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The show was also adapted for radio and premiered on Broadway in 1964.\n\n<i>Oh What a Lovely War</i> was created by the director Joan Littlewood and her Theatre Workshop ensemble in 1963. It was inspired by a Charles Chilton radio series, which had combined statistics about the First World War with versions of songs from the time (setting new lyrics about the war to hymns and familiar music hall songs). The show was created through a process of improvisation, and is therefore generally credited as having been written by members of the cast and as being inspired by memoirs and personal recollections of the First World War.\r\n\n\n","physicalDescription":"Short white cotton apron. 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The hem and sides are edged with a band of white broderie anglaise, with a line of red silk satin ribbon threaded through the top edge of the hem and tied in a decorative bow at the centre front.\r\n","artistMakerPerson":[],"artistMakerOrganisations":[],"artistMakerPeople":[],"materials":[{"text":"cotton (textile)","id":"AAT14067"}],"techniques":[{"text":"weaving","id":"AAT53642"}],"materialsAndTechniques":"Cotton; Silk Satin; Broderie Anglaise","categories":[{"text":"Entertainment & Leisure","id":"THES48959"},{"text":"Theatre costume","id":"THES268477"},{"text":"War","id":"THES257202"}],"styles":[],"collectionCode":{"text":"T&P","id":"THES48602"},"images":["2017KA1383"],"imageResolution":"low","galleryLocations":[{"current":{"text":"005","id":"THES344260"},"free":"","case":"","shelf":"","box":""}],"partTypes":[[{"text":"Theatre costume","id":""}],[{"text":"Musical costume","id":""}],[{"text":"apron","id":"AAT258453"}]],"contentWarnings":[{"apprise":"","note":""}],"placesOfOrigin":[],"productionDates":[{"date":{"text":"1963","earliest":"1963-01-01","latest":"1963-12-31"},"association":{"text":"","id":""},"note":""}],"associatedObjects":[],"creditLine":"Given by Michael Barker","dimensions":[{"dimension":"Weight","value":"0.3","unit":"kg","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"Apron, weight","note":""},{"dimension":"Width","value":"65","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"Apron, width","note":""},{"dimension":"Length","value":"51","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"Apron, length","note":""},{"dimension":"Width","value":"39","unit":"cm","qualifier":"approximate","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"Across front waistband","note":""}],"dimensionsNote":"","marksAndInscriptions":[],"objectHistory":"Costume worn in the 1963 tour of the musical entertainment 'Oh What A Lovely War', written by Charles Chilton and members of the cast from memoirs and personal recollections of World War I.  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