Sun 31 Dec 1933, 9.00pm, Mercury Theatre, London
Company:
Ballet Club
Récamier
Choreographer:
Frederick Ashton
Composer:
Franz Schubert
Premiere type:
Rambert premiere
Music note:
Danced to live music
Performers
Madame Récamier | Pearl Argyle |
Her Suitor | Antony Tudor |
Pas de Quatre | Andrée Howard |
Pas de Quatre | Elisabeth Schooling |
Pas de Quatre | William Chappell |
Pas de Quatre | Frank Staff |
Friend | Tamara Svetlova |
Friend | Nan Hopkins |
Friend | Yvonne Madden |
Friend | Daphne Gow |
Friend | Ann Gee |
Friend | Aase Nissen |
Piano | Charles Lynch |
Le Boxing
Choreographer:
Susan Salaman
Composer:
Lord Berners
Music note:
Danced to live music
Performers
The Sports Girl | Elisabeth Schooling |
The Trainer | Antony Tudor |
The Vamp de Luxe | Diana Gould |
English Champion | Walter Gore |
American Champion | William Chappell |
Piano | Charles Lynch |
L'Après-midi d'un faune
Choreographer:
Vaslav Nijinsky
Composer:
Claude Debussy
Music note:
Danced to live music
Performers
The Faun | William Chappell |
Nymph | Diana Gould |
Nymph | Pearl Argyle |
Other Nymph | Andrée Howard |
Other Nymph | Elisabeth Schooling |
Other Nymph | Susette Morfield |
Other Nymph | Tamara Svetlova |
Other Nymph | Aase Nissen |
Other Nymph | Ann Gee |
Piano | Charles Lynch |
Performance note:
The programme gives either Gould or Argyle in the role of the main Nymph without specifying who danced at this performance. Both are listed here.
Les Masques (ou, Changement de Dames)
Choreographer:
Frederick Ashton
Composer:
Francis Poulenc
Music note:
Danced to live music
Performers
A Personage | William Chappell |
His Lady Friend | Alicia Markova |
His Wife | Pearl Argyle |
Her Lover | Walter Gore |
One of Two Young Girls | Andrée Howard |
One of Two Young Girls | Elisabeth Schooling |
One of Three Ladies with Fans | Anna Brunton |
One of Three Ladies with Fans | Yvonne Madden |
One of Three Ladies with Fans | Tamara Svetlova |
Piano | Charles Lynch |
Oboe | Helen Gaskell |
Bassoon | Cecil James |
Source:
Photocopy of the programme for 31 December 1933 (evening) in the Rambert Archive