmond Doyle, Monica Mason, Keith Rosson, Robert Mead, David Drew, Rudolf Nureyev, Margot Fonteyn [5.25x9 red w.black coat of arms; cast lists, credits, notes, synopses, designs, company lists etc.; slightly rumpled] £4
1970s
1970 (23 Apr): THE DREAM, and JOB (ROH, Covent Garden)
Royal Ballet: Doreen Wells, Nicholas Johnson, Johar Mosaval, Ronald Emblen, Stephen Jefferies, Vicki Karras, Margaret Barbieri, Hendrik Davel, Adrian Grater, Jean Bedells, Kerrison Cooke, Brian Bertscher, Paul Clarke [5.25x9 red w.black coat of arms; cast lists, credits, notes, company lists etc.; VG] £4
1970 (23 Nov): THE DREAM, THE CREATURES OF PROMETHEUS (ROH, Covent Garden)
Royal Ballet: Antoinette Sibley, Robert Mead, Alexander Grant, Darryl Jaffray, Margerite Porter, David Drew, Derek Rencher, Lesley Collier, Hendrik Davel, David Wall, Doreen Wells, Wayne Sleep, Graham Fletcher, Brenda Last [5.25x9 red w.black coat of arms; cast lists, credits, notes, company lists etc.; slight vertical bend, else VG] £4
1971 (13 Mch matinee): LES BICHES, SYMPHONIC VARIATIONS, THE INVITATION (ROH, Covent Garden)
Royal Ballet: Michael Coleman, David Ashmole, Wayne Eagling, Laura Connor, Patrica Ruanne, Lesley Collier, Antoinette Sibley, Anthony Dowell, Jennifer Penney, Marilyn Trounson, Graham Fletcher, Gerd Larsen, David Blair, Ronald Emblen, Derek Rencher [c28pp; 5.25x9 red w.black coat of arms; cast lists, synopses, photos, designs, articles, credits, company lists etc.; VG] £4
1971 (20 Mch matinee): SWAN LAKE (ROH, Covent Garden)
Royal Ballet: Deanne Bergsma, Keith Rosson, David Adams, Ronald Emblen, Lesley Collier, Patricia Ruanne, David Ashmole, Wayne Eagling, Leslie Edwards [c28pp; 5.25x9 red w.black coat of arms; cast lists, synopsis, photos, designs, articles, credits, company lists etc.; VG] £4
1971 (19 Jun matinee): ROMEO AND JULIET (ROH, Covent Garden)
Royal Ballet: Antoinette Sibley, Anthony Dowell, Michael Coleman, David Drew, Wayne Eagling, Derek Rencher, Michael Somes, Leslie Edwards, Wayne Sleep [c28pp; 5.25x9 red w.black coat of arms; cast lists, synopsis, photos, designs, articles, credits, company lists etc.; VG] £4
1971 (22 Jul): ANASTASIA First Performance (ROH, Covent Garden)
Royal Ballet: Lynn Seymour, Derek Rencher, Svetlana Beriosova, Jennifer Penney, Lesley Collier, Leslie Edwards, Anthony Dowell, David Wall, Michael Coleman, David Ashmole, Wayne Eagling, Graham Fletcher, Antoinette Sibley [c28pp; 5.25x9 red w.black coat of arms; cast lists, synopsis, photos, designs, articles, credits, company lists etc.; VG] £4
1971 (9 Oct): ANASTASIA (ROH, Covent Garden)
Royal Ballet: Lynn Seymour, Derek Rencher, Svetlana Beriosova, Jennifer Penney, Lesley Collier, Leslie Edwards, Anthony Dowell, David Wall, Michael Coleman, David Ashmole, Wayne Eagling, Peter O'Brien, Merle Park [c28pp; 5.25x9 red w.black coat of arms; cast lists, synopsis, photos, designs, articles, credits, company lists etc.; VG] £4
1971 (11 Dec matinee): LA FILLE MAL GARDEE (ROH, Covent Garden)
Royal Ballet: Ann Jenner, David Blair, Adrian Grater, Brian Shaw, Garry Grant [c28pp; 5.25x9 red w.black coat of arms; cast lists, synopsis, photos, designs, articles, credits, company lists etc.; minor damp damage] £2
1972 (29 Jan matinee): GISELLE (ROH, Covent Garden)
Royal Ballet: Diana Vere (for Doreen Wells), Desmond Kelly, David Drew, Ann Jenner, Lesley Collier, Ronald Plaisted [32pp; 5.25x9 red w.black coat of arms; cast lists, synopses, photos, designs, articles, credits, company lists etc.; substitute slip stapled inside] £4
1972 (12 Feb): ROMEO AND JULIET (ROH, Covent Garden)
Royal Ballet: Margot Fonteyn, Rudolf Nureyev, Michael Coleman, Desmond Doyle, Derek Rencher, Michael Somes, Leslie Edwards, Deanne Bergsma, Wayne Sleep, Wayne Eagling [32pp; 5.25x9 red w.black coat of arms; cast lists, synopses, photos, designs, articles, credits, company lists etc.] £5
1972 (26 Feb matinee): GISELLE (ROH, Covent Garden)
Royal Ballet: Merle Park, Rudolf Nureyev, Adrian Grater, Sandra Conley, Lesley Collier, David Drew [32pp; 5.25x9 red w.black coat of arms; cast lists, synopses, photos, designs, articles, credits, company lists etc.] £5
1972 (24 Jun matinee): LA FILLE MAL GARDEE (ROH, Covent Garden)
Royal Ballet School: Jennifer Jackson, Robert Huguenin, Denis Bonner, Ronald Emblen, Derek Purnell, Peter Lewis, Jeremy MacDonald, Graham Lustig, Ivor Howard, Kenneth Martin, Hanspeter Harlacher, Mark Silver, Stephen Moore, Michael Coleman etc. [32pp; 5.25x9 red w.black coat of arms; cast lists, synopsis, photos, designs, articles, credits, company lists etc.; w.separate 12-page booklet - "Royal Ballet School 1931-72" w.extensive list of graduates with their achievements, staff lists, history of the Ballet School etc.; both minor marks, else VG] £5
1972 (25 Jul): ROMEO AND JULIET (ROH, Covent Garden)
Royal Ballet: Merle Park, Desmond Kelly, Gary Sherwood, David Drew, David Ashmole, Derek Rencher, Michael Somes, Leslie Edwards, Romayne Grigorova [28pp; 5.25x9 red w.black coat of arms; cast list, synopsis, photos, designs, articles, credits, company lists etc.] £4
1972 (28 Sep): GROSSE FUGUE, LAS HERMANAS, PINEAPPLE POLL (ROH, Covent Garden)
Royal Ballet: Patricia Ruanne, Carl Myers, Margaret Barbieri, Kerrison Cooke, Paul Clarke, Stephen Jefferies, Rashna Homji, Brenda Last, Barry McGrath, Johaar Mosaval, Deirdre O'Conaire, Hazel Merry [36pp; 5.25x9 red w.black coat of arms; cast lists, synopses, photos, designs, articles, credits, company lists etc.] £4
1972 (10 Oct): THE FIREBIRD, THE RITE OF SPRING, LES NOCES (ROH, Covent Garden)
Royal Ballet: Antoinette Sibley, David Wall, Deanne Bergsma, Lesley Collier, Wayne Sleep, David Drew, David Ashmole, Vergie Derman, Derek Rencher, Romayne Grigorova, Leslie Edwards [40pp; 5.25x9 red w.black coat of arms; photos and designs, articles etc.; slightly rumpled, else VG] £4
1972 (12 Oct): THE FIREBIRD, THE RITE OF SPRING, LES NOCES (ROH, Covent Garden)
Royal Ballet: Antoinette Sibley, David Wall, Deanne Bergsma, Lesley Collier, Wayne Sleep, David Drew, David Ashmole, Vergie Derman, Derek Rencher, Romayne Grigorova, Leslie Edwards [40pp; 5.25x9 red w.black coat of arms; cast lists, synopses, photos, designs, articles, credits, company lists etc.] £4
1972 (13 Oct): THE FIREBIRD, THE RITE OF SPRING, LES NOCES (ROH, Covent Garden)
Royal Ballet: Ann Jenner, Desmond Kelly, Georgina Parkinson, Lesley Collier, Wayne Sleep, David Drew, David Ashmole, Vergie Derman, Deanne Bergsma, Derek Rencher, Romayne Grigorova, Leslie Edwards [40pp; 5.25x9 red w.black coat of arms; cast lists, synopses, photos, designs, articles, credits, company lists etc.] £4
1972 (21 Oct matinee): THE FIREBIRD, AFTERNOON OF A FAUN, DANCES AT A GATHERING (ROH, Covent Garden)
