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It was drawn by Gilbert Sommerlad (1904-1976), a rehearsal pianist and orchestral violinist at the Brighton Theatre Royal from 1932 until 1936, and at the Oxford New Theatre from 1936 for over forty years.  Sommerlad sketched the stars on stage when he wasn't needed in the orchestra pit, compiling the sketches in a series of albums.\r\n\r\n<i>Jubilee Girl</i>, the musical by Robin Fordyce and David Rogers with music by Alexander Kevin, opened at the Victoria Palace in London in June 1956 with orchestrations by Leonard Morris and the orchestra which he conducted. The week in March at the Oxford New Theatre was part of the try-out tour.  The cast included Lizbeth Webb, Marie Lohr, Irene Handl, George Benson and Fenella Fielding.","physicalDescription":"Pencil caricature of the conductor Leonard Morris conducting <font -i>Jubilee Girl</font -i>, dated 24 March 1956, part of an artist's hard-backed sketch book manufactured by George Rowney & Co., called 'The Euston Sketch Book'.  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In 1936 he moved to the recently built New Theatre, Oxford, to join his brother Roy (violin and clarinet) as resident pianist.\r\n\r\nGilbert was an exceptionally good and popular rehearsal pianist, and visiting companies and individual performers used to make sure that he would be available.  He became well-known in the profession and his ability as a caricaturist became common knowledge.  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