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LevelFile
Finding Number (Click this to view full catalogue structure)MS38/2142
Title'Calypso' by Hedley Briggs
Extent1 file
Date1948
DescriptionPress and magazine cuttings of reviews of 'Calypso', adapted from the book by Rodney Hobson; with photographs of members of the cast; includes photographs of cast members in scenes from the musical

Performed at The Playhouse Theatre, London, 24 May 1948; presented by Milroy Gay by arrangement with Jack Hylton and Claude Soman; devised, directed and designed by Hedley Briggs; dances and ensembles arranged by John Cranko and [Harold Holness]; music and lyrics by Ronnie Hill; additional music and lyrics by John Meugens, Alvin Lawson and Joseph Shaw; ballet music by Gavin Gordon
Originally at: The Wimbledon Theatre [10 May 1948]

Cast: Mabel Lee, Bill Kerr, Evelyn Dove, Edric Connor, Harold Holness, Cherry Adele, Dudley Heslop, Jasmine Dee, Edward Baxter, James Brown, Bill Dayne, Barry Gosney, John Shackell, Norman Amsden, Gretta Grayson, Gwenda Grayson, Joan Mullen, Erica Yorke, Edward Brandon, Moya Nugent,
Access StatusOpen

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