Sir Stafford Cripps attends welcome home party for Sadler's Wells Ballet at Covent Garden. Sir Stafford Cripps this afternoon attended the welcome home party for the Sadler's Wells Ballet at Covent Garden. The company has proved a great dollar earner. Is North American tour has made nearly $500,000 (瞿178,570) exclusive of taxes. Joint host at the party was Sir John Anderson, chairman of the Covent Garden Opera Trust, and Sir Ronald Adam, chairman of the British Council, which sponsored the North American tour. Photo shows such Stafford Cripps, Moira Shearer and Sir John Anderson chatting during the party. 16 December 1949