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The Wanderer (1941)

Choreographic Fantasy 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 Franz Schubert (Fantasia in C major, opus 15; arrangement for piano and orchestra by Franz Liszt used from 5 January 1942)
SC Graham Sutherland

D Robert Helpmann; Alan Carter, John Hart, Leslie Edwards, John Field; Julia Farron; Pamela May, Michael Somes; Margot Fonteyn; Mary Honer, Patricia Garnett; Joy Newton, Palma Nye, Wendy Horsburgh, Guinevere Parry, Joan Sheldon, Elizabeth Kennedy; Margaret Dale, Deryk Mendel
FP Sadler's Wells Ballet, New Theatre, London, 27 January 1942

ST Royal Ballet; Tribute to Sir Frederick Ashton; duet for the Lovers (Pamela May, Michael Somes) only
D Vergie Derman, Donald MacLeary
Royal Opera House, London, 24 July 1970

ST Ballet for All; duet for Lovers only
FP Spa Pavilion, Felixstowe, 13 October 1972