Lilac Time

Lilac Time is a musical play written by Jane Cowl and Jane Murfin which opened for the first time in New York City on Feb 6, 1917. The play featured some of the melodies of Franz Schubert

Performance history in South Africa

November 1953: The play was presented by the Port Elizabeth Musical and Dramatic Society and directed by Leontine Sagan, one of the foremost of South Africa's producers, who especially travelled to Port Elizabeth to direct the play.

Starring Percy W Pickering, Phyllis C Taylor, Molly Tomalin, Ruth Thomas, Bill Turner, Victor Borgognano, Carl Scott, Rupert Bellairs, Monica Hunter, Joyce Scotcher, Valerie Stirk, Basil Lavender, William Woodin, Arthur White, George Jones, Ernest Barnes, Ronald W Davis, Colin Neilson, Wynton Ferreira, Nellie Bonny, Elaine Campbell, and Molly Kauffman.

Producer: Leontine Sagan. Musical Director: Robert Selley. Dancing Mistress: Bessie Collett. Stage Manager: Cliff Collett. Lighting: A Alyn Lane. Props: Joan Adey. Prompts: Ivy Foster and Lorraine Victor. Wardrobe Mistress: Nellie Bonny. Business and Publicity: Harold Davidson. Programme Cover Design: Maurice Weightman.

Music from Franz Schubert arranged by H Herbert and Clutsam. Book by Dr A M Willner and H Reichert and adapted by Adrian Ross. Set Designed by Solly Price. Costumes executed under the personal supervision of Leontine Sagan.

Sources

Lilac Time theatrical programme - 1953.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leontine_Sagan

https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-cast-staff/jane-cowl-6644

https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-cast-staff/jane-murfin-6650

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