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THE ROYAL BALLET
1931-1940: The Vic-Wells Ballet
1940-Oct 1956: Sadler's Wells Ballet
from Nov 1956: The Royal Ballet

1930s

1939 (7 Jan matinee): THE LORD OF BURLEIGH and CASSE NOISETTE (Sadler's Wells)
Vic-Wells Ballet: June Brae, Elizabeth Miller, Ursula Moreton, Pamela May, Wenda Horsburgh, Palma Nye, Anne Spicer, Joan Leaman, Julia Farron, Joy Newton, William Chapell, Michael Somes, Leslie Edwards, Richard Ellis, Harold Turner (as The Nutcracker Prince), Margaret Dale, Paul Reymond (as Drosselmeyer), Annabel Farjeon, John Greenwood, Jean Bedells, Mavis Jackson, Rosalie Ruscoe, Mina Jordan, Moyra Fraser, Frank Staff (as King of Mice), Deryk Mendel, June Vincent (as Clara), Mary Honer (as The Sugar Plum Fairy); choreography by Frederick Ashton, Ivanoff [12pp, 7.25x9.5; cast, synopses, credits, forthcoming events, etc.; flimsy, corners curled, but intact] £3

1939 (3 Apr): THE SLEEPING PRINCESS (Sadler's Wells)
Vic-Wells Ballet: Bruce Dargaval, Joy Newton, Carol Bertram, Jill Gregory, Leslie Edwards, Pamela May, Richard Ellis, Mary Honer, William Chappell, Elizabeth Miller, Frank Staff, Julia Farron, Alan Carter, June Brae (as The Lilac Fairy), Michael Somes, John Greenwood, Mary Bench, Barbara Strong, Rowena Fayre, June Vincent, Frank Brooke, Molly Brown, Guinevere Parry, Mavis Jackson, Patricia Garnett, Jean Bedells, Audrey Daglish, Elizabeth Kennedy, Joan Phillips, Margot Fonteyn (as Princess Aurora), Harold Turner, Frederick Ashton, Palma Nye, Wenda Horsburgh, Anne Spicer, Annabel Farjeon, Joan Leaman, Valerie Wade, Joan Ross, Moyra Fraser, Margaret Williams, Olive Deacon, David Grey, Paul Reymond, John Nicholson, Stanley Hall, John Hart, Frank Harold, Deryk Mendel, Roderick McLean, Ursula Moreton, Robert Helpmann (as Prince Charming), Claude Newman, Joan Kebbell, Sally Hobson, Mary Manson; choreography by Nicolai Serfueeff after Marius Petipa [12pp, 7.3x9.7; cast, synopsis, credits, forthcoming events, Vic-Wells information etc.; very slightly rumpled, else VG] £4

1940s

1940
No programmes available

1941

1941 (30+31 May): THE GODS GO A-BEGGING, ORPHEUS AND EURYDICE and FACADE (New Theatre)
Sadler's Wells Ballet: Pamela May (as Eurydice), John Hart, Jean Bedells, Patricia Garnett, Joy Newton, Wenda Horsburgh, Palma Nye, Joan Ross, Moyra Fraser, Leslie Edwards, Claude Newman, Alan Carter, Michael Somes, John Field, Guinevere Parry, Elizabeth Kennedy, Mavis Jackson, Margaret Dale, Joan Phillips, June Vincent, Deryk Mendel, Robert Helpmann (as Orpheus), Margot Fonteyn (as Love), Mary Honer; Singers: Nancy Evans, Ceinwen Rowlands; Pianists: Constant Lambert, Hilda Guant, Margery Reed [8pp, 5.7x4.4; cast, synopses, credits, forthcoming events, etc.; VG] £3

1941 (4 Aug): LES SYLPHIDES, APPARITIONS and FACADE (New Theatre)
Sadler's Wells Ballet: Margot Fonteyn, Pamela May, June Brae, Mary Honer, Robert Helpmann, Jean Bedells, Pamela Nye, Guinevere Parry, Joy Newton, Elizabeth Kennedy, Mavis Jackson, Patricia Garnett, Joan Ross, Margaret Dale, Joan Phillips, Wenda Horsburgh, Moyra Fraser, June Vincent, Bunty Kelly, Margaret Scott, John Hart, John Field, Deryk Mendel, Lesie Edwards, Claude Newman, Duncan Graham; Orchestra c: Constant Lambert, choreography by Fokine, Frederick Ashton [8pp, 5.7x4.4; casts, synopses, credits, air raid info etc.; VG] £3

1942

1942 (1 Apr matinee): THE HAUNTED BALLROOM, COMUS and CASSE NOISETTE (New Theatre)
Sadler's Wells Ballet: Robert Helpmann (as The Master of Treginnis, Comus), June Vincent, Julia Farron, Palma Nye, Joy Newton, John Field, Margaret Dale, Margot Fonteyn (as The Lady), John Hart, David Paltenghi, Moyra Fraser, John Hart, Mary Honer, Celia Franca, Jean Bedells, Sheila Fleming, Beryl Grey, Wenda Horsburgh, Leo Kersley; Orchestra c:Constant Lambert [8pp, 5x3.75; cast lists, synopses, credits, forthcoming events, Air Raid Notice etc.; slightly rumpled, else VG] £3

1942 (13 Nov): COMUS, HAMLET, and FACADE (New Theatre)
Sadler's Wells Ballet: Margaret Dale, Robert Helpmann (as Hamlet), Beryl Grey, John Field, David Paltenghi, Moyra Fraser, Patricia Garnett, Anne Lascelles, Wenda Horsburgh, Peggy Van Praagh, Elizabeth Kennedy, Margaret Kelly, June Vincent, Palma Nye, Ray Powell, Anthony Burke, Franklin White, David Davenport, Mavis Jackson, Lorna Mossford, Celia Franca, Jean Bedells, Joan Shelton, Guinevere Parry, Mary Loraine, Pauline Dunning, Gordon Hamilton, Alexis Rassine, Margot Fonteyn (as Ophelia), Julia Farron, Moira Shearer; Orchestra c:Constant Lambert, choreography by Robert Helpmann, Frederick Ashton [8pp, 5x3.75; cast lists, synopses, credits, Air Raid Notice etc.; slightly rumpled, centre pages loose, else VG] £1

1943

1943 (20 Feb mat+eve): COPPPELIA (Bournemouth Pavilion)
Sadler's Wells Ballet: Peggy Van Praagh (matinee)/Margot Fonteyn (evening), Alexis Rassine, David Paltenghi, Carol Bertram, Margaret Kelly and company; orchestra conducted by Constant Lambert and Julian Clifford, choreography by Petipa and Cecchetti [8pp, 5x4; cast lists, synopses, credits etc.; slightly rumpled, else VG] £2

1943 (22+23 Feb): LES SYLPHIDES, THE BIRDS, and CASSE NOISETTE (22nd); LE LAC DES CYGNES (23rd) (Bournemouth Pavilion)
Sadler's Wells Ballet: Margot Fonteyn, Celia Franca, Moria Shearer, David Paltenghi, Margaret Dale, Robert Helpmann, Nigel Desmond and company; orchestra conducted by Constant Lambert and Julian Clifford; choreography by Fokine, Robert Helpmann, Ivanoff, Petipa [8pp, 5x4; cast lists, synopses, credits etc.; slightly rumpled, else VG] £2

1943 (25+26 Feb): THE BIRDS and GISELLE (25th); THE BIRDS, HAMLET and CASSE NOISETTE (26th) (Bournemouth Pavilion)
Sadler's Wells Ballet: Palma Nye/Moyra Fraser, Gordon Hamilton, Margaret Dale, Guinevere Parry, Alexis Rassine, Beryl Grey/Moira Shearer, Anne Lascelles, Pauline Clayden, Lorna Mossford, Joan Sheldon, Margot Fonteyn, Robert Helpmann and company; orchestra conducted by Constant Lambert and Julian Clifford; choreography by Robert Helpmann, Nicolai Sergueeff, and Ivanoff [8pp, 5x4; cast lists, synopses, credits etc.; slightly rumpled, else VG] £2

1943 (1 Apr mat.): LES RENDEZVOUS, APPARITIONS, and CASSE NOISETTE (New Theatre)
Sadler's Wells Ballet: Beryl Grey, Alexis Rassine, Julia Farron, Wenda Horsburgh, Palma Nye, Lorna Mossford, Patricia Garnett, Elizabeth Kennedy, Joan Sheldon, David Paltenghi, Leslie Edwards, Gordon Hamilton, Franklin White, Anthony Burke, Ray Powell, Guinevere Parry, Pauline Clayden, Margaret Kelly, Mavis Jackson, Robert Helpmann (as The Poet), Margot Fonteyn (as The Woman in a Ball Dress), Margaret Dale and company; orchestra conducted by Constant Lambert and Julian Clifford; choreography by Frederick Ashton and Ivanoff [8pp, 5x4; cast lists, synopses, credits etc.; air raid info; slightly rumpled, else VG] £2

1943 (30 Sep mat.): LE LAC DES CYGNES (New Theatre)
Sadler's Wells Ballet: David Paltenghi (as The Prince Siegfried), Joy Newton, Ray Powell, Leslie Edwards, Beryl Grey (as Odette/Odile), Anthony Burke, Moira Shearer, Moyra Fraser and company; orchestra conducted by Constant Lambert or Alec Sherman; choreography by Petipa [8pp, 5x4; cast lists, synopsis, credits etc.; air raid info; slightly rumpled, else VG] £2

1944

1944 (30 Sep mat.): COPPELIA (Princes Theatre)
Sadler's Wells Ballet: Peggy van Praagh, Robert Helpmann, Alexis Rassine, Jean Bedells, Celia Franca, Gillian Lynne, Gerd Larsen, Leslie Edwards, Henry Danton, Pauline Clayden, Palma Nye, orchestra c:Constant Lambert and Alec Sherman, choreography by Ivanov and Cecchetti [4pp, 5x8; cast list, synopsis, credits, A.R.P. Notice etc.; VG] £2

1944 (2 Oct): LES SYLPHIDES, LE FESTIN DE L'ARAIGNEE, and THE PROSPECT BEFORE US (Princes Theatre)
Sadler's Wells Ballet: Margot Fonteyn, Moyra Fraser, Pauline Clayden, Robert Helpmann, Moira Shearer, Palma Nye, Celia Franca, Gillian Lynne, Henry Danton, Gordon Hamilton, Pamela May, Alexis Rassine, David Paltenghi, Leslie Edwards, Margaret Dale, orchestra c:Constant Lambert and Alec Sherman, choreography by Michel Fokine, Andree Howard, Ninette de Valois [4pp, 5x8; cast list, synopses, credits, A.R.P. Notice etc.; VG] £2

1944 (7 Oct): LES SYLPHIDES, HAMLET, and THE PROSPECT BEFORE US (Princes Theatre)
Sadler's Wells Ballet: Margot Fonteyn, Celia Franca, Pauline Clayden, Jill Gregory, Robert Helpmann, Moira Shearer, Moyra Fraser, Palma Nye, Gerd Larsen, Gillian Lynne, David Paltenghi, Gordon Hamilton, Leslie Edwards, Margaret Dale, Julia Farron, Alexis Rassine, orchestra c:Constant Lambert and Alec Sherman, choreography by Michel Fokine, Robert Helpmann, Ninette de Valois [4pp, 5x8; cast list, synopses, credits, A.R.P. Notice etc.; VG] £2

1944 (17 Oct): THE GODS GO A-BEGGING, CARNAVAL, and THE PROSPECT BEFORE US (Princes Theatre)
Sadler's Wells Ballet: Moira Shearer, Alexis Rassine, Joan Sheldon, Jill Gregory, Jean Bedells, Gillian Lynne, Palma Nye, Leslie Edwards, David Paltenghi, Margot Fonteyn, Julia Farron, Pauline Clayden, Robert Helpmann, Gordon Hamilton, Henry Danton, orchestra c:Constant Lambert and Alec Sherman, choreography by Ninette de Valois, Michel Fokine [4pp, 5x8; cast list, synopses, credits, A.R.P. Notice etc.; VG] £2

1944 (27 Oct): PROMENADE, MIRACLE IN THE GORBALS, and FACADE (Princes Theatre)
Sadler's Wells Ballet: Gordon Hamilton, Peggy van Praagh, Julia Farron, Moyra Fraser, Jean Bedells, Leslie Edwards, Moira Shearer, David Paltenghi, Joan Sheldon, Margaret Dale, Gillian Lynne, Palma Nye, Gerd Larsen, Pauline Clayden, Celia Franca, Robert Helpmann, orchestra c:Constant Lambert and Alec Sherman, choreography by Ninette de Valois, Robert Helpmann, Frederick Ashton [4pp, 5x8; cast list, synopses, credits, A.R.P. Notice etc.; VG] £2

1944 (2 Nov): CARNAVAL, MIRACLE IN THE GORBALS, and THE QUEST (Princes Theatre)
Sadler's Wells Ballet: Margot Fonteyn, Beryl Grey, Julia Farron, Robert Helpmann, David Paltenghi, Gordon Hamilton, Leslie Edwards, Palma Nye, Gillian Lynne, Henry Danton, Pauline Clayden, Moira Shearer, Alexis Rassine, Celia Franca, Gerd Larsen, Jean Bedells, Moyra Fraser, Joan Sheldon, orchestra c:Constant Lambert and Alec Sherman, choreography by Michel Fokine, Robert Helpmann, Frederick Ashton [4pp, 5x8; cast list, synopses, credits, A.R.P. Notice etc.; minor creases, else VG] £2

1944 (11 Nov mat.): LES PATINEURS, THE PROSPECT BEFORE US, and CARNAVAL (Princes Theatre)
Sadler's Wells Ballet: Pauline Clayden, Joan Sheldon, Henry Danton, Julia Farron, David Paltenghi, Gordon Hamilton, Celia Franca, Palma Nye, Robert Helpmann, Alexis Rassine, Moira Shearer, Jean Bedells, Leslie Edwards, Margaret Dale, Beryl Grey, Gillian Lynne, orchestra c:Alec Sherman, choreography by Frederick Ashton, Ninette de Valois, Michel Fokine [4pp, 5x8; cast list, synopses, credits, A.R.P. Notice etc.; VG] £2

