[2] The Tales of Beatrix Potter premièred on stage at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden on 4 December 1992 in a double bill with Ashton's ballet The Dream.
[citation needed] Ashton's original film score had been stored on transparencies which had suffered from damp and rodent damage, so they had to be painstakingly pieced together for the stage adaptation.
[8] The masks created from the original 1971 film moulds[9] are made from polystyrene with holes drilled for breathing and vision are covered in gauze and flocking or hand sewn hair.
[11] The critics did not review the original 1992 production favourably, considering it to be too long, lacking plot and missing Ashton's inspirational touch.
[13] Clement Crisp reviewed the 2010 performance for the Financial Times, he considered Potter's characters "nauseating" the score "Victorian vulgar" and the costumes bloated.