PLAY PICTORIAL 1920-1929
PLAY PICTORIAL 1902-1910, PLAY PICTORIAL 1910-1919, PLAY PICTORIAL 1930-1939
UKC/PER/PLY/361920
Play Pictorial, v.36, 1920, No.218New Theatre, St. Martin's Lane, Westminster, London, England
proprietor : Moore, Mary Charlotte, Miss, 1861-1931 (Lady Wyndham)
manager : Moore, Mary Charlotte, Miss, 1861-1931 (Lady Wyndham)
manager (for Matheson Lang) : Mayor-Cooke, G., Mr.
stage director (for Matheson Lang) : Tyrer, A. W., Mr.
stage manager (for Matheson Lang) : Searle, Francis, Mr.
assistant stage manager (for Matheson Lang) : Young, Donald R., Mr., fl.1910s
assistant stage manager (for Matheson Lang) : Morgan, G. Brian, Mr.
musical director (for Matheson Lang) : Cathie, Philip, Mr.
business manager (for the late Sir Charles Wyndham's Exors. and Miss Mary Moore) : Killick, C. Egerton, Mr., 1891-1967
producer : Lang, Matheson, Mr., 1879-1948 (actor, manager and writer)
5.2.1920
CARNIVAL
author : Hardinge, H. C. M., Mr.
author : Lang, Matheson, Mr., 1879-1948 (actor, manager and writer)
actor : Cooper, Horton, Mr.
actor : Holles, Anthony, Mr., 1901-1950 (British actor sometimes credited as Antony Holles)
actor : Pike, Ivy, Miss
actor : Fane, Dorothy, Miss, c.1871-1947 (British actress sometimes credited as Dorothy Fayne)
actor : Rae, Edward Y., Mr.
actor : Rouira, Jane, Miss
actor : Young, Donald R., Mr., fl.1910s
actor : Neilson-Terry, Dennis, Mr., 1895-1932 (son of Fred Terry and Julia Neilson, brother of Phyllis Neilson-Terry, nephew of Ellen Terry)
actor : Lang, Matheson, Mr., 1879-1948 (actor, manager and writer)
actor : Damer, Margaret, Miss
actor : Bayley, Hilda, Miss, 1883-1955
actor : Hignett, H.R., Mr., 1870-1959
actor : Izard, Winifred, Miss, fl.1920s-30s
actor : Belloc, Betty, Miss
actor : Skillan, George, Mr., 1893-1975
actor : Brandon, Alfred, Mr.
actor : Menpes, Walter, Mr.
actor : Bradly, Harold, Mr.
actor : Morgan, George, Mr., fl.1913
actor : Piesley, Freddie, Mr.
actor : Plinge, Walter, Mr.
actor : Bodkin, Ernest, Mr.Photographs, notes etc.
The cast list is accompanied by a description of the plot and photographs of the actors in character and in scenes from the play. In particular Mr. Dennis Neilson-Terry as Count Andrea Scipione, Miss Hilda Bayley as Simonetta, Ivy Pike as Nino, Mr. Matheson Lang as Silvio, Mr. H.R. Hignett as Baron Della Torre, Miss Margaret Damer as Baroness Ottavia, Mr. A. Holles as Lelio, Dorothy Fane as Camilla, Mr. Horton Cooper as Guiseppe and Mr. Neilson-Terry as Andrea.
UKC/PER/PLY/361920b
Play Pictorial, v.36, 1920, No.214Wyndham's Theatre, Charing Cross Road, Westminster, London, England
proprietor : Moore, Mary Charlotte, Miss, 1861-1931 (Lady Wyndham)
manager : Curzon, Frank, Mr., 1868-1927
manager : Du Maurier, Gerald, Sir, 1873-1934 (son of author George L. Du Maurier)
general manager : Vaughan, T. B., Mr.
stage manager : Lovell, W. T., Mr., b.1884
acting manager : Houston, J. E., Mr.
8.9.1919
CHOICE, THE
author : Sutro, Alfred, Mr., 1863-1933
actor : Du Maurier, Gerald, Sir, 1873-1934 (son of author George L. Du Maurier)
actor : France, C.V., (Charles Vernon), Mr., 1868-1949
actor : Quartermaine, Leon, Mr.
actor : Hare, Gilbert, Mr.
actor : Benfield, Edward, Mr.
actor : Seel, Felix, Mr.
actor : Tree, Viola, Miss, 1884-1938 (daughter of Sir Herbert and Lady Beerbohm Tree)
actor : Rorke, Mary, Miss, 1858-1938
actor : Ward, Irene, Miss, fl.1910s
actor : Winter, Lesley, Miss, fl.1910s
actor : Compton, MissPhotographs, notes etc.
The cast list is accompanied by a description of the plot and photographs of the actors in character and in scenes from the play. In particular Mr. C.V. France as Timothy Cordways, Mr. Gerald du Maurier as the Rt. Hon. John Cordways, Mr. Gilbert Hare as Lord Sandhills, Miss Viola Tree as Lady Clarissa Caerlon, Miss Mary Rorke as Mrs Cordways, Miss Compton as Lady Jemima, Miss Irene Ward as Ann Knapp and Mr. E. Benfield as a Scout.
UKC/PER/PLY/361920c
Play Pictorial, v.36, 1920, No.216Kingsway Theatre, Great Queen Street, Holburn, London, England
licensee : Littler, Frank Rolison, Mr., c.1880-1940 (father of Prince and Emile Littler)
business manager (for Herbert Jay and Frank Littler) : Rose, H. Cecil, Mr.
stage manager (for Herbert Jay and Frank Littler) : Lytton, Edward, Mr.
producer : Jay, John Herbert, Mr., 1871-1942
producer : Dyall, Franklin, Mr., 1874-1950 (actor and producer)
31.12.1919
IN THE NIGHT
author : Harcourt, Cyril, Mr., 1872-1924
actor : Winter, Jessie, Miss
actor : Owen, Reginald, Mr., 1887-1972 (British born John Reginald Owen, worked in USA as character actor in films)
actor : Drayton, Alfred, Mr., 1881-1949 (actor and stage manager)
actor : Sharp, F. B. J., Mr., fl.1930s-50s
actor : Faber, Leslie, Mr., 1879-1929
actor : Hare, Elinor, Miss
actor : Greene, Clayton, Mr.
actor : Farquhar, Jack, Mr.
actor : Langham, C. Hamilton, Mr.
actor : Marvin, Edgar Ashley, Mr.
actor : Northcote, Alec, Mr.
actor : Henderson, Frank, Mr., fl.1914Photographs, notes etc.
"By arrangement with Miss Lillah McCarthy, and in conjunction with Arthur Gibbons."
The cast list is accompanied by a description of the plot and photographs of the actors in character and in scenes from the play. In particular Miss Jessie Winter as Pauline, Mr. Reginald Owen as George, Mr. F.B.J. Sharpe as Baptiste, Mr. C. Greene as the Commissaire, Mr. Leslie Faber as the Intruder and Mr. E.A. Marvin as Francois.
UKC/PER/PLY/361920d
Play Pictorial, v.36, 1920, No.215St. James's Theatre, King Street, Piccadilly, London, England
licensee : Miller, Gilbert Heron, Mr., 1884-1969
general manager (for Gilbert Miller and Henry Ainley) : Bell, Stanley, Mr.
manager : Whitaker, David W., Mr.
stage manager : Rains, Claude, Mr., 1889-1967
assistant stage manager : Ayre, George D., Mr.
musical director : O'Neill, Norman, Mr., 1875-1934
producer : Bell, Stanley, Mr., 1881-1952 (stage director)
scenery painter : Craven, Alfred E., Mr.
9.1.1920
JULIUS CAESAR
author : Shakespeare, William, Mr., 1564-1616
composer : O'Neill, Norman, Mr., 1875-1934
actor : Boyne, Clifton, Mr., c.1874-1945
actor : Hewitt, Henry, Mr., 1885-1969 (British actor)
actor : Ainley, Henry, Mr., 1879-1945 (British actor sometimes credited as Henry H. Ainley, father of Richard and Anthony Ainley)
actor : Sickert, Leonard, Mr.
actor : Bland, Sydney, Mr.
actor : Gill, Basil, Mr., 1877-1955
actor : Rosmer, Milton, Mr., 1881-1971
actor : Rains, Claude, Mr., 1889-1967
actor : Rose, Howard, Mr.
actor : Morrell, Henry, Mr., 1881-1948
actor : Milton, Ernest, Mr., 1890-1974
actor : Oscar, Henry, Mr., 1891-1969 (born Henry Wale)
actor : Courtville, Julian, Mr.
actor : Digges, Ernest, Mr.
actor : Bland, Sydney, Mr.
actor : Hamilton, George, Mr.
actor : Vine, Stanley, Mr.
actor : Keane, Arthur, Mr.
actor : Beringer, Esme, Miss, 1875-1972
actor : Braithwaite, Lilian, Dame, 1873-1948Photographs, notes etc.
The cast list is accompanied by a description of the plot and photographs of the actors in character and in scenes from the play. In particular Mr. Henry Ainley as Marcus Antonius, Miss Esme Beringer as Calpurnia, Miss Lilian Braithwaite as Portia, Mr. Milton Rosmer as Cassius, Mr. Basil Gill as Brutus and Mr. Claude Rains as Casca.