Royal Ballet: Ann Jenner, David Drew, Georgina Parkinson, Petrus Bosman, Lesley Collier, Vergie Derman, Antoinette Sibley, Anthony Dowell, Lynn Seymour, Alfreda Thorogood, David Ashmole, Michael Coleman, Wayne Eagling, David Wall [38pp; 5.25x9 red w.black coat of arms; cast lists, synopses, photos, designs, articles, credits, company lists etc.] £4
1972 (26 Oct): LES RENDEZVOUS, IN A SUMMER GARDEN, THE GRAND TOUR (Sadler's Wells)
Royal Ballet: Patricia Ruanne, Desmond Kelly, Johaar Mosaval, Marguerite Porter, David Morse, Brian Bertscher, Vyvyan Lorrayne, Barry McGrath, Rashna Homji, Graham Bart, Jeanetta Laurence [18pp, 5.25x9; cast lists, 2 photos, article, credits etc.] £3
1972 (11 Nov matinee): THE FIREBIRD, AFTERNOON OF A FAUN, DANCES AT A GATHERING (ROH, Covent Garden)
Royal Ballet: Deanne Bergsma, Donald MacLeary, Svetlana Beriosova, Petrus Bosman, Lesley Collier, Vergie Derman, Antoinette Sibley, Anthony Dowell, Lynn Seymour, Alfreda Thorogood, David Ashmole, Michael Coleman, Wayne Eagling, David Wall [40pp; 5.25x9 red w.black coat of arms; cast lists, synopses, photos, designs, articles, credits, company lists etc.] £4
1972 (25 Nov matinee): SYMPHONIC VARIATIONS, GISELLE (ROH, Covent Garden)
Royal Ballet: Merle Park, Donald MacLeary, Anne Jenner, Gary Sherwood, Jennifer Penney, Michael Coleman, Antoinette Sibley, Desmond Kelly (for Anthony Dowell), Deanne Bergsma, Lesley Collier [40pp; 5.25x9 red w.black coat of arms; cast lists, synopses, photos, designs, articles, credits, company lists etc.; cast alteration marked in] £4
1972 (2 Dec matinee): THE FIREBIRD, AFTERNOON OF A FAUN, RAYMONDA Act III (ROH, Covent Garden)
Royal Ballet: Antoinette Sibley, David Wall, Svetlana Beriosova, Adrian Grater, Lesley Collier, Jennifer Penney, Michael Coleman, Donald MacLeary, David Drew, Wayne Eagling, David Ashmole, Ann Jenner [40pp; 5.25x9 red w.black coat of arms; cast lists, synopses, photos, designs, articles, credits, company lists etc.] £4
1972 (23 Dec): CINDERELLA (ROH, Covent Garden)
Royal Ballet: Ann Jenner, David Wall, Frederick Ashton, Robert Helpmann, Leslie Edwards, Ria Peri, Graham Fletcher, Lesley Collier, Wayne Sleep, David Ashmole, Wayne Eagling, Davis Drew, Gary Sherwood, Derek Rencher [36pp; 5.25x9 red w.black coat of arms; cast lists, synopses, photos, designs, articles, credits, company lists etc.] £4
1973 (6 Jan): THE DREAM, AFTERNOON OF A FAUN, DANCES AT A GATHERING (London Coliseum)
Royal Ballet: Jennifer Penney, Michael Coleman, Wayne Sleep, Alexander Grant, Jennifer Penney, Rudolf Nureyev, Ann Jenner, Lynn Seymour, Antoinette Sibley, Alfred Thorogood, David Ashmole, Michael Coleman, Anthony Dowell, David Wall [36pp; 5.25x9; cast list, synopses, photos, designs, articles, credits, company lists etc.] £5
1973 (12 May): ROMEO AND JULIET (London Coliseum)
Royal Ballet: Antoinette Sibley, Anthony Dowell, David Blair, David Drew, Derek Rencher, Michael Somes, Leslie Edwards, Adrian Grater, Monica Mason, Wayne Sleep, Wayne Eagling [32pp; 5.25x9; cast list, synopses, photos, designs, articles, credits, company lists etc.] £4
1973 (18 May): ANASTASIA (London Coliseum)
Royal Ballet: Svetlana Beriosova, Derek Rencher, Jennifer Penney, Lynn Seymour, Leslie Edwards, David Wall, Wayne Eagling, Graham Fletcher, Merle Park, Desmond Kelly, Wayne Sleep; conducted by Ashley Lawrence [32pp, 5.25x9; cast list, synopses, photos, designs, articles, credits, company lists etc.; slightly rumpled, else VG] £4
1973 (24 May): TRIAD, GISELLE (London Coliseum)
Royal Ballet: Antoinette Sibley, Anthony Dowell, Wayne Eagling, Rudolf Nureyev, David Drew, Merle Park, Derek Rencher, Lesley Collier, Wayne Sleep, Monica Mason, Jennifer Penney; conducted by Anthony Twiner [32pp; 5.25x9; cast lists, synopses, photos, designs, articles, credits, company lists etc.; minor marks, else VG] £4
1973 (29 May): RAYMONDA Act III, ENIGMA VARIATIONS, DAPHNIS AND CHLOE (London Coliseum)
Royal Ballet: Margot Fonteyn, Rudolf Nureyev, David Drew, Wayne Eagling, Derek Rencher, Svetlana Beriosova, Alexander Grant, Desmond Kelly, Anthony Dowell, Desmond Doyle, Doreen Wells, Wayne Sleep, Leslie Edwards, Deanne Bergsma, Jennifer Penney, David Wall; conducted by Adrian Boult and Ashley Lawrence [36pp; 5.25x9; cast lists, synopses, photos, designs, articles, credits, company lists etc.; minor marks] (£5) SOLD
1973 (27 Oct matinee): THE SLEEPING BEAUTY (ROH, Covent Garden)
Royal Ballet: Doreen Wells, David Wall, Leslie Edwards, Alexander Grant, Deanne Bergsma, Jennifer Penney, Lesley Collier, Wayne Eagling, Monica Mason, David Ashmole, David Drew, Wayne Sleep [34pp; 5.25x9 red w.black coat of arms; cast lists, synopses, photos, designs, articles, credits, company lists etc.] £4
1973 (8 Dec): THE NUTCRACKER (ROH, Covent Garden)
Royal Ballet: Rudolf Nureyev, David Drew, Jennifer Penney, Adrian Grater, Wayne Eagling, Lesley Collier [40pp; 5.25x9 red w.black coat of arms; cast lists, synopses, photos, designs, articles, credits, company lists etc.] £5
1974 (12 Jan matinee): THE NUTCRACKER (ROH, Covent Garden)
Royal Ballet: Merle Park, David Wall, Adrian Grater, David Ashmole, Wayne Eagling, Lesley Collier, Wayne Sleep [40pp; 5.25x9 red w.black coat of arms; cast lists, synopses, photos, designs, articles, credits, company lists etc.; cast corrections marked in, and correction slip stapled in] £4
1974 (16 Feb matinee): LES SYLPHIDES, LA FETE ETRANGE, FACADE, CARD GAME (Sadler's Wells)
Royal Ballet: Vyvyan Lorrayne, Alain Debreuil, Marion Tait, Stephen Jefferies, David Morse, Alexander Grant; with Rae Woodland, soprano [20pp; 5.25x9 w.cast list insert; cast lists, synopses, 5 photos, credits etc.; VG] £3
1974 (2 Mch matinee): THE DREAM, TRIAD, PIANO CONCERTO NO.2 (ROH, Covent Garden)
Royal Ballet: Merle Park, Anthony Dowell, Wayne Sleep, Ronald Emblen, Ann Jenner, Desmond Kelly, David Ashmole, Doreen Wells, Desmond Kelly [44pp; 5.25x9 red w.black coat of arms; cast lists, synopses, photos, designs, articles, credits, company lists etc.; extensive biography of Kenneth MacMillan] £4
1974 (30 Mch matinee): LA FILLE MAL GARDEE (ROH, Covent Garden)
Royal Ballet: Lesley Collier (for Doreen Wells), David Wall, Leslie Edwards, Alexander Grant, Derek Rencher, Wayne Sleep [c36pp; 5.25x9 red w.black coat of arms; cast lists, synopses, photos, designs, articles, credits, company lists etc.; with replacement slip] £4
1974 (22 Jun evening): CONCERTO, THE TWO PIGEONS (ROH, Covent Garden)
Royal Ballet: Jennifer Penney, Michael Coleman, David Ashmole, Wayne Eagling, Natalia Makarova, Donald MacLeary, Monica Mason, Doreen Wells, David Wall, Ann Jenner, David Drew, Wayne Sleep [40pp; 5.25x9 red w.black coat of arms; cast lists, synopses, photos, designs, articles, credits, company lists etc.; extensive biography of Kenneth MacMillan] £4
1974 (29 Jun matinee): ENGLISH FOLK DANCING AND BOYS' MORRIS DANCING, ARPEGE (First Performance), JAZZ CALENDAR, CONCERTO (ROH, Covent Garden)
