 Event |
Salad Days
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| Venue |
Tour (South Island), South Island, New Zealand |
| First Date |
11 May 1959 |
| Last Date |
May 1959 |
| Dates Estimated |
No |
| Status |
Professional |
| World Premiere |
No |
| Part of a Tour |
Yes |
| Description |
Jane and Timothy Dawes meet up in a park to plan their lives soon after their graduation. Deciding that Timothy must take the first job he's offered, a passing tramp offers them £7 a week to look after his mobile piano. Upon accepting, they discover that when the piano plays it delivers all within earshot an irresistible desire to dance! After attempts to ban the music by the Ministry of Pleasure and Pastimes, the piano vanishes, and Timothy enlists his Uncle Zed to take them in his flying saucer to retrieve it. |
| Primary Genre |
Music Theatre
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| Secondary Genre |
Musical
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| Organisations |
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| Contributors |
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| Works |
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| Text Nationality |
England
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| Further Information |
Salad Days premiered at the Bristol Old Vic in 1954, and went on to become the longest-running show in British musical theatre until overtaken by Oliver!. South Island. Enormously successful 10 week tour of South Island, extended to another 10 week tour of the North Island. A total of 134 performances in 78 centres to audiences totalling over 70,000. (David Carnegie article) Planned to visit 50 small centres as well as Dunedin and Christchurch over the 10 weeks. (ODT).
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| Event Status |
Completed
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| Event Identifier |
193343 |
| Dataset |
Theatre Aotearoa |
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