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| BALALAIKA |
| Title of The Play | BALALAIKA |
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| 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. |