Bless the Bride: History and Key Facts

Bless the Bride is a musical with music by Vivian Ellis and a book and lyrics by A. P. Herbert, the third of five musicals they wrote together. The story is about an English girl who elopes with a debonair French actor; he goes off to serve in the Franco-Prussian War, and his friend, who bears a grudge against the English, tells his bride that he has been killed in action. The musical is remembered as Ellis's best work and for the recordings of "This is my lovely day" and "I was never kissed before", with the original stars Lizbeth Webb and Georges Guétary.

The original production opened at the Adelphi Theatre in London on 26 April 1947 and ran for 886 performances. A revival was presented in London as Sadler's Wells Theatre in 1987.

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