''Grab Me a Gondola'' is a musical with book by

Julian More Julian Bensley More (15 June 1928 – 15 January 2010) was a British writer, best known for book and lyrics to musicals ''Expresso Bongo'', ''Songbook'' and the English version of ''Irma La Douce''. His screenwriting credits include the films ''C ...

, music by James Gilbert, and lyrics by James Gilbert and Julian More. The original production moved from the

Theatre Royal, Windsor The Theatre Royal is an Edwardian era, Edwardian theatre on Thames Street in Windsor, Berkshire, Windsor in Berkshire. The present building is the second theatre to stand on this site and opened on 13 December 1910. Built for Sir Wiliam Shipley an ...

, where it opened on 30 October 1956, to the Lyric Hammersmith and then to the Lyric Theatre in the West End, where it stayed for over 18 months, closing in July 1958. The musical was inspired by photographs of British actress Diana Dors at the 1955

Venice Film Festival The Venice Film Festival or Venice International Film Festival ( it, Mostra Internazionale d'Arte Cinematografica della Biennale di Venezia, "International Exhibition of Cinematographic Art of the Venice Biennale") is an annual film festival he ...

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{{reflist 1956 musicals British musicals West End musicals