John Cranko resident choreographer for Sadler's Wells Theatre Ballet's 1950–51 season. For the company's Festival of Britain season in 1951 Cranko choreographed the comic ballet "Pineapple Poll", to the music of Arthur Sullivan (newly out of copyright) arranged by the conductor Charles Mackerras. Another collaboration with Mackerras followed in 1954 with "The Lady and the Fool", to music by Verdi. In January 1954 Sadler's Wells Ballet announced that Cranko was collaborating with Benjamin Britten to create a ballet. Cranko devised a draft scenario for a work he originally called "The Green Serpent", fusing elements drawn from "King Lear", "Beauty and the Beast"
Oliver Davis (composer) Oliver Davis (composer) Oliver Davis is an English composer. Davis studied at the Royal Academy of Music, graduating in 1994. He has since composed and produced albums, soundtracks, concertos and television scores working with London orchestras such as the London Symphony Orchestra. Oliver Davis established We Write Music in 1997 after graduating from the Royal Academy of Music. He has since gone on to compose international advertising campaigns, feature films, TV dramas and 15 TV series. Oliver has also written many works for the stage and concert hall including the ballet 'Within the Hours' performed by The Royal Ballet and