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It was a one act comic ballet choreographed by Léonide Massine to music by Domenico Scarlatti, orchestrated by Vincenzo Tommasini, based on the play by the Venetian dramatist Carlo Goldoni.\r\nThe original designs for the set and costumes by Léon Bakst were more stylised and experimental, giving the performers the appearance of marionettes, but the production was revised and more traditionally re-designed for performances at the London Coliseum from 5 September 1918. The ballet remained in the Ballets Russes repertory until 24 March 1927 and was mounted for de Basil’s Ballets Russes in 1935.\r\nThe ballet Les Femmes de Bonne Humeur (The Good-Humoured Ladies) is set in 18th century Venice at Carnaval. 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