Productions

  • West End

    Scene from Act 1, featuring the cast of Kissing Time. From Play Pictorial, vol. XXXIV, no. 207, 1919. With hostilities in Europe at an end, the exchange of shows between the West End and Broadway was once again possible. Almost as soon as shipping reopened, George Grossmith Jr. (1874–1935) booked...
  • Australia

    Act 1 set for the JCW production of Kissing Time depicting the Garden of Georgette’s villa at Fontainebleu. JCW Scene Books, Book 8, Theatre Heritage Australia. The onset of WWI severely curtailed the availability of new British musical comedies and Anglicised European operettas and comic operas,...
  • Broadway

    The Girl Behind the Gun opened at the New Amsterdam Theatre on Monday, 16 September 1918 under the management of Klaw & Erlanger. It was directed by Edgar MacGregor, with choreography by Julian Mitchell and musical direction by Charles Previn. Scenic designs were provided by Clifford Pember...

Additional Info

  • Revivals

    Scene from the 1941 JCW revival of Kissing Time, with Don Nicol (centre) as Bibi St. Pol. Australian Performing Arts Collection, Arts Centre Melbourne. The Bolton/Wodehouse/Caryll musical comedy The Girl Behind the Gun/Kissing Time does not seem to have achieved a professional revival in either...
  • Discography & Sources

    In the Columbia recording studio with Yvonne Arnaud, Leslie Henson, Tom Walls and George Grossmith about to record ‘I Like It’ under the baton of Willie Redstone. Discography Original London cast recordings The original London cast members of Kissing Time recorded the following songs from the...