UKC/PER/PLY/361920e
Play Pictorial, v.36, 1920, No.217Queen's Theatre, Shaftesbury Avenue, Westminster, London, England
licensee : Butt, Alfred, Sir, 1878-1962
manager : Butt, Alfred, Sir, 1878-1962
manager : Nares, Owen, Mr., 1888-1943 (actor and producer)
general manager (for Alfred Butt and Owen Nares ): MacQueen-Pope, W. J., Mr., 1888-1960
stage manager (for Alfred Butt and Owen Nares ): Reynolds, Thomas, Mr., c.1880-1947
producer : Clark, E. Holman, Mr., 1864-1925 (actor and producer)
30.1.1920
MR TODD'S EXPERIMENT
author : Hackett, Walter, Mr., 1876-1944
actor : Bennett, Nannie, Miss
actor : Kerr, Frederick, Mr., 1858-1933 (British actor/manager, sometimes credited as Frederic Kerr, father of Geoffrey Kerr and grandfather of John Kerr)
actor : Nares, Owen, Mr., 1888-1943 (actor and producer)
actor : Lorne, Marion, Miss, 1883-1968 (American actress of stage and screen, wife of Walter C. Hackett)
actor : Clark, E. Holman, Mr., 1864-1925 (actor and producer)
actor : Lloyd, Doris, Miss, 1896-1968 (British T.V.,radio and film actress born Hessy Doris Lloyd)
actor : Altamont, Kenneth, Mr.
actor : Polini, Marie, Miss
actor : Nesbitt, Tom, Mr., c.1891-1927 (brother of Cathleen Nesbitt)
actor : Albanesi, Meggie, Miss, 1899-1923 (Daughter of novelist Effie Adelaide Rowlands)
actor : West, Algernon, Mr., fl.1920s-30s
actor : Edmonds, Claude, Mr.
actor : Chard, Marjorie, Miss
actor : Reynolds, Tom, Mr., 1866-1942Photographs, notes etc.
The cast list is accompanied by a description of the plot and photographs of the actors in character and in scenes from the play. In particular Miss Marion Lorne as Fancy Phipps, Mr. Owen Nares as Arthur John Carrington, Mr. K. Altamont as John Lea, Miss Doris Lloyd as Phyllis Lea, Miss Meggie Albanesi as Elise Merridew, Mr. A. West as Dick Mason, Miss Marie Polini as Alice Desborough and Mr. Tom Nesbitt as Jack Desborough.
UKC/PER/PLY/361920f
Play Pictorial, v.36, 1920, No.219Gaiety Theatre, Aldwych, Westminster, London, England
licensee : Butt, Alfred, Sir, 1878-1962
manager : Pickering, Edward A., Mr., b.1871
stage manager : Mason, Herbert, Mr., 1891-1960 (actor, stage manager and producer)
musical director : Wood, Arthur, Mr.
treasurer : Percival, C.A., Mr.
producer : Hicks, (Edward) Seymour, Sir, 1871-1949 (actor, manager and writer)
choreographer : Warde, Willie, Mr., c.1847-1943
choreographer : Farren, Fred, Mr.
conductor : Wood, Arthur, Mr.
25.3.1920
SHOP GIRL, THE
author : Dam, Henry J. W., Mr.
composer : Caryll, Ivan, Mr., 1861-1921
composer : Darewski, Hermann E , Mr., 1883-1947
lyricist : Wimperis, Arthur, Mr., 1874-1953
actor : Watson, Mamie, Miss, fl.1920s
actor : Lester, Alfred, Mr.
actor : Danvers, Johnny, Mr.
actor : Le Fre, Percy, Mr.
actor : Nainby, Robert, Mr., 1869-1948
actor : Attree, Frank, Mr.
actor : Wilson, Garnet, Mr.
actor : Scott, Ewart, Mr.
actor : Hearne, Fred, Mr., fl.1915-1948
actor : Royston, Roy, Mr., 1899-1976
actor : Laye, Evelyn, Miss, 1900-1996
actor : Homfrey, Gladys, Miss
actor : Hilliard, Kathleen, Miss
actor : Lovat, Nancie, Miss
actor : Bates, Thorpe, Mr., 1883-1958
actor : Beatty, May, Miss, 1880-1945 (New Zealand born actress sometimes credited as Mae Beatty)
actor : Campbell, Rosie, Miss
actor : Mackay, Leonard, Mr.
actor : Ramsden, Molly, Miss
actor : Moxon, Cyllene, Miss
actor : Broznan, Isobel, Miss
actor : Wise, Sybil, Miss, d.1971
actor : Marsh, Gladys, Miss
actor : Norton, Vi, Miss
actor : Hayward, Gertrude, Miss
actor : Owen, Margaret, Miss
actor : Yates, Vi, Miss, fl.1920s
actor : Varden, Valerie, Miss, fl.1920s
actor : Gilbert, Gwen, Miss
actor : Symons, Gladys, Miss, fl.1920s
actor : Carroll, Joan, Miss, fl.1910s
actor : Roberts, Barbara, Miss, fl.1920s-30sPhotographs, notes etc.
The cast list is accompanied by a description of the plot and photographs of the actors in character and in scenes from the play. In particular Miss Evelyn Laye as Bessie Brent, Mr. Alfred Lester as Mr. Miggles, Mr. Roy Royston as Charles Appleby, Mr. Robert Nainby as Count St. Vaurien, Mr. Attree as Col. Singleton, Mr. G. Wilson as Sir G. Appleby, Mr. Johnny Danvers as Mr. Hooley, Mr. F. Hearne as Bertie Boyd, Miss May Beatty as Ada, Miss Mamie Watson as Miss Robinson, Mr. P. LeFre as Mr. Hunt, Miss Nancie Lovat as Lady Dodo, Mr. Thorpe Bates as the Hon. Bobbie Blake R.N., Mr. Leonard Mackay as John Brown, Mr. Alfred Lester as Hamlet and Miss Gladys Homfrey as Lady Appleby.
UKC/PER/PLY/371920
Play Pictorial, v.37, 1920, No.223St. James's Theatre, King Street, Piccadilly, London, England
manager : Miller, Gilbert Heron, Mr., 1884-1969
manager : Ainley, Henry, Mr., 1879-1945 (British actor sometimes credited as Henry H. Ainley, father of Richard and Anthony Ainley)
licensee : Miller, Gilbert Heron, Mr., 1884-1969
stage manager : Jones, Samuel Major, Mr., c.1863-1952 (actor and stage manager)
acting manager : Whitaker, David W., Mr.
producer : Hawtrey, Charles, Sir, 1858-1923 (actor- manager)
17.8.1920
HIS LADY FRIENDS
author : Nyitray, Emile, Mr., d.1922
author : Mandel, Frank, Mr., 1884-1958
actor : Bateman, Jessie, Miss, 1877-1940
actor : Barry, Joan, Miss
actor : Harrison, Mona K., Miss, d.1957 (Scottish actress)
actor : Seyler, Athene, Miss, 1889-1990
actor : Carew, James, Mr., 1876-1938 (American born actor)
actor : Hawtrey, Charles, Sir, 1858-1923 (actor- manager)
actor : Ludlow, Patrick, Mr., 1903-1996 (British actor from age of 11)
actor : Gaymon, Joyce, Miss
actor : Swinburne, Mercia, Miss, 1900-
actor : Seymour, Madeleine, Miss, b.1893Photographs, notes etc.
The cast list is accompanied by a description of the plot and photographs of the actors in character and in scenes from the play. In particular Miss Jessie Bateman as Catherine, Miss Athene Seyler as Lucille, Mr. Charles Hawtrey as James, Mr. James Carew as Edward, Miss Joan Barry as Eva, Mr. P. Ludlow as Tom Trainor, Miss Madeline Seymour as Julia, Miss Swinburne as Gwendoline and Miss Gaymon as Norah.
UKC/PER/PLY/371920b
Play Pictorial, v.37, 1920, No.225Royal Adelphi Theatre, Strand, Westminster, London, England
licensee : Grossmith, George, Mr., 1874-1935 (son of author George Grossmith and brother of Lawrence Grossmith)
licensee : Laurillard, Edward, Mr., 1870-1936
proprietor : Gatti, John M., Sir, 1872-1929 (son of Agostino Gatti)
proprietor : Gatti, Rocco, Mr., 1874-1950 (son of Agostino Gatti)
managing director : Grossmith, George, Mr., 1874-1935 (son of author George Grossmith and brother of Lawrence Grossmith)
managing director : Laurillard, Edward, Mr., 1870-1936
manager : Mann, Charlton, Mr., 1876-1958
acting manager : Preston, Stanley, Mr.
stage director : Maynard, Charles A., Mr.
musical director : Ansell, John, Mr.
general stage supervisor (for Grossmith and Laurillard) : Howard, Eric, Mr.
producer : Malone, J. A. E., Mr., c.1860-1929 (manager and producer)
choreographer : Sohlke, Gus, Mr.
scenery designer : Henri, Marc, Mr.
7.10.1920
NAUGHTY PRINCESS, THE
author : Turner, John Hastings, Mr., 1892-1956 (dramatic author and producer)
composer : Cuvillier, Charles, Monsieur, 1877-1955
lyricist : Ross, Adrian, Mr.
actor : Berry, W. H., Mr., 1870-1951 (West End musical-comedy star, born William Henry Berry
actor : Morton, Leon, Mr.
actor : Simmons, Philip, Mr., fl.1920s
actor : Beers, Alfred, Mr.
actor : Moss, Strafford, Mr.
actor : Perfitt, Frank, Mr., fl.1920s-30s
actor : Ellis, Leigh, Mr.
actor : Coram, Ralph, Mr.
actor : Russell, Fred, Mr.
actor : Haddon, Peter, Mr., 1898-1962
actor : Trimmingham, Ernest, Mr.
actor : Grossmith, George, Mr., 1874-1935 (son of author George Grossmith and brother of Lawrence Grossmith)
actor : St. John, Lily, Miss
actor : Augarde, Amy, Miss
actor : Connor, Ivy, Miss
actor : Leslie, Sylvia, Miss, 1900-
actor : Thatcher, Heather, Miss
actor : Elaine, Phyllis, Miss
actor : Sabbage, Miriam J., Miss, fl.1910s
actor : Zoller, Kate, Miss, fl.1910s
actor : Deane, Dorothy, Miss
actor : Waring, Katherine, Miss, fl.1920s
actor : Connor, Ivy, Miss
actor : Underwood, Rita, Miss, fl.1920s
actor : Sutton, Renee, Miss, fl.1920s
actor : Gonzalez, Leuta, Miss
actor : Craven, Maxine, Miss
actor : Mannering, Gwen, Miss
actor : Randolph, Elsie, Miss, 1904-1982 (British singer and comedienne who was the on screen partner of Jack Buchanan)
actor : Gilmer, Pauline, MissPhotographs, notes etc.
