Scenes from Katinka produced at The Shaftesbury Theatre, London, on August 31, 1923, having run for 108 performances.

   Scenes from Katinka produced at The Shaftesbury Theatre, London, on August 31, 1923, having run for 108 performances.

   Katinka is an operetta in three acts composed by Rudolf Friml to a libretto by Otto Harbach. It was first performed at the Park Theatre in Morristown, New Jersey, on December 2, 1915, with May Naudain in the title role and subsequently received its Broadway premiere on December 23, 1915 at the 44th Street Theatre.  Katinka had its UK premiere on August 30, 1923 at the Shaftesbury Theatre with Helen Gilliland in the title role and ran for 108 performances.

   New York Times :  1923/08/31   KATINKA' WINS IN LONDON.; Joseph Coyne and Binnie Hale Score ...   Otto Hauerbach and Bertram Davis's musical play "Katinka" was produced at the Shaftesbury Theatre tonight. Two Americans contributed notably to the success which the piece attained.

Miss Binnie Hale in 'Katinka' at the Shaftesbury Theatre, 1923