the incomparable Max would have thought of Mildred Mayne, the new leading lady, one fails to imagine." In The Observer, Kenneth Tynan called the show "the best British musical since The Boy Friend", but thought Mayne "competent in a role for which competence is not enough"." Rupert Hart-Davis, who accompanied Elisabeth Beerbohm to the first night, was privately less tactful: he called the show "delightfully gay and charming," but added, "the leading lady is quite without looks, charm or talent. With someone like … Marilyn Monroe it would run for ever." The show ran for 124 performances, closing on 27 July 1957. Notes References External links List of British musicals premiering in London in 1957 Peter Tranchell: Musical Works -- Zuleika PDF of piano selections linked from the above website. 1954 musicals West End musicals Musicals based on novels