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ROYAL BALLET – THE DREAM / TOMBEAUX / A MONTH IN THE COUNTRY – 1994
Original Royal Ballet programme from the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, featuring the triple bill:
THE DREAM
Music: Felix Mendelssohn
Choreography: Frederick Ashton
TOMBEAUX
A MONTH IN THE COUNTRY
Sponsored by the Friends of Covent Garden / Linbury Trust.
IMPORTANT EXTRA INCLUDED:
Also included is an original Friends of Covent Garden Royal Ballet Triple Bill Open Rehearsal sheet, dated:
Wednesday 23 March 1994 at 10.30 am
The sheet gives the rehearsal cast for The Dream, including:
- Sarah Wildor – Titania
- William Trevitt – Oberon
- Hasan Tahir – Changeling Indian Boy
- Anthony Dowell? — No — the sheet actually says Anthony Bourne – Puck
- Iain Webb – Bottom
- Nicola Tranah – Helena
- Muriel Valtat – Hermia
- Alastair Marriott – Lysander
- Gary Avis – Demetrius
- Nicola Searchfield – Cobweb
- Jane Burn – Peaseblossom
- Sarah Walton – Moth
- Michelle Davis – Mustardseed
Conductor: Barry Wordsworth
The sheet also contains a synopsis of The Dream and details of the rehearsal arrangements.
This original rehearsal sheet is included with the programme and makes this a particularly interesting piece of Royal Ballet ephemera rather than simply a standard theatre programme.
Condition: The programme has visible age/storage wear, including rubbing and surface marks to the red cover and some edge wear. The loose rehearsal sheet has been folded and shows handling/age-related wear. Please see photographs for condition.
