Yes, Uncle!
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Yes, Uncle! is a musical comedy by Austen Hurgen and George Arthurs, with music by Nat D. Ayer and lyrics by Clifford Grey (who also wrote The Bing Boys are Here and the following series of highly successful reviews). It was produced by George Grossmith, Jr. and Edward Laurillard and opened at the Prince of Wales Theatre in London on 16 December 1917 and ran for a very successful 626 performances. The piece starred Fred Leslie, Madge Elliott and Cyril Ritchard.
Yes, Uncle! was one of a number of very successful musical hits of the London stage during World War I (the others include a revue entitled The Bing Boys Are Here, the musical The Maid of the Mountains, Chu Chin Chow, a mixture of comic opera and pantomime), The Boy (1917), and Theodore & Co. Audiences wanted light and uplifting entertainment during the war, and these shows delivered it.
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- List of longest running plays in London and New York
- Cast list and other information abut Yes Uncle!
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