Description
An historic Producers' Showcase episode, starring Margot Fonteyn and the Sadler's Wells Royal Ballet, originally broadcast on 29 April 1957. This DVD also includes scenes from The Sleeping Beauty.
Slightly abridged
Music: Sergei Prokofiev
Choreography: Frederick Ashton
Dancers: Margot Fonteyn, Michael Somes, Frederick Ashton, Kenneth MacMillan, Alexander Grant, Julia Farron, Merle Park, Annette Page, Svetlana Beriosova, Elaine Fifield, soloists and corps de ballet of the Sadler's Wells Royal Ballet
Conductor: Robert Irving
Plus: Scenes from The Sleeping Beauty, starring Margot Fonteyn
Picture: 4:3 B&W
Format: NTSC
Region code: 0 Worldwide
Duration: 87 mins
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