Performance Database

Choreographer: Andrée Howard
Composer: André Caplet
Set designer: Malcolm Pride
Costume designer: Malcolm Pride
World premiere: 22 Jul 1957, Ballet Rambert, Theatre Royal, Exeter
Work note: Based on Edgar Alan Poe's 'The Masque of the Red Death', which was also the inspiration for the music.
Production note: In the programme, Malcolm Pride is credited as 'decor and costumes'.
Music title: Conte Fantastique (1922)
Music details: Live music: piano and string orchestra
Source: Programme and reference file in the Rambert Archive
Archive catalogue: WORK/0170

Performances

Date Programme Venue
22 Jul 1957
Evening
Plaisance | Casse Noisette Pas de Deux | Variations on a Theme | Conte Fantastique* | The Gala Performance Theatre Royal, Exeter