| Ballet | one act |
| Set Design | Barry Kay |
| Costumes | Barry Kay |
| Choreography | Peter Darrell |
| Scenario | Peter Darrell |
| Music | Béla Bartók; Music for Strings, Percussion and Celeste |
| Plot | Two convicts escape from prison, one to his death, the other to life enslavement to his friend's wife. |
| World Première | 24 June 1957 |
| Company | Western Theatre Ballet |
| Venue | Dartington Festival, Dartington Hall, Devon |
| Direction | Peter Darrell |
| Conductor | 1 |
| Orchestra | 2 |
| Characters | Cast |
|---|---|
| Baudin | Barry Salt |
| Christophe | Erling Sunde |
| Madeleine | Suzanne Musitz, Christophe's wife |
| Warders | Oliver Symons, Rudi Szigeti, Jefferey Taylor |
| Villagers | Margaret Grey, Brenda Last, Hazel Merry |
Staging: Dartington College of Arts
Pas de trois, scene 3 |
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