1944 (18 Nov): COPPELIA (Princes Theatre)
Sadler's Wells Ballet: Margot Fonteyn, Alexis Rassine, Robert Helpmann, Margaret Dale, Palma Nye, Julia Farron, Gordon Hamilton, Gerd Larsen, Gillian Lynne, Leslie Edwards, Henry Danton, Moyra Fraser, Peggy van Praagh, orchestra c:Alec Sherman, choreography by Ivanov and Cecchetti [4pp, 5x8; cast list, synopsis, credits, A.R.P. Notice etc.; VG] £2

1944 (21 Nov): LE FESTIN DE L'ARAIGNEE and GISELLE (Princes Theatre)
Sadler's Wells Ballet: Palma Nye, Joan Sheldon, Gillian Lynne, Margaret Dale, Henry Danton, Margot Fonteyn, Robert Helpmann, Joy Newton, Gordon Hamilton, Jean Bedells, Leslie Edwards, Gerd Larsen, Moira Shearer, Pamela May, orchestra c:Alec Sherman, choreography by Andree Howard, Nicholai Sergueeff after Coralli [4pp, 5x8; cast list, synopses, credits, A.R.P. Notice etc.; VG] £2

1944 (28 Nov): CARNAVAL, NOCTURNE and LE FESTIN D'ARAIGNEE (Princes Theatre)
Sadler's Wells Ballet: Margot Fonteyn, Beryl Grey, Julia Farron, Alexis Rassine, Robert Helpmann, David Paltenghi, Gordon Hamilton, Leslie Edwards, Palma Nye, Gillian Lynne, Henry Danton, Frederick Ashton, Pamela May, Celia Franca, Gerd Larsen, Joan Sheldon, Pauline Clayden, orchestra c:Alec Sherman, choreography by Michel Fokine, Frederick Ashton, Andree Howard [4pp, 5x8; cast list, synopses, credits, A.R.P. Notice etc.; VG] £2

1944 (2 Dec): CARNAVAL, NOCTURNE and MIRACLE IN THE GORBALS (Princes Theatre)
Sadler's Wells Ballet: Margot Fonteyn, Beryl Grey, Julia Farron, Joan Sheldon, Alexis Rassine, Robert Helpmann, David Paltenghi, Gordon Hamilton, Leslie Edwards, Palma Nye, Gillian Lynne, Henry Danton, Frederick Ashton, Pamela May, Celia Franca, Gerd Larsen, Pauline Clayden, Moyra Fraser, Jean Bedells, orchestra c:Alec Sherman, choreography by Michel Fokine, Frederick Ashton, Robert Helpmann [4pp, 5x8; cast list, synopses, credits, A.R.P. Notice etc.; VG] £2

1945

1945 (28 Apr mat.): LES PATINEURS, MIRACLE IN THE GORBALS, Pas-de-Deux - "Aurora", and FACADE (New Theatre)
Sadler's Wells Ballet: Peggy van Praagh, Margaret Dale, Guinevere Parry, Mavis Jackson, Avril Navarre, Anne Negus, Franklin White, Henry Danton, Eric Hyrst, Douglas Stuart, Alexis Rassine, Julia Farron, David Paltenghi, Lorna Mossford, Gillian Lynne, Pauline Clayden, Moira Shearer, Leslie Edwards, Gordon Hamilton, Celia Franca, Robert Helpmann, Moyra Fraser, Palma Nye, Joan Sheldon, Gerd Larsen, Jean Bedells, Donald Britton, Margot Fonteyn, orchestra under the direction of Constant Lambert, choreography by Frederick Ashton, Robert Helpmann [8pp, 5x3.75; cast lists, credits etc.; slightly rumpled else VG] £2

1945 (3 May): COPPELIA (New Theatre)
Sadler's Wells Ballet: Pamela May, Alexis Rassine, Gordon Hamilton, Guinevere Parry, Avril Navarre, Anne Negus, Pauline Clayden, Palma Nye, Julia Farron, Gillian Lynne, Celia Franca, Lorna Mossford, Leslie Edwards, Eric Hyrst, Henry Danton, Moyra Fraser, orchestra under the direction of Constant Lambert, choreography by Ivanov and Cecchetti [8pp, 5x3.75; cast lists, synopsis, credits etc.; slightly rumpled else VG] £2

1945 (15 May): COMUS, LE SPECTRE DE LA ROSE, and THE PROSPECT BEFORE US (New Theatre)
Sadler's Wells Ballet: Joan Sheldon, Robert Helpmann, Margot Fonteyn, David Paltenghi, Moyra Fraser, Jean Bedells, Palma Nye, Avril Navarre, Douglas Stuart, Henry Danton, Eric Hyrst, Lorna Mossford, Gerd Larsen, Gillian Lynne, Guinevere Parry, Alexis Rassine, Gordon Hamilton, Pamela May, Pauline Clayden, Moira Shearer, Anne Negus, Margaret Dale, Leslie Edwards, orchestra under the direction of Constant Lambert, choreography by Robert Helpmann, Michel Fokine, Ninette de Valois [8pp, 5x3.75; cast lists, synopses, credits etc.; slightly rumpled else VG] £2

1945 (17 May): COPPELIA (New Theatre)
Sadler's Wells Ballet: Pamela May, Harold Turner, Robert Helpmann, Kenneth Griffiths, Guinevere Parry, Joan Sheldon, Anne Negus, Pauline Clayden, Palma Nye, Julia Farron, Gillian Lynne, Gerd Larsen, Leslie Edwards, Douglas Stuart, Eric Hyrst, Henry Danton, Moyra Fraser, Franklin White, Lorna Mossford, orchestra under the direction of Constant Lambert, choreography by Ivanov and Cecchetti [8pp, 5x3.75; cast lists, synopses, credits etc.; slightly rumpled else VG] £2

1945 (22 May): LE LAC DES CYGNES (New Theatre)
Sadler's Wells Ballet: Michael Somes, Jean Bedells, Gordon Hamilton, Leslie Edwards, Henry Danton, Eric Hyrst, Douglas Stuart, Beryl Grey, Anne Negus, Margaret Dale, Celia Franca, Palma Nye, Avril Navarre, Lorna Mossford, Gillian Lynne, Anthony Burke, Moira Shearer, Pauline Clayden, Moyra Fraser, Julia Farron, Guinevere Parry, orchestra under the direction of Constant Lambert, choreography by Petipa [8pp, 5x3.75; cast lists, synopsis, credits etc.; slightly rumpled else VG] £2

1945 (24 May): PROMENADE, LE SPECTRE DE LA ROSE, and THE QUEST (New Theatre)
Sadler's Wells Ballet: Gordon Hamilton, Anne Negus, Guinevere Parry, Avril Navarre, Peggy van Praagh, Julia Farron, Moyra Fraser, Gillian Lynne, Leslie Edwards, Beryl Grey, David Paltenghi, Pauline Clayden, Moira Shearer, Eric Hyrst, Douglas Stuart, Palma Nye, Lorna Mossford, Margot Fonteyn, Alexis Rassine, Celia Franca, Henry Danton, Jean Bedells, orchestra under the direction of Constant Lambert, choreography by Ninette de Valois, Michel Fokine, Frederick Ashton [8pp, 5x3.75; cast lists, synopses, credits etc.; slightly rumpled else VG] £2

1945 (4 Jun): CARNAVAL, THE RAKE'S PROGRESS, and LES SYLPHIDES (New Theatre)
Sadler's Wells Ballet: Margot Fonteyn, Pamela May, Julia Farron, Pauline Clayden, Alexis Rassine, Robert Helpmann, David Paltenghi, Gordon Hamilton, Leslie Edwards, Palma Nye, Lorna Mossford, Gillian Lynne, Henry Danton, Douglas Stuart, Peggy van Praagh, Joan Sheldon, Moyra Fraser, Jean Bedells, Celia Franca, Moira Shearer, Anne Negus, Avril Navarre, Guinevere Parry, orchestra under the direction of Constant Lambert, choreography by Michel Fokine, Ninette de Valois [8pp, 5x3.9; cast list, synopses, credits etc.; slightly rumpled else VG] £2

1945 (6 Jun): LE LAC DES CYGNES (New Theatre)
Sadler's Wells Ballet: David Paltenghi, Jean Bedells, Gordon Hamilton, Leslie Edwards, Douglas Stuart, Beryl Grey, Anne Negus, Pauline Clayden, Lorna Mossford, Guinevere Parry, Palma Nye, Gillian Lynne, Alexis Rassine, Margaret Dale, Joan Sheldon, Celia Franca, Moyra Fraser, Julia Farron, Moira Shearer, Avril Navarre, orchestra under the direction of Constant Lambert, choreography by Marius Petipa [8pp, 5x3.9; cast list, synopses, credits etc.; slightly rumpled else VG] £2

1945 (14 Jun): THE GODS GO A-BEGGING and GISELLE (New Theatre)
Sadler's Wells Ballet: Moira Shearer, Anthony Burke, Joan Sheldon, Jean Bedells,Palma Nye, Gillian Lynne, Leslie Edwards, David Paltenghi, Douglas Stuart, Henry Danton, Guinevere Parry, Anne Negus, Avril Navarre, Michael Boulton, Margot Fonteyn, Robert Helpmann, Gordon Hamilton, Gerd Larsen, Lorna Mossford, Moyra Fraser, orchestra under the direction of Constant Lambert, choreography by Ninette de Valois, Nicholas Sergueeff after Coralli [8pp, 5x3.9; cast list, synopses, credits etc.; centre pages loose, slightly rumpled else VG] £1

1945 (18 Jun): LES SYLPHIDES, MIRACLE IN THE GORBALS, and DANTE SONATA (New Theatre)
Sadler's Wells Ballet: Beryl Grey, Moira Shearer, Lorna Mossford, Michael Somes, Avril Navarre, Gerd Larsen, Guinevere Parry, Palma Nye, Joan Sheldon, Gillian Lynne, Pauline Clayden, Alexis Rassine, Leslie Edwards, Gordon Hamilton, David Paltenghi, Celia Franca, Robert Helpmann, Julia Farron, Moyra Fraser, Jean Bedells, Franklin White, Henry Danton, Douglas Stuart, Donald Britton, Margaret Dale, Mavis Jackson, Peggy van Praagh, orchestra under the direction of Constant Lambert, choreography by Michel Fokine, Robert Helpmann, Frederick Ashton [8pp, 5x3.9; cast list, synopses, credits etc.; slightly rumpled else VG] £2

1945 (23 Jun mat.): LE LAC DES CYGNES (New Theatre)
Sadler's Wells Ballet: David Paltenghi, Jean Bedells, Gordon Hamilton, Leslie Edwards, Franklin White, Douglas Stuart, Beryl Grey, Joan Sheldon, Anne Negus, Lorna Mossford, Palma Nye, Anthony Burke, Gillian Lynne, Pauline Clayden, Moira Shearer, Julia Farron, Moyra Fraser, Celia Franca, Gerd Larsen, Kenneth Griffiths, Margaret Dale, Guinevere Parry, orchestra under the direction of Constant Lambert, choreography by Marius Petipa [8pp, 5x3.9; cast list, synopsis, credits etc.; slightly rumpled else VG] £2

1945 (23 Jun eve.): LE LAC DES CYGNES (New Theatre)
Sadler's Wells Ballet: Robert Helpmann, Jean Bedells, Gordon Hamilton, Alexis Rassine, Franklin White, Douglas Stuart, Kenneth Griffiths, Margot Fonteyn, Pauline Clayden, Anne Negus, Moira Shearer, Gillian Lynne, Guinevere Parry, Avril Navarre, Lorna Mossford, Palma Nye, Anthony Burke, Celia Franca, Julia Farron, Joan Sheldon, Leslie Edwards, Margaret Dale, Moyra Fraser, orchestra under the direction of Constant Lambert, choreography by Marius Petipa [8pp, 5x3.9; cast list, synopses, credits etc.; slightly rumpled else VG] £2

1945 (19-21 Jul): CARNAVAL, LES SYLPHIDES, and FACADE (Finsbury Park Open Air Theatre)
Sadler's Wells Ballet: Margot Fonteyn, Beryl Grey, Julia Farron, Joan Sheldon, Alexis Rassine, David Paltenghi, Michael Somes, Gordon Hamilton, Leslie Edwards, Palma Nye, Lorna Mossford, Gillian Lynne, Henry Danton, Franklin White, Eric Hyrst, Douglas Stuart, Anne Negus, Robert Helpmann, Pamela May, Moyra Fraser, Pauline Clayden, Guinevere Parry, orchestra under the direction of Constant Lambert, choreography by Michel Fokine, Frederick Ashton [8pp, 5x3.9; cast list, synopses, credits etc.; cast corrrections written in; slightly rumpled else VG] £2

1945 (24 July to 15 September): Sadler's Wells Ballet returned to its home base, Sadler's Wells Theatre, for a celebratory end-of-war season.

