PRODUCTION
Produced by Richard Goodwin
Directed by Reginald Mills
Screenplay by Richard Goodwin and Christine Edzard, from The Tale of Mrs Tiggy-Winkle, The Tale of Peter Rabbit, The Tale of Mrs Tittlemouse, The Tale of Johnny Town-Mouse, The Tale of Jemima Puddle-Duck, The Tale of Pigling Bland, The Tale of Jeremy Fisher, The Tale of Two Bad Mice, and The Tale of Squirrel Nutkin, by Beatrix Potter
Photographed by Austin Dempster
MUSIC
John Lanchbery, based on themes by M W Balfe, George Jacobs, Ludwig Minkus, Jacques Offenbach, Arthur Sullivan, et al
SCENERY & COSTUMES
Christine Edzard
MASKS
Rostislav Doboujinsky
DANCERS
Mrs Tiggy-Winkle: Frederick Ashton
Peter Rabbit: Alexander Grant
Mrs Tittlemouse: Julie Wood
Johnny Town-Mouse: Keith Martin
Jemima Puddle-Duck: Ann Howard
Fox: Robert Mead
Pigling Bland: Alexander Grant
Mrs Pettitoes: Sally Ashby
Black Berkshire Pig: Brenda Last
Jeremy Fisher: Michael Coleman
Tom Thumb: Wayne Sleep
Hunca Munca: Lesley Collier
Squirrel Nutkin: Wayne Sleep
Owl: Leslie Edwards
Tabitha Twitchie: Sally Ashby
Town Mice, Pigs, Squirrels, Country Mice: Carole Ainsworth, Avril Bergen, Jill Cooke, Graham Fletcher, Bridget Goodricke, Garry Grant, Suzanna Raymond, Rosemary Taylor, Anita Young
RELEASED
Filmed autumn 1970; release date 1 April 1971
New Stagings / Productions
Royal Ballet, 1992
NEW PRODUCTION
Royal Ballet: stage version
REPRODUCED BY
Anthony Dowell and Christopher Carr
SCENERY & COSTUMES
Christine Edzard with Catherine Goodley; masks by Rostislav Doboujinsky
DANCERS
Johnny Town-Mouse: Anthony Bourne
Mrs Tittlemouse: Larissa Bamber
Mrs Tiggy-Winkle: Iain Webb
Jemima Puddle-Duck: Sarah Walton
Fox: Christopher Saunders
Pigling Bland: Peter Abegglen
Pig-wig: Belinda Hatley
Mr Jeremy Fisher: William Trevitt
Tom Thumb: Jonathan Howells
Hunca Munca: Nicola Roberts
Peter Rabbit: Ashley Page
Squirrel Nutkin: Matthew Hart
FIRST PERFORMANCE
Royal Opera House, London, 4 December 1992
Royal Ballet School, 1993
STAGING
Royal Ballet School; excerpts only
DANCERS
Mrs Tiggy-Winkle: Jo Danyluk
FIRST PERFORMANCE
Royal Opera House, London, 17 July 1993
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