Royal Ballet School: Lorna Murray, Stephen Beagley, Nigel Jones, Michael Batchelor, Sherilyn Kennedy, Denise Nunn, Lucinda Harper, Mandy Gilpin, Desmond Doyle, Claire Farnsworth, Gerard Charles, Nicholas Whittle [44pp; 5.25x9 red w.black coat of arms; cast lists, synopses, photos, designs, articles, credits, company lists etc.] £3
1974 (13 Jul matinee): ROMEO AND JULIET (ROH, Covent Garden)
Royal Ballet: Natalia Makarova, Donald MacLeary, Michael Coleman, Desmond Doyle, David Ashmole, Derek Rencher, Michael Somes, Leslie Edwards, Romayne Grigorova, Deanne Bergsma, Wayne Sleep, Wayne Eagling [40pp; 5.25x9 red w.black coat of arms; cast lists, synopses, photos, designs, articles, credits, company lists etc.] £4
1974 (Oct): Oct 4, 5, 10 - LES RENDEZVOUS, GISELLE; Oct 12 - SOLITAIRE, UNFAMILIAR PLAYGROUND, A WEDDING BOUQUET; Oct 22 - CONCERTO, THE INVITATION, FACADE (Sadler's Wells)
Royal Ballet: Marion Tait, Vyvyan Lorrayne, Desmond Kelly, Stephen Jefferies, Michael Coleman, Brian Bertscher, Margaret Barbieri, Alain Dubreuil, David Morse, Kathryn Wade, Rashna Homji, Anya Evans, Lois Strike, Petal Miller, Christine Aitken, Brenda Last, Murray Kilgour, Susan Burton [28pp, 5.25x9; w.5 cast list inserts, synopses, biographies of the 8 choreographers, company lists etc.] £4
1974 (2 Nov evening): MANON (ROH, Covent Garden)
Royal Ballet: Jennifer Penney, Wayne Eagling, Nicholas Johnson, Adrian Grater, Lesley Collier, David Drew, Rosalind Eyre, Wayne Sleep, Leslie Edwards [54pp; 5.25x9 red w.black coat of arms; cast lists, synopses, photos, designs, articles, credits, company lists etc.; cast correction marked in] £4
1974 (5 Nov): SCENES DE BALLET, IN THE NIGHT, SONG OF THE EARTH (ROH, Covent Garden)
Royal Ballet: Antoinette Sibley, Michael Coleman, David Ashmole, David Drew, Julian Hosking, Jennifer Penney, Wayne Eagling, Monica Mason, Merle Park, David Wall, Anthony Dowell, Natalia Makarova; singers: Bernadette Greevy, John Mitchinson [48pp; 5.25x9 red w.black coat of arms; cast lists, synopses, photos, designs, articles, credits, company lists etc.] £5
1974 (6 Nov): SCENES DE BALLET, IN THE NIGHT, SONG OF THE EARTH (ROH, Covent Garden)
Royal Ballet: Antoinette Sibley, Michael Coleman, David Ashmole, David Drew, Wayne Eagling, Julian Hosking, Jennifer Penney, Monica Mason, Laura Connor, Anthony Dowell, David Wall, Natalia Makarova, Vergie Derman, Lesley Collier, Graham Fletcher; singers: Bernadette Greevy, John Mitchinson [48pp; 5.25x9 red w.black coat of arms; cast lists, synopses, photos, designs, articles, credits, company lists etc.] £4
1974 (14 Nov): MANON (ROH, Covent Garden)
Royal Ballet: Antoinette Sibley, Anthony Dowell, David Wall, Derek Rencher, Monica Mason, David Drew, Gerd Larsen, Wayne Sleep, Wayne Eagling, David Ashmole, Leslie Edwards [54pp; 5.25x9 red w.black coat of arms; cast lists, synopses, photos, designs, articles, credits, company lists etc.] £4
1974 (16 Nov): SWAN LAKE (ROH, Covent Garden)
Royal Ballet: Natalia Makarova, Anthony Dowell, Gerd Larsen, Adrian Grater, David Ashmole, Michael Corder, David Drew, Wayne Eagling, Lesley Collier, Jennifer Jackson, Leslie Edwards, Wayne Sleep [40pp; 5.25x9 red w.black coat of arms; cast lists, synopses, photos, designs, articles, credits, company lists etc.] £4
1974 (4 Dec): THE NUTCRACKER (ROH, Covent Garden)
Royal Ballet: Rudolf Nureyev, Merle Park, David Drew, Michael Coleman, Alexander Grant, Wayne Sleep, Adrian Grater, Wayne Eagling, Lesley Collier [46pp; 5.25x9 red w.black coat of arms; cast lists, synopses, photos, designs, articles, credits, company lists etc.] £5
1974 (16 Dec): SWAN LAKE (ROH, Covent Garden)
Royal Ballet: Rudolf Nureyev, Antoinette Sibley, Derek Rencher, David Ashmole, David Drew, Wayne Eagling, Leslie Edwards, Lesley Collier, Wayne Sleep [40pp; 5.25x9 red w.black coat of arms; cast lists, synopses, photos, designs, articles, credits, company lists etc.] £5
1974 (19 Dec): ENIGMA VARIATIONS, MONOTONES, DAPHNIS AND CHLOE (ROH, Covent Garden)
Royal Ballet: Derek Rencher, Rosalind Eyre, Ronald Emblen, Brian Shaw, Alexander Grant, Desmond Kelly, Vyvyan Lorrayne, Anthony Dowell, Georgina Parkinson, Desmond Doyle, Lesley Collier, Wayne Sleep, Leslie Edwards, Vergie Derman, Laura Connor, Michael Coleman, Jennifer Penney, Marguerite Porter [44pp; 5.25x9 red w.black coat of arms; cast lists, synopses, photos, designs, articles, credits, company lists etc.] £4
1974 (21 Dec): SWAN LAKE (ROH, Covent Garden)
Royal Ballet: Monica Mason, Desmond Kelly, Adrian Grater, Wayne Eagling, Leslie Edwards, Lesley Collier, David Ashmole, Michael Coleman, Robert Huguenin [40pp; 5.25x9 red w.black coat of arms; cast lists, synopses, photos, designs, articles, credits, company lists etc.] £4
1975 (7 Jan): ENIGMA VARIATIONS, ELITE SYNCOPATIONS, DAPHNIS AND CHLOE (ROH, Covent Garden)
Royal Ballet: Derek Rencher, Rosalind Eyre, Alexander Grant, Desmond Kelly, Anthony Dowell, Desmond Doyle, Lesley Collier, Wayne Sleep, Leslie Edwards, Julian Hosking, David Ashmole, Graham Fletcher, Wayne Eagling, Marguerite Porter, David Drew, Antoinette Sibley, Anthony Dowell, Georgina Parkinson [54pp; 5.25x9 red w.black coat of arms; cast lists, synopses, photos, designs, articles, credits, company lists etc.] £4
1975 (22 Jan): THE SLEEPING BEAUTY (ROH, Covent Garden)
Royal Ballet: Jennifer Penney, David Wall, Leslie Edwards, Ronald Emblen, Marguerite Porter, Derek Deane, Wayne Eagling, Lesley Collier [48pp; 5.25x9 red w.black coat of arms; cast lists, synopses, photos, designs, articles, credits, company lists etc.] £4
1975 (25 Jan evening): ANASTASIA (ROH, Covent Garden)
Royal Ballet: Lynn Seymour, Derek Rencher, Georgina Parkinson, Marguerite Porter, Lesley Collier, Adrian Grater, Wayne Eagling, David Wall, Michael Coleman, David Adams, Jennifer Penney [44pp; 5.25x9 red w.black coat of arms; cast lists, synopses, photos, designs, articles, credits, company lists etc.] £4
1975 (29 Jan): ANASTASIA (ROH, Covent Garden)
Royal Ballet: Lesley Collier, Derek Rencher, Georgina Parkinson, Jennifer Penney, Laura Connor, Adrian Grater, Desmond Kelly, David Wall, Michael Coleman, David Drew, Monica Mason [44pp; 5.25x9 red w.black coat of arms; cast lists, synopses, photos, designs, articles, credits, company lists etc.] £4
1975 (4 Feb): AGON, FOUR SCHUMANN PIECES, LA BAYADERE (ROH, Covent Garden)
Royal Ballet: Rudolf Nureyev, David Wall, Laura Connor, David Ashmole, Anita Young, Wayne Eagling, Anita Young, Wendy Ellis, Anthony Dowell, Jennifer Penney, Lesley Collier, Wayne Eagling, Julian Hosking, Marguerite Porter, Derek Deane, Merle Park, Vergie Derman [48pp; 5.25x9 red w.black coat of arms; cast lists, synopses, photos, designs, articles, credits, company lists etc.] £5
1975 (6 Feb): THE SLEEPING BEAUTY (ROH, Covent Garden)
Royal Ballet: Merle Park, Rudolf Nureyev, Ronald Emblen, Marguerite Porter, Jennifer Penney, Wayne Eagling, David Ashmole, David Drew, Rosalind Eyre, Wayne Sleep [48pp; 5.25x9 red w.black coat of arms; cast lists, synopses, photos, designs, articles, credits, company lists etc.] £4
