The Creatures of Prometheus (Los Angeles)

The Company General Director Gaetano Merola died on August 20th, while conducting Butterfly's "Un bel dì" in San Francisco's Stern Grove. The entire 1953 season was labeled "Gaetano Merola, 1879-1953 -- In Memoriam." The curtain time is a guess; records preserved everything but those. Balance of the "Prometheus" cast: Apollo's Court: Lorene Batchelor Gloria Cancilla Shirley Carson Fiona Fuerstner Joan Harshbarger Louise Lawler Joy Perry Sharon Shore Diana Witt Russell Sage Glen Chadwick Terpsichore -- Bene Arnold Aprodite -- Sally Bailey Aphrodite's Court: Nancy Demmler Matilda Abbe Nina Holman Adea Pausch Muriel Shapiro Melpomene -- Christine Bering A Queen -- Sharon Shore A King -- Russell Sage Thalia -- Connie Coler Bacchus -- Conrad Ludlow Bacchantes: Nancy Demmler Virginia Johnson Glenda Empey Carol Hildebrand Billie Wynn Silen:I Carlos Carvajal Ron Ross Stones: Patricia Elliott Barbara Johnston Dagmar Madsen Belva Smith