| Description | Press and magazine cuttings of reviews of 'Song of Norway', based on the life and music of Edvard Grieg and adapted from a play by Homer Curran; with photographs and illustrations of members of the casts; includes magazine extract photographs of cast members in scenes from the operetta
Performed at The Palace Theatre, London, 7 Mar 1946; musical adaptation and lyrics by Robert Wright and George Forrest; presented by Emile Littler; directed by Charles Hickman; symphony orchestra conducted by Gideon Fagan; choreography by Robert Helpmann and Pauline Grant; costumes by Frederick Dawson and Sophie Fedorovitch; settings by Jean Jefferson Farjeon; The Coventry Hippodrome
Revived at: The Palace Theatre, London, 11 Jul 1949, [closing performance, 10 Sep 1949]; [presented by Emile Littler]; [directed by Charles Hickman]; [choreography by Robert Helpmann and Pauline Grant]; [settings by Jean Jefferson Farjeon]
On tour: The Kings Theatre, Edinburgh
America: The Broadway Theatre, New York, 2 Aug 1944
Casts: Halina Victoria, Janet Hamilton Smith, John Hargreaves, Arthur Servent, Bernard Ansell, Moyra Fraser, Antony Holles, Olive Sturgess, Colin Cunningham, John Pygram, Patricia Garnet, Wendy Brandon, Charles Doran, Bernard Henry, Peggy Rowan, Ivor Evans, Brenda Stanley, Frank Rydon, Shelagh Day, Dale Williams, Olive Sturgess, Lawrence Brooks, Robert Shafer, Darroll Richards, Eileen Baker, Jeanette Grainger, Irene Asten, Ann Byatt, Patricia Garnett, Herbert Armitage, Brenda Stanley |