Perchance to Dream

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Perchance to Dream is a romantic musical play by Ivor Novello, first staged in 1945 and celebrated for its lush score and enduring song "We'll Gather Lilacs."

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Perchance to Dream canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf West End musical
romantic musical
stage musical
artForm musical theatre
associatedWith British musical theatre
post-war London theatre
bookWriter Ivor Novello
composer Ivor Novello
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
creator Ivor Novello
dateOfFirstPerformance 1945
featuresSong "We’ll Gather Lilacs"
firstStagedDuring Second World War era
firstStagedIn West End
followsWorkBy "The Dancing Years"
linked to: The Dancing Years
genre romantic musical theatre
hasCulturalContext World War II and immediate post-war Britain
hasForm three-act musical play
hasLegacy enduring popularity of "We’ll Gather Lilacs"
hasMusicalStyle lush romantic score
hasPart "We’ll Gather Lilacs"
hasPeriod mid-20th-century musical
hasReception popular in the West End
remembered for its score
hasSubject dreams and memory
enduring love
hasTheme love in wartime
nostalgia
romance
hasTitleLanguage English
influenced British popular song repertoire
isKnownFor "We’ll Gather Lilacs" becoming a standard
melodic ballads
romantic story
lyricist Ivor Novello
lyricsBy Ivor Novello
musicBy Ivor Novello
notableSong "We’ll Gather Lilacs"
originalLanguage English
partOf Ivor Novello stage works
placeOfFirstPerformance London
linked to: London, England
productionType musical play
setting England
workOf Ivor Novello
writtenBy Ivor Novello
yearOfPremiere 1945

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Ivor Novello notableWork Perchance to Dream
Time Enough at Last followedByEpisode Perchance to Dream
Ivor Novello notableWork Perchance to Dream
subject linked to: David Ivor Davies