1975 (7 Feb): SWAN LAKE (ROH, Covent Garden)
Royal Ballet: Antoinette Sibley, Anthony Dowell, Derek Rencher, David Ashmole, David Drew, Wayne Eagling, Leslie Edwards, Lesley Collier [40pp; 5.25x9 red w.black coat of arms; cast lists, synopses, photos, designs, articles, credits, company lists etc.] £4
1975 (8 Feb matinee): SWAN LAKE (ROH, Covent Garden)
Royal Ballet: Jennifer Penney, David Wall, Adrian Grater, David Ashmole, Derek Deane, Michael Coleman, Leslie Edwards [40pp; 5.25x9 red w.black coat of arms; cast lists, synopses, photos, designs, articles, credits, company lists etc.] £4
1975 (12 Feb): LA FILLE MAL GARDEE (ROH, Covent Garden)
Royal Ballet: Rudolf Nureyev, Merle Park, Ronald Emblen, Leslie Edwards, Derek Rencher, Wayne Sleep [40pp; 5.25x9 red w.black coat of arms; cast lists, synopses, photos, designs, articles, credits, company lists etc.] £5
1975 (19 Feb): SWAN LAKE (ROH, Covent Garden)
Royal Ballet: Rudolf Nureyev, Merle Park, Adrian Grater, David Ashmole, David Drew, Wayne Eagling, Lesley Collier, Marguerite Porter, Michael Coleman, Leslie Edwards, Wayne Sleep [40pp; 5.25x9 red w.black coat of arms; cast lists, synopses, photos, designs, articles, credits, company lists etc.] £5
1975 (22 Feb matinee): LA FILLE MAL GARDEE (ROH, Covent Garden)
Royal Ballet: Ann Jenner, David Wall, Leslie Edwards, Alexander Grant, Adrian Grater [44pp; 5.25x9 red w.black coat of arms; cast lists, synopses, photos, designs, articles, credits, company lists etc.; cast substitutions marked in] £4
1975 (27 Feb): LES SYLPHIDES, ENIGMA VARIATIONS, RAYMONDA Act III (ROH, Covent Garden)
Royal Ballet: Jennifer Penney, Anthony Dowell, Rudolf Nureyev, Lesley Collier, Derek Rencher, Monica Mason, Alexander Grant, Desmond Kelly, Desmond Doyle, Ann Jenner, Wayne Sleep, Leslie Edwards [48pp; 5.25x9 red w.black coat of arms; cast lists, synopses, photos, designs, articles, credits, company lists etc.] £5
1975 (7 Mch): DANCES AT A GATHERING, DAPHNIS AND CHLOE (ROH, Covent Garden)
Royal Ballet: Lesley Collier, Laura Connor, Monica Mason, Jennifer Penney, Lynn Seymour, David Ashmole, Michael Coleman, Anthony Dowell, Rudolf Nureyev, David Wall, Marguerite Porter, David Drew, Wayne Sleep, Derek Rencher [48pp; 5.25x9 red w.black coat of arms; cast lists, synopses, photos, designs, articles, credits, company lists etc.] £5
1975 (8 Mch matinee): LES SYLPHIDES, MONOTONES, THE FOUR SEASONS (ROH, Covent Garden)
Royal Ballet: Jennifer Penney, David Wall, Marguerite Porter, Laura Connor, Wendy Ellis, Michael Coleman, Vyvyan Lorrayne, David Ashmole, Anthony Dowell, Lesley Collier, Wayne Eagling, Lynn Seymour, Wayne Sleep [54pp; 5.25x9 red w.black coat of arms; cast lists, synopses, photos, designs, articles, credits, company lists etc.] £4
1975 (8 Mch evening): SWAN LAKE (ROH, Covent Garden)
Royal Ballet: Monica Mason, Rudolf Nureyev, Derek Rencher, Marguerite Porter, Wayne Eagling, Leslie Edwards, Lesley Collier, Laura Connor, David Ashmole, Michael Coleman [40pp; 5.25x9 red w.black coat of arms; cast lists, synopses, photos, designs, articles, credits, company lists etc.; cast substitutions marked in] £5
1975 (11 Mch): LES SYLPHIDES, ENIGMA VARIATIONS, RAYMONDA Act III (ROH, Covent Garden)
Royal Ballet: Jennifer Penney, David Wall, Rosemary Taylor, Derek Rencher, Ronald Emblen, Alexander Grant, David Ashmole, Anthony Dowell, Laura Connor, Desmond Doyle, Lesley Collier, Wayne Sleep, Leslie Edwards, Vergie Derman, Lynn Seymour [48pp; 5.25x9 red w.black coat of arms; cast lists, synopses, photos, designs, articles, credits, company lists etc.] £4
1975 (21 Mch): ANASTASIA (ROH, Covent Garden)
Royal Ballet: Lynn Seymour, Derek Rencher, Georgina Parkinson, Marguerite Porter, Laura Connor, Adrian Grater, Anthony Dowell, David Wall, Michael Coleman, David Adams, Jennifer Penney [44pp; 5.25x9 red w.black coat of arms; cast lists, synopses, photos, designs, articles, credits, company lists etc.] £4
1975 (22 Mch matinee): SWAN LAKE (ROH, Covent Garden)
Royal Ballet: Lesley Collier, Anthony Dowell (for Desmond Kelly), David Adams, Nicholas Johnson (for Wayne Eagling), Leslie Edwards, Marguerite Porter, Christine Woodward, Petrus Bosman, Peter Fairweather, Wayne Sleep [40pp; 5.25x9 red w.black coat of arms; cast lists, synopses, photos, designs, articles, credits, company lists etc.; substitutions marked in] £4
1975 (24 Mch): ANASTASIA (ROH, Covent Garden)
Royal Ballet: Lynn Seymour, Derek Rencher, Rosalind Eyre, Marguerite Porter, Laura Connor, Adrian Grater, Anthony Dowell (for Wayne Eagling), David Wall, Michael Coleman, David Adams, Merle Park [44pp; 5.25x9 red w.black coat of arms; cast lists, synopses, photos, designs, articles, credits, company lists etc.; w.substitution slip] £4
1975 (25 Mch): ANASTASIA (ROH, Covent Garden)
Royal Ballet: Lesley Collier, Derek Rencher, Georgina Parkinson, Marguerite Porter, Laura Connor, Adrian Grater, Anthony Dowell (for Wayne Eagling), David Wall, Michael Coleman, David Drew, Monica Mason, Jennifer Penney [c44pp; 5.25x9 red w.black coat of arms; cast lists, synopses, photos, designs, articles, credits, company lists etc.; w.substitution slip] £4
1975 (12 Apr matinee): DANCES AT A GATHERING, MONOTONES, RAYMONDA Act III (ROH, Covent Garden)
Royal Ballet: Laura Connor, Ann Jenner, Monica Mason, Jennifer Penney, Lynn Seymour, David Ashmole, Michael Coleman, Anthony Dowell, Wayne Eagling, David Wall, Georgina Parkinson, Ria Peri, David Drew [48pp; 5.25x9 "Covent Garden Prom"; cast lists, synopses, photos, designs, articles, credits, company lists etc.] £4
1975 (15 Apr): COPPELIA (ROH, Covent Garden)
Royal Ballet: Brenda Last, Alain Dubreuil, Stephen Jefferies, Amanda Seaton [40pp; 5.25x9 red w.black coat of arms; cast lists, synopses, photos, designs, articles, credits, company lists etc.] £4
1975 (21 Apr): COPPELIA (ROH, Covent Garden)
Royal Ballet: Merle Park, Desmond Kelly, Stephen Jefferies, Moira McCormack [40pp; 5.25x9 red w.black coat of arms; cast lists, synopses, photos, designs, articles, credits, company lists etc.] £4
1975 (24 Apr): LES RENDEZVOUS, GISELLE (ROH, Covent Garden)
Royal Ballet: Marion Tait, Stephen Jefferies, Brenda Last, Brian Bertscher, Kim Reeder, Margaret Barbieri, Alain Dubreuil, David Morse [44pp; 5.25x9 red w.black coat of arms; cast lists, synopses, photos, designs, articles, credits, company lists etc.; w.substitution slip] £4
1975 (28 Apr): LES RENDEZVOUS, GISELLE (ROH, Covent Garden)
Royal Ballet: Margaret Barbieri, Desmond Kelly, Marion Tait, Stephen Jefferies, Ashley Killar, Lois Strike, Julie Lincoln, Christine Aitken [44pp; 5.25x9 red w.black coat of arms; cast lists, synopses, photos, designs, articles, credits, company lists etc.] £4
1975 (2 May): ARPEGE, GISELLE (ROH, Covent Garden)
