Glamorous Night

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Glamorous Night is a 1935 romantic operetta by composer and playwright Ivor Novello, known for its lavish staging, memorable melodies, and success in London’s West End.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf operetta
stage musical
bookWriter Ivor Novello
composer Ivor Novello
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
firstPerformanceDate 1935
follows The Dancing Years (chronologically later Novello work is often associated, but not directly preceded by it)
linked to: The Dancing Years
genre musical theatre
romantic operetta
hasCollaborator Christopher Hassall
hasCreator Ivor Novello
hasHistoricalContext pre-World War II Britain
hasMedium live theatre
hasMusicalForm chorus number
ensemble
song
hasPeriod interwar period
hasReputation classic Ivor Novello operetta
hit West End show
hasSetting fictional European kingdom
hasStyle late romantic
operetta
hasTheme duty versus love
glamour and escapism
romance
hasTypeOfWork romantic musical
influenced later British operettas
influencedBy continental operetta tradition
intendedAudience West End theatre audiences
isPartOfSeries Ivor Novello West End musicals
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity West End of London
lyricist Christopher Hassall
notableFor lavish staging
memorable melodies
success in London’s West End
originalLanguage English
partOf British musical theatre
premiereLocation London
linked to: London, England
premiereTheatre Theatre Royal, Drury Lane
productionFeature elaborate sets
large chorus
spectacular staging
publicationYear 1935
workPeriodOfAuthor Ivor Novello’s 1930s stage career

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Ivor Novello notableWork Glamorous Night
Ivor Novello notableWork Glamorous Night
subject linked to: David Ivor Davies