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Jenny Jones
Written by	Ronald Gow
Music by	Harry Parr-Davies Harold Purcell
Date premiered	12 September 1944
Place premiered	Hippodrome, Brighton
Original language	English
Genre	Musical
Setting	Rural Wales

Jenny Jones is a 1944 musical composed by Harry Parr-Davies based on a book by Ronald Gow with lyrics by Harold Purcell. It is set in a Welsh village.

It premiered at the Brighton Hippodrome before transferring to begin a run of 153 performances at the London Hippodrome between 2 October 1944 and 22 January 1945. The original London cast included Carole Lynne and Jimmy James. It was produced by the impresario Edward Black.

References

1. Wearing p.168

Bibliography

• Wearing, J.P. The London Stage 1940-1949: A Calendar of Productions, Performers, and Personnel. Rowman & Littlefield, 2014.

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