No, No, Nanette

No, No, Nanette [1] is a musical comedy with lyrics by Irving Caesar and Otto Harbach, music by Vincent Youmans, and a book by Otto Harbach and Frank Mandel, based on Mandel's 1919 Broadway play My Lady Friends. First performed in Chicago in 1925.

Performance history in South Africa

1943: Phil Levard at the Empire Theatre, 1943.

1972: Taubie Kushlick staged No, No, Nanette at the Alexander Theatre in 1972, starring Sybil Summers.

1975: Directed by Helen Mann in Port Elizabeth in 1975.

Sources

Tucker, 1997. 20

Material relating to Helen Mann production held by NELM: [Collection: MANN, Bruce]: 2008. 2. 3. 30.

Theatre programme (Kushlick production) held by NELM: [Collection: THEATRE PROGRAMMES]: 2012. 285. 1. 214.

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