Mephisto Valse (1934)

Ballet by Frederick Ashton on a theme from Lenau's Faust

MUSIC

Franz Liszt (Mephisto Valse No 1, The Dance at the Inn from Lenau’s Faust, 1862)

SCENERY & COSTUMES

Sophie Fedorovitch

DANCERS

Marguerite: Alicia Markova; Mephisto: Frederick Ashton; Faust: Walter Gore; Young Girls: Elisabeth Schooling, Doris Sonne, Peggy van Praagh; Young Men: Hugh Laing, Rollo Gamble, Frank Staff

FIRST PERFORMANCE

Ballet Club, Mercury Theatre, London, 15 June 1934

See 1952, Vision of Marguerite

New Stagings / Productions

Ballet Workshop, 1953

STAGING

Ballet Workshop

DANCERS

Marguerite: Paula Hinton; Mephisto: Michael Holmes; Faust: Robert Harrold

FIRST PERFORMANCE

Mercury Theatre, London, 15 March 1953