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Opening Nights

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Russell Davies examines the stories behind the opening nights of well-known musicals.
Salad Days. Hastily assembled to fill a gap at the Bristol Old Vic, the opening night of Salad Days came at a rush. Propelled weeks later on to the West End stage, the magic piano captured the hearts of 1954 theatregoers. Davies talks to
Sheridan Morley and members of the original cast to discover how this simple romp became the longest running musical Of its time. Repeated from Sunday

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Sheridan Morley
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