1945 (26 Jul): COPPELIA (Sadler's Wells)
Sadler's Wells Ballet: Margot Fonteyn, Alexis Rassine, Robert Helpmann, Anne Heaton, Margaret Dale, Guinevere Parry, Pauline Clayden, Anne Negus, Palma Nye, Julia Farron, Franklin White, Gillian Lynne, Celia Franca, Gerd Larsen, Leslie Edwards, Douglas Stuart, Anthony Burke, Henry Danton, Avril Navarre, Moyra Fraser, Moira Shearer, Lorna Mossford, orchestra under the direction of Constant Lambert, choreography by Ivanov and Cecchetti [8pp, 5x3.9; cast list, synopses, credits etc.; slightly rumpled else VG] £2

1945 (31 Jul): CARNAVAL, THE GODS GO A-BEGGING, and MIRACLE IN THE GORBALS (Sadler's Wells)
Sadler's Wells Ballet: Margaret Dale, Beryl Grey, Julia Farron, Anne Negus, David Paltenghi, Michael Somes, Gordon Hamilton, Leslie Edwards, Palma Nye, Lorna Mossford, Gillian Lynne, Kenneth Griffith, Franklin White, Henry Danton, Douglas Stuart, Pamela May, Alexis Rassine, Joan Sheldon, Jean Bedells, Anthony Burke, Michael Boulton, Pauline Clayden, Moira Shearer, Celia Franca, Robert Helpmann, Moyra Fraser, Gerd Larsen, Avril Navarre, Allan Baker, orchestra under the direction of Constant Lambert, choreography by Michel Fokine, Ninette de Valois, Robert Helpmann [8pp, 5x3.9; cast list, synopses, credits etc.; slightly rumpled else VG] £2

1945 (2 Aug): LE LAC DES CYGNES (Sadler's Wells)
Sadler's Wells Ballet: Michael Somes, Jean Bedells, Gordon Hamilton, Leslie Edwards, Franklin White, Douglas Stuart, Beryl Grey, Anne Negus, Pauline Clayden, Lorna Mossford, Moira Shearer, Anthony Burke, Gillian Lynne, Alexis Rassine, Margaret Dale, Joan Sheldon, Celia Franca, Palma Nye, Julia Farron, Moyra Fraser, Gerd Larsen, Guinevere Parry, orchestra under the direction of Constant Lambert, choreography by Petipa [8pp, 5x3.9; cast list, synopses, credits etc.; slightly rumpled else VG] £2

1945 (3 Aug): THE HAUNTED BALLROOM and JOB (Sadler's Wells)
Sadler's Wells Ballet: Robert Helpmann, Margot Fonteyn, Celia Franca, Julia Farron, Michael Somes, Anthony Burke, Jean Bedells, Palma Nye, David Paltenghi, Henry Danton, Leslie Edwards, ranklin White, Douglas Stuart, Moira Shearer, Moyra Fraser, Gerd Larsen, Lorna Mossford, Pauline Clayden, Gordon Hamilton, Alexis Rassine, Peggy van Praagh, Gillian Lynne, Joan Sheldon, Margaret Dale, Guinevere Parry, Anne Negus, Kenneth Griffiths, orchestra under the direction of Constant Lambert, choreography by Ninette de Valois [8pp, 5x3.9; cast list, synopses, credits etc.; slightly rumpled else VG] £2

1945 (7 Aug): PROMENADE and GISELLE (Sadler's Wells)
Sadler's Wells Ballet: Gordon Hamilton, Anne Negus, Guinevere Parry, Avril Navarre, Peggy van Praagh, Julia Farron, Moyra Fraser, Gillian Lynne, Leslie Edwards, Moira Shearer, David Paltenghi, Pauline Clayden, Margaret Dale, Douglas Stuart, Franklin White, Palma Nye, Lorna Mossford, Beryl Grey, Alexis Rassine, Anthony Burke, Jean Bedells, Gerd Larsen, Joan Sheldon, Mavis Jackson, orchestra under the direction of Constant Lambert, choreography by Ninette de Valois, Nicholas Sergueeff after Coralli [8pp, 5x3.9; cast list, synopses, credits etc.; slightly rumpled else VG] £2

1945 (9 Aug): CARNAVAL, THE HAUNTED BALLROOM, Pas-de-Deux - "Aurora", and FACADE (Sadler's Wells)
Sadler's Wells Ballet: Margot Fonteyn, Beryl Grey, David Paltenghi, Michael Somes, Gordon Hamilton, Leslie Edwards, Palma Nye, Lorna Mossford, Gillian Lynne, Franklin White, Henry Danton, Eric Hyrst, Douglas Stuart, Robert Helpmann, June Leighton, Pamela May, Moira Shearer, Guinevere Parry, Moyra Fraser, orchestra under the direction of Constant Lambert, choreography by Michel Fokine, Ninette de Valois, Frederick Ashton [8pp, 5x3.9; cast list, synopses, credits etc.; slightly rumpled else VG] £2

1945 (27 Aug): LES PATINEURS, THE RAKE'S PROGRESS and THE WANDERER (Sadler's Wells)
Sadler's Wells Ballet: Peggy van Praagh, Avril Navarre, Guinevere Parry, Mavis Jackson, Anne Negus, Franklin White, Henry Danton, Douglas Stuart, Moira Shearer, David Paltenghi, Lorna Mossford, Beryl Grey, Robert Helpmann, Julia Farron, Gordon Hamilton, Joan Sheldon, Palma Nye, Leslie Edwards, Margot Fonteyn, Michael Somes, Gillian Lynne, orchestra under the direction of Constant Lambert, choreography by Frederick Ashton, Ninette de Valois [8pp, 5x3.9; cast list, synopses, credits etc.; slightly rumpled else VG] £2

1945 (30 Aug): LES PATINEURS, LE SPECTRE DE LA ROSE, and THE QUEST (Sadler's Wells)
Sadler's Wells Ballet: Avril Navarre, Joan Sheldon, Anne Negus, Mavis Jackson, Henry Danton, Douglas Stuart, Franklin White, Julia Farron, David Paltenghi, Lorna Mossford, Beryl Grey, Moira Shearer, Alexis Rassine, Leslie Edwards, Celia Franca, Gillian Lynne, Michael Somes, Pauline Clayden, Palma Nye, Moyra Fraser, orchestra under the direction of Constant Lambert, choreography by Frederick Ashton, Michel Fokine [8pp, 5x3.9; cast list, synopses, credits etc.; slightly rumpled else VG] £2

1945 (3 Sep): COPPELIA (Sadler's Wells)
Sadler's Wells Ballet: Margot Fonteyn, Harold Turner, Gordon Hamilton, Kenneth Melville, Mavis Jackson, Guinevere Parry, Margaret Dale, Anne Negus, Palma Nye, Julia Farron, Franklin White, Gillian Lynne, Leslie Edwards, Douglas Stuart, Anthony Burke, Henry Danton, Anne Heaton, Avril Navarre, Beryl Grey, Lorna Mossford, orchestra under the direction of Constant Lambert, choreography by Ivanov and Cecchetti [8pp, 5x3.9; cast list, synopses, credits etc.; slightly rumpled else VG] £2

1945 (5 Sep): LES SYLPHIDES, NOCTURNE, and DANTE SONATA (Sadler's Wells)
Sadler's Wells Ballet: Beryl Grey, Moira Shearer, Pauline Clayden, Michael Somes, Mavis Jackson, Avril Navarre, Guinevere Parry, Palma Nye, Joan Sheldon, Gerd Larsen, Gillian Lynne, Frederick Ashton, Margot Fonteyn, Robert Helpmann, Julia Farron, Celia Franca, Lorna Mossford, David Paltenghi, Franklin White, Henry Danton, Douglas Stuart, Margaret Dale, Alexis Rassine, Peggy van Praagh, orchestra under the direction of Constant Lambert, choreography by Michel Fokine, Frederick Ashton [8pp, 5x3.9; cast list, synopses, credits etc.; slightly rumpled else VG] £2

1945 (7 Sep): LES SYLPHIDES, THE WANDERER and MIRACLE IN THE GORBALS (Sadler's Wells)
Sadler's Wells Ballet: Beryl Grey, Moira Shearer, Pauline Clayden, Michael Somes, Margaret Dale, Avril Navarre, Gerd Larsen, Guinevere Parry, Palma Nye, Joan Sheldon, Anne Negus, Gillian Lynne, Robert Helpmann, Franklin White, Henry Danton, Douglas Stuart, Margot Fonteyn, Julia Farron, Mavis Jackson, Alexis Rassine, Leslie Edwards, Gordon Hamilton, David Paltenghi, Celia Franca, Donald Britton, orchestra under the direction of Constant Lambert, choreography by Michel Fokine, Frederick Ashton, Robert Helpmann [8pp, 5x3.9; cast list, synopses, credits etc.; slightly rumpled else VG] £2

1945 (11 Sep): LE LAC DES CYGNES (Sadler's Wells)
Sadler's Wells Ballet: Michael Somes, Jean Bedells, Gordon Hamilton, Leslie Edwards, Franklin White, Douglas Stuart, Beryl Grey, Joan Sheldon, Anne Negus, Celia Franca, Palma Nye, Mavis Jackson, Gillian Lynne, Moira Shearer, Pauline Clayden, Julia Farron, Moyra Fraser, Gerd Larsen, Avril Navarre, Guinevere Parry, Anthony Burke, orchestra under the direction of Constant Lambert, choreography by Petipa [8pp, 5x3.9; cast list, synopses, credits etc.; slightly rumpled else VG] £2

1945 (13 Sep): LES SYLPHIDES, HAMLET, and DANTE SONATA (Sadler's Wells)
Sadler's Wells Ballet: Beryl Grey, Moyra Fraser, Pauline Clayden, Michael Somes, Mavis Jackson, Avril Navarre, Lorna Mossford, Guinevere Parry, Palma Nye, Joan Sheldon, Gillian Lynne, Gerd Larsen, David Paltenghi, Robert Helpmann, Gordon Hamilton, Anthony Burke, Leslie Edwards, Celia Franca, Margaret Dale, Pamela May, Moira Shearer, Julian Farron, Henry Danton, Peggy van Praagh, Douglas Stuart, Franklin White, orchestra under the direction of Constant Lambert, choreography by Michel Fokine, Robert Helpmann, Frederick Ashton [8pp, 5x3.9; cast list, synopses, credits etc.; centre pages loose, slightly rumpled else VG] £1

1945 (15 Sep mat.): PROMENADE, LES PATINEURS, and HAMLET (Sadler's Wells)
Sadler's Wells Ballet: Gordon Hamilton, Anne Negus, Mavis Jackson, Guinevere Parry, Avril Navarre, Peggy van Praagh, Julia Farron, Lorna Mossford, Anthony Burke, Moira Shearer, Michael Somes, Joan Sheldon, Margaret Dale, Palma Nye, Gillian Lynne, Gerd Larsen, Henry Danton, Douglas Stuart, Franklin White, Alexis Rassine, David Paltenghi, Celia Franca, Anthony Burke, Leslie Edwards, Pauline Clayden, orchestra under the direction of Constant Lambert, choreography by Ninette de Valois, Frederick Ashton, Robert Helpmann [8pp, 5x3.9; cast list, synopses, credits etc.; slightly rumpled else VG] £2

1945 (15 Sep eve.): PROMENADE, LES PATINEURS and HAMLET (Sadler's Wells)
Sadler's Wells Ballet: Gordon Hamilton, Anne Negus, Mavis Jackson, Guinevere Parry, Avril Navarre, Peggy van Praagh, Julia Farron, Moyra Fraser, Gillian Lynne, Leslie Edwards, Beryl Grey, Michael Somes, Pauline Clayden, Margaret Dale, Alexis Rassine, Franklin White, Gerd Larsen, Palma Nye, Henry Danton, Douglas Stuart, Moira Shearer, David Paltenghi, Lorna Mossford, Robert Helpmann, Celia Franca, orchestra under the direction of Constant Lambert, choreography by Ninette de Valois, Frederick Ashton, Robert Helpmann [8pp, 5x3.9; cast list, synopses, credits etc.; slightly rumpled else VG] £2

1946

1946 (20 Feb): Covent Garden re-opened by the Sadler's Wells Ballet Company with THE SLEEPING BEAUTY

1946: THE SLEEPING BEAUTY (Royal Opera House, Covent Garden)
Sadler's Wells Ballet: David Davenport, Julia Farron, Leslie Edwards, Gerd Larsen, Alexis Rassine, Gillian Lynne, Henry Danton, Anne Negus, Harold Turner, Pauline Clayden, Richard Ellis, Margaret Dale, Franklin White, Beryl Grey (as The Lilac Fairy), Michael Somes, Robert Helpmann (as Carabosse/Prince Florimund), Joan Sheldon, Jill Gregory, Guinevere Parry, Elizabeth Kennedy, Margaret Roseby, Avril Navarre, Mavis Ray, Oenone Talbot, Margot Fonteyn (as The Princess Aurora), Norman Thomson, Anthony Burke, Margaret Sear, June Leighton, Veronica Vail, Gretta Hamby, Jean Bedells, Paul Reymond, Palma Nye, Paula Dunning, Lorna Mossford, Christine Du Boulay, Stanley Hall, Toni Repetto, Stanley Holden, Violetta Prokhorova, Gordon Hamilton, musical director: Constant Lambert, choreography by Nicholai Sergueeff after Marius Petipa [8pp, 5.5x8.5; cast list, synopsis, company list, orchestra list, credits etc.; slightly rumpled else VG] £5

1946 (1 Mch): THE SLEEPING BEAUTY (Royal Opera House, Covent Garden)
Sadler's Wells Ballet: David Davenport, Julia Farron, Leslie Edwards, Gerd Larsen, Alexis Rassine, Gillian Lynne, Henry Danton, Anne Negus, Brian Shaw, Pauline Clayden, Richard Ellis, Margaret Dale, Franklin White, Beryl Grey (as The Lilac Fairy), Anthony Burke, Gordon Hamilton, Margaret Sear, Jill Gregory, Guinevere Parry, Elizabeth Kennedy, Margaret Roseby, Avril Navarre, Mavis Ray, Oenone Talbot, Pamela May (as Princess Aurora), Norman Thomson, Joan Sheldon, June Leighton, Veronica Vail, Gretta Hamby, David Paltenghi (as Prince Florimund), Jean Bedells, Paul Reymond, Palma Nye, Paula Dunning, Lorna Mossford, Christine Du Boulay, Stanley Hall, Toni Repetto, Violetta Prokhorova, Donald Britton, musical director: Constant Lambert, choreography by Nicholai Sergueeff after Marius Petipa [8pp, 5.5x8.5; cast list, synopsis, company list, orchestra list, credits etc.; slightly rumpled else VG] £4

1946 (18 Mch): THE RAKE'S PROGRESS, NOCTURNE and MIRACLE IN THE GORBALS (Royal Opera House, Covent Garden)
Sadler's Wells Ballet: Robert Helpmann, Margot Fonteyn, Moira Shearer, Alexis Rassine, Leslie Edwards, David Paltenghi and company, musical director: Constant Lambert, choreography by Ninette de Valois, Frederick Ashton, Robert Helpmann [8pp, 5.5x8.5; cast list, company list, orchestra list, credits, forthcoming performances, forthcoming performances etc.; slightly rumpled else VG] £2

1946 (20 Mch): LES PATINEURS, INTERLUDE, DANTE SONATA and MIRACLE IN THE GORBALS (Royal Opera House, Covent Garden)
Sadler's Wells Ballet: Moira Shearer, Gillian Lynne, Beryl Grey, Margot Fonteyn, Pamela May, David Paltenghi, Leslie Edwards and company, musical director: Constant Lambert, choreography by Frederick Ashton, Robert Helpmann [8pp, 5.5x8.5; cast list, company list, orchestra list, credits, forthcoming performances etc.; slightly rumpled else VG] £2

