GOOD NIGHT VIENNA

Book and lyrics by Eric Maschwitz. Music by George Posford. Additional lyrics by Harold Purcell

First produced as a radio musical 14 November, 1934. Stage musical toured extensively

According to Kurt Ganzl, writing in Vol II of The British Musical Theatre, Good Night Vienna is a sufficiently English imitation of things Viennese, doling out enough basic song, dance, comedy and sentiment to appeal to audiences. The clichéd story is one of lofty "he" and lowly "she" who have their fortunes reversed by war with him ending up as a waiter in the café to which she comes, rich and famous, and so forth.