This collection consists of The Theatre Royal, Drury Lane Treasury Sheets from the 1920s, showing general expenditure for the theatre as well as for the current show and specific records relating to the production Rose Marie.
Drury Lane Theatre Treasury Sheets
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- Dates of Creation1921-1927
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- Language of MaterialEnglish
- Physical Description7 files
Scope and Content
Administrative / Biographical History
Under managing director Sir Alfred Butt, the 1920s saw The Theatre Royal, Drury Lane enjoy great box office success with musicals such as Rose Marie, Desert Song and Show Boat.
Rose Marie is an operetta-style musical with music by Rudolf Friml and Herbert Stothart, and book and lyrics by Otto Harbach and Oscar Hammerstein II. It was produced at Drury Lane in London in March 1925, enjoying an extraordinary run of 581 performances and closed in March 1927. The original production had a chorus of eighty and was London's most successful Broadway show after World War I until it was surpassed by Oklahoma! in 1947.
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This collection was aquired at the Bloomsbury Book Auction, London in May 2011.
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