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Grand Opera House Wellington :"The desert song" commencing Wednesday, 18th September, 1929. [Programme cover]. 1929.
- Date
- 1929
- Reference
- Eph-A-OPERA-1929-01-cover
- Description
Cover shows glamorous thinly-clad blonde woman posing with a leopard on a sofa of ornate draperies. There is a large Egyptian-inspired metal shield below her. An oval window behind her looks out towards the Great Pyramids.
The main actors in the performance were: Lance Fairfax, a New Zealand actor (as The Red Shadow), Romola Hansen, Herbert Browne, Renee Murphy, and Sidney Burchall. The producer was George A Highland.
Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s) on cover of programme..
Physical Description: Photolithograph, on cover 217 x 142 mm.
- Additional description
Alternative form available: File print and colour transparency available in Ephemera Room.
- Access restrictions
- Partly restricted - Please use surrogate in place of original
- Part of
- [Ephemera and theatre programmes for performances of opera and light musicals in New Zealand in 1929]. / J C Williamson (N.Z.) Ltd present (by arrangement with Lawrence Schwab and Frank Mandell, New York) "The desert song", a new musical play. Music by Sigmund Romberg; book by Otto Harbuch, Oscar Hammerstein 2nd, and Frank Mandell. Produced by George A Highland. Grand Opera House Wellington, commencing Wednesday, 18th September 1929 [Programme]
- Format
- 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s) on cover of programme., Ephemera, Photolithographs, Theatre programmes, Conjectural works, Photolithograph, on cover 217 x 142 mm., Orientation: Vertical image
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