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[c.1830] (1971)

Ballet by Richard Buckle
Choreography of the 5th song by Frederick Ashton; of the first four by Geoffrey Cauley
Songs by Victor Hugo


Abbreviations:
M Music by
S Scenery by
C Costumes by
D Danced by
FP First performance
NP New production
R Reproduced by
ST Staging (indicates that the ballet was produced in substantially its original form)



M Franz Liszt and Hector Berlioz
S Jean Hugo after Victor Hugo, in a frame by Marie Hugo
C Jean and Marie Hugo

Oh, quand je dors
M Franz Liszt
D The Poet: Desmond Kelly; His Muse: Margot Fonteyn
FP Presented by Richard Buckle, Répétition générale for the Greatest Show on Earth, Coliseum, London, 22 June 1971