Stage Records
_~ During the past 50 years of the stage’s history no production has passed the record of "Chu Chin Chow," which ran for 2,238 performances at His Majesty’s Theatre, beginning in 1916. " Charley's Aunt," with 1,466 performances at the Royalty in 1892, is next on the list with " The Beggar’s Opera," 1,463, at the Lyric, Hammersmith, a close third. -In the period nine productions have exceeded the 1,000 mark. "The Farmer’s Wife," at the Court, in 1924, with 1,329 performances, is the latest to achieve this. The war years were most productive.
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 1, Issue 14, 29 September 1939, Page 55
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