Yeovil Amateur Operatic Society

President: Mrs E A B Clive

1931 Production
Yeovil Annual Opera Week
22nd Production of Opera

Sullivan's Famous Comic Opera

The Rose of Persia
Or 'The Story-Teller and the Slave'
Grand Orchestra, Special London Costumes & Scenery

Palace Theatre
The Triangle, Yeovil
Monday to Saturday, 9-14 February 1931
6 nights at 8 o'clock, Saturday Matinee at 2-30

Libretto by Basil Hood
Music by Sir Arthur Sullivan

The Opera produced under the Personal Direction and Supervision of Mr Richard Andean
(late D'Oyly Carte Opera Company)
Musical Director: Mr F L Purchase
Stage Manager: Mr F C Hook
Business Manager: Mr W W Legg
Secretary: Mr R W Stevens
Treasurer: Mr F E Nutt
Auditor: Mr W E Burnley ACA
Property Master: Mr P W Moffat
Wardrobe Mistress: Mrs R W Stevens

The Rose of Persia is a comic opera in two acts, with music by Arthur Sullivan and libretto by Basil Hood. It premiered at the Savoy Theatre in London on 29 November 1899, closing on 28 June 1900 after a run of 211 performances. The opera then toured Britain, had a brief run in America and elsewhere throughout the English-speaking world.

Programme for the YAOS 1931 production of 'The Rose of Persia'

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'The Rose of Persia' Act 1: Court of Hassan's House


'The Rose of Persia' Act 2: Audience Hall of the Sultan's Palace

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To see the Scrapbook for 1931, please click here

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