1956 – Premiere of Kenneth MacMillan’s Solitaire by Sadler’s Wells Theatre Ballet

Set to Malcolm Arnold’s engaging music, Kenneth MacMillan’s Solitaire, created for Sadler’s Wells Theatre Ballet in 1956, is a light-hearted treatment of the theme of the outsider, which became such a feature of the choreographer’s work; a girl plays with other children but is always left alone at the end. The designs were by Desmond Heeley, and the original cast included Margaret Hill, Sara Neil, Donald Britton and Donald MacLeary.