Movie Details
Cast & Crew
P
Peter Wright
Choreographer
P
Peter Wright
Stage Director
T
Toni Chapman
Makeup Artist
G
Gennadi Rozhdestvensky
Conductor
J
John Vernon
Director
M
Marius Petipa
Choreographer
The Nutcracker
Audience Score
DirectorJohn Vernon
Plot
Sir Peter Wrights 1984 version of The Nutcracker for The Royal Ballet still performed by the Company stays close to Hoffmanns original tale It emphasises Drosselmeyers mission to find a young girl Clara who can break the curse imposed by the Mouse King on his nephew Hans Peter and thus restore him to human form References to Nuremberg and German Christmas traditions are present in the settings with a kingdom of marzipan featured in Act 2
