PRODUCTION
Produced by John Brabourne and Richard Goodwin
Devised and directed by Christine Edzard, after stories by Hans Christian Andersen
Photographed by Robin Browne and Brian West
Choreography by Frederick Ashton
MUSIC
Gioacchino Rossini, arranged by John Dalby (ballet music from Moise, Otello, and Le Siège de Corinth)
SCENERY
Irene Groudinsky
COSTUMES
Rostislav Doboujinsky
PLAYERS
Little Ida: Johanna Sonnex
Ballet Mistress: Gerd Larsen
A Mother: Suzanna Raymond
DANCERS
Cauliflower: Wendy Ellis
Peas: Christopher Carr, Ross MacGibbon
Artichokes: Denise Nunn, Ashley Page
Broccoli: Denise Nunn, Linda Moran
Lettuce: Jennifer Jackson, Christine Woodward, Gillian Kingsley
Celery: Christine Woodward, Wendy Ellis, Jennifer Jackson
The Princess: Lesley Collier
Prince Potato: Graham Fletcher
RELEASED
Released December 1979
New Stagings / Productions
Sadler’s Wells Royal Ballet, 1982
NEW PRODUCTION
Sadler’s Wells Royal Ballet; under the title Pas de légumes: without scenery
DANCERS
Oignons: Ann Carol, Lili Griffiths, Sandra Madgwick, Lynne Wake, Mark Francis, Mark Welford
Choufleur: Sherilyn Kennedy
Choux rouge: Karen Donovan
Petits pois: Nicholas Ringham, Iain Webb
Artichaux: Nicola Katrak, Michael O’Hare
Broccolis: June Highwood, Chenca Williams
Laitues: Susan Crow, Susan Lucas, Gillian Maclaurin
Tomatoes: Derek Purnell, Stephen Wicks
Céleris: Bess Dales, Samira Saidi, Siobhan Stanley
Le Prince et la Princesse des Légumes: Roland Price, Marion Tait
FIRST PERFORMANCE
Sadler’s Wells Theatre, London, 20 May 1982
Royal Ballet School, 1984
STAGING
Royal Ballet School
REPRODUCED BY
Lynn Wallis and Frederick Ashton
SCENERY
Irene Groudinsky
FIRST PERFORMANCE
Sadler’s Wells Theatre, London, 25 July 1984
Copyright © 2004 by David Vaughan
This listing is part of a chronology that was originally published in Vaughan’s Frederick Ashton and His Ballets (Alfred E Knopf 1976; 2nd ed., London: Dance Books, 1999) and includes new productions added since then, and up until 2007