The cast list is accompanied by a description of the plot and photographs of the actors in character and in scenes from the play. In particular Mr. George Grossmith as Prince Ladislas, Mr. W.H. Berry as Michael King of Panoplia, Miss Lily St. John as Princess Sophia, Miss Amy Augarde as Countess Kittisch, Miss Yvonne Arnaud as Chiquette, Mr. P. Simmons as Flammeche and Mr, Leon Morton as Gospoder. Interspersed amongst the photographs are lyrics to songs entitled, "A Good Young Man" and "Well, Well, Well".
UKC/PER/PLY/371920c
Play Pictorial, v.37, 1920, No.224Winter Garden Theatre, Drury Lane, Westminster, London, England
licensee : Grossmith, George, Mr., 1874-1935 (son of author George Grossmith and brother of Lawrence Grossmith)
licensee : Laurillard, Edward, Mr., 1870-1936
general manager : Foster, Edward, Mr., 1876-1927
stage director : Ellison, Sydney, Mr.
assistant manager : Fimpel, E., Mr.
treasurer : Fimpel, E., Mr.
assistant stage manager : Brightman, Stanley, Mr., 1888-1961(producing manager and dramatic author)
assistant stage manager : Smythe, Frank, Mr.
musical director : Redstone, Willie, Mr.,c.1883-, 1949 (Parisian born conductor and composer originally Wilhelm Rottenstein)
producer : Reynolds, Thomas, Mr., c.1880-1947
choreographer : Espinosa
scenery painter : Hart, Leolyn, Mr.
18.9.1920
NIGHT OUT, A
author : Grossmith, George, Mr., 1874-1935 (son of author George Grossmith and brother of Lawrence Grossmith)
author : Miller, Arthur, Mr., fl.1920s
composer : Redstone, Willie, Mr.,c.1883-, 1949 (Parisian born conductor and composer originally Wilhelm Rottenstein)
lyricist : Grey, Clifford, Mr., 1887-1941
actor : Holloway, Stanley, Mr., 1890-1982
actor : MacFarlane, Elsa, Miss, fl.1930s
actor : Monkman, Phyllis, Miss, 1892-1976
actor : Leslie, Fred, Mr., 1855-1892 (star of musical comedies and burlesques)
actor : St. Audrie, Stella, Miss, c.1876-1925
actor : Henson, Leslie, Mr., 1891-1957
actor : Melford, Austin, Mr., 1884-1971 (British stage, revue and film actor born Austin Alfred Smith)
actor : Burnaby, Davy, Mr., 1881-1949
actor : Leigh, Mary, Miss
actor : Russell, Irene, Miss, fl.1920s-30s
actor : Hurst, Dorothy, Miss
actor : Seymour, Eileen, Miss
actor : Howard, Norah, Miss, 1901-1968
actor : Roberts, Ralph, Mr., 1869-1944
actor : Mussiere, Lucien, Mr., c.1890-1973
actor : Graham, Ernest, Mr.
actor : Debenham, Dorothy, Miss
actor : Losanne, Suzanne, Miss
actor : Stackard, Beryl, Miss
actor : Bentham, Audrey, Miss
actor : Nightingale, Cinders, Miss
actor : Faulkner, Marjorie, Miss
actor : Lille, Viola, Miss
actor : Anson, Lena, Miss
actor : Bellamy, Hilda, Miss
actor : Field, Dorothy, Miss
actor : Leigh, Maxine, Miss
actor : Sylvino, Madge, Miss, fl.1920s
actor : Scott, Janette, Miss
actor : Weston, Kathleen, Miss, fl.1920s-30s
actor : Shields, Betty, Miss
actor : Mars, Marjorie, Miss, fl.1920s-40s
actor : Priddy, Phyllis, Miss
actor : Murray, Beryl, Miss
actor : Ross, Gladys, Miss
actor : Hardie, Marjorie, Miss
actor : Mandeville, Joyce, Miss
actor : Handley, Olive, Miss
actor : Symonds, Nita, Miss,fl.1920s
actor : Camp, Austin, Mr.
actor : Lyndhurst, Hugh, Mr.
actor : Wigham, James, Mr., fl.1920s
actor : Edmund, Michael, Mr.
actor : Lord, Frederick, Mr.
actor : Hall, Stephen, Mr.
actor : Knott, Gerald, Mr.Photographs, notes etc.
The cast list is accompanied by a description of the plot and photographs of the actors in character and in scenes from the play. In particular Mr. Stanley Holloway as Rene, Miss Elsa MacFarlane as Kiki, Miss Phyllis Monkman as Victorine, Mr. Austin Melford as Maxime, Mr. Fred Leslie as Maurice Paillard, Mr. Leslie Henson as Joseph Pinglet, Miss Stella St. Audrie as Madame Pinglet, Mr. Lucien Mussiere as Bastien, Mr. Ralph Roberts as Boulot and Mr. David Burnaby as Matthieu.
UKC/PER/PLY/371920d
Play Pictorial, v.37, 1920, No.221Savoy Theatre, Savoy Place, Strand, Westminster, London, England
business manager : Bertram, Arthur, Mr., 1860-1955
assistant manager : Webb, J.R., Mr.
general manager (for all Robert Courtneidge's Companys) : Miller, Douglas, Mr.
stage manager : Brodie, Walter, Mr.
musical director : Lowe, James A., Mr.
producer : Courtneidge, Robert, Mr., 1859-1939
5.4.1920
PADDY THE NEXT BEST THING
author : Mackay, W. Gayer, Mr.
author : Ord, Robert, Mr.
actor : Barnes, J.H., Mr.
actor : Currie, Clive, Mr., 1877-1935
actor : Faire, Betty, Miss
actor : O'Connor, Una, Miss, 1880-1959 (Irish born actress)
actor : Nicholls, Margaret, Miss, fl.1939
actor : McMaster, Anew, Mr., 1891-1962 (Irish actor)
actor : Swinley, Ian, Mr., 1891-1937 (sometimes credited as Ion Swinley)
actor : McGee, Eithne, Miss
actor : Evans, Winifred, Miss, (daughter of circus performer Frederick William Evans)
actor : Tollemache, H. V., Mr., fl.1920s
actor : O'Shea, Hyland T., Mr.
actor : Callanan, Ethel, Miss
actor : Jensen, Christine, Miss
actor : Edouin, Rose, Miss
actor : O'Neil, Peggy, Miss, 1898-1960 (Irish born actress sometimes credited as Peg O'Neil)Photographs, notes etc.
The cast list is accompanied by a description of the plot and photographs of the actors in character and in scenes from the play. In particular Mr. J.H. Barnes as General Adair, Mr. H.T. O'Shea as Micky, Miss M. Nicholls as Miss Mary O'Hara, Miss O'Connor as Miss O'Hara, Mr. Ion Swinley as Blake, Miss Betty Faire as Eileen, Miss Winifred Evans as Gwendoline, Miss Peggy O'Neil as Paddy, Miss Christine Jenson as Mrs Bingle and Miss Rose Edouin as Mrs Putter.
UKC/PER/PLY/371920e
Play Pictorial, v.37, 1920, No.220Daly's Theatre, Cranbourne Street, Leicester Square, Westminster, London, England
managing director : Evett, Robert, Mr., 1874-1949 (actor, singer and manager)
stage director : Blackman, Fred J., Mr., b.1879 (actor, manager and producer)
musical director : Morgan, Merlin, Mr.
producer : Asche, Oscar, Mr., 1871-1936
choreographer : Farren, Fred, Mr.
costume designer : Anderson, Percy, Mr.
15.5.1920
SOUTHERN MAID, A
author : Calthrop, Dion Clayton, Mr., 1878-1937 (dramatic author, artist and designer, son of stage actor John Clayton Calthrop and actress Eva Boucicault)
author : Graham, Harry, Mr., 1874-1936
composer : Fraser-Simson, Harold, Mr., 1872-1944
lyricist : Graham, Harry, Mr., 1874-1936
lyricist : Ross, Adrian, Mr.
actor : Lester, Mark, Mr., b.1876
actor : Flemming, Claude, Mr., 1884-1952 (Australian actor)
actor : Victor, Lionel, Mr.
actor : Spray, William, Mr.
actor : Hyde, Cyprian, Mr., fl.1910s
actor : Russell, Leonard, Mr.
actor : Trevor, Garth, Mr., fl.1920s
actor : Spurling, Jack, Mr., fl.1920s
actor : Colne, Noel, Mr.
actor : Vigay, Fred, Mr.
actor : Wallis, Bertram, Mr., 1874-1952
actor : Fraser, Jessie, Miss
actor : Mills, Therese, Miss
actor : Stirling, Jean, Miss
actor : Monkman, Dorothy, Miss
actor : Brogden, Gwendoline, Miss
actor : Collins, Jose, Miss, 1887-1958 (Daughter of music hall player Lottie Collins born Josephine Charlotte Collins)Photographs, notes etc.
George Edwardes died in 1915 but such was the importance of his name in drawing audiences that it continued to be used in this form.
The cast list is accompanied by a description of the plot and photographs of the actors in character and in scenes from the play. In particular Mr. Bertram Wallis as Francesco del Fuego, Mr. Claude Fleming as Sir Willoughby Rawdon, Mr. Mark Lester as Mr. Wex, Mr. Lionel Victor as Todo and Miss Jose Collins as Dolores.
