ENGLISH LIBRETTO
Douglas Furber from the libretto by Hans Müller (Zirkus Aimé, 1928)
MUSIC
Ralph Benatzky and Mabel Wayne
LYRICS
Douglas Furber, Desmond Carter, and Frank Evans
PRODUCER
The Play Produced under the personal direction of Erik Charell
CHOREOGRAPHY
Dances arranged by Frederick Ashton; Jack Buchanan’s dances by Buddy Bradley; “Angel on Horseback” by Tony Smythe
SCENERY
Ernest Stern
PLAYERS
Jack Buchanan, June Clyde, Ivy St Helier, Fred Emney, Bruce Carfax, Richard Hearne
DANCES
Life in a Circus
Marie Louise
Operatic Burlesque
The Wedding in the Stars
DANCERS
Paulette (a dancer): Pearl Argyle; A Dancer: Hugh Laing; and corps de ballet
Operatic Burlesque – Speciality Dance by Argyle and Laing
FIRST PERFORMANCE
Alhambra Theatre, London, 4 May 1935
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