MUSIC
Lord Berners
SCENERY & COSTUMES
Cecil Beaton
DANCERS
Mermaids: Palma Nye, Gillian Lynne; Seagulls: Margaret Dale, Alexis Rassine; Children: Pauline Clayden, Alexander Grant, Guineevere Parry, Mavis Spence; Nannies: Anne Gieves, Fiorella Keane; Gendarmes: Paul Reymond, Alec Martin; Flowerwoman: Betty Cooper; Countess Kitty: Beryl Grey; Captain Bay Vavasour: Michael Somes; La Bolera: Margot Fonteyn; Her Chauffeur: Leslie Edwards; King Hihat of Agpar: Frederick Ashton; Adelino Canberra (of the Adelaide Opera): Robert Heplmann; The Smart Set, King Hihat’s Suite: corps de ballet
FIRST PERFORMANCE
Sadler’s Wells Ballet, Royal Opera House, London, 12 November 1946
Copyright © 2004 by David Vaughan
This listing is part of a chronology that was originally published in Vaughan’s Frederick Ashton and His Ballets (Alfred E Knopf 1976; 2nd ed., London: Dance Books, 1999) and includes new productions added since then, and up until 2007