UKC/PER/PLY/371920f
Play Pictorial, v.37, 1920, No.222Queen's Theatre, Shaftesbury Avenue, Westminster, London, England
lessee : Butt, Alfred, Sir, 1878-1962
manager : MacQueen-Pope, W. J., Mr., 1888-1960
general manager (for Alfred Butt) : Courtly, T. J., Mr.
manager (for Donald Calthrop) : Penley, Arthur, Mr., 1881-1954
stage manager (for Donald Calthrop) : Turnbull, John R., Mr., 1880-1956 (actor and stage manager)
manager : Webster, Ben, Mr., 1864-1947 (British actor married to Dame May Whitty)
29.3.1920
YOUNG PERSON IN PINK, THE
author : Jennings, Gertrude E., Miss, d.1958
actor : Calthrop, G.E., Miss (sometimes credited as Gladys Calthrop, acted as designer on most of Noel Coward's plays and films from the 1920s)
actor : Trevor, Enid, Miss, fl.1920s-1940s
actor : Wilkinson, Sam, Mr.
actor : Carey, Joyce, Miss, 1898-1993 (daughter of Dame Lilian Braithwaite, born Joyce Lawrence)
actor : Brough, Mary, Miss, 1863-1934
actor : Fairbrother, Sydney, Miss, 1872-1941 (born Miss Sydney Tapping)
actor : Stuckey, Phyllis, Miss
actor : Barton, Mary, Miss
actor : Calthrop, Donald, Mr., 1888-1940 (grandson of Dion Boucicault)
actor : Vanbrugh, Violet, Miss, 1867-1942
actor : Wynne, Ormonde, Miss, fl.1920s
actor : Carlisle, Sybil, Miss
actor : Murray, Margaret, Miss, fl.1910
actor : Gregory, Dora, Miss, 1872-1954Photographs, notes etc.
The cast list is accompanied by a description of the plot and photographs of the actors in character and in scenes from the play. In particular Miss Mary Brough as the Woman with Balloons, Miss Sydney Fairbrother as Mrs Badger, Miss Mary Barton as Miss Winch, Mr. Sam Wilkinson as the Chair Man, Miss Phyllis Stuckey as Ada, Miss Joyce Carey as Leonora, Mr. Donald Calthrop as Lord Stevenage, Miss Gladys Calthrop as Emily de Voysey, Miss Ormonde Wynne as Mrs Miller, Miss Sybil Carlisle as Lady Aldine, Miss Ellis Jeffreys as Lady Tonbridge and Miss Dora Gregory as the Lady's Maid.
UKC/PER/PLY/381921
Play Pictorial, v.38, 1921, No.228Gaiety Theatre, Aldwych, Westminster, London, England
licensee : Grossmith, George, Mr., 1874-1935 (son of author George Grossmith and brother of Lawrence Grossmith)
licensee : Laurillard, Edward, Mr., 1870-1936
general manager : Pickering, Edward A., Mr., b.1871
stage director : Mason, Herbert, Mr., 1891-1960 (actor, stage manager and producer)
producer : Granville-Barker, Harley, Mr., 1877-1946
assistant producer : Howard, Eric, Mr.
scenery designer : Ricketts, Charles, Mr.
costume designer : Ricketts, Charles, Mr.
choreographer : Novikoff, Laurent, Mr.
ballet master : Veseloff, Louis, Mr.
8.1.1921
BETROTHAL, THE
author : Maeterlinck, Maurice, Mr., 1862-1949
composer : Gibbs, C. Armstrong, Mr., (sometimes credited as Armstrong Gibbs)
actor : Andrews, Bobby, Mr.(sometimes credited as Bobbie Andrews)
actor : Emery, Winifred, Miss
actor : Roose, Olwen, Miss, fl.1920s-30s
actor : Winter, Lesley, Miss, fl.1910s
actor : Swinburne, Nora, Miss, 1902-2000 (sometimes credited as Elinor Johnson or Elnora B. Johnson)
actor : Hamilton, Hazel, Miss
actor : Grahame, Jane, Miss
actor : Shelley, Margaret, Miss, fl.1920s
actor : Cooper, Gladys, Dame, 1888-1971
actor : Berlyn, Ivan, Mr., c.1874-1934
actor : Farren, William, Mr., 1853-1937
actor : Campbell, Stella, Miss
actor : Eburne, Constance, Miss
actor : Cremlin, Fred, Mr.
actor : Heslewood, Tom, Mr., 1868-1959 (British actor sometimes credited as Tom Heselwood)
actor : Hubbard, Percy, Mr.
actor : Scott, Ewart, Mr.
actor : Bolton, Alec, Mr.
actor : Raven, Michael, Mr.
actor : Norman, Geoffrey, Mr., fl.1910s
actor : Wenman, Henry, Mr., 1875-1953 (sometimes credited as Harry Wenman or Henry Wenham)
actor : Reed, Gwendoline, Miss
actor : Panter, Joan, Miss
actor : Masterman, Noeline, Miss
actor : Vale, Marjorie, Miss, fl.1920s
actor : Hewitson, Kathleen, Miss
actor : Casartelli, Gabrielle, Miss
actor : Smithson, Laura, Miss, 1885-1963
actor : Bonheur, Stella, Miss
actor : Raynham, Fred, Mr., fl.1910s-20s
actor : Venning, Una, Miss, b.1893
actor : Hunter, Mr.
actor : Rogers, Mr.
actor : Nelson, Mr.
actor : Halford, Mr.
actor : Murray, Mr.
actor : Playfoot, Mr.
actor : James, Mr.
actor : Palmer, Mr.
actor : Blackden, Mr.
actor : Stuart, Mr.
actor : Brett, Mr.
actor : Edwards, Mr.
actor : Schofield, Mr.
actor : Crosby, Miss
actor : Hilary, Miss
actor : Shaw, Miss
actor : Sanders, Miss
actor : McCoy, Miss
actor : Roy, Miss
actor : Emery, Miss
actor : Wooller, Miss
actor : Clifford, Miss
actor : Bose, Miss
actor : Maie, Miss
dancer : Renshaw, Jack, Mr.
dancer : Bransgrove, Doris, Miss
dancer : Bonheur, Stella, Miss
dancer : Leighton, Marie, Miss
dancer : Lake, Jewell, Miss
dancer : Laurent, Marcel, Mr.
dancer : Mercer, Nancy, Miss
dancer : Challenger, Mildred, Miss
dancer : Wade, Rosalind, Miss
dancer : Ponsonby, Minette, Miss
dancer : Poncia, Marjorie, Miss
dancer : Toynbee, Cynthia, Miss
dancer : Irestone, Mabel, Miss
dancer : Emmerson, Margaret, Miss
dancer : Mossetti, Carlotta, Miss
dancer : Glynde, Rita, Miss
dancer : Adcock, Violet, Miss
dancer : Aubert, Florence, Miss
dancer : Tynewell, Winnie, Miss
dancer : Bury, Joyce, Miss
dancer : Coudray, Frenand, Mr.
dancer : Learcey, Eileen, MissPhotographs, notes etc.
The cast list is accompanied by a description of the plot and photographs of the actors in character and in scenes from the play. In particular Henry Wenman as the Great Ancestor, Winifred Emery as Fairy Berylune, Bobbie Andrews as Tyltyl, Vera Lennox as Milette, Margaret Shelley as Rosarelle, Lesley Winter as Belline, Nora Swinburne as Roselle, Jane Grahame as Jalline, Hazel Hamilton as Aimette, William Farren as the Miser, Ivan Berlyn as Destiny, Gladys Cooper as the Veiled Girl, Doris Bransgrove as Red Riding Hood, Jack Renshaw as Puss in Boots, Rita Glynde as Cinderella, Carlotta Mossetti as Prince Charming, Gabrielle Casartelli as the Smallest of Them All and Stella Campbell as Light.
UKC/PER/PLY/381921b
Play Pictorial, v.38, 1921, No.231Apollo Theatre, Shaftesbury Avenue, Westminster, London, England
licensee : Grossmith, George, Mr., 1874-1935 (son of author George Grossmith and brother of Lawrence Grossmith)
licensee : Laurillard, Edward, Mr., 1870-1936
general manager : Elliott, Bernard, Mr.
stage manager : Daly, Brian, Mr.
stage director : Fry, Reginald, Mr.
producer : Jones, Samuel Major, Mr., c.1863-1952 (actor and stage manager)
24.3.1921
DON 'Q'
author : Prichard, Hesketh Vernon Hesketh, Mr., 1876-1922
composer : Essen, Charles, Mr.
actor : Stack, William, Mr., 1882-1949
actor : West, H. St. Barbe, Mr., 1880-1935
actor : Nichols, Bernard, Mr.
actor : Keen, Frederick, Mr.
actor : Smith, Sebastian, Mr., 1869-1948 (British actor sometimes credited as J.Sebastian Smith)
actor : Nettlefold, F. J., Mr., fl.1920s (as film producer)
actor : Sternroyd, Vincent, Mr., 1857-1948
actor : Dix, Dorothy, Miss
actor : Young, Herbert, Mr.
actor : Cecil, Gracie, Miss
actor : Grey, Greta, Miss
actor : Bedford, Henry, Mr.
actor : Morris, Sylvia, Miss
actor : Lester, Harold, Mr.
actor : Calvert, Cecil G., Mr., b.1871 (son of Charles and brother of Louis Calvert)
actor : Daly, Brian, Mr.
actor : Thurley, George, Mr., fl.1920s
actor : Weldon, John, Mr., fl.1920s
actor : Romsey, K., Miss
actor : St. Lawrence, V., Miss
actor : Nettlefold, Maud, Miss
actor : Bartlett, J. J., Mr.
actor : Burnet, Charles H., Mr.
actor : Vine, Stanley, Mr.
actor : Young, Herbert, Mr.
actor : Melton, Cecil A., Mr.
actor : Burke, Ulick, Mr.
actor : Webb, Arthur R., Mr.Photographs, notes etc.
The cast list is accompanied by a description of the plot and photographs of the actors in character and in scenes from the play. In particular F.J. Nettlefold as Don Caesar, Dorothy Dix as Dona Dolores Vayo, J. Sebastian Smith as Fabrique de Borusta, H. St. B. West as Prince Paul, V. Sternroyd as General de Vayo, W. Stack as Don Sebastian, Maud Nettlefold as Lola and J.J. Bartlett as Colonel Matsado.
