description Sauce Tartare Overview
Sauce Tartare was a London West End revue presented at the Cambridge Theatre in 1949. It combined songs, dances, comic sketches, and an international cast; the credited creative contributors included lyricist Geoffrey Parsons, composer Berkeley Fase, and sketch writer Matt Brooks. The production is also associated with early stage appearances by Audrey Hepburn and with American singer Muriel Smith, and a version was made for British television.
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When and where was Sauce Tartare performed?
The revue opened at London's Cambridge Theatre on May 18, 1949. Its archive record gives the closing performance as February 11, 1950, after 443 performances. [University of Birmingham archive](https://calmview.bham.ac.uk/Record.aspx?id=XMS38%2F2927&src=CalmView.Catalog)
Who wrote the music and sketches for Sauce Tartare?
Geoffrey Parsons wrote the lyrics, Berkeley Fase composed the music, and Matt Brooks wrote the sketches. Cecil Landeau produced the revue, with additional music by Allan Gray. [University of Birmingham archive](https://calmview.bham.ac.uk/Record.aspx?id=XMS38%2F2927&src=CalmView.Catalog)
What kind of show was Sauce Tartare?
It was a West End revue combining songs, dances, comic sketches, and an international cast rather than a single-plot play. The 1949 Cambridge Theatre record describes it as a mixed stage program. [University of Birmingham archive](https://calmview.bham.ac.uk/Record.aspx?id=XMS38%2F2927&src=CalmView.Catalog)
Which performers appeared in Sauce Tartare?
The credited cast included Jessie Matthews, Claude Hulbert, Muriel Smith, Nina Tarakanova, and Audrey Hepburn. Those names come from the Cambridge Theatre program record for the 1949 production. [University of Birmingham archive](https://calmview.bham.ac.uk/Record.aspx?id=XMS38%2F2927&src=CalmView.Catalog)
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