Royal Ballet: Lois Strike, David Morse, Graham Powell, Alain Dubreuil, Marion Tait, Vyvyan Lorrayne, Desmond Kelly, Paul Waller [40pp; 5.25x9 red w.black coat of arms; cast lists, synopses, photos, designs, articles, credits, company lists etc.] £4
1975 (3 May matinee): COPPELIA (ROH, Covent Garden)
Royal Ballet: Margaret Barbieri, Stephen Jefferies, Ashley Killar, Amanda Seaton, Derek Purnell [40pp; 5.25x9 red w.black coat of arms; cast lists, synopses, photos, designs, articles, credits, company lists etc.] £4
1975 (6 May): LES RENDEZVOUS, GROSSE FUGE, PINEAPPLE POLL (ROH, Covent Garden)
Royal Ballet: Marion Tait, Nicholas Johnson, Brenda Last, Margaret Barbieri, David Morse, Lois Strike, Alain Dubreuil, June Highwood, Stephen Jefferies [40pp; 5.25x9 red w.black coat of arms; cast lists, synopses, photos, designs, articles, credits, company lists etc.] £4
1975 (10 May): ARPEGE, SHUKUMEI, PINEAPPLE POLL (ROH, Covent Garden)
Royal Ballet: Brenda Last, Alain Dubreuil, Vyvyan Lorrayne, Marion Tait, Ronald Plaisted, Stephen Jefferies, Desmond Kelly, Stephen Speed, Paul Waller, Kathryn Wade, Brian Bertscher, Margaret Barbieri [40pp; 5.25x9 red w.black coat of arms; cast lists, synopses, photos, designs, articles, credits, company lists etc.] £4
1975 (16 May): COPPELIA (ROH, Covent Garden)
Royal Ballet: Marion Tait, Nicholas Johnson, Stephen Jefferies, Amanda Seaton, Derek Purnell [40pp; 5.25x9 red w.black coat of arms; cast lists, synopses, photos, designs, articles, credits, company lists etc.] £4
1975 (5 Jun): CONCERTO, GISELLE (Battersea Park)
Royal Ballet: Jennifer Penney, David Wall, Lynn Seymour, Donald MacLeary, Monica Mason, Margaret Barbieri, Alain Dubreuil, David Morse, Kathryn Wade, Petal Miller, Julie Lincoln [c40pp, 5.25x9; cast lists, synopses, photos, designs, articles, credits, company lists etc.] £4
1975 (18 Jun): LA BAYADERE, SIDE SHOW, SHUKUMEI, THE CONCERT (Battersea Park)
Royal Ballet: Monica Mason, Anthony Dowell, Lynn Seymour, Michael Coleman, Margaret Barbieri, Ashley Killar, Lesley Collier, Ria Peri, Laura Connor, Stephen Jefferies, Alain Dubreuil, Desmond Kelly, Graham Fletcher, Derek Rencher, Derek Deane [48pp; 5.25x9; cast lists, synopses, photos, designs, articles, credits, company lists etc.] £4
1975 (20 Jun): SWAN LAKE (Battersea Park)
Royal Ballet: Natalia Makarova, Anthony Dowell, Derek Rencher, Leslie Edwards, Lesley Collier, Laura Connor, David Ashmole, Wayne Eagling [32pp; 5.25x9; cast lists, synopses, photos, designs, articles, credits, company lists etc.; substitutions marked in] £4
1975 (24 Jun): LA FILLE MAL GARDEE (Battersea Park)
Royal Ballet: Laura Connor, Michael Coleman, Leslie Edwards, Alexander Grant, Adrian Grater, Wayne Sleep [36pp; 5.25x9; cast lists, synopses, photos, designs, articles, credits, company lists etc.] £4
1975 (27 Jun): LA BAYADERE, FLOWER FESTIVAL AT GENZANO, DON QUIXOTE, THE WALK TO THE PARADISE GARDEN, ELITE SYNCOPATIONS (Battersea Park)
Royal Ballet: Laura Connor, Michael Coleman, Marguerite Porter, Wendy Ellis, Monica Mason, Lesley Collier, Wayne Sleep, Natalia Makarova, Anthony Dowell, Merle Park, David Wall, Donald MacLeary, Jennifer Penney, Vergie Derman, Wayne Eagling, David Drew [48pp; 5.25x9; cast lists, synopses, photos, designs, articles, credits, company lists etc.] £4
1975 (11 Jul): FOUR SCHUMANN PIECES, THE FOUR SEASONS, LES NOCES (ROH, Covent Garden)
Royal Ballet: Anthony Dowell, Jennifer Penney, Wayne Eagling, David Ashmole, Marguerite Porter, Derek Deane, Vergie Derman, Georgina Parkinson, Donald MacLeary, Lesley Collier, Michael Coleman, Monica Mason, David Wall, Wayne Sleep, Derek Rencher, Romayne Grigorova [c40pp; 5.25x9 red w.black coat of arms; cast lists, synopses, photos, designs, articles, credits, company lists etc.; w.substitution slip] £4
1975 (19 Jul matinee): SWAN LAKE (ROH, Covent Garden)
Royal Ballet: Monica Mason, David Ashmole, David Adams, Lesley Collier, Wayne Sleep [36pp; 5.25x9 red w.black coat of arms; cast lists, synopses, photos, designs, articles, credits, company lists etc.] £4
1975 (21 Jul): LA FILLE MAL GARDEE (ROH, Covent Garden)
Royal Ballet: Lesley Collier, Anthony Dowell, Adrian Grater, Garry Grant, Derek Rencher, Wayne Sleep [40pp; 5.25x9 red w.black coat of arms; cast lists, synopses, photos, designs, articles, credits, company lists etc.] £4
1975 (23 Jul): SWAN LAKE (ROH, Covent Garden)
Royal Ballet: Merle Park, Anthony Dowell, Derek Rencher, Ronald Emblen, Leslie Edwards, Lesley Collier, Wendy Ellis, David Ashmole, Wayne Eagling [36pp; 5.25x9 red w.black coat of arms; cast lists, synopses, photos, designs, articles, credits, company lists etc.] £4
1975 (24 Jul): ROMEO AND JULIET (ROH, Covent Garden)
Royal Ballet: Lynn Seymour, David Wall, Michael Coleman, Desmond Doyle, David Ashmole, Derek Rencher, Michael Somes, Leslie Edwards, Romayne Grigorova, Wayne Sleep, Wayne Eagling [c40pp; 5.25x9 red w.black coat of arms; cast lists, synopses, photos, designs, articles, credits, company lists etc.] £4
1975 (28 Jul): ROMEO AND JULIET (ROH, Covent Garden)
Royal Ballet: Lynn Seymour, David Wall, Michael Coleman, Desmond Doyle, David Ashmole, Derek Rencher, Michael Somes, Leslie Edwards, Romayne Grigorova, Wayne Sleep, Wayne Eagling [40pp; 5.25x9 red w.black coat of arms; cast lists, synopses, photos, designs, articles, credits, company lists etc.] £4
1975 (31 Jul): IN THE NIGHT, SYMPHONY, LES NOCES (ROH, Covent Garden)
Royal Ballet: [c40pp; 5.25x9 red w.black coat of arms; cast lists, synopses, photos, designs, articles, credits, company lists etc.] £4
1975 (1 Aug): ROMEO AND JULIET (ROH, Covent Garden)
Royal Ballet: Georgina Parkinson, Anthony Dowell, Michael Coleman, David Drew, Derek Deane, Derek Rencher, Michael Somes, Leslie Edwards, Vergie Derman, Gerd Larsen, Adrian Grater, Romayne Grigorova, Wayne Sleep [c40pp; 5.25x9 red w.black coat of arms; cast lists, synopses, photos, designs, articles, credits, company lists etc.] £4
1975 (2 Aug matinee): ROMEO AND JULIET (ROH, Covent Garden)
Royal Ballet: Lesley Collier, Wayne Eagling, Michael Coleman (for David Wall), Adrian Grater, Derek Deane, Derek Rencher, Michael Somes, Leslie Edwards, Vergie Derman, Julie Wood, Leslie Edwards, Romayne Grigorova, Carl Myers [c40pp; 5.25x9 red w.black coat of arms; cast lists, synopses, photos, designs, articles, credits, company lists etc.] £4
1975 (8 & 10 Oct): Oct 8 - LES PATINEURS, PRODIGAL SON, PINEAPPLE POLL; Oct 10 - LES PATINEURS, SHUKUMEI, CARD GAME (Sadler's Wells)
Royal Ballet: Petal Miller, Marion Tait, Wayne Sleep, Stephen Jefferies, Maina Gielgud, John Auld, Lois Strike, Alain Dubreuil, David Morse, Julie Lincoln, Ronald Plaisted, Desmond Kelly, Margaret Barbieri [c36pp; 5.25x9; 2 cast inserts, synopses, biographies of the 9 choreographers, company lists etc.] £4
1975 (14 Oct): ARPEGE, CHECKMATE, A WEDDING BOUQUET (Sadler's Wells)
