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Beaton designed the decor and costume designs for Frederick Ashton's ballet The First Shoot, written by Osbert Sitwell and with music by William Walton. This formed part of C. B. Cochran's revue Follow the Sun which premiered in Manchester before coming to London.
Literature
D. Mellor, Cecil Beaton, exhibition catalogue, The Barbican Art Gallery, London, 1986, p.200, ill.p.104
Exhibited
The Barbican Art Gallery, London, Cecil Beaton, 16 May - 20 July 1986, no.K32