Past Productions > 1931 > The Rose of Persia

Yeovil Amateur Operatic Society

President: Mrs Clive

Yeovil 1931 Opera Week


Sullivan's Famous Comic Opera

The Rose of Persia


Or 'The Story-Teller and the Slave'

Grand Orchestra, Special London Costumes & Scenery



Palace Theatre
The Triangle, Yeovil
Monday to Saturday, 10-14 February 1931
Nightly at 8.00, Saturday Matinee at 2.30



Produced by Mr R Andean
(formerly of the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company)
Musical Director: Mr F L Purchase
Stage Manager: Mr F C Hook
Business Manager: Mr W W Legg
Secretary: Mr R W Stevens
Treasurer: Mr F E Nutt
Auditor: Mr W E Burnely
Property Master: Mr P W Moffat
Wardrobe Mistress: Mrs R W Stevens

The Rose of Persia is a comic opera in two acts, with music by Arthur Sullivan and libretto by Basil Hood. It premiered at the Savoy Theatre in London on 29 November 1899, closing on 28 June 1900 after a run of 211 performances. The opera then toured Britain, had a brief run in America and elsewhere throughout the English-speaking world.

On stage at the Palace Theatre, Yeovil (February 1931)
'The Rose of Persia' Act 1: Court of Hassan's House
The Rose of Persia 1931 - Act 1

'The Rose of Persia' Act 2: Audience Hall of the Sultan's Palace
The Rose of Persia 1931 - Act 2


Press cutting from The Western Gazette, 6th February 1931
Advertisement for the Palace Theatre and 'The Rose of Persia'
The Western Gazette, 6 February 1931
Advertisement for the Palace Theatre and 'Rose of Persia'


Press cutting from The Western Gazette, 13th February 1931
Review of the YAOS 1931 production of 'The Rose of Persia'
The Western Gazette, Friday 13 February 1931
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(NOTE: “Miss Olive Duggan is rapidly coming to the fore, and played pleasingly as Blush-of-Morning, the twenty-fifth wife.” Miss Olive Duggan later became Mrs Olive Edwards, and together with her husband John were to be key members and benefactors of YAOS.)


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