In the UK, the first staged performance was not given until 9 April 1976 by an amateur company, the Harrow Opera Workshop, but that performance had been preceded by a 1969 BBC broadcast under the name of Upstage and Downstage and in 1972 Opera Rara, the recording company, produced the one-act version in English as The Prima Donna's Mother is a Drag.
In the UK, the first staged performance did not occur until April 9, 1976, by an amateur group called the Harrow Opera Workshop, but this was preceded by a BBC broadcast in 1969 titled Upstage and Downstage and a recording by Opera Rara in 1972 of a one-act version entitled The Prima Donna's Mother is a Drag.