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...booked for November. Both plays have already proved highly successful in London. Another British import will be D'Oyly Carte Opera Company in October --good news for Gilbert & Sullivan enthusiasts. "The Late Edwina Black" is due in early November, and will eventually move on to Broadway as "Edwina." The Sadler's Wells Ballet, as you may have heard, is sold out for its one week stand in January, but there should still be a few seats in the hands of the brokers...
After bowing through innumerable curtain calls, Sadler's Wells Prima Ballerina Margot Fonteyn hurried backstage at the Metropolitan Opera House to accept the greetings of British delegate to the U.N. Sir Gladwyn Jebb. Convinced that her countryman's superlative performance at Lake Success deserved something special too, the dancer personally fitted a dark red rose into Sir Gladwyn's lapel...
...their first visit to the U.S. last year, Britain's Sadler's Wells Ballet scored a smash hit (TIME, Oct. 17 et seq.). When the company arrived in Manhattan last week for a return visit, Director Ninette de Valois made a politely deprecatory little speech. "We may not be as good as you remember us," she said. "Perhaps we have come back too soon." She had impressive evidence to the contrary. When the golden curtain at the Met fell on the ballet's brilliant opening-night performance of Swan Lake this week, the packed house...
...company was still in doubt about its second U.S. reception, there were other, more substantial assurances. Impresario Sol Hurok's office predicted a steady sellout through the company's three-week stay at the Met. After Manhattan, Sadler's Wells will set out on a four-month, 31-stop continental tour which has already piled up the biggest advance sale (more than $1,000,000) in American dance history...
...Heart of the Ballet (Leopold Stokowski and his Symphony Orchestra; Victor, 10 sides). Just in time for balletomanes who want a musical refresher before Britain's Sadler's Wells Company arrives in the U.S. next week. Includes excerpts from the music for Giselle, Swan Lake, Les Sylphides, The Nutcracker, etc., all well-Stokowskied. Recording: good...