Production Info

Previews: April 4, 1975 (10 previews)
Opening April 15, 1975
Closing: April 3, 1976
Length of Run: 406 perf.
Run Type: Open-ended

Location Info

Market: West End
Location: London, England

Credits Highlights

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... Director	Harold Prince
... Choreography	Patricia Birch
... Production Supervisor	George Martin (i)

Cast

... Fredrika Armfeldt	Christine McKenna
... Madame Armfeldt	Hermione Gingold
... Henrik Egerman	Terry Mitchell
... Anne Egerman	Veronica Page
... Fredrik Egerman	Joss Ackland
... Petra	Diane Langton
... Desiree Armfeldt	Jean Simmons
... Count Carl-Magnus Malcolm	David Kernan
... Countess Charlotte Malcolm	Maria Aitken
... Mr. Lindquist	John J. Moore (ii)

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Musical Numbers

Act One

Overture .... Mr. Lindquist, Mrs. Nordstrom, Mrs. Anderssen, Mr. Erlanson, Mrs. Segstrom
Night Waltz .... Company
Now .... Fredrik
Later .... Henrik
Soon .... Anne, Henrik, Fredrik
The Glamorous Life .... Fredrika, Desiree, Malla, Madame Armfeldt, Mrs. Nordstrom, Mrs. Segstrom, Mrs. Anderssen, Mr. Lindquist, Mr. Erlanson
Remember? .... Mr. Lindquist, Mrs. Nordstrom, Mrs. Segstrom, Mr. Erlanson, Mrs. Anderssen
You Must Meet My Wife .... Desiree, Fredrik
Liaisons .... Madame Armfeldt
In Praise of Women .... Carl-Magnus
Every Day a Little Death .... Charlotte, Anne
A Weekend in the Country .... Company

Act Two

The Sun Won't Set .... Mrs. Anderssen, Mrs. Segstrom, Mrs. Nordstrom, Mr. Lindquist, Mr. Erlanson
It Would Have Been Wonderful .... Fredrik, Carl-Magnus
Perpetual Anticipation .... Mrs. Nordstrom, Mrs. Segstrom, Mrs. Anderssen
Send in the Clowns .... Desiree
The Miller's Son .... Petra
Finale .... Company

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Trivia & History

A Little Night Music was originally scheduled to open in London on November 4, 1974. Glynis Johns and Len Cariou were to repeat their Broadway roles, and Margaret Leighton, although less than 20 months older than Johns, was to play Madame Armfeldt. Unfortunately, a worldwide recession was wreaking havoc on the arts in the United Kingdom when the production was trying raise money, The production was postponed, possibly to be canceled altogether.

By December, the economy improved sufficiently that the money was raised, and the production was re-scheduled to open on April 15, 1975. By this time, however, the expected leads had moved on to other work so the roles were recast.

It was always unlikely that Johns and Hermione Gingold, who played Madame Armfeldt on Broadway, would have played together in the London production. According to Gingold's memoir How to Grow Old Disgracefully, they had not gotten along during the Broadway run. Gingold admitted that she may have been at least partly at fault. She wrote, “The leading lady, Glynis Johns, and I were not overly happy with each other. Getting along with females, as I have mentioned, is not my strong suit."