The Planets
Choreographer:
Antony Tudor
Composer:
Gustav Holst
Set designer:
Hugh Stevenson
Costume designer:
Hugh Stevenson
World premiere:
28 Oct 1934, Ballet Club, Mercury Theatre, London
Work note:
In the original work, the planets were Venus, Mars, and Neptune. When Tudor mounted a new production for his company London Ballet, he added Mercury (world premiere 23 January 1939). Ballet Rambert included Mercury from 20 June 1940.
Production note:
In the programmes, Hugh Stevenson is credits as 'costumes and settings'.
Music title:
The Planets (1916)
Music details:
Live music: initially piano, later orchestra
Music note:
In the 1935 programme for the Duke of York's season, Vally Lasker is credited with arranging the score for piano and strings.
Source:
Programme and reference file in the Rambert Archive
Archive catalogue:
WORK/0075