UK, 5 November 1936
25m
broadcast live, black and white, 5:4
mono, English
A British fantasy television special. It was the first programme broadcast on British television to contain any fantasy content. This is the first of two live broadcasts on the same day (at 15:20) – the second was at 21:35. Neither broadcast was recorded.
Plot Summary
An anthology of ballet performances by members of the Marie Rambert Company, including an extract from the fantasy ballet Swan Lake.
Credits
Crew
BBC
Music: Pavane and Tordion from Capriol Suite (Warlock, Choreography by Frederick Ashton); solo from Swan Lake/Sugar Plum Fairy (Tchaikovsky); Shepherd's Wooing (Handel arr. Beecham); solo from Foyer de Danse (Berners); Columbine (Tchaikovsky); La Golfeuse/Pompette (Hugh Bradford); Pas de trois from Alcina (Handel)
Cast
Marie Rambert's Company
Maude Lloyd
Walter Gore
Andree Howard
Frank Staff
Hugh Laing
The BBC Television Orchestra, leader, Boris Pecker, conductor, Hyam Greenbaum
Links
See also
The Mercury Ballet (1936b)
