High Yellow (1932)
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)
Choreography by Buddy Bradley, with the assistance of Frederick
Ashton
M Spike Hughes (1 Foreword 2 Sirocco 3 Six Bells Stampede 4
Elegy 5 Weary Traveller 6 Finale, from A Harlem Symphony)
S Vanessa Bell
C William Chappell
D Mammy: Ursula Moreton; Pappy: Hedley Briggs; Bambu (Their
Son): Frederick Ashton; Mabel, Edna, Pansy and Ninon (His
Sisters): Sheila McCarthy, Freda Bamford, Betty Cuff, Nadina
Newhouse; Violetta and Cleo (His Sweethearts): Alicia Markova,
Doris Sonne; Violetta's languishing friends: Beatrice Appleyard,
Maude Lloyd, Elisabeth Schooling, Joy Newton, Felicity Andreae,
Mary Skeaping, Joan Day; Cleo's gay friends: Ailne Phillips,
Sylvia Willins, Laura Wilson, Kathleen Crofton, Andrée Howard,
Dot Rickinson, Prudence Hyman; Joey and Eddy (Two
Strangers): William Chappell, Walter Gore
FP Camargo Ballet, Savoy Theatre, London, 6 June 1932
Copyright © 2004 by David Vaughan