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