UKC/PER/PLY/381921c
Play Pictorial, v.38, 1921, No.226Shaftesbury Theatre, Shaftesbury Avenue, Westminster, London, England
proprietor : Benson, Joseph, Mr.
licensee : Laurillard, Edward, Mr., 1870-1936
lessee : Grossmith, George, Mr., 1874-1935 (son of author George Grossmith and brother of Lawrence Grossmith)
lessee : Laurillard, Edward, Mr., 1870-1936
manager : Grossmith, George, Mr., 1874-1935 (son of author George Grossmith and brother of Lawrence Grossmith)
manager : Laurillard, Edward, Mr., 1870-1936
manager : Turner, Alfred, Mr.
stage manager : Brooke, E. H., Mr.
producer : Edwardes, Felix, Mr., c.1871-1954
2.10.1920
GREAT LOVER, THE
author : Ditrichstein, Leo, Herr., 1865-1928 (Austro-Hungarian actor and playwright)
author : Hatton, Frederic, Mr., 1879-1946 (sometimes credited as Frederick Hatton)
author : Hatton, Fanny, Miss, c.1870-1939 (writer and actress)
actor : Selten, Morton, Mr., 1860-1939 (born Morton Richard Stubbs and soemtimes credited as Morton Selton)
actor : Ricciardi, William, Mr., fl.1920s-30s
actor : Sherbrooke, Michael, Mr., 1874-1957
actor : Madison, Nat, Mr.
actor : Homewood, Talbot, Mr.
actor : Sitgreaves, Beverly, Miss
actor : Buckmaster, Charles, Mr.
actor : Humphreys, Griffith, Mr., fl.1930s
actor : Phillips, Alice, Miss
actor : Natoff, Nathan, Mr.
actor : De Lungo, Tony, Mr., 1892-
actor : James, Julia, Miss
actor : Randell, Frank J., Mr.
actor : Moscovitch, Maurice, Mr., 1871-1940 (American actor in New York's Yiddish Theatre, born Morris Maaskov and sometimes credited Moscovich)
actor : Brooke, E. H., Mr.
actor : Vaughan, C. B., Mr.
actor : Maitland, Christine, Miss, fl.1920s
actor : Wren, Gwendolen, Miss, fl.1910s
actor : Mackay, Ruth, Miss, fl.1910s-20sPhotographs, notes etc.
The cast list is accompanied by a description of the plot and photographs of the actors in character and in scenes from the play. In particular Mr. Morton Selten as Mr. Stapleton, Mr. M. Moscovitch as Jean Paurel, Mr. Wat Madison as Farnald, Miss Virginia Fox Brooks as Ethel Warren, Miss Beverley Sitgreaves as Mme. Sabattini, Mr. F.I. Randell as Carlo Sonino, Miss Julia James as Ethel Warren, Mr. A.E. George as Potter and Mr. C.B. Vaughan as Dr. Stetson.
UKC/PER/PLY/381921d
Play Pictorial, v.38, 1921, No.230New Oxford Theatre, Oxford Street, Marylebone, London, England
Oxford Theatre, Oxford Street, Marylebone, London, England
managing director : Cochran, Charles B. (Blake), Sir, 1872-1951
general manager (for Charles B. Cochran) : McKee, Clive R., Mr., b.1883
business manager (for Charles B. Cochran) : Sargisson, F.R., Mr.
stage manager (for Charles B. Cochran) : Dolly, Edward, Mr.
musical director (for Charles B. Cochran) : Hastings, J.B., Mr.
producer : Anderson, John Murray, Mr., 1886-1954 (producer, author and lyricist)
17.1.1921
LEAGUE OF NOTIONS
author : Anderson, John Murray, Mr., 1886-1954 (producer, author and lyricist)
author : Barratt, Augustus, Mr., (lyricist and composer)
composer : Barratt, Augustus, Mr., (lyricist and composer)
lyricist : Anderson, John Murray, Mr., 1886-1954
lyricist : Barratt, Augustus, Mr., (lyricist and composer)
actor : Rearden, William, Mr.
actor : Rasely, George, Mr.
actor : Lee, Rita, Miss
actor : Leighton, Scott, Mr.
actor : Parker, Frank, Mr., 1903-1999
actor : Baskcomb, W. A., Mr.
actor : Harding, Phyllis, Miss
actor : Trix, Josephine, Miss, fl.1920s
actor : Trix, Helen, Miss, fl.1920s
actor : Carpenter, P. L., Mr.
actor : Edgell, Gwen, Miss
actor : Korle, June, Miss
actor : Parker, Frank, Mr., 1903-1999
actor : Aubert, Violet, Miss
actor : Greenhow, Marjorie, Miss
actor : Warren, Dorothy, Miss, fl.1910s-40s
actor : Delphin, Phila, Miss
actor : Mowbray, Rene, Miss
actor : Morgan, Clifford, Mr.
actor : Hassell, George, Mr., 1881-1937
actor : Leslie, Earl, Mr., fl.1928
actor : Dolly, Rosie, Miss, 1892-1970 (Hungarian actress born Roszika Deutsch, twin sister of Jennie Dolly)
actor : Dolly, Jennie, Miss, 1892-1941 (Hungarian actress born Janszieka Deutsch, twin sister of Rosie Dolly)
actor : Harding, Phyllis, Miss
actor : Paynter, Corona, Miss, 1898-1986 (Canadian born actress)
actor : Dinarzade
actor : Walker, Dorothy, Miss, fl.1920s
actor : Compton, Juliette, Miss, 1899-1989
actor : Floyd, Gwen, Miss, 1870-1950
actor : Sellick, Phyllis, Miss, (pianist wife of another pianist Cyril Smith)
actor : Timmis, Edith, Miss, fl.1920s
actor : Paynter, Corona, Miss, 1898-1986 (Canadian born actress)
actor : Mathews, Irene, Miss
actor : Anderson, Alveena, MissPhotographs, notes etc.
The cast list is accompanied by a description of the plot and photographs of the actors in character and in scenes from the play. In particular "The sisters Jennie and Rosie Dolly" in various roles, F. Parker as Harlequin, Scott Leighton as the Manager, G. Rasely as Pierrot, Rita Lee as Columbine, A.W. Baskcomb as the Tailor and Helen Trix and Josephine Trix in various roles. Interspersed amongst the photographs are lyrics to songs entitled, "I Love Thou Lovest", "A Young Man's Fancy", "The Dollies and their Collies", "On the 'Alls", "An Old Song With New Slides", "The Statue Clog Dancers" and "The Bridal Veil".
UKC/PER/PLY/381921e
Play Pictorial, v.38, 1921, No.229Daly's Theatre, Cranbourne Street, Leicester Square, Westminster, London, England
stage director : Blackman, Fred J., Mr., b.1879 (actor, manager and producer)
musical director : Morgan, Merlin, Mr.
choreographer : Farren, Fred, Mr.
producer : Hicks, (Edward) Seymour, Sir, 1871-1949 (actor, manager and writer)
19.2.1921
SYBIL
author : Graham, Harry, Mr., 1874-1936
composer : Jacobi, Victor, Mr., 1883-1921 (Hungarian born composer)
actor : Welchman, Harry, Mr., 1886-1966
actor : Wright, Huntley, Mr., 1869-1941
actor : Mackay, Leonard, Mr.
actor : Leyland, Noel, Mr., fl.1932
actor : Herald, Douglas, Mr., fl.1920s-1950s
actor : Woolard, Robert, Mr., fl.1920s
actor : Hyde, Cyprian, Mr., fl.1910s
actor : Macaulay, Mr.
actor : Hunter, Mr.
actor : Russell, Leonard, Mr.
actor : Vigay, Fred, Mr.
actor : Stirling, Jean, Miss
actor : Beatty, May, Miss, 1880-1945 (New Zealand born actress sometimes credited as Mae Beatty)
actor : Walters, Connie, Miss, fl.1920s
actor : Collins, Jose, Miss, 1887-1958 (Daughter of music hall player Lottie Collins born Josephine Charlotte Collins)Photographs, notes etc.
George Edwardes died in 1915 but such was the importance of his name in drawing audiences that it continued to be used in this form.
The cast list is accompanied by a description of the plot and photographs of the actors in character and in scenes from the play. In particular Miss Jose Collins as Sybil Renaud, Mr. Noel Layland as Captain Paul Petrov, Mr. Huntley Wright as Poire, Leonard Mackay as the Governor, Mr. Harry Welchman as the Grand Duke and Miss May Beatty as Margot. Interspersed amongst the photographs are lyrics to songs entitled, "Good Advice", "The Crimson Hussars", "Letter" and "Keep Cool".
UKC/PER/PLY/381921f
Play Pictorial, v.38, 1921, No.227New Theatre, St. Martin's Lane, Westminster, London, England
proprietor : Moore, Mary Charlotte, Miss, 1861-1931 (Lady Wyndham)
manager : Moore, Mary Charlotte, Miss, 1861-1931 (Lady Wyndham)
manager (for Matheson Lang) : Mayor-Cooke, G., Mr.
musical director (for Matheson Lang) : Cathie, Philip, Mr.
producer : Lang, Matheson, Mr., 1879-1948 (actor, manager and writer)
producer : Tyrer, A. W., Mr.
costume designer : Ferris
wig designer : Gustave
shoe designer : Franks
scenery designer : Lang, Matheson, Mr., 1879-1948 (actor, manager and writer)
scenery designer : Tyrer, A. W., Mr.
scenery master : Bull, Francis H., Mr.
electric effects : Digby, T.J., Mr.
