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325 THIS IS A PICTURE OF THE AUTHOR OF ‘CARELESS RAPTURE’ AT DRURY LANE signed pen ink and watercolour with pencil 10 1⁄4 x 7 inches Illustrated: The Sketch, 21 October 1936, page 129
326 THIS IS A PICTURE OF THE COMPOSER OF THE MUSIC OF ‘CARELESS RAPTURE,’ AT DRURY LANE signed pen ink and watercolour with pencil 7 1⁄4 x 5 1⁄4 inches Illustrated: The Sketch, 21 October 1936, page 129
Careless Rapture These are two of a set of four caricatures by Sherriffs of Ivor Novello, the creator and star of the musical extravaganza, Careless Rapture. Despite the implication of the caricatures that Novello produced and performed the work single-handed, Christopher Hassall provided the lyrics, and a large cast joined
him on stage. Opening at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, on 11 September 1936, Careless Rapture concerns a love triangle between the dastardly politician, Sir Rodney Alderney (Ivan Samson), his illegitimate half-brother, Michael (Ivor Novello), and a music comedy star, Penelope Lee (Dorothy Dickson).