Wed 16 Mar 1938, 8.45pm, Mercury Theatre, London
Company:
Ballet Club
Foyer de Danse
Choreographer:
Frederick Ashton
Composer:
Lord Berners
Music note:
Danced to live music
Performers
| L'Etoile | Prudence Hyman |
| Le Maître de Ballet | Walter Gore |
| Coryphée | Elisabeth Schooling |
| Coryphée | Peggy van Praagh |
| Coryphée | Susette Morfield |
| Coryphée | Ann Gee |
| Coryphée | Sally Gilmour |
| Coryphée | Celia Franks |
| Un Abonné | John Andrewes |
| Piano | Charles Lynch |
The Tartans
Choreographer:
Frank Staff
Composer:
William Boyce
Music note:
Danced to live music
Performers
| The Lassie | Elisabeth Schooling |
| A Laddie | Frank Staff |
| A Laddie | Anthony Kelly |
| A Laddie | Charles Boyd |
| Piano | Charles Lynch |
Performance note:
The programme lists either Kelly or Boyd as one of the Laddies without specifiying who danced at this performance. Both are listed here.
Le Péri
Choreographer:
Frank Staff
Composer:
Paul Dukas
Premiere type:
World premiere
Music note:
Danced to live music
Performers
| The Péri | Deborah Dering |
| Her Companion | Angela Dukes |
| Her Companion | Felicity Watt |
| Her Companion | Elizabeth Hamilton |
| Her Companion | Helen Ashley |
| Her Companion | Margaret Argent |
| Her Companion | [first name unknown] Oglethorpe |
| Iskender | Frank Staff |
| His Wife | Peggy van Praagh |
| His Wife | Susette Morfield |
| His Wife | Sally Gilmour |
| Piano | Charles Lynch |
Death and the Maiden
Choreographer:
Andrée Howard
Composer:
Franz Schubert
Music note:
Danced to live music
Performers
| Dancer | Andrée Howard |
| Dancer | Elisabeth Schooling |
| Dancer | Frank Staff |
| Dancer | Sally Gilmour |
| Dancer | Deborah Dering |
| Dancer | Angela Dukes |
| Dancer | Elizabeth Hamilton |
| Piano | Charles Lynch |
Performance note:
The programme gives Howard or Schooling in the main role without specifying who danced at this performance. Both are listed here.
Standchen (Strauss, arr. Walter Gieseking); Liebeslied (Kreisler, arr. Rachmaninoff)
Capriol Suite
Choreographer:
Frederick Ashton
Composer:
Peter Warlock
Music note:
Danced to live music
Performers
| Basse-Danse | Elisabeth Schooling |
| Basse-Danse | Peggy van Praagh |
| Basse-Danse | Walter Gore |
| Basse-Danse | Frank Staff |
| Pavane | Wendy Toye |
| Pavane | Walter Gore |
| Pavane | Frank Staff |
| Tordion | Susette Morfield |
| Tordion | Walter Gore |
| Pieds-en-l'Air | Wendy Toye |
| Pieds-en-l'Air | Elisabeth Schooling |
| Pieds-en-l'Air | Walter Gore |
| Pieds-en-l'Air | Frank Staff |
| Mattachins | Walter Gore |
| Mattachins | Frank Staff |
| Mattachins | John Andrewes |
| Mattachins | Antony Kelly |
| Mattachins | Charles Boyd |
| Bransles | Ensemble |
| Piano | Charles Lynch |
Performance note:
The programme lists Kelly or Boyd in Mattachins without specifying who danced at this performance. Both are listed here.
Source:
Programme for 16 March (evening) 1938 in the Rambert Archive