Picnic at Tintagel (1952)

Ballet in three scenes

MUSIC

Arnold Bax (Symphonic Poem, The Garden of Fand, 1916)

SCENERY & COSTUMES

Cecil Beaton

DANCERS

The Husband (King Mark): Francisco Moncion; The Wife (Iseult): Diana Adams; Her Maid (Brangaene): Yvonne Mounsey; Her Lover (Tristram): Jacques d’Amboise; His Rivals (The False Knights): Stanley Zompakos, Brooks Jackson; Her chauffeur and footman (Heralds): Alan Baker, John Mandia; The Caretaker (Merlin): Robert Barnett

FIRST PERFORMANCE

New York City Ballet, City Center Theater, New York NY, 28 February 1952