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The Rake's Progress (1935)

Ballet: Production details

Company: The Vic-Wells Ballet
Production premiere: 20 May 1935
Set designer: Rex Whistler
After William Hogarth
Costume designer: Rex Whistler
After William Hogarth
Set designer: Oliver Messel
For the 1946 revival at the Royal Opera House, Messel designed a false proscenium as a tribute to Rex Whistler.
Revival lighting designer: John B Read
(revivals in 1998 and 2006)
Revival staging: Julie Lincoln
(2006 revival)
Sponsor: The Royal Opera House Trust (1998 revival); Mrs Edgar G Tobin (1998 revival)
Performances
18 March 1946 Evening 6.45pm Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
30 October 1946 Evening 6.45pm Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
15 November 1947 Evening Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
8 December 1947 Evening Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
25 June 1948 Evening 7.00pm Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
27 November 1948 Evening Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
1 August 1949 Evening 7.00pm Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
11 April 1950 Evening Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
26 April 1950 Evening Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
9 April 1951 Evening 7.00pm Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
11 April 1951 Evening 7.00pm Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
3 May 1951 Evening 7.00pm Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
8 May 1951 Evening 7.00pm Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
11 May 1951 Evening 7.00pm Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
11 July 1951 Evening 7.00pm Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
13 July 1951 Evening 7.00pm Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
18 July 1951 Evening 7.00pm Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
20 July 1951 Evening 7.00pm Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
4 September 1951 Evening 7.00pm Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
6 September 1951 Evening 7.00pm Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
5 May 1956 Evening Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
3 March 1958 Evening Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
14 March 1958 Evening Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
31 August 1959 Evening Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
27 September 1963 Evening Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
5 October 1963 Evening Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
10 October 1963 Evening Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
27 November 1963 Evening Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
30 November 1963 Evening Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
15 April 1964 Evening Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
18 April 1964 Evening Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
16 June 1998 Evening Barbican Theatre, London
5 June 2006 Evening 7.30pm Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
6 June 2006 Evening 7.30pm Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
7 June 2006 Evening 7.30pm Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
9 June 2006 Evening 7.30pm Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London