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[Running Riot] (1938)

A New Musical Show in Two Acts by Douglas Furber, from a plot by Guy Bolton and Firth Shephard


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 and lyrics Vivian Ellis
The Play Produced by Leslie Henson and Herbert Bryan
Dances and ensembles by Jack Donohue; ballet produced by Frederick Ashton
S The Harkers and René Hubert
C René Hubert

Players: Leslie Henson and the Gaiety Theatre Company: Louise Browne, Fred Emney, Richard Hearne, Rosalind Atkinson, Gavin Gordon, Roy Royston
The Chinese Ballet
D The Dancer (Betty): Louise Browne; The Lover: Ann Coventry; The God Ambition: Arthur lves; and corps de ballet

FP Gaiety Theatre, London, 31 August 1938