| Choreographer: |
Flemming Flindt |
| Composer: |
Georges Delerue |
| Work definition: |
Ballet in one act |
| Based on: |
Scenario based on the play 'The Lesson' by Eugene Ionesco |
| World premiere: |
16 September 1963, Danish Television |
| ROH premiere: |
6 October 2005, The Royal Ballet |
| ROH company premiere: |
6 October 2005, The Royal Ballet, Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London |