(Riverside Nights) (1926)
An Entertainment in three parts, written and arranged by
A P Herbert and Nigel Playfair
Produced by Nigel Playfair
Dances arranged by Penelope Spencer
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 Frederic Austin and Alfred Reynolds; additional music by Lord
Berners, Dennis Arundell, Richard Leveridge, Harold Scott, and
others
SC Philippe Forbes-Robertson, John Armstrong, James Whale,
and The Cottars' Market
Players: Nigel Playfair, Elsa Lanchester, Richard Goolden, James
Whale, George Baker, Harold Scott, Cavan O'Connor, Penelope
Spencer, and others
FP Presented by Nigel Playfair, Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith, 10
April 1926
During the General Strike of that year the revue transferred to
the Ambassadors Theatre, then reopened at the Lyric with the
addition of Frederick Ashton's first ballet:
A Tragedy of Fashion or, The Scarlet Scissors
Copyright © 2004 by David Vaughan