Rhapsody

Rhapsody
Alina Cojocaru and Steven McRae
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(A Midsummer Night's Dream) (1954)

Comedy by William Shakespeare
Directed by Michael Benthall
Choreography by Robert Helpmann; Nocturne by Frederick Ashton


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 Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, arranged by Gordon Jacob
SC Robin and Christopher Ironside

Nocturne
D Titania: Moira Shearer; Oberon: Robert Helpmann
FP Old Vic Company, Edinburgh Festival, Empire Theatre, Edinburgh, 31 August 1954

See 1964, The Dream