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Checkmate (1937)

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Ballet: Production details

Company: The Vic-Wells Ballet
Production premiere: 15 June 1937
Set designer: E McKnight Kauffer
Costume designer: E McKnight Kauffer
Revival lighting designer: John B Read
(revivals in 1993 and 2007)
Revival staging: Jacquie Hollander
(2007 revival)
Notes: The sets and costumes were left in Holland in 1940 when the company had to abandon its tour because of the German invasion. When the production was staged at the Royal Opera House in 1947, E. McKnight Kauffer made alterations to both the costumes and the set.
Performances
18 November 1947 Evening 7.00pm Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
22 November 1947 Evening Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
1 December 1947 Evening Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
11 February 1948 Evening 7.00pm Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
18 December 1948 Matinee Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
15 March 1950 Evening Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
5 April 1950 Evening 7.00pm Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
20 June 1950 Evening Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
22 March 1951 Evening 7.00pm Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
24 March 1951 Matinee 2.30pm Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
24 March 1951 Evening 7.00pm Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
28 April 1951 Evening 7.00pm Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
28 April 1951 Matinee 2.30pm Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
2 May 1951 Evening 7.00pm Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
5 May 1951 Matinee 2.30pm Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
9 May 1951 Evening 7.00pm Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
6 July 1951 Evening 7.00pm Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
12 July 1951 Evening 7.00pm Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
19 July 1951 Evening 7.00pm Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
10 September 1951 Evening 7.00pm Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
30 March 1953 Evening Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
21 April 1954 Evening Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
20 January 1955 Evening Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
10 March 1955 Evening Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
3 June 1955 Evening Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
24 August 1955 Evening Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
31 August 1955 Evening Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
24 January 1956 Evening Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
27 February 1956 Evening Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
12 March 1957 Evening 7.30pm Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
22 August 1957 Evening Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
3 September 1958 Evening Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
11 July 1962 Evening Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
12 July 1962 Evening Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
5 February 1963 Evening Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
15 February 1963 Evening Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
6 March 1963 Evening Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
22 March 1963 Evening Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
14 December 1971 Evening Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
16 December 1971 Evening Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
18 December 1971 Evening Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
8 January 1972 Evening Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
1 February 1972 Evening Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
5 February 1972 Matinee Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
4 June 1993 Evening 7.30pm Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
5 June 1993 Matinee 2.30pm Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
5 June 1993 Evening 7.30pm Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
9 June 1993 Evening 7.30pm Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
10 June 1993 Evening 7.30pm Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
8 June 2006 Evening Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
2 June 2007 Matinee 1.30pm Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
2 June 2007 Evening 7.00pm Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
4 June 2007 Evening Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
6 June 2007 Evening 7.30pm Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
7 June 2007 Evening 7.30pm Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
8 June 2007 Evening Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London