[16] pp.

Gaiety Theatre London

1933

8 1/2″ x 5 1/2″

VG

The programme for Frances Doble in “Ballerina” with a cover design by Rex Whistler. The production was performed by actress Frances Doble at the Gaiety Theatre in 1933 and was a mix of drama, ballet and music. The ballet elements were choreographed by Anton Dolin. Rex Whistler provided the costumes for Doble only and Angus MacBean created masks for the production. Whistler’s original, romantic design for the programme features flying ballerinas with garlands of roses and a gothic ruin.

DESCRIPTION

Front cover design by Rex Whistler. Gaiety Theatre. London. [October 1933]. Paperback, octavo; illustrated stapled wrappers. [16 pages.] Illustrated throughout with headshot photographs and advertisements. English. 215 x 140mm. 0.1kg. [Whistler& Fuller. ‘The Work of Rex Whistler’. No. 371]

Very good; slight shelf wear, light rusting to staples, semi-circular sticker to rear wrapper, pencil notation to top-edge of front wrapper.