Which actress was the mother of the man who provided text for the narrated portions of the comic ballet Punch and the Judy?
Punch and the Judy Punch and the Judy is a comic ballet about marital discord choreographed by Martha Graham to music by Robert McBride. Arch Lauterer designed the set, Charlotte Trowbridge, the costumes. Edward Gordon Craig provided text for the narrated portions. The piece premiered on August 10, 1941, at the Bennington College Theatre in Bennington, Vermont.
Lyudmila Makarova Lyudmila Iosifovna Makarova (Людмила Иосифовна Макарова; 20 October 1921 – 30 May 2014) was a Russian stage actress from Saint Petersburg. From 1938 to 1941, she studied at the Greater Drama Theatre, becoming the theatre's lead actress under Georgy Tovstonogov. In 1977, she was named a People's Artist of the USSR. Her on-screen appearances were rather brief. She was married to actor Yefim Kopelyan from 1941 until his death in 1975. Their son, Kirill Kopelyan (died 2005), was also an actor.