Sun 7 Apr 1935, 9.00pm, Mercury Theatre, London
Company:
Ballet Club
La Valse Chez Madame Récamier
Choreographer:
Frederick Ashton
Composer:
Franz Schubert
Music note:
Danced to live music
Performers
Madame Récamier | Pearl Argyle |
Her Suitor | Antony Tudor |
Pas de Quatre | Elisabeth Schooling |
Pas de Quatre | Cecily Robinson |
Pas de Quatre | Frank Staff |
Pas de Quatre | Leslie Edwards |
Friend | Tamara Svetlova |
Friend | Nan Hopkins |
Friend | Daphne Gow |
Friend | Rose Paget |
Piano | Charles Lynch |
Le Cricket
Choreographer:
Susan Salaman
Composer:
Arthur Benjamin
Music note:
Danced to live music
Performers
Fielder | Elisabeth Schooling |
Fielder | Tamara Svetlova |
Fielder | Cecily Robinson |
Batsman | Walter Gore |
Bowler | Antony Tudor |
Bowler | Leslie Edwards |
Umpire | Frank Staff |
Piano | Charles Lynch |
Performance note:
The programme lists either Tudor or Edwards as the Bowler without specifying who danced at this performance. Both are listed here.
The Lady of Shalott
Choreographer:
Frederick Ashton
Composer:
Jean Sibelius
Music note:
Danced to live music
Performers
The Lady of Shalott | Pearl Argyle |
Her Reflection | Maude Lloyd |
Reaper | Susette Morfield |
Reaper | Tamara Svetlova |
Reaper | Ann Gee |
Reaper | Isobel Reynolds |
Reaper | Frank Staff |
Reaper | Leslie Edwards |
Lover | Elisabeth Schooling |
Lover | Walter Gore |
Sir Lancelot | Hugh Laing |
Piano | Charles Lynch |
The Descent of Hebe
Choreographer:
Antony Tudor
Composer:
Ernest Bloch
Premiere type:
World premiere
Music note:
Danced to recorded music
Performers
Hebe | Pearl Argyle |
Mercury | Hugh Laing |
Night | Maude Lloyd |
Hercules | Antony Tudor |
Attendant on Jupiter | Susette Morfield |
Attendant on Jupiter | Ann Gee |
Attendant on Jupiter | Nora Whitworth |
Attendant on Night | Tamara Svetlova |
Attendant on Night | Joan Lendrum |
Attendant on Night | Cecily Robinson |
Child | Brigitte Kelly |
Child | Bitten Nissen |
Child | Cyril Hay |
Child | Paul Forbes |
Performance note:
Musical Installation for The Descent of Hebe by ''His Master's Voice''
Bar aux Folies-Bergère
Choreographer:
Ninette de Valois
Composer:
Emanuel Chabrier
Music note:
Danced to live music
Performers
La Goulue, étoile du Can-Can | Maude Lloyd |
La Fille au Bar | Pearl Argyle |
Can-Can | |
Grille d'Égout | Elisabeth Schooling |
Hirondelle | Nan Hopkins |
Nini Patte en l'air | Tamara Svetlova |
La Môme Fromage | Ann Gee |
Valentin, garçon | Frederick Ashton |
Valentin, garçon | Walter Gore |
Habitués du Bar | |
Adolphe | Leslie Edwards |
Gustave | Frank Staff |
Le Vieux Marcheur | David Macey |
Servante | Susette Morfield |
Piano | Charles Lynch |
Performance note:
The programme gives either Ashton or Gore as Valentin without specifying who danced at this performance. Both are listed here.
Source:
Programme for 7 April 1935 (evening) in the Rambert Archive