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Alternative title: The Strike of Wives

Choreographer: Antony Tudor

Composer: Sergei Prokofiev

Set designer: William Chappell

Costume designer: William Chappell

World premiere: 20 Mar 1932, Ballet Club, Mercury Theatre, London

Production note: In the programme, the credit reads 'Costumes and setting designed by William Chappell'.

Music title: Piano Sonata No. 2 in D Minor (1912), Piano Sonata No. 4 in C Minor (1917)

Music details: Live music: piano

Source: Programme and reference file in the Rambert Archive

Archive catalogue: WORK/0058

Date ↿⇂	Programme ↿⇂	Venue ↿⇂
20 Mar 1932 Evening	Aurora's Wedding \| Lysistrata or The Strike of Wives^* \| Mars and Venus \| Façade	Mercury Theatre, London
5 Mar 1933 Evening	Lysistrata \| Les Masques (ou, Changement de Dames)^* \| Le Spectre de la Rose \| Foyer de Danse	Mercury Theatre, London
4 Mar 1934 Evening	Mermaid^* \| Lysistrata \| Les Sylphides	Mercury Theatre, London
23 Feb 1937 Evening	Foyer de Danse \| Cinderella \| Lysistrata, The Strike of Wives \| Death and the Maiden^* \| Bar aux Folies-Bergère	Duchess Theatre, London
10 Jun 1937 Matinee	The Strike of Wives \| Valse Romantique No. 2 (Chabrier) \| Bluebird \| Death and the Maiden \| The Planets \| La Muse s'Amuse \| Valse Caprice (Rubenstein) \| Capriol Suite	Birmingham Repertory Theatre
10 Jun 1937 Evening	The Strike of Wives \| Bluebird \| Death and the Maiden \| The Planets \| La Muse s'Amuse \| Valse Caprice (Rubenstein) \| Capriol Suite	Birmingham Repertory Theatre
3 Apr 1938 Evening	The Strike of Wives (Lysistrata) \| Croquis de ''Mercure'' (Sketches for ''Mercury'') \| La Muse s'Amuse \| Pas de Deux from Casse-Noisette \| Étrange \| à La Russe^* \| à La Polka	Mercury Theatre, London

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