The fountain of Bakhchisarai
Subtitle: ballet in four acts
By: (after the poem by A.S. Pushkin) ; music by B.V. Asafyev
Publisher: Publisher not identified
Published: 1956
Place of publication: London?
Language: eng
Translated from: rus
Number of pages: 12
Subjects: Ballets; 20th century; Scenarios
Work titles: Bakhchisaraĭskiĭ fontan (Scenario)
Description: Ballet scenario.
Notes: Original ballet with music by B.V. Asafʹev and scenario by Nikolaĭ Dmitrievich Volkov after a poem of the same title by Aleksandr Sergeevich Pushkin first performed in Moscow at the Kirov Academic Theatre of Opera and Ballet, 28 September 1934; performed in London at Covent Garden Theatre, 9 October 1956. See Wikipedia; see Times Digital Archive, 10 October 1956.

"Intourist"--Possible advertisement, in Cyrillic, on back cover.

Place and date of publication inferred from date of performance in London.

Gift; John Milton Ward; 16 March 2004; 2004TW-898(84).

In English, after the original Russian.

From the collection of John Milton and Ruth Neils Ward.

Stamped at bottom of page 12: 57.

Staple-bound in original color-illustrated paper covers; in prefab, 19 cm.