The Rake's Progress - 18 March 1946 Evening 6.45pm

Ballet: Performance details

Company:	Sadler's Wells Ballet
Venue:	Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
Performance status:	Revival
Conductor	Constant Lambert
Leader	Joseph Shadwick

Cast
SCENE I - THE RECEPTION
The Rake		Robert Helpmann
The Tailor		Claude Newman
The Jockey		Franklin White
The Bravo		Anthony Burke
The Dancing Master		Gordon Hamilton
The Fencing Master		David Paltenghi
The Hornblower		Leslie Edwards
The Betrayed Girl		Margot Fonteyn
Her Mother		Elizabeth Kennedy
SCENE II - THE ORGY
Lady of the Town		Jill Gregory
Lady of the Town		Joan Sheldon
Lady of the Town		Palma Nye
Lady of the Town		Paula Dunning
Lady of the Town		Jean Bedells
The Dancer		Moira Shearer
The Rake		Robert Helpmann
His Friend		Alexis Rassine
The Ballad Singer		Joy Newton
The Servant		June Leighton
SCENE III - VIRTUOUS INTERLUDE
The Creditor		Claude Newman
The Creditor		Anthony Burke
The Creditor		Leslie Edwards
The Girl		Margot Fonteyn
The Rake		Robert Helpmann
SCENE IV - THE GAMBLING DEN
The Rake		Robert Helpmann
His Friend		Alexis Rassine
The Gambler		Anthony Burke
The Gambler		Leslie Edwards
The Gambler		Franklin White
SCENE V - NEAR THE PRISON GATES
The Girl		Margot Fonteyn
SCENE VI - THE MADHOUSE
The Gentleman with a Rope		Gordon Hamilton
The Sailor		Franklin White
The Rake		Robert Helpmann
The Card Player		Alexis Rassine
The Violinist		David Paltenghi
The King		Toni Repetto
The Pope		Stanley Hall
The Girl		Margot Fonteyn
		The Covent Garden Orchestra

Durations:	Entire work: 6:51-7:32pm
Event:	Number 1 in Sadler's Wells Ballet mixed programme 18 March 1946
Information source:	Royal Opera House programme for 18 March 1946 and stage management reports 1943-47 (in Royal Opera House Collections)