Jew Süss (1929) including The Ballet of Mars and Venus

A Tragi-comedy in five scenes by Ashley Dukes, based upon passages from the Historical Romance of Lion Feuchtwanger. The Play produced by Matheson Lang and Reginald Denham

The Ballet of Mars and Venus by Marie Rambert

INCIDENTAL MUSIC

Incidental music arranged by Constant Lambert
Scenery: Aubrey Hammond
Costumes: Herbert Norris
Players: Matheson Lang, Peggy Ashcroft, Veronica Turleigh, Felix Aylmer, A Bromley Davenport, and others

MUSIC

Domenico Scarlatti, orchestrated by Constant Lambert (Sonatas)

SCENERY

Aubrey Hammond

COSTUMES

Herbert Norris

DANCERS

Venus: Pearl Argyle; Her Nymphs: Andrée Howard, Anna Brunton; Mars: Harold Turner

FIRST PERFORMANCE

Opera House, Blackpool, 29 July 1929
Duke of York’s Theatre, London, 19 September 1929

New Stagings / Productions

Ballet Club, London, 1931

NEW PRODUCTION

Marie Rambert Dancers; revised version under the title ‘Mars and Venus’

FIRST PERFORMANCE

FP Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith, 25 February 1930
Ballet Club, London, 20 April 1931

Camargo Society, 1931

STAGING

Camargo Society; the same revised version but with music orchestrated ‘for full l8th-century orchestra’ by Constant Lambert

DANCERS

As above, Nymphs listed as “Attendants”

FIRST PERFORMANCE

Cambridge Theatre, London, 26 April 1931