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The Social Round: The Tatler in Town and Country; Three Young Artists

... told simply how the citizens of Reading had stahl, dressed for the wedding of her sister Lady Rose McLaren; Lady Chetwode, Rex Whistler, Lady Beauchamp and her sister-in- law, Princess Romanowski-Pavlowski. Angela Kinross's work shows great facility; one ...

Published: Wednesday 17 April 1940
Newspaper: The Tatler
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 3154 | Page: 6 | Tags: Photographs 

The Theatre: Sadler's Wells Bullet (New)

... I will confess that when the curtain rose on The Wise Virgins I was dismayed to see that the beautiful set designed by Rex Whistler had disappeared, to be replaced only by a cyclorama with gauze in front. This, I thought, will kill the composition stone ...

Published: Wednesday 29 January 1941
Newspaper: The Tatler
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 753 | Page: 8 | Tags: Review 

Opera on Tour: Scenes from the Sadler's Wells Repertoire

... Figaro which has John Hargreaves as Figaro, Sumner Austin as the Count. The dresses are those ^tchich were designed by Rex Whistler for Sadler's Wells THE Netv to the singers of Sadler's Wells is 44 The Beggar's BEGGAR'S Opera, which the Russian-trained ...

Published: Wednesday 19 March 1941
Newspaper: The Tatler
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 285 | Page: 23 | Tags: Photographs 

Social Round-about: The Tatler and Bystander in Town and Country

... Fifth speech rallying the English, always appropriate nowadays. Among the large audience were the Charles Mills', and Mr. Rex Whistler, now in the Welsh Guards. Fish and Chips in Ilants Visiting children embowered in a leafy but inaccessible part of Hampshire ...

Published: Wednesday 09 July 1941
Newspaper: The Tatler
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 1833 | Page: 11 | Tags: Photographs 

The Theatre: Comus New

... painted one masterpiece, should be equal to turning out a faithful copy. And there it should be hanging in the same room as Rex Whistler's original sets for The Rake's Progress and The Wise Virgins, Picasso's original cloth for The Three Cornered Hat, Derain's ...

Published: Wednesday 28 January 1942
Newspaper: The Tatler
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 792 | Page: 8 | Tags: Review 

Social Round-about: The Tatler and Bystander in Town and Country; Registering for Service

... repertoire of the first four weeks will be Comus, Orpheus and Eurydice, The Wise Virgins (with the full sets designed by Rex Whistler), Coppelia and The Haunted Ballroom. Robert Helpmann's second ballet, Hamlet, will have its premiere on May 19th. The music ...

Published: Wednesday 06 May 1942
Newspaper: The Tatler
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 2491 | Page: 26 | Tags: Photographs 

The Rake's Progress: Ninette de Valois's Hogarth Ballet, Lost in Holland in May 1940, Has Now Been Revived by ..

... music of a number of ballets. A month ago The Rake's Progress was revived, decor and dresses having been redesigned by Rex Whistler from memory and old photographs, and music having been re-orchestrated by Gavin Gordon from his piano score. Robert Helpmann ...

Published: Wednesday 18 November 1942
Newspaper: The Tatler
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 465 | Page: 13 | Tags: Photographs 

The Theatre: Sadler's Wells Ballet (New)

... and nuff- addicted beaux. Hot irth s spirit and colouring ate ad mirably caught and convey ed by the lively scenes and Rex Whistler's decor. Gavin Gordon's ingenious music, so happily reminiscent of the period, grows on one's admiration; and the Rake ...

Published: Wednesday 09 December 1942
Newspaper: The Tatler
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 876 | Page: 8 | Tags: Review 

The Theatre: Love for Love (Phœnix)

... generation may hope, or possibly care, to come. It certainly gives great pleasure. The settings (a little post-dated?) by Mr. Rex Whistler are formidably handsome, and Miss Jeanetta Cochrane's admirable costumes have the authentic cut. The advances of the gay ...

Published: Wednesday 28 April 1943
Newspaper: The Tatler
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 885 | Page: 8 | Tags: Review 

The Theatre: Everyman: International Ballet (Lyric)

... attractions. The music by Richard Strauss, cleverly adapted by Ernest Irving, has its own inalienable moods and associations. Rex Whistler's decor is distinguished, and presents some fine stage pictures that William Chappell's costumes complete. But the dances ...

Published: Wednesday 28 July 1943
Newspaper: The Tatler
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 775 | Page: 8 | Tags: Review