1946 (21 Mch): LES PATINEURS, INTERLUDE, DANTE SONATA and MIRACLE IN THE GORBALS (Royal Opera House, Covent Garden)
Sadler's Wells Ballet: David Davenport, Beryl Grey, Moira Shearer, Alexis Rassine, Gillian Lynne, Margot Fonteyn, David Paltenghi, Pamela May, Robert Helpmann, Leslie Edwards and company, musical director: Constant Lambert, choreography by Frederick Ashton, Robert Helpmann [8pp, 5.5x8.5; cast list, company list, orchestra list, credits, forthcoming performances etc.; slightly rumpled else VG] £2

1946 (26 Mch): THE SLEEPING BEAUTY (Royal Opera House, Covent Garden)
Sadler's Wells Ballet: David Davenport, Moira Shearer, Gillian Lynne, Beryl Grey, Robert Helpmann (as Prince Florimund), Margot Fonteyn (as The Princess Aurora) and company, musical director: Constant Lambert, choreography by Nicholai Sergueeff after Marius Petipa [8pp, 5.5x8.5; cast list, company list, forthcoming performances etc.; slightly rumpled else VG] £2

1946 (30 Mch): THE SLEEPING BEAUTY (Royal Opera House, Covent Garden)
Sadler's Wells Ballet: David Davenport, Leslie Edwards, Gillian Lynne, Beryl Grey, Pamela May (as The Princess Aurora), David Paltenghi (as Prince Florimund), Alexis Rassine, Donald Britton and company, musical director: Constant Lambert, choreography by Nicholai Sergueeff after Marius Petipa [8pp, 5.5x8.5; cast list, company list, credits, forthcoming performances etc.; VG] £2

1946 (3 Apr): THE SLEEPING BEAUTY (Royal Opera House, Covent Garden)
Sadler's Wells Ballet: Pamela May (as The Princess Aurora), David Paltenghi (as Prince Florimund), Beryl Grey (as The Lilac Fairy) and company, musical director: Constant Lambert, choreography by Nicholai Sergueeff after Marius Petipa [8pp, 5.5x8.5; cast list, company list, orchestra list, credits, forthcoming performances etc.; slightly rumpled else VG] £2

1946 (10 Apr): LES PATINEURS, ADAM ZERO, and NOCTURNE (Royal Opera House, Covent Garden)
Sadler's Wells Ballet: Moira Shearer, David Paltenghi, Beryl Grey, June Brae, Robert Helpmann, Alexis Rassine, Gillian Lynne, Leslie Edwards, Frederick Ashton, Margot Fonteyn, Pamela May and company, musical director: Constant Lambert, choreography by Frederick Ashton, Robert Helpmann [8pp, 5.5x8.5; cast lists, company list, orchestra list, credits, forthcoming performances etc.; light vertical bend, else slightly rumpled else VG] £2

1946 (13 Apr): LES PATINEURS, ADAM ZERO, and DANTE SONATA (Royal Opera House, Covent Garden)
Sadler's Wells Ballet: David Paltenghi, Beryl Grey, Gillian Lynne, June Brae, Robert Helpmann, Alexis Rassine, Leslie Edwards, Margot Fonteyn, Pamela May, Moira Shearer, Michael Somes and company, musical director: Constant Lambert, choreography by Frederick Ashton, Robert Helpmann [8pp, 5.5x8.5; cast lists, company list, orchestra list, credits, forthcoming performances etc.; slightly rumpled else VG] £2

1946 (17 Apr): LES PATINEURS, ADAM ZERO, and DANTE SONATA (Royal Opera House, Covent Garden)
Sadler's Wells Ballet: David Paltenghi, Beryl Grey, Gillian Lynne, June Brae, Robert Helpmann, Alexis Rassine, Leslie Edwards, Margot Fonteyn, Pamela May, Moira Shearer, musical director: Constant Lambert, choreography by Frederick Ashton, Robert Helpmann [4pp, 5.5x8.5; cast lists, credits etc.; slightly rumpled else VG] £1

1946 (27 Apr): LES PATINEURS, SYMPHONIC VARIATIONS, and MIRACLE IN THE GORBALS (Royal Opera House, Covent Garden)
Sadler's Wells Ballet: Alexis Rassine, David Paltenghi, Beryl Grey, Gillian Lynne, Margot Fonteyn, Pamela May, Moira Shearer, Michael Somes, Brian Shaw, Henry Danton, Pauline Clayden, Leslie Edwards, Robert Helpmann, Peter Clegg and company, musical director: Constant Lambert, choreography by Frederick Ashton, Robert Helpmann [4pp, 5.5x8.5; cast lists, credits etc.; slightly rumpled else VG] £1

1946 (29 Apr): THE SLEEPING BEAUTY (Royal Opera House, Covent Garden)
Sadler's Wells Ballet: David Davenport, Leslie Edwards, Gerd Larsen, Alexis Rassine, Gillian Lynne, Beryl Grey (as The Lilac Fairy), Robert Helpmann (as Carabosse/Prince Florimund), Margot Fonteyn (as The Princess Aurora), Michael Somes and company, musical director: Constant Lambert, choreography by Nicholai Sergueeff after Marius Petipa [4pp, 5.5x8.5; cast list, credits etc.; slightly rumpled else VG] £1

1946 (4 May): THE SLEEPING BEAUTY (Royal Opera House, Covent Garden)
Sadler's Wells Ballet: David Davenport, Leslie Edwards, Gerd Larsen, Gillian Lynne, Franklin White, Beryl Grey (as The Lilac Fairy), Robert Helpmann (as Carabosse/Prince Florimund), Margot Fonteyn (as The Princess Aurora), Michael Somes, Donald Britton and company, musical director: Constant Lambert, choreography by Nicholai Sergueeff after Marius Petipa [4pp, 6x8.75; cast list, company list, credits etc.; slightly rumpled, minor edge damage, else VG] £1

1946 (14 May): LES PATINEURS, SYMPHONIC VARIATIONS, and MIRACLE IN THE GORBALS (Royal Opera House, Covent Garden)
Sadler's Wells Ballet: David Paltenghi, Franklin White, Harold Turner, Gerd Larsen, Margot Fonteyn, Pamela May, Moira Shearer, Michael Somes, Brian Shaw, Henry Danton, Pauline Clayden, Alexis Rassine, Gillian Lynne, David Davenport and company, musical director: Constant Lambert, choreography by Frederick Ashton, Robert Helpmann [4pp, 6x9.5; cast list, company list, credits etc.; slightly rumpled, minor marks else VG] £1

1946 (17 May): LES SYLPHIDES, THE RAKE'S PROGRESS and SYMPHONIC VARIATIONS (Royal Opera House, Covent Garden)
Sadler's Wells Ballet: Beryl Grey, Gerd Larsen, Gillian Lynne, Pauline Clayden, Harold Turner, Franklin White, Alexis Rassine, David Paltenghi, Leslie Edwards, Margot Fonteyn, Pamela May, Moira Shearer, Michael Somes, Brian Shaw, Henry Danton and company, musical director: Constant Lambert, choreography by Michel Fokine, Ninette de Valois, Frederick Ashton [4pp, 6x9.5; cast list, company list, credits etc.; slightly rumpled else VG] £1

1946 (18 May): LES SYLPHIDES, THE RAKE'S PROGRESS and SYMPHONIC VARIATIONS (Royal Opera House, Covent Garden)
Sadler's Wells Ballet: Beryl Grey, Norman Thomson, Gerd Larsen, Pauline Clayden, Gillian Lynne, Harold Turner, Franklin White, Alexis Rassine, David Paltenghi, Leslie Edwards, Margot Fonteyn, Pamela May, Moira Shearer, Michael Somes, Brian Shaw, Henry Danton and company, musical director: Constant Lambert, choreography by Michel Fokine, Ninette de Valois, Frederick Ashton [4pp, 6x9.5; cast list, company list, credits etc.; slightly rumpled else VG] £1

1946 (25 May): THE SLEEPING BEAUTY (Royal Opera House, Covent Garden)
Sadler's Wells Ballet: David Davenport, Leslie Edwards, Gerd Larsen, Alexis Rassine, Gillian Lynne, Henry Danton, Beryl Grey (as The Lilac Fairy), Robert Helpmann (as Carabosse/Prince Florimund), Margot Fonteyn (as The Princess Aurora), June Hart-Dyke, Violetta Prokhorova and company, musical director: Constant Lambert, choreography by Nicholai Sergueeff after Marius Petipa [4pp, 6x9.5; cast list, company list, credits etc.; slightly rumpled else VG] £1

1946 (28 May): THE SLEEPING BEAUTY (Royal Opera House, Covent Garden)
Sadler's Wells Ballet: Margot Fonteyn (as The Princess Aurora), David Paltenghi (as Prince Florimund), Beryl Grey, David Davenport, Julia Farron, Leslie Edwards, Gerd Larsen, Gillian Lynne, Frederick Ashton, Michael Somes, Pauline Clayden, Donald Britton and many others [4pp, 5.6x8.75; cast list, company list, synopsis of scenes, credits etc.; slightly rumpled, minor marks, else VG] £1

1946 (1 Jun mat.): THE SLEEPING BEAUTY (Royal Opera House, Covent Garden)
Sadler's Wells Ballet: David Davenport, Jean Bedells, Leslie Edwards, Pauline Clayden, Alexis Rassine, Franklin White, Gillian Lynne (as The Lilac Fairy), Frederick Ashton (as Carabosse), Margot Fonteyn (as The Princess Aurora), David Paltenghi (as Prince Florimund), Gerd Larsen and company, musical director: Constant Lambert, choreography by Nicholai Sergueeff after Marius Petipa [4pp, 5.5x8.75; cast list, company list, credits etc.; very much creased] £1

1946 (3 Jun): LES SYLPHIDES, HAMLET, and SYMPHONIC VARIATIONS (Royal Opera House, Covent Garden)
Sadler's Wells Ballet: Beryl Grey, Gerd Larsen, Pauline Clayden, Gillian Lynne, David Paltenghi, Michael Somes, Leslie Edwards, Margot Fonteyn, Moira Shearer, Brian Shaw, Henry Danton and company, musical director: Constant Lambert, choreography by Michel Fokine, Robert Helpmann, Frederick Ashton [4pp, 5.5x8.75; cast list, company list, credits etc.; slightly rumpled else VG] £1

1946 (5 Jun): LES SYLPHIDES, NOCTURNE and HAMLET (Royal Opera House, Covent Garden)
Sadler's Wells Ballet: Beryl Grey, Norman Thomson, Gerd Larsen, Pauline Clayden, Frederick Ashton, Michael Somes, Leslie Edwards, David Paltenghi, Michael Somes [4pp, 5.5x8.75; cast list, company list, synopsis of scenes, credits etc.; clean tear 3-inch tear, else VG - a reading copy] £1

1946 (8 Jun): LES PATINEURS, SYMPHONIC VARIATIONS, and MIRACLE IN THE GORBALS (Royal Opera House, Covent Garden)
Sadler's Wells Ballet: Franklin White, Harold Turner, Beryl Grey, Margot Fonteyn, Moira Shearer, Michael Somes, Brian Shaw, Henry Danton, Pauline Clayden, Alexis Rassine, Leslie Edwards, David Paltenghi, Michael Somes, Gillian Lynne and company, musical director: Constant Lambert, choreography by Frederick Ashton, Robert Helpmann [4pp, 5.5x8.75; cast list, company list, credits etc.; slightly rumpled else VG] £1

1946 (12 Jun): LES PATINEURS and GISELLE (Royal Opera House, Covent Garden)
Sadler's Wells Ballet: Franklin White, Brian Shaw, Moira Shearer, Gillian Lynne, Margot Fonteyn (as Giselle), Alexis Rassine (as Count Albrecht), David Paltenghi, David Davenport, Jean Bedells, Leslie Edwards, Beryl Grey (as Queen of the Wilis), Pauline Grant and company, musical director: Constant Lambert, choreography by Frederick Ashton, Nicholai Sergueeff after Coralli [4pp, 5.5x8.75; cast list, company list, credits etc.; creased] £1

1946 (13 Jun): THE RAKE'S PROGRESS, LES SYLPHIDES, and HAMLET (Royal Opera House, Covent Garden)
Sadler's Wells Ballet: Harold Turner (as The Rake), Franklin White, David Paltenghi (as Hamlet), Leslie Edwards, Gillian Lynne, Henry Danton, Jean Bedells, Julia Farron, Beryl Grey, Moira Shearer, Michael Somes, Pauline Clayden and company, musical director: Constant Lambert, choreography by Ninette de Valois, Michel Fokine, Robert Helpmann [4pp, 5.5x8.75; cast list, company list, credits etc.; slightly rumpled else VG] £1

1946 (15 Jun mat.): NOCTURNE, HAMLET and LES PATINEURS (Royal Opera House, Covent Garden)
Sadler's Wells Ballet: Frederick Ashton, Beryl Grey, Michael Somes, Gillian Lynne, Gerd Larsen, David Paltenghi, Leslie Edwards, Harold Turner, musical director: Constant Lambert, choreography by Frederick Ashton, Robert Helpmann [4pp, 5.5x8.75; cast list, company list, credits etc.; light folds, else VG] £2

1946 (15 Jun eve.): NOCTURNE, SYMPHONIC VARIATIONS and THE RAKE'S PROGRESS (Royal Opera House, Covent Garden)
Sadler's Wells Ballet: Frederick Ashton, Beryl Grey, Pauline Clayden, Michael Somes, Gillian Lynne, Gerd Larsen, David Paltenghi, Franklin White, Margot Fonteyn, Moira Shearer, Brian Shaw, Henry Danton, Harold Turner, Alexis Rassine, Leslie Edwards, Julia Farron and company, musical director: Constant Lambert, choreography by Frederick Ashton, Ninette de Valois [4pp, 5.5x8.75; cast list, company list, credits etc.; light folds, else VG] £1

1946 (17 Jun): THE RAKE'S PROGRESS and GISELLE (Royal Opera House, Covent Garden)
Sadler's Wells Ballet: Harold Turner, Franklin White, David Paltenghi, Leslie Edwards, Moira Shearer, Henry Danton, Jean Bedells, Julia Farron, Gillian Lynne, Margot Fonteyn (as Giselle), Alexis Rassine (as Count Albrecht), David Davenport and company, musical director: Constant Lambert, choreography by Ninette de Valois, Nicholai Sergueeff after Coralli [4pp, 5.5x8.75; cast list, company list, credits etc.; slightly rumpled else VG] £1

