The Desert Song - Programme, 1945
Title
The Desert Song - Programme, 1945
Date
23 July 1945
Description
Programme for 1945 production of the musical play The Desert Song.
What's the story?
Described as ‘a musical play’, The Desert Song with music by Sigmund Romberg and book and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II, Otto Harbach and Frank Mandel, is a romantic show inspired by true events, set in the Moroccan desert.
The show opened on Broadway in 1926, enjoying a very successful run, with popular revivals taking place over the next 40 years, although it is a show now very rarely seen.
This programme was loaned to the Theatre Royal by Lesley Brown from a collection of theatre memorabilia owned by her late father-in-law William Gordon Brown, a keen performer and member of Nottingham Operatic Society.
The show opened on Broadway in 1926, enjoying a very successful run, with popular revivals taking place over the next 40 years, although it is a show now very rarely seen.
This programme was loaned to the Theatre Royal by Lesley Brown from a collection of theatre memorabilia owned by her late father-in-law William Gordon Brown, a keen performer and member of Nottingham Operatic Society.
Type
Programme
Location of item
Private Collection - Lesley Brown
Rights
Private Collection - Lesley Brown
Contributor
Researcher: David Longford
