In 1918, Lowell Thomas went to Jerusalem where he met Lawrence, "whose enigmatic figure in Arab uniform fired his imagination", in the words of author Rex Hall. Thomas and his cameraman Harry Chase shot a great deal of film and many photographs involving Lawrence. Thomas produced a stage presentation entitled With Allenby in Palestine which included a lecture, dancing, and music and depicted the Middle East as exotic, mysterious, sensuous, and violent. The show premiered in New York in March 1919. He was invited to take his show to England, and he agreed to do so provided that he was personally invited by the King and provided the use of either Drury Lane or Covent Garden. He opened at Covent Garden on 14 August 1919 and continued for hundreds of lectures, "attended by the highest in the land".
In 1918 Lowell Thomas went to Jerusalem where he met Lawrence "whose enigmatic figure in Arab uniform fired his imagination" in the words of author Rex Hall Thomas and his cameraman Harry Chase shot a great deal of film and many photographs involving Lawrence Thomas produced a stage presentation entitled With Allenby in Palestine which included a lecture dancing and music and depicted the Middle East as exotic mysterious sensuous and violent The show premiered in New York in March 1919 He was invited to take his show to England and he agreed to do so provided that he was personally invited by the King and provided the use of either Drury Lane or Covent Garden He opened at Covent Garden on 14 August 1919 and continued for hundreds of lectures "attended by the highest in the land"