Mrs. Bridge et al. in Mercury Theatre, Notting Hill Gate - 17 December, 1934
from Journeying boy : the diaries of the young Benjamin Britten 1928-1938, page 238:
Dash off - with Bridges - to the Mercury Theatre where Iris Lemare conducts a show of my 'Boy'. Mostly very poor I'm afraid - Herod being esp. wobbly. I came out after it, not being able to stand the strain!
Funnily enough so many people liked the work. The boys (St. Alban's Holborn) were very, very good and beautiful.
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John Evans (ed.), Journeying boy : the diaries of the young Benjamin Britten 1928-1938 (:London, 2009), p. 238. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1438251269839 accessed: 30 October, 2024
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A Boy Was Born
written by Benjamin Britten |
performed by Herod, Iris Lemare, St. Alban's Holborn Choir |
Experience Information
| Date/Time | 17 December, 1934 |
| Medium | live |
| Listening Environment | in the company of others, indoors, in public |
Originally submitted by gkw on Thu, 30 Jul 2015 11:14:31 +0100
Approved on Mon, 26 Sep 2016 13:46:04 +0100