Rex Whistler Royal Opera House State Performance Programme March 2nd 1939

Rex Whistler designed this wonderful program for the State Performance in Honour of The President of the French Republic and Madame Lebrun, at the Royal Opera House,  Wednesday March 22, 1939.
Whistler's cover design is an elaborate affair; the embossed card covers are ingeniously cut away in curves.
It is fabulously decorated by Rex Whistler on the front and back.
A cord with tassels forms the binding round the twelve folded pages.
Dancers included Margot Fonteyn, Robert Helpmann, William Chappell, Frank Staff and Frederick Ashton.
Sir Thomas Beecham conducted the London Philharmonic Orchestra.

Size 8.9 x 15.25 inches this is a great example of collectable ephemera in its own right, but it is of special value for admirers of Rex Whistler.

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