Rhapsody

Rhapsody
Alina Cojocaru and Steven McRae
© ROH/ Tristram Kenton

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[Home and Beauty] (1936)

Charles B Cochran's Coronation Revue, by A P Herbert


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)



Devised and staged by John Murray Anderson
Libretto directed by Frank Collins
M Nicholas Brodszky and Henry Sullivan
S Raoul Pène du Bois
C Raoul Pène du Bois, Norman Hartnell, et al

Players: Binnie Hale, Nelson Keys, Gitta Alpar, Norah Howard, Sepha Treble, Iris March, Greta Gynt, Betty Driver, Leslie French, Rawicz and Landauer (in chorus, Michael Wilding, Rosamund John)
Act I Scene 3 Dressing for Dinner
Scene 10 The Tapestry Room
Act II Scene 1 Seeing the Estate
Scene 6 At the Music-Room Window: Twilight Sonata
D The Statues: Greta Gynt, Frank Staff

FP Presented by Charles B Cochran, Opera House, Manchester, 23 December 1936; Adelphi Theatre, London, 2 February 1937