1946 (20 Jun): THE SLEEPING BEAUTY (Royal Opera House, Covent Garden)
Sadler's Wells Ballet: David Davenport, Leslie Edwards, Gerd Larsen, Franklin White, Gillian Lynne (as The Lilac Fairy), Frederick Ashton (as Carabosse), Beryl Grey (as The Princess Aurors, for Moira Shearer), David Paltenghi (as Prince Florimund), Jean Bedells, Michael Somes, Violetta Prokhorova, Donald Britton, Alexander Grant and company, musical director: Constant Lambert, choreography by Nicholai Sergueeff after Marius Petipa [4pp, 5.5x8.75; cast list, synopsis, company list, credits etc.; cast correction marked in, slightly rumpled else VG] £1

1946 (22 Jun): LES PATINEURS and GISELLE (Royal Opera House, Covent Garden)
Sadler's Wells Ballet: Franklin White, Brian Shaw, Gerd Larsen, Margot Fonteyn (as Giselle), Alexis Rassine (as Count Albrecht), David Paltenghi, David Davenport, Jean Bedells, Leslie Edwards, Pauline Clayden, Pamela May (as Queen of the Wilis), Gillian Lynne and company, musical director: Constant Lambert, choreography by Frederick Ashton, Nicholai Sergueeff after Coralli [4pp, 5.5x8.75; cast list, company list, credits etc.; slightly rumpled else VG] £1

1946 (24 Jun): THE SLEEPING BEAUTY (Royal Opera House, Covent Garden)
Sadler's Wells Ballet: David Davenport, Leslie Edwards, Gerd Larsen, Alexis Rassine, Gillian Lynne, Henry Danton, Brian Shaw, Pauline Clayden, Franklin White, Beryl Grey (as The Lilac Fairy), Frederick Ashton (as Carabosse), Moira Shearer (as The Princess Aurora), David Paltenghi (as Prince Florimund), Jean Bedells, Michael Somes, Violetta Prokhorova, Donald Britton and company, musical director: Constant Lambert, choreography by Nicholai Sergueeff after Marius Petipa [4pp, 5.5x8.75; cast list, synopsis, company list, credits etc.; slightly rumpled else VG] £1

1946 (29 Jun): THE SLEEPING BEAUTY (Royal Opera House, Covent Garden)
Sadler's Wells Ballet: David Davenport, Leslie Edwards, Gerd Larsen, Alexis Rassine, Gillian Lynne, Henry Danton, Brian Shaw, Franklin White, Beryl Grey (as The Lilac Fairy), Frederick Ashton (as Carabosse), Margot Fonteyn (as The Princess Aurora), David Paltenghi (as Prince Florimund), Jean Bedells, Michael Somes, Violetta Prokhorova, Harold Turner, Alexander Grant and company, musical director: Constant Lambert, choreography by Nicholai Sergueeff after Marius Petipa [4pp, 5.5x8.75; cast list, company list, credits etc.; slightly rumpled else VG] £1

1946 (25 Oct): COPPELIA (Royal Opera House, Covent Garden)
Sadler's Wells Ballet: Margot Fonteyn, Alexis Rassine, Robert Helpmann, Anne Gieves, David Davenport, Patricia Brooks, Peter Clegg, Michael Somes, Gillian Lynne, Gerd Larsen, Franklin White, Leslie Edwards, Alexander Grant, Beryl Grey, musical director: Constant Lambert, choreography by Petipa and Cecchetti, reconstructed by Nicholai Sergueeff [4pp, 5.7x8.75; cast list, company list, credits etc.; light vertical bend, slightly rumpled else VG] £1

1946 (26 Oct): COPPELIA (Royal Opera House, Covent Garden)
Sadler's Wells Ballet: Margot Fonteyn, Harold Turner, Robert Helpmann, Anne Gieves, David Davenport, Patricia Brooks, Peter Clegg, Violetta Prokhorova, Michael Somes, Gillian Lynne, Gerd Larsen, Franklin White, Leslie Edwards, Alexander Grant, Moira Shearer and company, musical director: Constant Lambert, choreography by Petipa and Cecchetti, reconstructed by Nicholai Sergueeff [4pp, 5.7x8.75; cast list, company list, credits etc.; slightly rumpled else VG] £1

1946 (30 Oct): THE RAKE'S PROGRESS, SYMPHONIC VARIATIONS and HAMLET (Royal Opera House, Covent Garden)
Sadler's Wells Ballet: Robert Helpmann, Franklin White, David Davenport, Alexis Rassine, David Paltenghi, Leslie Edwards, Gillian Lynne, Gerd Larsen, Jean Bedells, Philip Chatfield, Margot Fonteyn, Avril Navarre, Moira Shearer, Michael Somes, Alexander Grant, John Hart, Beryl Grey and company, musical director: Constant Lambert, choreography by Ninette de Valois, Frederick Ashton, Robert Helpmann [4pp, 5.7x8.75; cast list, company list, credits etc.; slightly rumpled else VG] £1

1946 (12 Nov): LES SYLPHIDES, LES SIRENES, and HAMLET (Royal Opera House, Covent Garden)
Sadler's Wells Ballet: Moira Shearer, Gerd Larsen, Gillian Lynne, Anne Negus, John Hart, Alexis Rassine, Alexander Grant, Franklin White, David Davenport, Philip Chatfield, Beryl Grey, Michael Somes, Margot Fonteyn, Leslie Edwards, Frederick Ashton, Robert Helpmann, David Paltenghi, John Hart and company, musical director: Constant Lambert, choreography by Michel Fokine, Frederick Ashton, Robert Helpmann [4pp, 5.6x8.75; cast list, company list, credits etc.; slightly rumpled else VG] £1

1946 (14 Nov): LES PATINEURS, SYMPHONIC VARIATIONS, and LES SIRENES (Royal Opera House, Covent Garden)
Sadler's Wells Ballet: Franklin White, Alexis Rassine, David Paltenghi, Margot Fonteyn, Avril Navarre, Moira Shearer, Michael Somes, Alexander Grant, John Hart, Gillian Lynne, Betty Cooper, Gerd Larsen, Philip Chatfield, Beryl Grey, Violetta Prokhorova, Leslie Edwards, Frederick Ashton, Robert Helpmann and company, musical director: Constant Lambert, choreography by Frederick Ashton [4pp, 5.6x8.75; cast list, company list, credits etc.; slightly rumpled else VG] £1

1946 (15 Nov): LES PATINEURS and GISELLE (Royal Opera House, Covent Garden)
Sadler's Wells Ballet: Avril Navarre, Philip Chatfield, Franklin White, Harold Turner, Violetta Prokhorova, John Hart, Gillian Lynne, Margot Fonteyn, Robert Helpmann, David Paltenghi, David Davenport, Jean Bedells, Leslie Edwards, Alexander Grant, Pauline Clayden and company, musical director: Constant Lambert, choreography by Frederick Ashton, Nicholas Sergueeff after Coralli [4pp, 5.6x8.75; cast list, company list, credits etc.; slightly rumpled else VG] £1

1946 (18 Nov): CARNAVAL and GISELLE (Royal Opera House, Covent Garden)
Sadler's Wells Ballet: Violetta Prokhorova, Beryl Grey, Julia Farron, Anne Negus, Harold Turner, Frederick Ashton, Leslie Edwards, Gillian Lynne, Margot Fonteyn, Robert Helpmann, David Paltenghi, David Davenport, Alexander Grant, Philip Chatfield, Gerd Larsen and company, musical director: Constant Lambert, choreography by Michel Fokine, Nicholas Sergueeff after Coralli [4pp, 5.6x8.75; cast list, company list, credits etc.; slightly rumpled else VG] £1

1946 (23 Nov): COPPELIA (Royal Opera House, Covent Garden)
Sadler's Wells Ballet: Margot Fonteyn, Alexis Rassine, Robert Helpmann, David Davenport, Peter Clegg, Violetta Prokhorova, Michael Somes, Gillian Lynne, Gerd Larsen, Leslie Edwards, Alexander Grant, Philip Chatfield, Alec Martin, Dorothea Zaymes, Beryl Grey, Paddy Stone, Pirnon Aldabaldetrecee and company, musical director: Constant Lambert, choreography by Petipa and Cecchetti, reconstructed by Nicolai Sergueeff [4pp, 5.6x8.75; cast list, company list, credits etc.; slightly rumpled else VG] £1

1946 (12 Dec): Covent Garden Opera & Sadler's Wells Ballet Companies unite for THE FAIRY QUEEN (Purcell)

1946 (19 Dec): LE LAC DES CYGNES (Royal Opera House, Covent Garden)
Sadler's Wells Ballet: Robert Helpmann, Jean Bedells, Leslie Edwards, Gaston Lapere, Philip Chatfield, Margot Fonteyn, Violetta Prokhorova, Gillian Lynne, David Davenport, Harold Turner, Margaret Dale, Michael Somes, John Hart, Alexander Grant, Franklin White, Gerd Larsen and company, musical director: Constant Lambert, choreography by Petipa and Ivanov [8pp, 4.9x7.5; cast list, company list, synopsis, credits, forthcoming programmes etc.; slightly rumpled else VG] £1

1946 (20 Dec): LE LAC DES CYGNES (Royal Opera House, Covent Garden)
Sadler's Wells Ballet: David Paltenghi, Jean Bedells, Gaston Lapere, Philip Chatfield, Beryl Grey, Gerd Larsen, David Davenport, Anne Negus, Avril Navarre, Gillian Lynne, Leslie Edwards, Violetta Prokhorova, Alexander Grant, Michael Somes and company, musical director: Constant Lambert, choreography by Petipa and Ivanov [8pp, 4.9x7.5; cast list, company list, synopsis, credits, forthcoming programmes etc.; slightly rumpled else VG] £1

1946 (27 Dec): LE LAC DES CYGNES (Royal Opera House, Covent Garden)
Sadler's Wells Ballet: David Paltenghi, Jean Bedells, Paul Reymond, Leslie Edwards, Gaston Lapere, Philip Chatfield, Moira Shearer, Margaret Dale, Joan Sheldon, Pauline Clayden, Violetta Prokhorova, Gerd Larsen, David Davenport, Michael Somes, Alexander Grant, Franklin White, Lorna Mossford, June Leighton, Dorothea Zaymes, Jill Gregory, Elixabeth Kennedy, Avril Navarre and company, musical director: Constant Lambert, choreography by Petipa and Ivanov [8pp, 4.9x7.5; cast list, company list, synopsis, credits, forthcoming programmes etc.; slightly rumpled else VG] £1

1947

1947 (4 Jan): COPPELIA (Royal Opera House, Covent Garden)
Sadler's Wells Ballet: Moira Shearer, John Hart, Leslie Edwards, Anne Gieves and company, musical director: Constant Lambert [8pp, 4.9x7.5; cast list, company list, synopsis, credits, forthcoming programmes etc.; VG] £2

1947 (11 Jan mat.): GISELLE and LES SIRENES (Royal Opera House, Covent Garden)
Sadler's Wells Ballet: Beryl Grey, Michael Somes, David Paltenghi, Beryl Grey, Gillian Lynne and company, musical director: Constant Lambert [8pp, 4.9x7.5; cast list, company list, synopsis, credits, forthcoming programmes etc.; VG] £2

1947 (18 Jan, evening): COPPELIA (Royal Opera House, Covent Garden)
Sadler's Wells Ballet: Margot Fonteyn, Alexis Rassine, Robert Helpmann, Anne Gieves, David Davenport, Patricia Brooks, Gillian Lynne, Gerd Larsen, Alexander Grant, Alec Martin, Veronica Vail, Juliet Darnley, Suzanne Jemmett, Margaret Moffatt, Penelope Asserson, Norman Thomson, Violetta Prokhorova, Beryl Grey [8pp, 4.75x7.5; cast list, company list, synopsis of scenes, credits, forthcoming programmes etc.; VG] £4

1947 (8 Feb, evening): LES SYLPHIDES, THE THREE CORNERED HAT and DANTE SONATA (Royal Opera House, Covent Garden)
Sadler's Wells Ballet: Moira Shearer, Michael Somes, Beryl Grey, Anne Negus, Leonide Massine, Margot Fonteyn, John Hart, Paula Dunning, Alexander Grant, David Davenport, Leslie Edwards, Gerd Larsen, Richard Ellis, Julia Farron, Palma Nye, Gillian Lynne [8pp, 4.75x7.5; cast list, company list, synopsis of scenes, credits etc.; VG] £4

1947 (12 Feb): LES PATINEURS and GISELLE (Royal Opera House, Covent Garden)
Sadler's Wells Ballet: Joan Sheldon, Avril Navarre, Harold Turner, Julia Farron, David Paltenghi, Gerd Larsen, Margot Fonteyn, Alexis Rassine, Leslie Edwards, Gillian Lynne and company, musical director: Constant Lambert [4pp, 4.9x7.5; cast list, company list, synopsis, credits etc.; slightly rumpled, else VG] £1

1947 (28 Feb): LE LAC DES CYGNES Act II, LA BOUTIQUE FANTASQUE, and DANCE SONATA (Royal Opera House, Covent Garden)
Sadler's Wells Ballet: Moira Shearer, David Paltenghi, Leslie Edwards, Gillian Lynne, June Brae, Pamela May, Alexis Rassine, Michael Somes and company, musical director: Constant Lambert [4pp, 4.9x7.5; cast list, company list, synopsis, credits etc.; rumpled, else VG] £1

1947 (1 Mch): LES SYLPHIDES, LA BOUTIQUE FANTASQUE, and HAMLET (Royal Opera House, Covent Garden)
Sadler's Wells Ballet: Pauline Clayden, Gerd Larsen, Gillian Lynne, John Hart, Violetta Prokhorova, David Paltenghi, Alexander Grant and company, musical director: Constant Lambert [4pp, 4.9x7.5; cast list, company list, synopsis, credits etc.; rumpled] £1

1947 (7 Mch): LE LAC DES CYGNES - Tchaikowsky (Royal Opera House, Covent Garden)
Sadler's Wells Ballet: David Paltenghi, Jean Bedells, Beryl Grey, Richard Ellis, Gerd Larsen, Lorna Mossford, David Davenport, Alexis Rassine, Alexander Grant, Leslie Edwards, Paddy Stone [8pp, 4.75x7.5; cast list, company list, synopsis of scenes, credits etc.; VG] £4