9.9.1920
WANDERING JEW, THE
author : Thurston, E. Temple (Ernest Temple), Mr., 1879-1933
composer : Cathie, Philip, Mr.
actor : Britton, Hutin, Miss
actor : Damer, Margaret, Miss
actor : Lang, Matheson, Mr., 1879-1948 (actor, manager and writer)
actor : Beck, Wolferstan, Mr.
actor : Gardner, Shayle, Mr., 1890-1945 (New Zealand born actor)
actor : Fletcher, R. Campbell, Mr.
actor : Skillan, George, Mr., 1893-1975
actor : Bodkin, Ernest, Mr.
actor : McCarthy, Lillah, Miss, 1875-1960
actor : Morgan, George, Mr., fl.1913
actor : Cooper, Horton, Mr.
actor : Grant, W. F., Mr.
actor : Carrington, Ethel, Miss
actor : Young, Donald R., Mr., fl.1910s
actor : Abbas, Hector, Mr.
actor : Wynne, Nona, Miss, fl.1910s
actor : Piesley, Freddie, Mr.
actor : Holmes-Gore, Dorothy, Miss, 1896-1977 (British actress daighter of Arthur Holmes-Gore)
actor : Fletcher, R. Campbell, Mr.
actor : Menpes, Walter, Mr.
actor : Plinge, Walter, Mr.Photographs, notes etc.
The cast list is accompanied by a description of the plot and photographs of the actors in character and in scenes from the play. In particular Miss Lillah McCarthy as Joanne de Beaudricourt, Miss Hutin Britton as Judith, Margaret Damer as Rachel, Matheson Lang as Matathias, G. Skillan as Raymond, E. Bodkin as Issachar, S. Gardner as Boemond, R.C. Fletcher as Godfrey, E. Bodkin as Castro, S. Gardner as Ferara, W.F. Grant as the Inquisitor General, W.F. Grant as Andrea, G. Skillan as the Padre, Ethel Carrington as Gianella, H. Abbas as Zapportas, Nona Wynne as Maria, F. Piesley as Arnaldo and Dorothy Holmes-Gore as Clalla.
UKC/PER/PLY/391921
Play Pictorial, v.39, 1921, No.234Lyceum Theatre, Wellington Street, Strand, Westminster, London, England
managing director : Melville, Walter, Mr., 1875-1937 (actor, theatre proprietor, playwright, eldest son of Andrew Melville I, real name Walter Robbins)
managing director : Melville, Frederick, Mr., 1877-1938 (actor, theatre proprietor, playwright, 3rd son of Andrew Melville I, real name Frederick Robbins)
licensee : Melville, Frederick, Mr., 1877-1938 (actor, theatre proprietor, playwright, 3rd son of Andrew Melville I, real name Frederick Robbins)
acting manager : Hammond, Bert E., Mr., 1880-1960
stage manager : De Lee, Cecil, Mr.
assistant stage manager : Nightingale, Alfred W., Mr.
treasurer : Hammond, Bert E., Mr., 1880-1960
producer : Drinkwater, John, Mr., 1882-1937 (dramatic author, actor and poet)
6.7.1921
ABRAHAM LINCOLN
author : Melville, Frederick, Mr., 1877-1938 (actor, theatre proprietor, playwright, 3rd son of Andrew Melville I, real name Frederick Robbins)
author : Drinkwater, John, Mr., 1882-1937 (dramatic author, actor and poet)
actor : Ivan, Rosalind, Miss, 1880-1959
actor : Dodd, Joseph A., Mr.
actor : Byrne, Adrian, Mr.
actor : Orford, Cathleen, Miss
actor : Raby, Mary, Miss
actor : Rea, William J., Mr.
actor : Tandy, Valerie, Miss
actor : Allison, Gordon, Mr.
actor : Dexter, William, Mr.,fl.1920s
actor : Jerome, Gerald, Mr., fl.1930s
actor : Ewart, Arthur, Mr.
actor : Shepherd, Leonard, Mr., 1882-1958
actor : Aylmer, Felix, Sir, 1889-1979
actor : Nightingale, A. C., Mr.
actor : Bowerman, Augustus, Mr.
actor : Nichols, C. H., Mr.
actor : Armstrong, William, Mr.
actor : Blakelock, Denys, Mr., 1901-1970
actor : Byrne, J. Adrian, Mr.
actor : Allison, Gordon, Mr.
actor : De Lee, Cecil, Mr.
actor : Williams, Harcourt, Mr., 1880-1957
actor : Raleigh, Saba, Miss
actor : O'Neil, Colette, Miss, 1895-1975
actor : Dodd, Joseph A., Mr.
actor : Jerome, Gerald, Mr., fl.1930s
actor : Daniell, Dirk, Mr.
actor : Allison, Gordon, Mr.
actor : Blakelock, Denys, Mr., 1901-1970
actor : Wilton, George, Mr., fl.1920s
actor : Ewart, Arthur, Mr.
actor : Revell, Lillian M., Miss
actor : Byrne, Nancy, Miss
actor : Hicks, Mabel, Miss
actor : Glynn, Mona, MissPhotographs, notes etc.
"Originally produced by The Birmingham Repertory Theatre (Director, Barry V. Jackson)."
The cast list is accompanied by a description of the plot and photographs of the actors in character and in scenes from the play. In particular Mr. W.J. Rea as Abraham Lincoln, Mary Raby as Mrs Lincoln, Cathleen Orford as Susan, Felix Aylmer as Seward, Saba Raleigh as Mrs Goliath Blow, Colette O'Neil as Mrs Otherley, J.A. Dodd as William Custis, V. Tandy as General Grant, Harcourt Williams as General Lee, A. Ewart as John Wilkes Booth and L. Shepherd as Stanton.
UKC/PER/PLY/391921b
Play Pictorial, v.39, 1921, No.237His Majesty's Theatre, Haymarket, Westminster, London, England
proprietor : Benson, Joseph, Mr.
licensee : Grossmith, George, Mr., 1874-1935 (son of author George Grossmith and brother of Lawrence Grossmith)
licensee : Malone, J. A. E., Mr., c.1860-1929 (manager and producer)
general manager : Leyel, Carl F., Mr., 1875-1925
stage manager : Bellew, Alfred, Mr.
assistant stage manager : Pickance, M., Mr.
acting manager : Bertram, Eugene, Mr., 1872-1941
producer : Asche, Oscar, Mr., 1871-1936
designer : Brayton, Lily, Miss
costume designer : Anderson, Percy, Mr.
conductor : Fletcher, Percy Eastman, Mr., 1879-1932
15.10.1921
CAIRO
composer : Fletcher, Percy Eastman, Mr., 1879-1932
actor : Gardner, Shayle, Mr., 1890-1945 (New Zealand born actor)
actor : Humphreys, Cecil, Mr., 1883-1947
actor : Williams, Norman, Mr.
actor : Dixon, Conway, Mr., 1874-1943
actor : Cross, Julian, Mr. 1851-1925
actor : Harle, Norman, Mr.
actor : Walker, A., Mr., fl.1910s
actor : Carter, Hubert, Mr., c.1869-1934
actor : Cochrane, Frank, Mr., 1882-1962
actor : Asche, Oscar, Mr., 1871-1936
actor : Russell, Wensley, Mr., fl. 1930s
actor : Espinosa
actor : Murray, Christine, Miss
actor : Major, Bessie, Miss
actor : Lubimoff, A., Mr.
actor : La Fane, Charles, Mr.
actor : Pattrick, Fred, Mr.
actor : Ellam, Gladys, Miss
actor : Creed, Muriel, Miss
actor : Cogle, Marjorie, Miss
actor : Martini, Rosie, Miss
actor : Leigh, Gracie, Miss
actor : Brayton, Lily, MissPhotographs, notes etc.
"Lily Brayton and Oscar Asche's Season...."
The cast list is accompanied by a description of the plot and photographs of the actors in character and in scenes from the play. In particular Shayle Gardner as the Sultan, Oscar Asche as Ali Shar, Courtice Pounds as Abu, Miss Lily Brayton as Sharazad, Julian Cross as Abu Shamah, Conway Dixon as Al Khasib, Norman Harle as Abdullah, Frank Cochrane as Wei San Wei and Gracie Leigh as Wei Wa Shi.
UKC/PER/PLY/391921c
Play Pictorial, v.39, 1921, No.235New Theatre, St. Martin's Lane, Westminster, London, England
proprietor : Moore, Mary Charlotte, Miss, 1861-1931 (Lady Wyndham)
manager : Moore, Mary Charlotte, Miss, 1861-1931 (Lady Wyndham)
business representative : Wyndham, Howard, Mr.,1865-1947 (son of Sir Charles Wyndham)
business representative : Albery, Bronson, Sir, 1881-1971
general manager : Mayor-Cooke, G., Mr.
business manager (For the late Sir Charles Wyndham's Trustees and Miss Mary Moore) : Killick, C. Egerton, Mr., 1891-1967
producer : Lang, Matheson, Mr., 1879-1948 (actor, manager and writer)
producer : Tyrer, A.W., Mr.
scenery designer : Lang, Matheson, Mr., 1879-1948 (actor, manager and writer)
scenery designer : Tyrer, A. W., Mr.
costume designer : Norris, Herbert, Mr.
31.8.1921
CHRISTOPHER SLY
author : Forzano, Giovacchino, Sr., 1884-1970
composer : Cathie, Philip, Mr.
actor : Carpenter, Spencer, Mr.
actor : Plinge, Walter, Mr.
actor : Holland, Henry, Mr.
actor : Doe, John, Mr.
actor : Fletcher, R. Campbell, Mr.
actor : Denby, Alexander, Mr.
actor : Charles, Dorothy, Miss
actor : Laundy, George, Mr., fl.1912
actor : Conti, Pino, Mr.
actor : Lewis, Frederick, Mr., 1860-1927 (British actor sometimes credited as Fred Lewis)
actor : Darling, S. Grenville, Mr.
actor : Jarman, Reginald, Mr.
actor : Young, Donald R., Mr., fl.1910s
actor : Cameron, Mary, Miss
actor : Crewe, Dudley, Mr.
actor : Saunders, Florence, Miss
actor : Wynne, Nona, Miss, fl.1910s
actor : Grant, W. F., Mr.
actor : Groves, Fred, Mr., 1880-1955
actor : Booth, Nellie, Miss
actor : Corry, Rosemary, Miss
actor : Whitby, Gwynne, Miss, 1903-1984 (sometimes credited as Gwen Whitby)
actor : Armstrong, William, Mr.
actor : Melton, Cecil A., Mr.
actor : Gill, David, Mr.
actor : Benton, Charles, Mr.
actor : Cooper, Horton, Mr.Photographs, notes etc.