Royal Ballet: Lois Strike, Alain Dubreuil, Jeanetta Laurence, Ronald Plaisted, Stephen Jefferies, David Morse, Murray Kilgour, Peter O'Brien, Maina Gielgud, Vyvyan Lorrayne, Leslie Edwards, Kathryn Wade, Margaret Barbieri [c36pp; 5.25x9; cast insert, synopses, biographies of the 9 choreographers, company lists etc.] £4
1975 (15 Oct): ROMEO AND JULIET (ROH, Covent Garden)
Royal Ballet: Natalia Makarova, Anthony Dowell, Michael Coleman, Desmond Doyle, David Ashmole, Derek Rencher, Michael Somes, Julia Farron, Leslie Edwards, Georgina Parkinson, Gerd Larsen, Adrian Grater, David Adams, Romayne Grigorova, Wayne Sleep, Wayne Eagling [44pp; 5.25x9 red w.black coat of arms; cast lists, synopses, photos, designs, articles, credits, company lists etc.] £4
1975 (16 Oct): ROMEO AND JULIET (ROH, Covent Garden)
Royal Ballet: Georgina Parkinson, Donald MacLeary, Michael Coleman, David Drew, Wayne Eagling, Derek Rencher, Michael Somes, Rosalind Eyre, Leslie Edwards, Vergie Derman, Gerd Larsen, Leslie Edwards, David Adams, Romayne Grigorova, Carl Myers, David Ashmole, Graham Fletcher [c44pp; 5.25x9 red w.black coat of arms; cast lists, synopses, photos, designs, articles, credits, company lists etc.] £4
1975 (18 Oct): ROMEO AND JULIET (ROH, Covent Garden)
Royal Ballet: Georgina Parkinson, Donald MacLeary, Michael Coleman, Adrain Grater, Wayne Eagling, Derek Rencher, Michael Somes, Rosalind Eyre, Leslie Edwards, Vergie Derman, Gerd Larsen, Leslie Edwards, David Adams, Romayne Grigorova, Carl Myers, David Ashmole, Graham Fletcher [c44pp; 5.25x9 red w.black coat of arms; cast lists, synopses, photos, designs, articles, credits, company lists etc.] £4
1975 (21 Oct): FOUR SCHUMANN PIECES, THE TWO PIGEONS (ROH, Covent Garden)
Royal Ballet: Anthony Dowell, Jennifer Penney, Lesley Collier, Wayne Eagling, David Ashmole, Marguerite Porter, Derek Deane, Carl Myers, Julie Wood, Georgina Parkinson, David Drew, Wayne Sleep [44pp; 5.25x9 red w.black coat of arms; cast lists, synopses, photos, designs, articles, credits, company lists etc.] £4
1975 (22 Oct): ROMEO AND JULIET (ROH, Covent Garden)
Royal Ballet: Merle Park, Mikhail Baryshnikov, Anthony Dowell, Desmond Doyle, David Ashmole, Derek Rencher, Michael Somes, Julia Farron, Leslie Edwards, Georgina Parkinson, Gerd Larsen, Adrian Grater, David Adams, Romayne Grigorova, Wayne Sleep, Wayne Eagling [c40pp; 5.25x9 red w.black coat of arms; cast lists, synopses, photos, designs, articles, credits, company lists etc.] £5
1975 (27 Oct): SWAN LAKE (ROH, Covent Garden)
Royal Ballet: Merle Park, Mikhail Baryshnikov, David Adams, Ronald Emblen, Vergie Derman, Marguerite Porter, Leslie Edwards, Lesley Collier, Rosemary Taylor, David Ashmole, Wayne Eagling, Jennifer Jackson, Wayne Sleep [c40pp; 5.25x9 red w.black coat of arms; cast lists, synopses, photos, designs, articles, credits, company lists etc.] £4
1975 (29 Oct): FOUR SCHUMANN PIECES, THE TWO PIGEONS (ROH, Covent Garden)
Royal Ballet: Anthony Dowell, Jennifer Penney, Lesley Collier, Wayne Eagling, David Ashmole, Marguerite Porter, Derek Deane, Carl Myers, Julie Wood, Laura Connor, David Drew, Paul Benson [44pp; 5.25x9 red w.black coat of arms; cast lists, synopses, photos, designs, articles, credits, company lists etc.] £4
1975 (30 Oct): SWAN LAKE (ROH, Covent Garden)
Royal Ballet: Merle Park, Mikhail Baryshnikov, David Adams, Ronald Emblen, Leslie Edwards, Lesley Collier, Laura Connor, David Ashmole, Wayne Eagling, David Drew, Wayne Sleep [40pp; 5.25x9 red w.black coat of arms; cast lists, synopses, photos, designs, articles, credits, company lists etc.] £4
1975 (1 Nov evening): SWAN LAKE (ROH, Covent Garden)
Royal Ballet: Monica Mason, Donald MacLeary, Adrian Grater, Leslie Edwards, Belinda Corken, Rosemary Taylor, David Ashmole, Michael Coleman, Stephen Beagley, Wayne Eagling, Lesley Collier, Graham Fletcher [c40pp; 5.25x9 red w.black coat of arms; cast lists, synopses, photos, designs, articles, credits, company lists etc.] £4
1975 (21 Nov): SWAN LAKE (ROH, Covent Garden)
Royal Ballet: Lesley Collier, Wayne Eagling, Adrian Grater, Dennis Griffith, Jennifer Jackson, Susan Lockwood, Christopher Carr, Carl Myers, Stephen Beagley, Lesley Collier, Anita Young, Paul Benson [c40pp; 5.25x9 red w.black coat of arms; cast lists, synopses, photos, designs, articles, credits, company lists etc.] £4
1975 (26 Nov): SWAN LAKE (ROH, Covent Garden)
Royal Ballet: Natalia Makarova, Anthony Dowell, Derek Rencher, Dennis Griffith, Jennifer Jackson, Susan Lockwood, David Ashmole, Wayne Eagling, David Drew, Graham Fletcher, Anita Young, Wayne Sleep [c40pp; 5.25x9 red w.black coat of arms; cast lists, synopses, photos, designs, articles, credits, company lists etc.] £4
1975 (29 Nov evening): SWAN LAKE (ROH, Covent Garden)
Royal Ballet: Natalia Makarova, Anthony Dowell, Derek Rencher, Garry Grant, Dennis Griffith, Derek Deane, David Drew, Michael Coleman, Sandra Conley, Marguerite Porter, Hilary Tickner, Rosalyn Whitten, David Ashmole, Wayne Eagling, Graham Fletcher, Lesley Collier, Christopher Carr [c40pp; 5.25x9 red w.black coat of arms; cast lists, synopses, photos, designs, articles, credits, company lists etc.] £4
1976 (22 Jan): SWAN LAKE (ROH, Covent Garden)
Royal Ballet: Monica Mason, David Ashmole, David Adams, Leslie Edwards, Jennifer Jackson, Susan Lockwood, Christopher Carr, Dearek Deane, Rosemary Taylor, Graham Fletcher [c52pp; 5.25x9 red w.black coat of arms; cast lists, synopses, photos, designs, articles, credits, company lists etc.] £4
1976 (26 Jan): SWAN LAKE (ROH, Covent Garden)
Royal Ballet: Merle Park, Desmond Kelly, Derek Rencher, Leslie Edwards, Belinda Corken, Rosemary Taylor, Derek Deane [c52pp; 5.25x9 red w.black coat of arms; cast lists, synopses, photos, designs, articles, credits, company lists etc.] £4
1976 (7 Feb evening): SERENADE, AFTERNOON OF A FAUN, TWILIGHT, ELITE SYNCOPATIONS (ROH, Covent Garden)
Royal Ballet: Georgina Parkinson, Merle Park, Monica Mason, David Ashmole, David Adams, Jennifer Penney, Anthony Dowell, Laura Connor, Wayne Eagling, Desmond Kelly, Michael Coleman, David Wall, Vergie Derman, Wayne Sleep, David Drew [c52pp; 5.25x9 red w.black coat of arms; cast lists, synopses, photos, designs, articles, credits, company lists etc.] £4
1976 (9 Feb): SERENADE, AFTERNOON OF A FAUN, TWILIGHT, ELITE SYNCOPATIONS (ROH, Covent Garden)
Royal Ballet: Natalia Makarova, Merle Park, Monica Mason, David Ashmole, David Adams, Jennifer Penney, David Wall, Laura Connor, Wayne Eagling, Desmond Kelly, Monica Mason, Michael Coleman, Vergie Derman, Wayne Sleep, David Drew [c52pp; 5.25x9 red w.black coat of arms; cast lists, synopses, photos, designs, articles, credits, company lists etc.] £4
1976 (14 Feb matinee): SERENADE, A MONTH IN THE COUNTRY, ELITE SYNCOPATIONS (ROH, Covent Garden)