1947 (10 Mch): LES SYLPHIDES, THE THREE CORNERED HAT and DANTE SONATA (Royal Opera House, Covent Garden)
Sadler's Wells Ballet: Moira Shearer, Michael Somes, Gerd Larsen, Anne Negus, Leonide Massine, Violetta Prokhorova (as Miller's Wife), John Hart, Paula Dunning, Alexander Grant, David Davenport, Leslie Edwards, John Field, Stanley Hall, Terence Theobald, Alec Martin, Gilbert Brasler, Gaston Lapere, Pirmin Aldabalde, Elizabeth Kennedy, Vera Hoddinott, Gillian Lynne, Pamela May, Michael Somes, Beryl Grey, Palma Nye, Alexander Grant, Franklin White, Paul Reymond [8pp, 4.75x7.5; cast list, company list, synopsis of scenes, credits etc.; minor marks, slightly rumpled, else VG] £4

1947 (2 Apr): THE SLEEPING BEAUTY (Royal Opera House, Covent Garden)
Sadler's Wells Ballet: Pamela May, Gillian Lynne, John Field, Pauline Clayden, Frederick Ashton, Beryl Grey, David Paltenghi, Michael Somes, Alexander Grant and company, musical director: Constant Lambert [8pp, 4.9x7.5; cast list, company list, synopsis, credits, forthcoming attractions etc.; VG] £2

1947 (8 Apr): THE SLEEPING BEAUTY (Royal Opera House, Covent Garden)
Sadler's Wells Ballet: Moira Shearer, David Davenport, Julia Farron, Leslie Edwards, Gerd Larsen, Norman Thomson, Pamela May, John Field, Anne Negus, Kenneth Melville, Pauline Clayden, Richard Ellis, Margaret Dale, Franklin White, Gillian Lynne (as the Lilac Fairy), Paddy Stone, Frederick Ashton, Jean Bedells, Violetta Prokhorova, Alexis Rassine [8pp, 4.75x7.5; cast list, company list, synopsis of scenes, credits etc.; VG] £4

1947 (26 Apr): THE SLEEPING BEAUTY (Royal Opera House, Covent Garden)
Sadler's Wells Ballet: David Davenport, Leslie Edwards, Pamela May, Frederick Ashton, Margot Fonteyn, David Paltenghi, Alexis Rassine, Michael Somes and company, musical director: Constant Lambert [8pp, 4.9x7.5; cast list, company list, synopsis, credits, forthcoming attractions etc.; VG] £2

1947 (29 Apr): THE SLEEPING BEAUTY (Royal Opera House, Covent Garden)
Sadler's Wells Ballet: David Davenport, Leslie Edwards, Pamela May, Frederick Ashton, Margot Fonteyn, Michael Somes, Alexis Rassine, Norman Thomson, Pauline Clayden, Gillian Lynne, Alexander Grant and company, musical director: Constant Lambert [8pp, 4.9x7.5; cast list, company list, synopsis, credits, forthcoming attractions etc.; VG] £2

1947 (19 May): THE SLEEPING BEAUTY (Royal Opera House, Covent Garden)
Sadler's Wells Ballet: Beryl Grey, David Paltenghi, David Davenport, Julia Farron, Leslie Edwards, Gerd Larsen, Pamela May, John Field, Anne Negus, Kenneth Melville, Pauline Clayden, Richard Ellis, Avril Navarre, Franklin White, Gillian Lynne (as the Lilac Fairy), Norman Thomson, Frederick Ashton (as Carabosse), Michael Somes, Alexander Grant, Peter Clegg, Jean Bedells and many others [8pp, 4.75x7.5; cast list, company list, synopsis of scenes, credits etc.; very slightly rumpled, else VG] £4

1947 (24 May mat.): LES SYLPHIDES, SYMPHONIC VARIATIONS, and THE THREE CORNERED HAT (Royal Opera House, Covent Garden)
Beryl Grey, Norman Thomson, Gerd Larsen, Anne Negus, Dorothea Zaymes, Guinevere Parry, Avril Navarre, Palma Nye, Moira Shearer, Pamela May, Gillian Lynne, Michael Somes, Alexander Grant, John Hart, Leonide Massine, Violetta Prokhorova, Leslie Edwards, Philip Chatfield, John Field, Gilbert Vernon, Pirmin Aldabalde, Peter Clegg and company, musical director: Constant Lambert [8pp, 4.9x7.5; cast list, company list, synopsis, credits, forthcoming attractions etc.; VG] £2

1947 (18 Jun): THE RAKE'S PROGRESS, SYMPHONIC INTERLUDE, SYMPHONIC VARIATIONS, and THE THREE CORNERED HAT (Royal Opera House, Covent Garden)
Sadler's Wells Ballet: Harold Turner, David Davenport, Alexis Rassine, Leslie Edwards, Julia Farron, Gerd Larsen, Jean Bedells, Richard Ellis, David Paltenghi, Moira Shearer, Michael Somes, Pamela May, Alexander Grant, Gillian Lynne, John Hart, Leonide Massine, Violetta Prokhorova, Peter Clegg [8pp, 4.75x7.5; cast list, company list, synopsis of scenes, credits etc.; slightly rumpled, else VG] £4

1947 (12 Nov): GISELLE and LA BOUTIQUE FANTASQUE (Royal Opera House, Covent Garden)
Sadler's Wells Ballet: Margot Fonteyn, Michael Somes, Leslie Edwards, Beryl Grey, Gillian Lynne, John Hart, Henry Legerton, Jean Bedells, Philip Chatfield, Alexis Rassine, Peter Clegg, Harold Turner and company, conductors: Geoffrey Corbett, Hugo Rignold [8pp, 4.9x7.5; cast list, company list, synopsis, credits, forthcoming attractions etc.; VG] £2

1947 (18 Nov): LE LAC DES CYGNES Act II, CHECKMATE, and HAMLET (Royal Opera House, Covent Garden)
Sadler's Wells Ballet: Margot Fonteyn, Robert Helpmann, Leslie Edwards, Gillian Lynne, John Cranko, Philip Chatfield, Jean Bedells, Franklin White, Harold Turner, John Hart, Palma Nye, David Davenport, Alfred Roderique and company, conductors: Geoffrey Corbett, Hugo Rignold [8pp, 4.9x7.5; cast list, company list, synopsis, credits etc.; rumpled, else VG] £1

1947 (19 Nov): NOCTURNE, CHECKMATE and HAMLET (Royal Opera House, Covent Garden)
Sadler's Wells Ballet: Frederick Ashton (as Spectator), Pamela May (as Young Girl), Margot Fonteyn (as Flower Girl; Ophelia), Robert Helpmann (as Young Man; Hamlet), Jean Bedells, Franklin White, Michael Somes, John Field, Beryl Grey (as Black Queen), Gerd Larsen (as Red Queen), Leslie Edwards (as Red King; Ghost), David Davenport, Paul Reymond, John Hart, Ray Powell, Julia Farron, Margaret Dale, Gillian Lynne, Alfred Roderique, Palma Nye [8pp, 4.75x7.5; cast list, company list, synopses of scenes, credits etc.; minor marks, slightly rumpled, else VG] £4

1947 (26 Nov): NOCTURNE, MAM'ZELLE ANGOT and LA BOUTIQUE FANTASQUE (Royal Opera House, Covent Garden)
Sadler's Wells Ballet: Frederick Ashton (as Spectator), Pamela May (as Young Girl), Pauline Clayden (as Flower Girl), Michael Somes (as Young Man; The Caricaturist; Cossack Chief), Moira Shearer, John Hart, Margot Fonteyn (as Mam'zelle Angot), Alexander Grant, Franklin White, Leslie Edwards, John Field, Margaret Dale, Anne Negus, Avril Navarre, Palma Nye, Richard Ellis, David Davenport, Gillian Lynne, Violetta Elvin, Gerd Larsen, Wendy Winn, Fiorella Keane, Anne Gieves, Jean Bedells, Tony Tarver, Beryl Grey, Philip Chatfield, Alexis Rassine, Peter Clegg, Harold Turner, Lorna Mossford, Rosemary Lindsay, Christine du Boulay, Dorothea Zaymes and company, conductors: Geoffrey Corbett, Hugo Rignold [8pp, 4.75x7.5; cast list, company list, synopsis of scenes, credits etc.; minor marks, slightly rumpled, else VG] £3

1948

1948 (11 Feb): LES PATINEURS, SCENES DE BALLET, and CHECKMATE (Royal Opera House, Covent Garden)
Sadler's Wells Ballet: Alexis Rassine, Gillian Lynne, Margot Fonteyn, Michael Somes, Alexander Grant, John Field, Donald Britton, Philip Chatfield, Nadia Nerina, Jean Bedells, Franklin White, Harold Turner, John Hart, Beryl Grey, Leslie Edwards, John Cranko and company, conducted by Geoffrey Corbett, Hugo Rignold, choreography by Frederick Ashton, Ninette de Valois [8pp, 4.9x7.5; cast list, company list, synopsis, credits, Forthcoming Attractions etc.; flimsy, rumpled] £1

1948 (24 Mch): LA BOUTIQUE FANTASQUE, HAMLET and THE THREE CORNERED HAT (Royal Opera House, Covent Garden)
Sadler's Wells Ballet: Paul Reymond, Henry Legerton, Kenneth Melville, Margaret Graham, Leslie Edwards, Jean Bedells, Tony Tarver, Margaret Dale, David Davenport, Palma Nye, Rands Trevor, Margaret Sear, June Leighton, Alexander Grant, Beryl Grey (as Ophelia), Pamela May, Philip Chatfield, Alexis Rassine, Franklin White, Violetta Elvin, Michael Somes, John Cranko, Pauline Clayden, Peter Clegg, Moira Shearer, John Hart, Robert Helpmann (as Hamlet), Richard Ellis, Ray Powell, Margot Fonteyn (as Miller's Wife) [8pp, 4.75x7.5; synopses, cast lists, credits etc.; rumpled - a reading copy] £1

1948 (31 Mch): GISELLE and LES PATINEURS (Royal Opera House, Covent Garden)
Sadler's Wells Ballet: Margot Fonteyn, Michael Somes, Pamela May, Harold Turner, Julia Farron, Margaret Dale, Pauline Clayden and company, conducted by Geoffrey Corbett, Hugo Rignold, choreography by Nicolai Sergueeff after Coralli, Frederick Ashton [8pp, 4.9x7.5; cast list, company list, synopsis, credits etc.; flimsy, rumpled] £1

1948 (12 Apr): COPPELIA and LES PATINEURS (Royal Opera House, Covent Garden)
Sadler's Wells Ballet: Pamela May, Harold Turner, Pauline Clayden, Beryl Grey, Alexander Grant, Donald Britton Alexis Rassine, Gillian Lynne and company, conducted by Geoffrey Corbett, Hugo Rignold, choreography by Petipa and Cecchetti, Frederick Ashton [8pp, 4.9x7.5; cast list, company list, synopsis, credits etc.; VG] £2

1948 (17 Apr mat.): LE LAC DES CYGNES (Royal Opera House, Covent Garden)
Sadler's Wells Ballet: Michael Somes, Margot Fonteyn, Gillian Lynne, Jean Bedells, David Davenport, John Hart, Alexander Grant and company, conducted by Geoffrey Corbett, Hugo Rignold, choreography by Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov [8pp, 4.9x7.5; cast list, company list, synopsis, credits etc.; light vertical bend, else VG] £2

1948 (5 May): CHECKMATE, SCENES DE BALLET and THE THREE CORNERED HAT (Royal Opera House, Covent Garden)
Sadler's Wells Ballet: Jean Bedells, Franklin White, Michael Somes, John Field, Richard Ellis, Philip Chatfield, Beryl Grey (as Black Queen), Gerd Larsen (as Red Queen), Ray Powell, Paul Reymond, Henry Legerton, John Cranko, Kenneth Melville, Gillian Lynne, Palma Nye, David Davenport, Alfred Roderique, Moira Shearer, John Hart, Alexander Grant, Donald Britton, Leonide Massine (as The Miller), Margot Fonteyn (as Miller's Wife), Wendy Winn, Leslie Edwards, Gilbert Vernon, Tony Tarver [8pp, 4.75x7.5; synopses, cast lists, credits etc.; rumpled - a reading copy] £1

1948 (14 Jun): THE SLEEPING BEAUTY (Royal Opera House, Covent Garden)
Sadler's Wells Ballet: Alfred Roderique, Julia Farron, Pamela May, Frederick Ashton, Alicia Markova (as The Princess Aurora), Harold Turner, John Hart, Alexis Rassine, Pauline Clayden, Anton Dolin (as Prince Florimund), John Field, Gillian Lynne, Pauline Clayden, Michael Somes, Alexander Grant, Donald Britton and company, conducted by Geoffrey Corbett, Hugo Rignold, choreography by Nicholai Sergueeff after Marius Petipa [8pp, 4.9x7.5; cast list, company list, synopsis, credits etc.; VG] £3

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

1948 (22 Jun): LES SYLPHIDES, MAM'ZELLE ANGOT and JOB (Royal Opera House, Covent Garden)
Sadler's Wells Ballet: Pamela May, Anton Dolin, Alexis Rassine, Rosemary Lindsay, Anne Negus, Margaret Dale, Anne Negus, Avril Navarre, Alexander Grant, Michael Somes, Moira Shearer, John Hart, Franklin White, Leslie Edwards, Margaret Dale, Jill Gregory, Anne Negus, Anne Gieves, Richard Ellis, David Davenport, Gillian Lynne, Nadia Nerina, Jean Bedells, Donald Britton [8pp, 4.75x7.5; cast lists, synopses, company list, credits etc.; VG] £4

1948 (30 Jun): LES PATINEURS, JOB and CLOCK SYMPHONY (Royal Opera House, Covent Garden)
Sadler's Wells Ballet: Harold Turner, Julia Farron, David Davenport (as Job), Jean Bedells, Alexander Grant, Donald Britton, Anton Dolin (as Satan), John Cranko, Gillian Lynne, Pauline Clayden, Donald Britton, John Hart, Michael Somes, John Field, Alfred Rodriques, Leslie Edwards, Moira Shearer, Gillian Lynne, Donald Britton, Violetta Elvin, Alexis Rassine and company, conducted by Geoffrey Corbett, Hugo Rignold, choreography by Frederick Ashton, Ninette de Valois, Leonide Massine [8pp, 4.9x7.5; cast list, company list, synopsis, credits etc.; VG] £2

