A Wedding Bouquet (1937)

MUSIC

Lord Berners
Words by Gertrude Stein (mostly from They Must Be Wedded To Their Wife)

SCENERY & COSTUMES

Lord Berners

DANCERS

Webster: Ninette de Valois; Two Peasant Girls: Linda Sheridan, Joan Leaman; Two Peasant Boys: Paul Reymond, Alan Carter; Josephine: June Brae; Paul: Harold Turner; John: William Chappell; Violet: Pamela May; Ernest: Claude Newman; Thérèse: Elizabeth Miller; Julia: Margot Fonteyn; Bridegroom: Robert Helpmann; Pépé (Julia’s dog): Julia Farron; Arthur: Leslie Edwards; Guy: Michael Somes; Four Guests: Gwyneth Mathews, Wenda Horsburgh, Joy Newton, Anne Spicer; Two Gendarmes: Paul Reymond, Alan Carter; Bride: Mary Honer; Bridesmaids: Molly Brown, Jill Gregory

FIRST PERFORMANCE

Vic-Wells Ballet, Sadler’s Wells Theatre, London, 27 April 1937

During the 1940 summer season at Sadler’s Wells, the singing chorus was replaced by Constant Lambert’s declamation of the words; thereafter the ballet was performed this way, until later revivals at the Royal Opera House, when the chorus was restored at Frederick Ashton’s request

New Stagings / Productions

Sadler’s Wells Ballet, 1949

STAGING

Sadler’s Wells Ballet

DANCERS

Josephine: June Brae; Julia: Moira Shearer; Bridegroom: Robert Helpmann; Bride: Margaret Dale

FIRST PERFORMANCE

Royal Opera House, London, 17 February 1949

Royal Ballet, 1970

STAGING

Royal Ballet
Tribute to Sir Frederick Ashton; excerpt only

FIRST PERFORMANCE

Royal Opera House, London, 24 July 1970

Ballet for All, 1972

STAGING

Ballet for All
excerpts only

FIRST PERFORMANCE

Spa Pavilion, Felixstowe, 13 October 1972

Royal Ballet touring section, 1974

STAGING

Royal Ballet touring section

DANCERS

Josephine: Vyvyan Lorrayne; Julia: Margaret Barbieri; Bridegroom: Alain Dubreuil; Bride: Marion Tait

FIRST PERFORMANCE

Sadler’s Wells Theatre, London, 14 May 1974

Joffrey Ballet, 1978

STAGING

Joffrey Ballet

REPRODUCED BY

Christopher Newton

DANCERS

Josephine: Jan Hanniford; Julia: Beatriz Rodriguez; Bridegroom: Gary Chryst; Bride: Lynn Glauber

FIRST PERFORMANCE

City Center Theater, New York NY, 18 October 1978