The cast list is accompanied by a description of the plot and photographs of the actors in character and in scenes from the play. In particular Mr. Matheson Lang as Christopher Sly, Dorothy Charles as the Hostess, Arthur Whitby as Plake, Florence Saunders as Dolly and Frederick Groves as the Earl.
UKC/PER/PLY/391921d
Play Pictorial, v.39, 1921, No.232Ambassadors Theatre, West Street, Shaftesbury Avenue, Westminster, London, England
licensee : Jay, John Herbert, Mr., 1871-1942
licensee : Harwood, Harold Marsh, Mr., 1874-1959 (dramatic author and manager)
general manager (for Regency Productions) : Meyer, Bertie Alexander, Mr., 1877-1967
stage director : Hilliard, Stafford, Mr., fl.1920s-40s
stage manager : Blackman, Fred J., Mr., b.1879 (actor, manager and producer)
assistant stage manager : Osmond, Cedric, Mr.
acting manager : Gill, Paul, Mr., d.1934 (stage manager and actor)
producer : Playfair, Nigel, Sir, 1874-1934 (actor, producer and manager)
designer : Fraser, C. Lovat, Mr.
scenery painter : Frazer, J.C., Mr.
30.5.1921
IF
author : Plunkett, Edward John Moreton Drax, Baron Dunsany, 1878-1957
composer : Ross, Lady
actor : Banks, Leslie, Mr., 1890-1952
actor : Caine, Henry, Mr., 1888-1962
actor : Ainley, Henry, Mr., 1879-1945 (British actor sometimes credited as Henry H. Ainley, father of Richard and Anthony Ainley)
actor : Vanne, Marda, Miss
actor : Coleridge, Ethel, Miss, 1883-1976
actor : Hayes, George, Mr., 1888-1967
actor : Cooper, Gladys, Dame, 1888-1971
actor : Hilliard, Stafford, Mr., fl.1930-40s
actor : Sherbrooke, Michael, Mr., 1874-1957
actor : Binyon, Bertram, Mr.
actor : Caine, Henry, Mr., 1888-1962
actor : Winston, Bruce, Mr.
actor : Phillips, Charles, Mr., 1904-1958 (American actor)
actor : Twyford, J. H., Mr., fl.1920sPhotographs, notes etc.
"Improvisations by Miss McCarthy."
The cast list is accompanied by a description of the plot and photographs of the actors in character and in scenes from the play. In particular Marda Vanne as Mary Beal, Ethel Coleridge as Liza, Henry Ainley as John Beal, Henry Caine as Bill, Leslie Banks as Bert, G. Hayes as Ali, Gladys Cooper as Miralda Clement, Stafford Hilliard as the Man in the Corner, Leslie Banks as Archie Beal, G. Hayes as Hussein, Brunce Winston as Bazzalol, H. Caine as Hafiz, C. Phillips as Thoothoobaba and Michael Sherbrooke as Daoud.
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Play Pictorial, v.39, 1921, No.233Shaftesbury Theatre, Shaftesbury Avenue, Westminster, London, England
proprietor : Benson, Joseph, Mr.
licensee : Laurillard, Edward, Mr., 1870-1936
lessee : Grossmith, George, Mr., 1874-1935 (son of author George Grossmith and brother of Lawrence Grossmith)
lessee : Laurillard, Edward, Mr., 1870-1936
manager : Turner, Alfred, Mr.
stage manager : Brooke, E. H., Mr.
musical director : Vousden, Ernest, Mr.
general manager (for all Robert Courtneidge's Companies) : Millar, Douglas, Mr., b.1875
producer : Courtneidge, Robert, Mr., 1859-1939
producer : Pertwee, Roland, Mr., 1885-1963 (actor and dramatic author)
producer : Calthrop, Dion Clayton, Mr., 1878-1937 (dramatic author, artist and designer, son of stage actor John Clayton Calthrop and actress Eva Boucicault)
scenery designer : McCleery, R.C., Mr.
11.6.1921
OUT TO WIN
author : Pertwee, Roland, Mr., 1885-1963 (actor and dramatic author)
author : Calthrop, Dion Clayton, Mr., 1878-1937 (dramatic author, artist and designer, son of stage actor John Clayton Calthrop and actress Eva Boucicault)
actor : Tully, George F., Mr.
actor : Graham, J. F., Mr.
actor : Elton, George, Mr.
actor : Tollemache, H. V., Mr., fl.1920s
actor : Adair, Frank, Mr.
actor : Evison, Fred J., Mr.
actor : France, C.V., (Charles Vernon), Mr., 1868-1949
actor : Carew, James, Mr., 1876-1938 (American born actor)
actor : Maturin, Eric, Mr., 1883-1957
actor : Harrold, Scott, Mr.
actor : Lewis, Frederick, Mr., 1860-1927 (British actor sometimes credited as Fred Lewis)
actor : Kenwin, G. Dickson, Mr.
actor : Barnes, Winnington, Mr.
actor : Powell, Fred, Mr., fl.1910s-30s
actor : Woodhouse, R., Mr., fl.1920s
actor : Compton, Madge, Miss, c.1892-1970
actor : Evans, Edith, Dame, 1888-1976
actor : Graham, Violet, Miss, 1890-1967
actor : Reid, Mercia, Miss
actor : Bayley, Hilda, Miss, 1883-1955Photographs, notes etc.
The cast list is accompanied by a description of the plot and photographs of the actors in character and in scenes from the play. In particular Mr. George Tully as Anthony Barraclough, Miss Madge Compton as Isabel Irish, Mr. George Tully as Richard Frencham Altar, Mr. H.V. Tollemache as Lord Almont Frayne, Miss Hilda Bayley as Auriol Craven, James Carew as Ezra P. Hipps, Scott Harold as Blayney, C.V. France as Van Diest, Eric Maturin as Oliver Lawrence, F.J. Evison as Doran, Mr. Fred Lewis as Bolt, Miss Edith Evans as Mrs. Barraclough, Mercia Reid as Jane, Violet Graham as Flora and W. Barnes as Cumberstone.
UKC/PER/PLY/391921f
Play Pictorial, v.39, 1921, No.236Winter Garden Theatre, Drury Lane, Westminster, London, England
licensee : Grossmith, George, Mr., 1874-1935 (son of author George Grossmith and brother of Lawrence Grossmith)
licensee : Malone, J. A. E., Mr., c.1860-1929 (manager and producer)
manager : Preston, Stanley, Mr.
stage director : Maynard, Charles A., Mr.
musical director : Ansell, John, Mr.
choreographer : Haskell, Jack, Mr.
producer : Grossmith, George, Mr., 1874-1935 (son of author George Grossmith and brother of Lawrence Grossmith)
scenery painter : Harker, Joseph, Mr.
scenery painter : Harker, Phil, Mr.
10.9.1921
SALLY
author : Bolton, Guy, Mr., 1884-1979 (sometimes credited as H.B. Trevelyan)
composer : Kern, Jerome David, Mr., 1885-1945
composer : Herbert, Victor, Mr., 1859-1924 (American composer, conductor and cellist)
lyricist : Grey, Clifford, Mr., 1887-1941
actor : Fireman, Herbert, Mr.
actor : Beard, Seymour, Mr.
actor : Grossmith, George, Mr., 1874-1935 (son of author George Grossmith and brother of Lawrence Grossmith)
actor : Thatcher, Heather, Miss
actor : Dickson, Dorothy, Miss, 1893-1995
actor : Ramsden, Molly, Miss
actor : Arnee, Alaric, Mr.
actor : Henson, Leslie, Mr., 1891-1957
actor : Stroud, Gregory, Mr., 1892-1974
actor : Ellis, Leigh, Mr.
actor : Graham, Ernest, Mr.
actor : Fair, Vanity, Miss
actor : Leigh, Mary, Miss
actor : Kirkwood, Vera, Miss
actor : Deane, Dorothy, Miss
actor : Vere, Molly, Miss, fl.1910s
actor : Grace, Aileen, Miss
actor : Gilmour, Molly, Miss
actor : Batchelor, Peggy, Miss
actor : Shotter, Winifred, Miss, 1904-1996
actor : Baker, Gracie, Miss
actor : Hurst, Dorothy, Miss
actor : Field, Dorothy, Miss
actor : Bradley, Jack, Mr.
actor : Glynne, Derick, Mr.
actor : Wilkinson, R., Mr., fl.1920s
actor : Glyn, Jack, Mr.
actor : Gilmer, Pauline, Miss
actor : Cazneau, Marie, Miss
actor : Corday, Ninette, Miss
actor : Maud-Cole, Cecile, Miss
actor : Duncan, KooKoo, Miss
actor : Gonzalez, Leuta, Miss
actor : Harrison, Dorothy, Miss
actor : Leighton, Marie, Miss
actor : Noyes, Monica, Miss
actor : Ross, Gladys, Miss
actor : Seymour, Eileen, Miss
actor : Shaw, Esme, Miss
actor : Shields, Betty, Miss
actor : Storri, Terri, Miss
actor : Symons, Juanita, Miss, fl.1920s
actor : Verdune, Edith, Miss, fl.1920s
actor : Brett, B., Mr.
actor : Barrett, Frank Wilson, Mr. (sometimes credited as F.Wilson Barrett)
actor : Hobbs, R., Mr.
actor : Kingston, D., Mr., fl.1920s
actor : O'Connor, D., Mr.
actor : Phillips, J., Mr.
actor : Pierce, Douglas, Mr.
actor : Striek, A., Mr., fl.1920s
actor : Townsend, Frank, Mr., fl.1920s
actor : Whitlock, Fred, Mr., fl.1920s
actor : Woods, M., Mr., fl.1920sPhotographs, notes etc.
