Jenny Jones | |
Music: | Harry Parr-Davies Harold Purcell |
Setting: | Rural Wales |
Date Of Premiere: | 12 September 1944 |
Original Language: | English |
Place: | Hippodrome, Brighton |
Genre: | Musical |
Jenny Jones is a 1944 musical composed by Harry Parr-Davies based on a book by Ronald Gow with lyrics by Harold Purcell. It is set in a Welsh village.
It premiered at the Brighton Hippodrome before transferring to begin a run of 153 performances at the London Hippodrome between 2 October 1944 and 22 January 1945. The original London cast included Carole Lynne and Jimmy James. It was produced by the impresario Edward Black.[1]