Royal Ballet: Georgina Parkinson, Laura Connor, Ann Jenner, David Ashmole, David Adams, Lynn Seymour, Alexander Grant, Wayne Sleep, Derek Rencher, Marguerite Porter, Anthony Dowell, Jennifer Penney, Derek Deane, Monica Mason, Michael Coleman, Wendy Ellis, David Wall, Vergie Derman, Wayne Sleep, Wayne Eagling [c52pp; 5.25x9 red w.black coat of arms; cast lists, synopses, photos, designs, articles, credits, company lists etc.] £4
1976 (18 Feb): SERENADE, A MONTH IN THE COUNTRY, ELITE SYNCOPATIONS (ROH, Covent Garden)
Royal Ballet: Natalia Makarova, Laura Connor, Ann Jenner, David Ashmole, Peter Fairweather, Lynn Seymour, Alexander Grant, Wayne Sleep, Derek Rencher, Marguerite Porter, Anthony Dowell, Desmond Kelly, Monica Mason, Michael Coleman, Jennifer Penney, David Wall, Vergie Derman, Wayne Sleep, Wayne Eagling [52pp; 5.25x9 red w.black coat of arms; cast lists, synopses, photos, designs, articles, credits, company lists etc.] £4
1976 (21 Feb evening): LA FILLE MAL GARDEE (ROH, Covent Garden)
Royal Ballet: Ann Jenner, David Wall, Leslie Edwards, Alexander Grant, Adrian Grater, Wayne Sleep, Ronald Emblen [38pp; 5.25x9 red w.black coat of arms; cast lists, synopses, photos, designs, articles, credits, company lists etc.] £4
1976 (26 Feb evening): SERENADE, A MONTH IN THE COUNTRY, ELITE SYNCOPATIONS (ROH, Covent Garden)
Royal Ballet: Georgina Parkinson, Merle Park, Monica Mason, Wayne Eagling, David Adams, Lynn Seymour, Alexander Grant, Wayne Sleep, Derek Rencher, Marguerite Porter, Anthony Dowell, Merle Park, Demond Kelly, Monica Mason, Michael Coleman, Jennifer Penney, David Wall, Vergie Derman, Wayne Sleep, Wayne Eagling [c52pp; 5.25x9 red w.black coat of arms; cast lists, synopses, photos, designs, articles, credits, company lists etc.] £4
1976 (16 Mch): LA FILLE MAL GARDEE (ROH, Covent Garden)
Royal Ballet: Laura Connor, Michael Coleman, Adrian Grater, Garry Grant, Derek Rencher, Paul Benson [40pp; 5.25x9 red w.black coat of arms; cast lists, synopses, photos, designs, articles, credits, company lists etc.] £4
1976 (17 Mch): THE DREAM, APOLLO, THE CONCERT (ROH, Covent Garden)
Royal Ballet: Jennifer Penney, David Wall, Wayne Sleep, Alexander Grant, Rosalind Eyre, Vergie Derman, David Drew, Derek Rencher, Desmond Kelly, Georgina Parkinson, Laura Connor, Lynn Seymour, Michael Coleman, Derek Fletcher [c52pp; 5.25x9 red w.black coat of arms; cast lists, synopses, photos, designs, articles, credits, company lists etc.] £4
1976 (20 Mch evening): LA FILLE MAL GARDEE (ROH, Covent Garden)
Royal Ballet: Merle Park, Rudolf Nureyev, Leslie Edwards, Alexander Grant, Derek Rencher, Wayne Sleep [40pp; 5.25x9 red w.black coat of arms; cast lists, synopses, photos, designs, articles, credits, company lists etc.] £5
1976 (26 Mch): THE DREAM, APOLLO, THE CONCERT (ROH, Covent Garden)
Royal Ballet: Merle Park, Rudolf Nureyev, Wayne Sleep, Garry Grant, Rosalind Eyre, Vergie Derman, David Drew, Derek Rencher, Lynn Seymour, Laura Connor, Ann Jenner, Michael Coleman, Georgina Parkinson, Graham Fletcher [c52pp; 5.25x9 red w.black coat of arms; cast lists, synopses, photos, designs, articles, credits, company lists etc.] £5
1978 (27 Jan): LA FILLE MAL GARDEE (ROH, Covent Garden)
Ann Jenner, Michael Coleman, Leslie Edwards, Ronald Emblem, Garry Grant, Derek Rencher, Graham Fletcher [48pp; 5.25x9 red w.black coat of arms; cast lists, biographies, synopsis, photos, designs, articles, credits, company lists etc.] £4
1978 (30 Dec): THE SLEEPING BEAUTY (ROH, Covent Garden)
Royal Ballet: Jennifer Penney, Stephen Jefferies, Leslie Edwards, Monica Mason, Derek Deane, David Drew, Derek Rencher, Graham Fletcher [56pp; 5.25x9 red w.black coat of arms; cast lists, biographies, synopses, photos, designs, articles, credits, company lists etc.] £4
1979 (10 Feb): THE FIREBIRD, SCENES DE BALLET, and THE RITE OF SPRING (ROH, Covent Garden)
Royal Ballet: Monica Mason, David Drew, Derek Rencher, Jennifer Penney, Derek Deane, Vergie Derman [60pp; 5.25x9 red w.black coat of arms; photos and designs, biographies, articles etc.] £4
1979 (12 Feb): LA FILLE MAL GARDEE (ROH, Covent Garden)
Royal Ballet: Laura Connor, Stephen Jefferies, Garry Grant, Leslie Edwards, Graham Fletcher, Brian Shaw [56pp; 5.25x9 red w.black coat of arms; photos and designs, biographies, articles etc.; VG] £4
1979 (28 Feb-1 Mch): TCHAIKOVSKY AND HIS BALLETS (Gordon Craig Theatre, Stevenage)
Ballet For All (Royal Ballet): Jon Oxendale, Beverley Sandwith, Claire Farnsworth, Fiona Chadwick, Oliver Symons, Nicholas Millington, Ashley Wheater, Matthew Hawkins; 4 photographs, full details of the two programmes: Ashton - The 'Dream' Era and Tchaikovsky and his Ballets; tour schedule (January-March), illustrations, staff lists etc. [12pp, 6.25x9.25; VG] £3
1979 (23 May): TRIBUTE TO MARGOT FONTEYN (ROH, Covent Garden)
Royal Ballet: A celebration of Margot Fonteyn's Sixtieth Birthday: BIRTHDAY OFFERING (Glazounov, chor:Ashton) - Lesley Collier, Jennifer Penney, Monica Mason, Wayne Eagling, Stephen Jefferies, Derek Deane, Marguerite Porter, Mark Silver; SALUT D'AMOUR A MARGOT FONTEYN (Elgar, chor:Ashton) - Margot Fonteyn; SYMPHONIC VARIATIONS (Franck, chor:Ashton) - Merle Park, David Wall, Wayne Eagling, Marguerite Porter, Michael Coleman; FACADE (Walton, chor:Ashton) - Lesley Collier, Graham Fletcher, Ashley Page, Robert Helpmann, Margot Fonteyn [4pp, 8.5x12.25; cast list, credits, list of ballets in which Margot Fonteyn has appeared etc.; newspaper review clipping, and photocopy of another; slightly knocked w.newsprint stains, else VG; an uncommon programme for this momentous occasion] (£5) SOLD
1980s
1980 (25 Jul): ROMEO AND JULIET (ROH, Covent Garden)
Royal Ballet: Wayne Eagling, Gelsey Kirkland, Michael Coleman, Derek Rencher, Michael Somes, Leslie Edwards, Gerd Larsen, Romayne Grigorova, Graham Fletcher, Stephen Beagley, Ashley Page [52pp; 5.25x9 red w.black coat of arms; cast list, biographies, synopsis, 20+ photos, designs, articles, credits, company lists etc.] £4
1981 (14 Feb matinee): GISELLE (ROH, Covent Garden)
Royal Ballet: Lesley Collier, Stephen Jefferies, Julian Hosking, David Drew, Jennifer Jackson, Graham Fletcher, Pippa Wylde [56pp; 5.25x9 red w.black coat of arms; cast list, biographies, synopsis, photos, illustrations, articles, credits, company lists etc.] £4
1981 (30 April): ISADORA World Premiere (ROH, Covent Garden)
Royal Ballet: Merle Park, Graham Fletcher, Monica Mason, Derek Deane, Stephen Jefferies, Jennifer Jackson, Julian Hosking, Derek Rencher, Ashley Page, David Drew; choreog:Kenneth MacMillan [72pp; 5.25x9, gold cover; 50th Anniversary Season of the Royal Ballet; photos, articles, synopsis, biographies, credits etc.; slightly rumpled, tear to back cover, else VG; uncommon] (£3) SOLD
1981 (29 & 30 May): 50TH ANNIVERSARY PROGRAMME (ROH, Covent Garden)