1948 (2 Jul): THE THREE CORNERED HAT, SCENES DE BALLET and CLOCK SYMPHONY (Royal Opera House, Covent Garden)
Sadler's Wells Ballet: Margot Fonteyn, Michael Somes, Moira Shearer, Harold Turner, Violetta Elvin, John Hart, Wendy Winn, Franklin White, David Davenport, Leslie Edwards, Gerd Larsen, Avril Navarre, Richard Ellis, Donald Britton, Tony Tarver, John Cranko, Paul Reymond, Henry Legerton, Julia Farron, Palma Nye, Gillian Lynne, Gilbert Vernon, John Field, Philip Chatfield, Nadia Nerina [8pp, 4.75x7.5; cast lists, synopses, company list, credits etc.; VG] £4

1948 (3 Jul): LE LAC DES CYGNES (Royal Opera House, Covent Garden)
Sadler's Wells Ballet: Anton Dolin (as Prince Siegfried), Jean Bedells, Ray Powell, Richard Ellis, John Field, Avril Navarre, Nadia Nerina, Jill Gregory, John Cranko, Donald Britton, Alicia Markova (as Odette/Odile),Pauline Clayden, Gillian Lynne, David Davenport and company, conducted by Geoffrey Corbett, Hugo Rignold, choreography by Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov [8pp, 4.9x7.5; cast list, company list, synopsis, credits etc.; VG] £2

1948 (25 Nov): LES PATINEURS, DON JUAN, and LA BOUTIQUE FANTASQUE (Royal Opera House, Covent Garden)
Sadler's Wells Ballet: Margaret Dale, Avril Navarre, Kenneth Macmillan, Brian Shaw, Beryl Grey, Philip Chatfield, Robert Helpmann, Margot Fonteyn, Moira Shearer, Julia Farron, Gillian Lynne, Donald Britton, John Hart, Henry Legerton, Ivan Dregadze, Leslie Edwards, Palma Nye, Kenneth Macmillan, Alexander Grant, June Brae, Alexis Rassine, Violetta Elvin, Michael Somes, Pauline Clayden, Harold Turner, Pamela May, Margaret Dale and company, conducted by Warwick Braithwaite, choreography by Frederick Ashton, Leonide Massine [12pp, 4.9x7.5; cast list, company list, synopsis, credits etc.; slightly rumpled, else VG] £2

1948 (21 Dec): LE LAC DES CYGNES (Royal Opera House, Covent Garden)
Sadler's Wells Ballet: John Hart (as Prince Siegfried), June Brae, Paul Reymond, Alexis Rassine, Alexander Grant, Brian Shaw, Donald Britton, Kenneth Macmillan, John Cranko, Beryl Grey (as Odette/Odile), Gillian Lynne, Alfred Rodrique (as Von Rothbart), Julia Farron, Alexander Grant, Donald Britton, Brian Shaw, Margaret Dale, Violetta Elvin, Pauline Clayden and company, conducted by Warwick Braithwaite, choreography by Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov [12pp, 4.9x7.5; cast list, company list, synopsis, credits etc.; VG] £2

1949

1949 (29 Jan): CINDERELLA (Royal Opera House, Covent Garden)
Sadler's Wells Ballet: Moira Shearer (as Cinderella), Frederick Ashton, Robert Helpmann, Donald Britton, Margaret Dale, Harold Turner, Pauline Clayden, Gillian Lynne, Michael Somes (as The Prince), Franklin White, Donald Britton, Brian Shaw, Kenneth Macmillan, John Cranko, Nadia Nerina, Anne Heaton and company, conducted by Warwick Braithwaite, choreography by Frederick Ashton [12pp, 4.9x7.5; cast list, company list, synopsis, credits etc.; VG] £2

1949 (16 Mch): LE LAC DES CYGNES Act II, LA BOUTIQUE FANTASQUE and 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.; VG] £4

1949 (21 Mch): HAMLET, LE LAC DES CYGNES Act II, LA BOUTIQUE FANTASQUE and THE THREE CORNERED HAT (Royal Opera House, Covent Garden)
Sadler's Wells Ballet: John Hart (as King), Robert Helpmann (as Hamlet), Paul Reymond, Richard Ellis, Alexander Grant, Alfred Rodrigues, June Brae, Anne Heaton (as Ophelia), Dorothea Zaymes, John Cranko, Palma Nye, Wendy Winn, Kenneth MacMillan, Alexandra Danilova (as Odette), Frederick Franklin (as Prince Siegfried), Gillian Lynne, Rosemary Lindsay, Gerd Larsen, Lorna Mossford, Leonide Massine (as The Miller), Violetta Elvin (as Miller's wife), John Hart, Sheila Nelson [12pp, 4.75x7.5; synopses, cast lists, credits etc.; VG] £4

1949 (30 Mch): COPPELIA (Royal Opera House, Covent Garden)
Sadler's Wells Ballet: Moira Shearer (as Swanilda, for Alexandra Danilova), Frederick Franklin, Robert Helpmann (as Dr Coppelius), Sheila Nelson, Margaret Dale, Julia Farron, Alexander Grant, John Cranko, Donald Britton, Gillian Lynne and company, conducted by Warwick Braithwaite, choreography by Petipa and Cecchetti [12pp, 4.9x7.5; cast list, company list, synopsis, credits etc.; w.substitution slip; minor edge tear, else VG] £2

1949 (19 Apr): LE LAC DES CYGNES (Royal Opera House, Covent Garden)
Sadler's Wells Ballet: John Hart (as Prince Siegfried), June Brae, Ray Powell, Leslie Edwards, John Field, Nadia Nerina, Avril Navarre, Alexander Grant, Donald Britton, Kenneth Macmillan, John Cranko, Moira Shearer (as Odette/Odile), Alfred Rodrique, Gerd Larsen, Julia Farron, Violetta Elvin and company, conducted by Warwick Braithwaite, choreography by Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov [12pp, 4.9x7.5; cast list, company list, synopsis, credits etc.; VG] £2

1949 (9 Aug): THE SLEEPING BEAUTY (Royal Opera House, Covent Garden)
Sadler's Wells Ballet: Moira Shearer, John Hart, Alfred Rodrigues, Leslie Edwards, Richard Ellis, Pamela May, Kenneth Macmillan, Beryl Grey (as the Lilac Fairy), Frederick Ashton, Nadia Nerina, Gerd Larsen, John Cranko, Gillian Lynne, Alexis Rassine, Alexander Grant [12pp, 4.75x7.5; synopsis, cast list, company list, credits etc.; minor marks, slightly rumpled, else VG] £4

1949 (22 Aug): HAMLET, A WEDDING BOUQUET, FACADE and JOB (Royal Opera House, Covent Garden)
Sadler's Wells Ballet: Robert Helpmann, John Hart, Richard Ellis, Alfred Rodrigues, June Brae, Margot Fonteyn, Kenneth Macmillan, Palma Nye, Harold Turner, Gillian Lynne, Gerd Larsen, Michael Somes, Leslie Edwards, Nadia Nerina, Frederick Ashton, Beryl Grey, Donald Britton, Alexander Grant, Alexis Rassine [12pp, 4.75x7.5; synopsis, cast list, company list, credits etc.; minor marks, slightly rumpled, else VG] £4

1949 (Oct-Dec): Sadler's Wells Ballet on tour in America

1950s

1950

1950 (5 May): LES PATINEURS, BALLABILE (First Performance) and BALLET IMPERIAL (Royal Opera House, Covent Garden)
Sadler's Wells Ballet: Gala Performance, in aid of The Sadler's Wells Ballet Benevolent Fund; Margaret Dale, Rowena Jackson, Thekla Russell, Paula Dunning, Rosemary Valaire, Wendy Winn, William Barrett, Douglas Steuart, Franklin White, Bryan Ashbridge, Brian Shaw, Julia Farron, Richard Ellis, Lorna Mossford, Rosemary Lindsay, Violetta Elvin, Alexander Grant, Anne Negus, Philip Chatfield, Avril Navarre, Anne Heaton, Kenneth MacMillan, Moira Shearer, Michael Somes, Beryl Grey, John Field, Gillian Lynne, Gerd Larsen, Valerie Taylor [12pp, 5.5x8.5, in stiff cover; cast lists, extensive company lists for The Sadler's Wells Ballet, The Sadler's Wells Theatre Ballet, and the Sadler's Wells Ballet School, two production photos, set design for Ballabile, extensive notes on The Sadler's Wells Ballet Benevolent Fund, credits etc.; VG] £4

1950 (19 May): LES SYLPHIDES, DON QUIXOTE, and BALLET IMPERIAL (Royal Opera House, Covent Garden)
Sadler's Wells Ballet: Anne Heaton (for Pamela May), Alexis Rassine, Gerd Larsen, Anne Negus, Julia Farron, Robert Helpmann (as Don Quixote), Alexander Grant, Leslie Edwards, Franklin White, Harold Turner, Margot Fonteyn (as The Lady Dulcinea), Kenneth Macmillan, Violetta Elvin, Michael Somes, Gillian Lynne, Margaret Dale, Pauline Clayden, John Field, Philip Chatfield and company, conducted by John Hollingswith, choreography by Michel Fokine, Ninette de Valois, George Balanchine [8pp, 4.9x7.5; cast list, company list, synopsis, credits etc.; with substitution slip; VG] £2

1950 (6 Jun): LES SYLPHIDES, BALLABILE, and FACADE (Royal Opera House, Covent Garden)
Sadler's Wells Ballet: Moira Shearer, Alexis Rassine, Gerd Larsen, Gillian Lynne, Violetta Elvin, Alexander Grant, Anne Negus, Philip Chatfield, Avril Navarre, Anne Heaton, Margaret Dale, Kenneth Macmillan, Kenneth Melville, Gilbert Vernon, April Olrich, Dorothea Zaymes, Leslie Edwards, Rosemary Lindsay, Gerd Larsen, Gillian Lynne, Michael Boulton, Brian Shaw, Frederick Ashton and company, conducted by John Hollingswith, choreography by Michel Fokine, Roland Petit, Frederick Ashton [8pp, 4.9x7.5; cast list, company list, synopsis, credits etc.; VG] £2

1950 (8 July matinee): THE THREE CORNERED HAT, BALLABILE and 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.; staples rusted away, else VG] £4

1950 (Sep - Jan 1951): Sadler's Wells Ballet on tour in America

1951

1951 (3 Mch): THE SLEEPING BEAUTY (Royal Opera House, Covent Garden)
Sadler's Wells Ballet: Alfred Rodrigues, Julia Farron, Leslie Edwards, Gerd Larsen, Bryan Ashbridge, Gillian Lynne, Philip Chatfield, Nadia Nerina, Gilbert Vernon, Pauline Clayden, Kenneth Macmillan, Margaret Dale, Kenneth Melville, Rosemary Lindsay (as The Fairy of the Lilac), John Field, Ray Powell (as Carabosse), Margot Fonteyn (as The Princess Aurora), John Hart, John Field, Alexis Rassine, Richard Ellis, Michael Somes (as Prince Florimund), Alexander Grant, Peter Clegg and company, conducted by Robert Irving, choreography by Nicholai Sergueeff after Marius Petipa [20pp, 4.9x7.5; cast list, company list, synopsis, credits etc.; light vertical bend, else VG] £2

1951 (6 Apr): LES PATINEURS, DAPHNIS AND CHLOE, and BALLET IMPERIAL (Royal Opera House, Covent Garden)
Sadler's Wells Ballet: Rowena Jackson, April Olrich, Kenneth Macmillan, Brian Shaw, Julia Farron, John Hart, Gerd Larsen, Margot Fonteyn, Michael Somes, Violetta Elvin, John Field, Alexander Grant, Alfred Rodrigues, Gillian Lynne, Desmond Doyle, Peter Clegg, Margaret Dale, Nadia Nerina and company, conducted by Robert Irving, choreography by Frederick Ashton, George Balanchine [20pp, 4.9x7.5; cast list, company list, synopsis, credits etc.; light vertical bend, else VG] £2

1951 (17 Mch matinee): CINDERELLA (Royal Opera House, Covent Garden)
Sadler's Wells Ballet: Violetta Elvin, Ray Powell, Kenneth MacMillan, Julia Farron, Margaret Dale, Anne Heaton, Pauline Clayden, Rosemary Lindsay, Alexis Rassine, Leslie Edwards, Donald Barclay, c:Robert Irving [20pp, 4.75x7.5; synopsis, cast list, credits etc.] £3

1951 (21 Apr): BALLET IMPERIAL, FACADE and MAM'ZELLE ANGOT (Royal Opera House, Covent Garden)
Sadler's Wells Ballet: Violetta Elvin, Michael Somes, Rosemary Lindsay, Margaret Dale, Pauline Clayden, Bryan Ashbridge, Kenneth Macmillan, April Olrich, Angela Walton, Ray Owell, Anne Heaton, Gillian Lynne, Nadia Nerina, Alexander Grant, John Field, Philip Chatfield, Desmond Doyle and company, conducted by Robert Irving, choreography by George Balanchine, Frederick Ashton, Leonide Massine [20pp, 4.9x7.5; cast list, company list, synopsis, credits etc.; slightly rumpled, else VG] £2

1951 (22 Sep mat.): GISELLE and FACADE (Royal Opera House, Covent Garden)
Sadler's Wells Ballet: Violetta Elvin (as Giselle), Alexis Rassine (as Count Albrecht), Elizabeth Kennedy, Leslie Edwards, Alfred Rodrigues, Jean Bedells, Philip Chatfield, Desmond Doyle, Beryl Grey (as Myrtha, Queen of the Wilis), Nadia Nerina, Kenneth Macmillan, Peter Clegg, Jill Gregory, Angela Walton, Ray Powell, William Barrett, Bryan Ashbridge, Alexander Grant, Margaret Dale and company, conducted by Robert Irving, choreography by Nicolai Sergueeff after Coralli, Frederick Ashton [16pp, 4.9x7.5; cast list, company list, synopsis, credits etc.; VG] £2

1951 (24 Nov mat.): LES SYLPHIDES, BALLABILE and DAPHNIS AND CHLOE (Royal Opera House, Covent Garden)
Sadler's Wells Ballet: Beryl Grey, Kenneth Macmillan, Julia Farron, Nadia Nerina, Margaret Dale, Violetta Elvin, Alexander Grant, Bryan Ashbridge, Peter Clegg, Pauline Clayden, Michael Somes, John Field, Alfred Rodrigues, Desmond Doyle and company, conducted by Robert Irving, choreography by Michel Fokine, Roland Petit, Frederick Ashton [20pp, 4.9x7.5; cast list, company list, synopsis, credits etc.; VG] £2

