UK, 1960
1300 feet, 396 metres
16mm film, black and white
mono
A British fantasy film.
Plot Summary
Behind the scenes at a dress rehearsal for a new production by the Royal Ballet.
Credits
Crew
Photography: Edmée Wood Film Service
Lighting: William Bundy
Music: Igor Stravinsky
Piano: Jean Gilbert
Sets and Costumes: Kenneth Rowell
Choreography: Kenneth MacMillan
Cast
Svetlana Beriosova (the fairy)
Meriel Evans (the child’s mother)
Richard Farley, Ronald Plaisted, Keith Rosson, Bryan Lawrence (the four winds)
Shirley Grahame, Deanne Bergsma, Georgina Parkinson, Vyvyan Lorrayne, Monica Mason, Audrey Henderson, Hylda Zinkin, Doreen Eastlake (creature attendant on the fairy)
Donald MacLeary (a young man)
Lynn Seymour (fiancee)
Jacqueline Daryl (the gypsy)
Royal Ballet
Alternative Titles
The Royal Ballet in Rehearsal
