David Scouler et al. in Globe Theatre - 17 January, 1933, 08:30 PM

from Journeying boy : the diaries of the young Benjamin Britten 1928-1938, page 128:

Meet Mrs. Scoular (late Mrs. Buck of Gisleham), Marion Buck & David Scouler (step son - now at Farfield, Holt) at Globe theatre at 8.5. They take me to see Lilac Time.* (very amusing in parts, scenery v. pretty. Music arranged excruciatingly). Go back to their hotel (Redbourne). until abt. 12.0.
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John Evans (ed.), Journeying boy : the diaries of the young Benjamin Britten 1928-1938 (:London, 2009), p. 128. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1435183772204 accessed: 23 April, 2024

location of experience: Globe Theatre

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Lilac Time
written by Heinrich Berté

Experience Information

Date/Time 17 January, 1933, 08:30 PM
Medium live
Listening Environment in the company of others, indoors, in public

Notes

Lilac Time (1916), Viennese operetta telling a fictionalized account of the love-life of Franz Schubert, featuring his music in arrangements by Heinrich Berté. The English-language production playing at the Globe Theatre had an adapted libretto by Adrian Ross (1859-1933) with new arrangements of Schubert by G. H. Clutsam (1866-1951).

Originally submitted by gkw on Wed, 24 Jun 2015 23:09:32 +0100
Approved on Mon, 26 Sep 2016 23:40:32 +0100