Checkmate [videorecording] / an IFPA production ; made in association with Jaras Entertainments, Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Sadler's Wells Theatre ; produced by Charles Thompson ; directed by Jolyon Wimhurst

Published: New York, N.Y. : Video Artists International, [1990]
Physical Description: 1 videocassette (45 min.) : sound, color ; 1/2 in.
Additional Creators: Barbieri, Margaret, Ashmole, David, Bintley, David, Kennedy, Sherilyn, Corder, Michael, De Valois, Ninette, 1898-2001, Bliss, Arthur, 1891-1975, Wordsworth, Barry, Wright, Peter, 1926-, Wimhurst, Jolyon, Thompson, Charles, motion picture producer, Sadler's Wells Royal Ballet, Jaras Entertainments, Royal Opera House (London, England), Sadler's Wells Theatre (London, England), Independent Film Production Associates, and Video Artists International

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Series

Masterpieces of British ballet

Summary

Performance of a ballet in one act with prologue which was created in 1937. It portrays a game of love and death played according to the rules of chess.

Subject(s)

Ballets

ISBN

1561959731

Note

VHS HiFi.
"69097"

Creation/Production Credits Note

Choreography by Ninette de Valois ; artistic director, Peter Wright ; music, Arthur Bliss.

Participant/Performer Note

Margaret Barbieri, David Ashmole, David Bintley, Sherilyn Kennedy, Michael Corder, Roland Price, Nicholas Millington, Sadler's Wells Royal Ballet, Sadler's Wells Royal Ballet Orchestra, principal conductor Barry Wordsworth.

Data/Place of Event

"Filmed at Sadler's Wells Theatre, London" in 1982.

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