A glimpse of the hey-day of London's theatrical hub of other years-records of famous shows produced at the Alhambra, the Empire, and Daly's
Other days, happy days. The statue of the greatest playwright England and the world has known stood on its pedestal in the gay summer gardens and looked out o' nights at the resplendent lights glittering from the Empire, while the Alhambra scintillated on Shakespeare's right, and he could see out of the corner of his eye the spiritual home of George Edwardes-Daly 's Theatre. Today, o' nights, he can see nothing for the black-out, and by day not a theatre, such as he knew them, is to be seen, while at his feet all round him the earth is dug up in. trenches.
You will hear songs from .The
Geisha, The Country Girl, The Merry Widow, and The Maid of the Mountains, from Daly's ; songs from The Lilac Domino, Irene, and Lady he Good, from the Empire ; songs from The Bing Boys , Waltzes from Vienna, and A Kiss in Spring, from the Alhambra. This programme was first broadcast two years ago.