Love from Judy
Original West End cast recording cover
Music	Hugh Martin
Lyrics	Jack Gray Hugh Martin
Book	Eric Maschwitz Jean Webster
Basis	Daddy Long Legs by Jean Webster
Productions	1952West End

Love from Judy is amusical with music byHugh Martin, lyrics by Martin and Jack Gray, and a book byEric Maschwitz andJean Webster. It is based on Webster's novel and playDaddy-Long-Legs. The original production opened inCoventry in 1951 and then moved to theSaville Theatre on theWest End and opened on September 25, 1952. The production was also televised in 1953.

The original production opened inCoventry, England in 1951 and was directed by Charles Hickman with choreography by Pauline Grant. The production starredJean Carson as Jerusha Abbott. The rest of the cast includedBarbara Deeks, Pixie Murphy,Moiya Kelly,Linda Gray, Vincent Lawson, Bill O'Connor, Audrey Freeman,June Whitfield,Johnny Brandon, William Greene,Adelaide Hall, Jeanette Landis, Francis Pidgeon, andThane Bettany.^[1] The production transferred to theWest EndSaville Theatre the following year and opened on September 25.

The original production was filmed with the original cast and aired onBBC on March 16, 1953.^[2]

Jerusha "Judy" Abbott, anorphan living inNew England. One day, a visitingtrustee becomes interested in Judy and decides to give her a chance and send her to a college. He only requests that she send him a letter once a month keeping him updated on her studies and life. As she does not know his identity, she decides to name him "Daddy long-legs." Over the course of her years in college, she begins to fall in love with her mysterious benefactor and he returns her feelings.

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• 1951 musicals
• West End musicals
• Musicals set in New England
• Musicals based on novels
• Daddy-Long-Legs (novel)

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