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Description: | This is a companion tin to the 'Mutinty of the Bounty' tin of 1962-1963, but while that tin features scenes from the Hollywood film this tin, as is clear from the illustration on the lid, records a stage production. Lerner and Loewe's musical was premiered on Broadway in 1956, but this production moved to London and opened on the 29 April 1958. Rex Harrison starred as Professor Higgins and Julie Andrews played Eliza Doolittle. From the moment the curtain went up to reveal the opening scene, at St Paul's Church outside Covent Garden (shown on the tin), the applause was thunderous. The excitement surrounding the transfer of the musical to London had been intense and advanced ticket sales raised over £350,000. The Oscar winning film (with Rex harrison and, in place of Julie Andrews, Barbara Hepburn) appeared in 1964. | Format: | image/jpeg | License: | http://www.sopse.org.uk/ixbin/hixclient.exe?a=query&p=gateway&f=generic_sitetext%2ehtm&_IXFIRST_=1&_IXMAXHITS_=1&cms_con_core_subtype%3acms_con_text_what=copyright&%3acms_sys_group=%22sopse%22 | Publisher: | Huntley & Palmers | Rights holder: | Reading Borough Council (Reading Museum Service) | Subjects: | building environment narrative Frederick Loewe column Rex Harrison Julie Andrews Eliza Dolittle recreation street lamp domestic Alan Jay Lerner | Temporal: | start=1960-01-01; end=1960-12-31; | Source: | Sense of place SE | Creator: | Not known | Identifier: | http://www.sopse.org.uk/ixbin/hixclient.... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | image/jpeg | Go to resource |
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