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Tue 1 Oct 1940, 1.00pm, The Arts Theatre Club, London

Overture

Music note: Musical overture before the performance

Performers

Piano Mary Peppin
Piano Geraldine Peppin

Love-In-Idleness

Choreographer: Charlotte Bidmead
Composer: Henry Purcell
Music note: Danced to live music

Performers

Dancer Charlotte Bidmead
Dancer David Paltenghi
Dancer Olivia Sarel
Dancer Pauline Clayden
Piano Mary Peppin
Piano Geraldine Peppin

Catarina

Choreographer: Frank Staff
Composer: Muzio Clementi
Premiere type: World premiere
Music note: Danced to live music

Performers

Dancer Elisabeth Schooling
Piano Mary Peppin
Piano Geraldine Peppin
Performance note: The title is given as 'Caterina' on the programme, which is a misprint.

En Blanc

Choreographer: Andrée Howard
Composer: Francis Poulenc
Music note: Danced to live music

Performers

Dancer Peggy van Praagh
Piano Mary Peppin
Piano Geraldine Peppin

Piano Interlude

Music note: Musical interlude between dances

Performers

Piano Mary Peppin
Piano Geraldine Peppin

Peter and the Wolf (A Fable Without a Moral)

Choreographer: Frank Staff
Composer: Sergei Prokofiev
Music note: Danced to live music

Performers

Peter Helen Ashley
The Wolf Leo Kersley
The Duck Sally Gilmour
The Cat Peggy van Praagh
The Bird Celia Franca
Grandfather Frank Staff
Huntsman David Martin
Huntswoman Charlotte Bidmead
Huntswoman Olivia Sarel
Huntswoman Therese Langfield
Piano Mary Peppin
Piano Geraldine Peppin
Source: Programme for 30 September-2 October 1940 in the Rambert Archive
Made by Palace