Magic Nights (1932)

including An 1805 Impression, also under the title Récamier (1933). Dances and ensembles arranged by Buddy Bradley and Frederick Ashton

Radio Waves

MUSIC

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SCENERY

Ada Peacock and William Chappell

DANCERS

Rumba: Eve
The Spirit of Radio/Tango des Fratellini: Pearl Argyle

The Bell Boys Stampede

MUSIC

W C Handy (St Louis Blues)

COSTUMES

William Chappell

DANCERS

Eve, Frederick Ashton

An 1805 Impression

BALLET BY

Frederick Ashton

MUSIC

Franz Schubert (Waltzes)

SCENERY

William Chappell (after Jacque-Louis David)

DANCERS

Récamier: Pearl Argyle; Her Suitor: Frederick Ashton; Her Friends: Rita Elsie, Kathleen Gibson, Mary Barlow, Joan Laidlaw, Pamela Gray, Maisie Greene; Pas de quatre: Dorothy Jackson, Esmé Oxley, Walter Gore, William Chappell

FIRST PERFORMANCE

Presented by C B Cochran, Trocadero Grill Room, London, 4 (?) April 1932

New Stagings / Productions

Ballet Club, London, 1933

NEW PRODUCTION

An 1805 Impression, under the title Récamier (sometimes called La Valse chez Madame Récamier, suite de danses)

DANCERS

Mme Récamier: Pearl Argyle; Her Suitor: Antony Tudor; Pas de quatre: Andrée Howard, Elisabeth Schooling, William Chappell, Frank Staff; Friends: Tamara Svetlova, Nan Hopkins, Yvonne Madden, Daphne Gow, Ann Gee, Aase Nissen

FIRST PERFORMANCE

Ballet Club, London, 3 December 1933