Royal Ballet and Sadler's Wells Royal Ballet: Excerpts from JOB, THE NUTCRACKER, LES RENDEZVOUS, THE RAKE'S PROGRESS, LES PATINEURS, NOCTURNE, CHECKMATE, LA FETE ETRANGE, CINDERELLA, THE SLEEPING BEAUTY, LA BOUTIQUE FANTASQUE, BALLET IMPERIAL, PINEAPPLE POLL, DANSES CONCERTANTES, THE PRINCE OF THE PAGODAS, THE FIREBIRD, THE INVITATION, ONDINE, SONG OF THE EARTH, THE TWO PIGEONS, LA FILLE MAL GARDEE, DAPHNIS AND CHLOE, LA BAYADERE, VOICES OF SPRING, ROMEO AND JULIET, MANON, MONOTONES II, MAYERLING, SHADOWPLAY, MEADOW OF PROVERBS, COUNTERPOINT, SONG, PAQUITA, THE DREAM, ISADORA, THE CONCERT, GLORIA, and LES NOCES with David Wall, Graham Fletcher, Karen Paisey, Angela Cox, Elizabeth Morgan, Nicola Roberts, Julie Rose, David Morse, Stephen Wicks, Nicholas Millington, Marion Tait, Marguerite Porter, Andrew Ward, Wendy Ellis, Sandra Conley, Margaret Barbieri, Alain Dubreuil, Derek Deane, Julian Hosking, Judith Howe, David Ashmole, Roland Price, Lesley Collier, Derek Rencher, Desmond Kelly, Wayne Eagling, Stephen Beagley, Ashley Page, Doreen Wells, Carl Myers, Merle Park, Michael Coleman, Michael Batchelor, Jennifer Penney, Anthony Dowell, Monica Mason, David Bintley, Susan Crow, Michael Corder, Michael O'Hare, Galina Samsova, Antoinette Sibley, Gerd Larsen, Romayne Grigorova, Leslie Edwards, Christopher Newton, David Drew and many more; programme compiled, written and narrated by Michael Somes; Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Ashley Lawrence, Colin Metters, Barry Wordsworth, and Emanuel Young [A superb souvenir of this memorable occasion; 16pp programme (8x11.75) enclosed in a 4pp card cover (8.5x12.25); full details of the programme, cast lists, company lists, extensive staff lists etc.; excellent condition] £8
1984 (9 Feb): LA BAYADERE, VALLEY OF SHADOWS, and LA FIN DU JOUR (ROH, Covent Garden)
Royal Ballet: Marguerite Porter, Stephen Jefferies, Alessandra Ferri, Derek Deane, David Wall, Ashley Page, Merle Park, Wayne Eagling [60pp; 5.9x9.3 red w.black coat of arms; cast lists, biographies, synopses, photos, designs, articles, credits, company lists etc.] (£4) SOLD
1984 (7 Apr mat.): ROMEO AND JULIET (ROH, Covent Garden)
Royal Ballet: Fiona Chadwick, Julian Hosking, Wayne Eagling, Derek Rencher, Leslie Edwards, Julie Wood, Christopher Newton [56pp, 5.9x9.3 red w.black coat of arms; cast lists, biographies, synopses, photos, designs, articles, credits, company lists etc.] £4
1984 (23 Apr): ROMEO AND JULIET (ROH, Covent Garden)
Royal Ballet: Jennifer Penney, Julian Hosking, Stephen Jefferies, David Drew, Ashley Page, Derek Rencher, Leslie Edwards, Romayne Grigorova, Alessandra Ferri, Jonathan Cope [56pp; 5.9x9.3 red w.black coat of arms; cast lists, biographies, synopses, photos, designs, articles, credits, company lists etc.] £4
1985 (24 Jun): LA BAYADERE, CONSORT LESSONS, and A MONTH IN THE COUNTRY (ROH, Covent Garden)
Royal Ballet: Bryony Brind, Fernando Bujones, Pippa Wylde, Nicola Roberts, Bruce Sansom, Marguerite Porter, David Drew, Derek Rencher, Anthony Dowell [64pp; 5.9x9.3 red w.black coat of arms; cast lists, biographies, synopses, photos, designs, articles, credits, company lists etc.] £4
1987 (29 Dec): CINDERELLA (ROH, Covent Garden)
Royal Ballet: Wendy Ellis, Stephen Jefferies, Jonathan Burrows, David Drew, Leslie Edwards, Tracy Brown, Stephen Beagley, Peter Abegglan [68pp, 5.9x9.3 red w.black coat of arms; cast lists, biographies, synopses, photos (some in colour), designs, articles, credits, company lists etc.; a packed programme; VG] £4
1988 (26 May): ONDINE (ROH, CvtGdn)
Royal Ballet: Maria Almeida, Bruce Sansom, Stephen Jefferies, Leslie Edwards [72pp, 5.9x9.25; red w.black coat of arms; cast lists, biographies, synopses, photos, designs, articles, credits, company lists etc.] £4
1988 (28 May): ONDINE (ROH, CvtGdn)
Royal Ballet: Maria Almeida, Anthony Dowell, Deanne Bergsma, Stephen Jefferies, Leslie Edwards [72pp, 5.9x9.25; red w.black coat of arms; cast lists, biographies, synopses, photos (some in colour), designs, articles, credits, company lists etc.] £4
1989 (12 Jan): CINDERELLA (ROH, Covent Garden)
Royal Ballet: Nicola Roberts, Mark Silver, Michael Coleman, Derek Rencher, David Drew, Genesia Rosato, Jonathan Burrows, Deborah Bull, Simon Rice, Jeremy Sheffield (for Antony Dowson), Bruce Sansom, Phillip Broomhead [62pp, 7.4x9.75 red/grey cover, w.12pp photographic cast and biography booklet; synopsis, photos, designs, articles, credits, company lists etc.; a superb souvenir] (£5) SOLD
1990s
1990 (27 Jan): LAURENTIA, LA FILLE MAL GARDEE (ROH, Covent Garden)
Royal Ballet: Deborah Bull (for Darcey Bussell), Phillip Broomhead, Ravenna Tucker (for Maria Almeida), Viviana Durante, Bruce Sansom, Errol Pickford, Wendy Ellis, Wayne Eagling, Michael Coleman, Leslie Edwards, Peter Abegglen [c68pp, 7.25x9.6 red/grey cover, w.4pp cast insert, and replacement slip; cast lists, biographies, synopses, photos (many in colour), designs, articles, credits, company lists etc.; a superb souvenir] £5
1996 (9 Feb): RHAPSODY, DANCES WITH DEATH, ...NOW LANGUOROUS, NOW WILD..., and THE INVITATION (ROH, Covent Garden)
Royal Ballet: Viviana Durante, Tetsuya Kumakawa, Belinda Hatley, Jonathan Cope, Adam Cooper, Darcey Bussell, Irek Mukhamedov, Sarah Wildor, Michael Nunn, Elizabeth McGorian, Natalie Bowhill, Rachael Whitbread, Philippa Gordon [c80pp, 7.25x9.6 red/black/gold cover, w.6pp cast insert; cast lists, biographies, synopses, photos (many in colour), designs, articles, credits, company lists etc.; a superb souvenir] (£5) SOLD
1996 (20 Feb): THE SLEEPING BEAUTY - A special performance in the presence of Her Majesty the Queen to mark the 50th Anniversary of the re-opening of the Royal Opera House after World War II (ROH, Covent Garden) Royal Souvenir Brochure
Royal Ballet: Derek Rencher, Darcey Bussell, Jonathan Cope, David Drew, Anthony Dowell, Zenaida Yanowsky, Deborah Bull, Adam Cooper, Tetsuya Kumakawa, Jean Bedells, Pauline Clayden, Leslie Edwards, Julia Farron, Beryl Grey, Stanley Holden, Gerd Larsen, Gillian Lynne, Pamela May, Nadia Nerina, Joy Newton etc. etc. [24pp, 7.4x9.7; contains cast list, synopsis, 7 superb colour photographs of the 1946 production of 'The Sleeping Beauty', with Margot Fonteyn, Robert Helpmann, Beryl Grey, June Leighton, Richard Ellis, and Leslie Edwards; memoirs of the 1946 re-opening by Beryl Grey, Richard Ellis, Gillian Lynne, Leslie Edwards, and Christine Du Boulay; reproduction of the original 1946 programme; stylish programme in excellent condition] (£7) SOLD
2000
No programmes available
2001
2001 (2 May): THE FIREBIRD, AGON, LES NOCES (ROH, Covent Garden)
Royal Ballet: Leanne Benjamin, Jonathan Cope, Genesia Rosato, David Drew, Zenaida Yanowsky, Carlos Acosta, Belinda Hatley, Jonathan Howells, Victoria Hewitt, Sian Murphy, Jaimie Tapper, David Pickering, Romayne Grigorova [c88pp, 7.25x9.6 red/black/gold cover, w.6pp cast insert; cast lists, biographies, synopses, photos (many in colour), designs, articles, credits, company lists etc.; a superb souvenir] £5
2002 on
no programmes available