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Hymn To Love: Jermyn Street Theatre

Hymn To Love is a homage to Edith Piaf starring Elizabeth Mansfield.

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Hymn To Love is a homage to Edith Piaf starring Elizabeth Mansfield.

In a Manhattan hotel room, Edith Piaf rehearses for her last US concert. But for Piaf the hotel holds memories. Eight years earlier she had telephoned her lover, boxer Marcel Cerdan, begging him to overcome his fear of flying and leave France to be with her. Hours later she heard the terrible news that his plane had crashed. Marcel was dead.

An extraordinary musical homage to Piaf, Hymn to Love explores love, loss and longing with 13 of Piaf’s songs, each given fresh meaning in vibrant new translations. Passionate, memorable and unmissable theatre.