Mercury (1931)
Ballet 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 Erik Satie (Mercure, poses plastiques, 1924)
SC William Chappell
D Venus: Tamara Karsavina; Apollo: William Chappell; Three Graces: Maude Lloyd, Prudence Hyman, Elisabeth Schooling; Mercury: Frederick Ashton; His Attendants: Betty Cuff, Suzette Morfield, Elizabeth Ruxton
FP Marie Rambert Dancers, Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith, 22 June 1931
NP Camargo Society: D Terpsichore (formerly Venus): Alicia Markova; Mercury: Walter Gore; rest of cast as above, except that Andrée Howard replaced Elizabeth Ruxton
FP Savoy Theatre, London, 27 June 1932
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