1951 (31 Dec): GISELLE and FACADE (Royal Opera House, Covent Garden)
Sadler's Wells Ballet: Violetta Elvin (as Giselle), Kenneth Melville, Elizabeth Kennedy, Leslie Edwards, Alfred Rodrigues, Julia Farron, Philip Chatfield, Rosemary Lindsay, Anne Carne, Jill Gregory, Angela Walton, Ray Powell, William Barrett, Bryan Ashbridge, Kenneth Macmillan, Alexander Grant, Margaret Dale, Brian Shaw and company, conducted by John Hollingswith, choreography by Nicolai Sergueeff after Coralli, Frederick Ashton [20pp, 4.9x7.5; cast list, company list, synopsis, credits etc.; VG] £2

1951 (8 Dec): COPPELIA (Royal Opera House, Covent Garden)
Sadler's Wells Ballet: Nadia Nerina, Leslie Edwards, Gilbert Vernon, Deirdre Dixon, Alexander Grant, Peter Clegg, Alfred Rodrigues [20pp, 4.75x7.5; cast list, credits etc.] £3

1952

1952 (26 Jan mat.): THE SLEEPING BEAUTY (Royal Opera House, Covent Garden)
Sadler's Wells Ballet: Alfred Rodrigues, Jean Bedells, Leslie Edwards, Rosemary Valaire (as The Fairy of the Lilac), Rosemary Lindsay (as The Princess Aurora), John Field, Kenneth Macmillan, Philip Chatfield, John Hart (as Prince Florimund), Pamela May, Peter Clegg, Alexander Grant and company, conducted by Robert Irving, choreography by Nicholai Sergueeff after Marius Petipa [20pp, 4.9x7.5; cast list, company list, synopsis, credits etc.; VG] £2

1952 (11 Mch): LES SYLPHIDES, A MIRROR FOR WITCHES and DAPHNIS AND CHLOE (Royal Opera House, Covent Garden)
Sadler's Wells Ballet: Nadia Nerina, Alexis Rassine, Julia Farron, Rowena Jackson, Margaret Dale, Valerie Taylor, Joan Benesh, Rosemary Valaire, Judith Sinclair, Leslie Edwards, Desmond Doyle, Peter Clegg, Ronald Hynd, Franklin White, Pauline Clayden, Michael Somes, Violetta Elvin, John Field, Alexander Grant, Alfred Rodrigues, Pamela May, Donald Barclay, c:Robert Irving [20pp, 4.75x7.5; cast list, company list, credits etc.; staples rusted, else VG] £3

1952 (2 Apr): DONALD OF THE BURTHENS, DAPHNIS AND CHLOE and THE THREE CORNERED HAT(Royal Opera House, Covent Garden)
Sadler's Wells Ballet: Peter Clegg, Rosemary Lindsay, Julia Farron, Ray Powell, Henry Legerton, Franklin White, Leslie Edwards, Brian Shaw, Gilbert Vernon, Desmond Doyle, Philip Chatfield, Margot Fonteyn, Michael Somes, John Field, Alexander Grant, Alfred Rogrigues, Pamela May, Kenneth Macmillan, Harold Turner, Beryl Grey and company, conducted by Robert Irving, choreography by Leonide Massine, Frederick Ashton [16pp, 4.9x7.5; cast list, company list, synopsis, credits etc.; VG] £2

1952 (5-18 Oct): THE SADLER'S WELLS BALLET Season (Davis Theatre, Croydon)
Features on COPPELIA (w.synopsis, credits), THE THREE CORNERED HAT (w.synopsis, credits), LES SYLPHIDES (w.brief notes, credits), LE LAC DES CYGNES Act II (w.synopsis, credits), DON JUAN (w.brief notes, credits), SYMPHONIC VARIATIONS (w.credits), FACADE (w.credits), BALLET IMPERIAL (w.credits), Pas de Deux from LE LAC DES CYGNES Act III (w.brief notes, credits), Divertissements from SLEEPING BEAUTY Act III (w.brief notes, credits), Pas de Deux Act I from GISELLE (w.credits). Large photos of Margot Fonteyn, Beryl Grey, Violetta Elvin, and Nadia Nerina. Choreography by Nicolai Sergueeff after Lev Ivanov and Enrico Cecchetti, Leonide Massine, Michel Fokine, Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov, Frederick Ashton, George Balanchine, and Ninette de Valois. Repertoire for the two weeks [8pp, 7x9.75; slightly rumpled, else VG] £4

1953

1953 (20 Jan): LES SYLPHIDES, APPARITIONS and DAPHNIS AND CHLOE (Royal Opera House, Covent Garden)
Sadler's Wells Ballet: Nadia Nerina, Alexis Rassine, Michael Somes, Anne Heaton, John Field, Leslie Edwards, Pauline Clayden, Alexander Grant, Alfred Rodrigues [20pp, 4.75x7.5; cast lists, credits, synopses, company list etc.; titles pencilled on cover, slightly rumpled, else VG] £3

1953 (9 Mch): LE LAC DES CYGNES (Royal Opera House, Covent Garden)
Sadler's Wells Ballet: John Field (as Prince Siegfried), Pamela May, Ray Powell, Leslie Edwards, Svetlana Beriosova, Alexander Grant, Philip Chatfield, Brian Shaw, Avril Navarre, Pauline Clayden, Anne Heaton, Franklin White, Peter Clegg, Desmond Doyle, Ronald Plaisted, Beryl Grey (as Odette/Odile), June Benesh, Anya Linden, Arnott Mader (as Von Rothbart), Gerd Larsen, Michael Boulton, Derek Rencher and company, conducted by Robert Irving, choreography by Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov [16pp, 4.9x7.5; cast list, company list, synopsis, credits etc.; VG] £2

1953 (30 Apr): GISELLE and LES PATINEURS (Royal Opera House, Covent Garden)
Sadler's Wells Ballet: Alicia Markova, Michael Somes, Elizabeth Kennedy, Leslie Edwards, Alfred Rodrigues, Pamela May, Philip Chatfield, Anne Heaton, Brian Shaw, Desmond Doyle, Derek Rencher, Rosemary Lindsay, Gerd Larsen, Julia Farron, Michael Boulton, c:Robert Irving [20pp, 4.75x7.5; cast list, synopsis, credits etc.; slightly rumpled, else VG] £3

1953 (25 Aug): CINDERELLA (Royal Opera House, Covent Garden)
Sadler's Wells Ballet: Margot Fonteyn, Michael Somes, Frederick Ashton, Kenneth MacMillan, Franklin White, Julia Farron, Peter Clegg, Leslie Edwards, Anne Heaton, Anya Linden, Pauline Clayden, Rosemary Lindsay, Alexander Grant, Desmond Doyle, David Blair, c:Robert Irving [20pp, 4.75x7.5; cast list, synopsis, credits etc.; slightly rumpled, else VG] £4

1953 (1 Sep): LES SYLPHIDES, VENEZIANA and TIRESIAS (Royal Opera House, Covent Garden)
Sadler's Wells Ballet: Anne Heaton, John Field, Julia Farron, Pauline Clayden, Alexander Grant, Ray Powell, Margaret Dale, Desmond Doyle, Michael Somes, Margot Fonteyn, Alfred Rodrigues, Gerd Larsen, Michael Somes, c:Robert Irving [20pp, 4.75x7.5; cast list, synopses, credits etc.; slightly rumpled, else VG] £4

1954

1954 (5 Mch): COPPELIA (Royal Opera House, Covent Garden)
Sadler's Wells Ballet: Nadia Nerina, David Blair, Frederick Ashton, Elaine Thomas, Harold Turner, Franklin White, Pauline Clayden, April Olrich, June Lesley, Angela Walton, Margaret Dale, Valerie Taylor, Julia Farron, Donald MacLeary, Ronald Hynd, Mearle Park (sic), Derek Rencher, Anya Linden, c:John Hollingsworth [20pp, 4.75x7.5; cast list, synopsis, credits etc.; slightly rumpled, staples rusty, else VG] £3

1954 (12 Mch): LES SYLPHIDES, DAPHNIS AND CHLOE and HOMAGE TO THE QUEEN (Royal Opera House, Covent Garden)
Sadler's Wells Ballet: Julia Farron, Pauline Clayden, Rosemary Lindsay, John Field, Margot Fonteyn, Michael Somes, Alexander Grant, Alfred Rodrigues, Desmond Doyle, David Blair, Peter Clegg, Joan Benesh, Nadia Nerina, Alexis Rassine, Svetlana Beriosova, John Hart, Rowena Jackson, John Field [20pp, 4.75x7.5; cast list, credits, synopsis, company list etc.; details of the Covent Garden Opera Spring tour; titles pencilled on cover, slightly rumpled, else VG] £4

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, Mearle Park (sic), Derek Rencher [20pp, 4.75x7.5; cast lists, synopsis, credits etc.] £4

1954 (6 Sep): MAM'ZELLE ANGOT, THE FIREBIRD and LA BOUTIQUE FANTASQUE (Royal Opera House, Covent Garden)
Sadler's Wells Ballet: Avril Navarre, Alexander Grant, David Blair, Julia Farron, John Hart, Peter Clegg, Leslie Edwards, Joan Benesh, Shirley Camp, Philip Chatfield, Donald Barclay, Derek Rencher, Ronald Hynd, Deirdre Dixon, Franklin White, Margot Fonteyn, Michael Somes, Svetlana Beriosova, Frederick Ashton, Merle Park, Desmond Doyle, Alexis Rassine; Guest Conductor: Ernest Ansermet [20pp, 4.75x7.5; cast list, credits, synopsis, company list etc.; "Miss Fonteyn is particularly grateful for the help of Madame Tamara Karsavina, who created the role of the Firebird in the original production, first performed at the Paris Opera on 25th June, 1910"; titles pencilled on cover, slightly rumpled, else VG] £4

1955

1955 (18 Jan): VARIATIONS ON A THEME OF PURCELL, BALLET IMPERIAL and THE FIREBIRD (Royal Opera House, Covent Garden)
Sadler's Wells Ballet: Elaine Fifield, Nadia Nerina, Rowena Jackson, Alexander Grant, David Blair, Merle Park, Violetta Elvin, John Field, Rosemary Lindsay (for Svetlana Beriosova), Pauline Clayden, Merle Park, Derek Rencher, Margot Fonteyn, Michael Somes, Mary Drage (for Svetlana Beriosova), Frederick Ashton, Doreen Wells [24pp, 4.75x7.5; cast list, credits, synopsis, company list etc.; with cast change insert; titles pencilled on cover, slightly rumpled, else VG] £3

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, Deirdre 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, synopses, company list, credits etc.; minor edge damage, else VG] £4

1955 (23 Apr matinee): SYLVIA (Royal Opera House, Covent Garden)
Sadler's Wells Ballet: Beryl Grey, Philip Chatfield, John Field, Alexander Grant, Peter Clegg, Franklin White, Joan Benesh, Merle Park, Doreen Wells, Mary Drage, Deirdre Dixon, Desmond Doyle, Pirmin Trecu, Derek Rencher, David Blair, Gerd Larsen; Guest Conductor: Anatole Fistoulari [24pp, 4.75x7.5; cast list, credits, synopsis, company list etc.; titles pencilled on cover, slightly rumpled, else VG] £3

1956

1956 (7 Mch): THE SLEEPING BEAUTY (Royal Opera House, Covent Garden)
Sadler's Wells Ballet: Elaine Fifield, David Blair, Bryan Ashbridge, Pamela May, Leslie Edwards, Anya Linden (as the Lilac Fairy), Julia Farron, Desmond Doyle, Doreen Wells, Merle Park, Mary Drage, Franklin White, Derek Rencher [20pp, 4.75x7.5; cast list, credits, synopsis, company list etc.; title pencilled on cover, slightly rumpled, else VG] £3

1956 (4 Apr): MAM'ZELLE ANGOT, SYMPHONIC VARIATIONS and JOB (Royal Opera House, Covent Garden)
Sadler's Wells Ballet: Nadia Nerina, Alexander Grant, David Blair, Julia Farron, Franklin White, Leslie Edwards, Derek Rencher, Doreen Wells, Mearle Park (sic), Margot Fonteyn, Michael Somes, Anya Linden, Brian Shaw, Rosemary Lindsay, Pirmin Trecu, David Boswell, Peter Clegg, Desmond Doyle, Alexis Rassine, Antoinette Sibley [16pp, 4.75x7.5; cast list, credits, synopsis, company list etc.; titles pencilled on cover, slightly rumpled, else VG] £3

1956 (12 Apr): GISELLE and THE THREE CORNERED HAT (Royal Opera House, Covent Garden)
Sadler's Wells Ballet: Beryl Grey, Philip Chatfield, Franklin White, Pamela May, Ronald Hynd, Annette Page, Merle Park, Doreen Wells, Desmond Doyle, Derek Rencher, Mary Drage, Pirmin Trecu, Gerd Larsen, John Hart, Margaret Wing, Brian Shaw, David Drew [16pp, 4.75x7.5; cast list, credits, synopsis, company list etc.; titles pencilled on cover, slightly rumpled, else VG] £3

1956 (21 Dec): THE SLEEPING BEAUTY (Royal Opera House, Covent Garden)
Sadler's Wells Ballet: Margot Fonteyn, Michael Somes, Leslie Edwards, Frederick Ashton, Beryl Grey, Antoinette Sibley, Doreen Wells, John Hart, Desmond Doyle, Ronald Hynd, David Blair, Peter Clegg, Alexander Grant, c:Robert Irving [24pp, 4.75x7.5; cast list, synopsis, credits etc.; slightly rumpled, else VG] £4

1957

1957 (3 Jan): THE PRINCE OF THE PAGODAS (Royal Opera House, Covent Garden)
Sadler's Wells Ballet: David Blair, Svetlana Beriosova, Pirmin Trecu, Leslie Edwards, Desmond Doyle, Philip Chatfield, Peter Clegg, Gary Burne, Antoinette Sibley, Julia Farron, Derek Rencher, Anya Linden, Doreen Wells, David Drew, Maryon Lane, Merle Park, c:Benjamin Britten [24pp, 4.75x7.5; cast list, credits etc.; slightly rumpled, else VG] £5

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