German-Speaking Emigrés A Biographical Database |
BALALAIKA |
Title of The Play | BALALAIKA |
Alternative Titles | |
English Titles | |
Year of Premiere | 1936 |
Place of Premiere | Adelphi Theatre, London |
Language(s) | English |
Genre | Operetta |
Based on/Source | Operetta "The Gay Hussar" by Eric Maschwitz and George Posford |
Producer(s) | Leontine Sagan |
Director | Leontine Sagan |
Author | Eric Maschwitz, George Posford and Bernard Grun |
Cast | Muriel Angelus, Roger Treville, Clifford Mollison, Betty Warren, Leo von Pokorny |
Literature | Times, 23 December 1936. Jewish Chronicle, 25 December 1936. Punch, 6 January 1937. Times, 21 February 1938. |
Special notes | The production was a spectacular success. After its run at the Adelphi, it moved to His Majesty's Theatre, and returned to the Adelphi in February 1938, totalling 570 performances altogether. |