London Theatre Royal – The Desert Song – 1920’s

About this The Desert Song theatre programme

An original theatre programme for The Desert Song at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, from the 1920s, with principal cast including Sidney Pointer and Phebe Brune. Sigmund Romberg’s operetta, with book and lyrics by Otto Harbach, Oscar Hammerstein II and Frank Mandel, tells of the mysterious Red Shadow leading the Riffs in the North African desert. One of the great Drury Lane operettas of the era, this programme is a handsome piece for collectors of old theatre programmes.

Condition: V Good, a light cfld, lcr, nof (what the codes mean)

Did you know?

• The Desert Song premiered on Broadway in 1926.
• The story was inspired by the Rif uprising in Morocco and the exploits of T E Lawrence.
• It followed Rose Marie into Drury Lane, continuing the theatre’s run of American operettas.