Oh What a Lovely War (Original London Cast)
1963
Standard Broadway
Oh What a Lovely War!
Music & lyricsVarious (period music-hall and First World War-era songs)
Book by Joan Littlewood and Theatre Workshop, devised collectively from an idea by Charles Chilton
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Start ratingA documentary-style revue about the First World War, staged as a seaside pierrot show. A troupe of white-faced clowns sings and performs music hall songs of the era while casualty figures and battle statistics are projected behind them, set against official statements from the war's leaders.
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