Brighton Theatre Royal – Lilac Time – 1926

About this Lilac Time theatre programme

An original theatre programme for Lilac Time at the Brighton Theatre Royal, dated 19 July 1926. The cast includes Sylvia Pearce, Molly Carless, Doris Griffiths and Cyril Whittle. The operetta tells a romanticised story of the composer Franz Schubert, set to his own melodies. A much-loved touring favourite of the 1920s, this is an attractive piece of old theatre programmes from one of Britain’s oldest working theatres.

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

Did you know?

• Lilac Time is the English version of the Viennese operetta Das Dreimäderlhaus (1916), with the music arranged by G.H. Clutsam.
• It opened in London in 1922 and was revived many times.
• The Theatre Royal Brighton opened in 1807 on New Road.