... for the wilting heroine of Peradventure *Tis Sixty Years Since. We need a name that will suggest her maidenly reticence. Rex Whistler is being commissioned to paint her for the wrapper, and it is planned to institute ...

... of the performance continuous applause obliged Mr. Ashton appear with the dancers, and then caused apparently reluctant Rex Whistler receive acknowledgment of Ills; costumes and decor. ...

... movement dissolves into another The music of the ballet is by Bach' and it has been orchestrated by William Walton. Mr. Rex. Whistler has provided a very attractive and decorative baroque set and some delightful costumes, while Miss Margot Fonteyn ; danced ...

... Virgins at Sadler's cinemas include Grapes of Wrath. Wells was remarkable more for its from Steinbeck's celebrated novel. Rex Whistler baroque setting than which can hardly be cheerful, for its dancing—though Margot though naturally the dialogue will Fontaine ...

... Sebastian Bach, arranged by Constant Lambert orchestrated by William Walton, and with decor and costumes of baroque flavour by Rex Whistler. The theme of the ballet is the Biblical parable of the Wise and the Foolish Virgins. ...

... Dante Sonata. But it has on the, whole been well received by both critics and public. Visually and in conjunction with Rex Whistler's setting and dresses, it achieves much, dramatically less. The theme is taken from the Biblical parable of the wise and ...

... Can tatas on which those critics of the B.B.C. used to expend so much venom, and some of the organ Chorales. Of course, Rex Whistler's baroque setting for Frederick Ashton's ballet of The Wise Virgins might be held to ofier every inducement, but for the ...

... distinct step forward for its creator, in spite of the fact that the music and theme have handicapped him from the start. Rex Whistler's Renaissance setting and costumes are a delight, though their scale somewhat detracts from the figures. Margot Fonteyn ...

... most brilliantly displayed in the duets, trio? and quartets, which were very well done. . , _ The setting and dresses by Rex Whistler were notable for their exquisite charm. —W.H.T. ...

... MATINEE SUCCESS There was a full attendance the matinee at which The Marriage of Figaro was repeated This production with the Rex Whistler scenery must most completely artistic event of fortnight Arnold Matters Joan Cross and Rose Morris the famous Mozart airs ...

... strikes a note fur the whole piece , is supported by Claude an the turbaned father and Farjeon as a rather youthful mother . Rex Whistler is for * and ballet » n a vurinuft setting of rose trees and a bricked wall . An attractive drop curtain is d at the beginning ...

... committee. memorial, a kneeling figure of the late Christine Hamlyn. designed by Sir Herbert Baker and sculptured by Mr. Rex Whistler, has been placed in Clovelly Church. An Easter Sepulchre has been discovered Throwleigh Church and placed in its original ...