A Day in a Southern Port (1931)

MUSIC

Constant Lambert (The Rio Grande, 1927)
Poem by Sacheverell Sitwell

SCENERY & COSTUMES

Edward Burra

DANCERS

The Queen of the Port: Lydia Lopokova; Her Sailor: Walter Gore; A Creole Girl: Alicia Markova; A Creole Boy: William Chappell; Women of the Port, Stevedores, Stokers, Loiterers, Natives etc: corps de ballet

FIRST PERFORMANCE

Camargo Society, Savoy Theatre, London, 29 November 1931

New Stagings / Productions

Vic-Wells Ballet, 1935

NEW PRODUCTION

Vic-Wells Ballet; under the title Rio Grande

DANCERS

The Queen of the Port: Beatrice Appleyard; The Creole Girl: Margot Fonteyn; The Stevedore: Walter Gore; The Creole Boy: William Chappell

FIRST PERFORMANCE

Sadler’s Wells Theatre, London, 26 March 1935

Royal Ballet, 1970

STAGING

Royal Ballet; Tribute to Sir Frederick Ashton; Sailor’s Dance only

DANCERS

Alexander Grant

FIRST PERFORMANCE

Royal Opera House, London, 24 July 1970