£37.50
Date 01/09/1947
Margate Winter Gardens – The Desert Song – 1947
A theatre programme for The Desert Song at the Winter Gardens, Margate, dated 1 September 1947. The cast included Jules Cosman, Dallas Farmer, Mimi Bisset and Terry Lisle.
Sigmund Romberg’s romantic operetta, with book and lyrics by Otto Harbach, Oscar Hammerstein II and Frank Mandel, follows the masked Red Shadow leading the Riffs in North Africa.
A perennial favourite with seaside audiences, this Margate programme is a charming piece of theatre memorabilia from the post-war holiday boom.
| Production | The Desert Song |
|---|---|
| Venue | Winter Gardens – Margate |
| Cast | Jules Cosman – Dallas Farmer, Mimi Bisset – Terry Lisle |
Condition: V Good, lcr
Did you know?
- The Desert Song opened on Broadway in 1926 and reached the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane in 1927.
- Its songs include “The Riff Song” and “One Alone”.
- Margate’s Winter Gardens opened in 1911, its concert hall partly set into the cliff.
SKU: T00639