The cast list is accompanied by a description of the plot and photographs of the actors in character and in scenes from the play. In particular Miss Dorothy Dickson as Sally of the Alley, George Grossmith as Otis Hooper, Leslie Henson as Constantine Grand Duke of Czechogovinia, Heather Thatcher as Rosie, H. Fireman as Sascha, Gregory Stroud as Blair, S. Beard as Jimmie Spelvin, E. Graham as Mr. Farquar and Molly Ramsden as Mrs Ten Brock. Interspersed amongst the photographs are lyrics to songs entitled, "Joan of Arc", "The Lorelei", "A Wild, Wild Rose" and "The Little Church round the Corner".
UKC/PER/PLY/391922
Play Pictorial, v.39, 1921, No.234
ABRAHAM LINCOLN
author : Drinkwater, John, Mr., 1882-1937 (dramatic author, actor and poet)
director : Drinkwater, John, Mr., 1882-1937
producer : Drinkwater, John, Mr., 1882-1937
actor : Rea, William J., Mr.Photographs, notes etc.
UKC/PER/PLY/401922
Play Pictorial, v.40, 1922, No.242St. James's Theatre, King Street, Piccadilly, London, England
lessee : Miller, Gilbert Heron, Mr., 1884-1969
manager : Miller, Gilbert Heron, Mr., 1884-1969
producer : Kemper, Collin, Mr., 1870-1955 (American manager)
23.1.1922
BAT, THE
author : Rinehart, May Roberts, Mrs., 1876-1958
author : Hopwood, Avery, Mr., 1882-1928
actor : Wills, Drusilla, Miss
actor : Moore, Eva, Miss, 1870-1955 (wife of H.V.Esmond and mother of Jill Esmond)
actor : Rains, Claude, Mr., 1889-1967
actor : Relph, George, Mr., 1888-1960
actor : Swinburne, Nora, Miss, 1902-2000 (sometimes credited as Elinor Johnson or Elnora B. Johnson)
actor : Scott-Gatty, Alex, Mr., 1876-1937 (sometimes credited as Alexander Scott-Gatty)
actor : Wontner, Arthur, Mr.
actor : Dickens, Stafford, Mr., c.1896-1967 (sometimes credited as C. Stafford Dickens or Charles Stafford-Dickens)
actor : Bolingbroke, Herbert, Mr.
actor : Jeayes, Allan, Mr., 1885-1963Photographs, notes etc.
The cast list is accompanied by a description of the plot and photographs of the actors in character and in scenes from the play. In particular Mr. Arthur Wontner as Anderson a Detective, Miss Eva Moore as Miss Cornelia van Gorder, Drusilla Wills as Lizzie, A. Scott-Gatty as Dr. Wells, Nora Swinburne as Miss Dale Ogden, George Relph as Brooks, Claude Rains as Billy the Butler, C. Stafford Dickens as Richard Fleming, Herbert Bolingbroke as Richard Beresford and Allan Jeayes as An Unknown Man.
UKC/PER/PLY/401922b
Play Pictorial, v.40, 1934, No.390Comedy Theatre, Panton Street, Haymarket, London, England
lessee : Murray, Paul, Mr., 1885-1949
licensee : Murray, Paul, Mr., 1885-1949
general manager (for Norman McKinnel) : Penley, Arthur, Mr., 1881-1954
general manager (for Leon M. Lion) : Barrow, Percy J., Mr.
business manager (for Leon M. Lion) : Russell, H. A. H., Mr.
stage director (for Leon M. Lion) : Leslie, Howard, Mr.
producer : Lion, Leon M., Mr., 1879-1947
16.11.1921
FAITHFUL HEART, THE
author : Hoffe, Monckton, Mr., 1880-1951
actor : Tearle, Godfrey, Sir, 1884-1953
actor : Hanray, Laurence, Mr., 1874-1947 (British actor soemtimes credited as Lawrence Hanray)
actor : Evans, Rothbury, Mr.
actor : Maitland, Ruth, Miss, 1880-1961
actor : Heatherley, Lois, Miss
actor : Odette, Mary, Miss, b.1901
actor : Tandy, Victor, Mr., 1920s-30s
actor : Walker, Martin, Mr.
actor : Thursby, Charles, Mr., fl.1920s
actor : Maunsell, Charles, Mr., d.1968
actor : Woods, Ernest, Mr., 1887-1942 (sometimes credited as Ernest D., or Ernie Wood, Ernest or Ernie Woods)
actor : Hurley, Patrick, Mr.
actor : Kerr, Molly, MissPhotographs, notes etc.
The cast list is accompanied by a description of the plot and photographs of the actors in character and in scenes from the play. In particular Ruth Maitland as Miss Gatterscombe, L. Hanray as Major Lestrade, Mary Odette as Blacky, Godfrey Tearle as Lieut. Col. Waverley Ango, R. Evans as George, Lois Heatherley as Ginger, C. Thursby as Captain Rackham, M. Walker as Gilbert Oughterson, Molly Kerr as Diana Oughterson, C. Maunsell as Mitcham and P. Hurley as Boots.
UKC/PER/PLY/401922c
Play Pictorial, v.40, 1922, No.238London Pavilion, Piccadilly, London, England
manager : Glenister, Frank, Mr., b.1860
17.10.1921
FUN OF THE FAYRE
author : Turner, John Hastings, Mr., 1892-1956 (dramatic author and producer)
actor : Harvey, Morris, Mr., 1877-1944
actor : Wright, Marie, Miss, c.1862-1949
actor : Browne, Irene, Miss, 1896-1965 (sometimes credited as Irene Brown
actor : Freeman, Vera, Miss
actor : Laye, Evelyn, Miss, 1900-1996
actor : Caine, Henry, Mr., 1888-1962
actor : Fratellini, Reginia, Miss
actor : Fratellini, Paola, Miss
actor : Fratellini, François, M. 1879-1951
actor : Fratellini, Victor, Mr.
actor : Fratellini, Albert, M. 1886-1961
actor : Roberts, Arthur, Mr.
actor : Williams, Walter, Mr.
actor : Phillips, Yvonne, Miss
actor : Lester, Alfred, Mr.
actor : Browne, Irene, Miss, 1896-1965 (sometimes credited as Irene Brown
actor : Hale, John, Mr., c.1858-1947 (American actor)
actor : Clarkson, Joan, Miss
actor : Compton, Juliette, Miss, 1899-1989
actor : Stewart, Meum, Miss
actor : Treacher, Arthur, Mr.
actor : Quinault, Robert, Mr.
actor : Gwyther, Geoffrey, Mr., c.1890-1944
actor : Webb, Clifton, Mr., 1889-1966 (American dancer and actor born Webb Parmalee Hollenbeck)
actor : Laurillard, Joseph, Mr.
actor : Mitty, Germaine, Miss
actor : Bruno, Albert, Mr.
actor : Collins, Lalla, Miss
actor : Clarkson, Joan, Miss
actor : Davis, Mary, Miss
actor : Williams, Walter, Mr.
actor : Harvey, Morris, Mr., 1877-1944
actor : Stone, Charles, Mr.
actor : Rosario
actor : Cardosa
actor : Trini, fl.1920s
actor : Haley, Averil, Miss
actor : Tillio, fl.1920s
actor : Dolly Sisters (Vaudeville act of Jenny and Rosie Dolly, twin sisters originally named Janszieka and Roszika Deutsch)Photographs, notes etc.
The cast list is accompanied by a description of the plot and photographs of the actors in character and in scenes from the play. In particular G. Gwyther as A Courtier, Irene Browne as Lady Castlemaine, Evelyn Laye as Nell Gwynne, Henry Caine as Charles II, A. Bruno as A Citizen, Alfred Lester as A Street Song-Seller, Irene Browne as A Passer-by, Evelyn Laye as Angelina, Walter Williams as Edwin, Marie Wright as Mama, Henry Caine as A Body-Servant, Jo Monkhouse as Edward III, Morris Harvey as the Host, Arthur Treacher as the Aviator, Clifton Webb as Mr. St. Louis and Juliette Compton as Miss Chicago.
UKC/PER/PLY/401922d
Play Pictorial, v.40, 1922, No.241Daly's Theatre, Cranbourne Street, Leicester Square, Westminster, London, England
general manager : Paget, Cecil, Mr.
licensee : Morton, Harold, Mr.
business manager : Todd, J. Garrett, Mr.
musical director : Morgan, Merlin, Mr.
choreographer : Majilton, Alfred H., Mr.
producer : Blackman, Fred J., Mr., b.1879 (actor, manager and producer)
21.2.1922
LADY OF THE ROSE, THE
author : Lonsdale, Frederick, Mr., 1881-1954 (Grandfather of Edward Fox, James Fox and Robert Fox)
composer : Gilbert, Jean, Mr., 1879-1942 (father of Robert Gilbert, born Max Winterfeld)
lyricist : Graham, Harry, Mr., 1874-1936
actor : Welchman, Harry, Mr., 1886-1966
actor : Royston, Roy, Mr., 1899-1976
actor : Mackay, Leonard, Mr.
actor : Burgon, Adrian, Mr.
actor : Rendall, Stanley, Mr.
actor : Adair, Ronald, Mr.
actor : Arundell, Teddy, Mr., 18??-1922 (British film and stage actor)
actor : Treer, Leonard, Mr., fl 1920s
actor : Wright, Huntley, Mr., 1869-1941
actor : Tresmand, Ivy, Miss, d.1980
actor : Collins, Winnie, Miss
actor : Stirling, Jean, Miss
actor : Dare, Phyllis, Miss, 1890-1975 (born Phyllis Constance Haddie Dones, sister of Zena Dare)Photographs, notes etc.
George Edwardes died in 1915 but such was the importance of his name in drawing audiences that it continued to be used in this form.
The cast list is accompanied by a description of the plot and photographs of the actors in character and in scenes from the play. In particular Miss Phyllis Dare as Mariana, Roy Royston as Count Adrian, