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LYSISTRATA
L-R: William Chappell, Walter Gore, Antony Tudor - 1932 - Ballet Rambert Arhives
Photo courtesy of Judith Chasin-Bennahum
Synopsis:
Lysistrata was suggested to Tudor by Ashley Dukes, who also devised the subtitle, Strike of Wives.
Based on the original comedy written in 411 B.C. by Aristophanes, Lysistrata presents the Athenian women refusing
to perform their wifely duties until their husbands forswear war. Before proclaiming her plans, Lysistrata has
the older women seize the Acropolis in Athens in order to control the treasury. The Spartan men, unable to endure
prolonged celibacy, are the first to petition for peace, on any terms. Then, Lysistrata, in order to hasten the
war’s end, has a nude girl exposed to the two armies. Thereupon the Athenians and Spartans, goaded by frustration,
make peace quickly and depart for home with their wives. With only minuscule program notes and an• incomplete series
of photographs surviving, it is difficult to know the complete scenario of Tudor’s version of Lysistrata.
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| Choreography |
| Antony Tudor |
| Music / Composer |
Sergei Prokofiev
Piano pieces from opus
2, 3, 12, and 22. and
from Sonatas #2 and 4 |
| First Performance |
London
Mercury Theatre
March 20, 1932
Ballet Rambert |
| Scenery / Costumes |
| William Chappell, Scenery after Aristophanes |
| Cast First Performance |
| Myrrhina: Alicia Markova; Cinesias: Walter Gore; Lysistrata: Diana Gould; Her Husband: Antony
Tudor; Lampito: Andree Howard; Calonice: Prudence Hyman; Her Husband: William Chappell; Other Athenian Women: Elisabeth
Schooling, Betty Cuff; Handmaid to Myrrhina: Susette Morfield |
| Notated |
| NA |
| Average Length |
| NA |
| Costumes / Scenery |
| NA |
| Licensing Information |
| NA |
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