1:56:02
- You never stopped going to class?
- Never.
1:56:07
And why isn't he with you?
1:56:09
His opera's been accepted
at Covent Garden.
1:56:12
It's in rehearsal now.
1:56:13
- Would he give it up if you asked?
- I don't know.
1:56:16
- You do.
- I wouldn't ask.
1:56:18
Then why is he asking you?
Does he know what he is asking?
1:56:30
We are preparing a new ballet.
We've been working for weeks.
1:56:35
The costumes and the decor are the
most beautiful Ratov has ever done.
1:56:40
Grischa's full of enthusiasm.
Do you know what that means?
1:56:48
Nobody else has ever danced
The Red Shoes since you left.
1:56:54
Nobody else ever shall.
1:56:59
Put on the red shoes, Vicky...
1:57:01
and dance for us again.
1:57:12
'This is the BBC Third Program.
1:57:14
'I am at the Royal 0pera House,
Covent Garden, London.
1:57:18
'Tonight is the first night
of Cupid and Psyche,
1:57:22
'a new opera by British composer
Julian Craster,
1:57:25
'whose only well-known work has been
the score for The Red Shoes.
1:57:29
'The Red Shoes was a great success
1:57:31
'when produced at Monte Carlo
with the Ballet Lermontov,
1:57:35
'but has not yet been seen
in this country.
1:57:40
'0h. Something must have gone wrong.
1:57:43
'I think somebody's going
to make an announcement.'
1:57:46
'Ladies and gentlemen,
1:57:48
'I regret to announce that
Mr Julian Craster the composer,
1:57:51
'who was to conduct his own opera,
has been suddenly taken ill.
1:57:56
'Sir Hartley Menzies
will conduct in his place.'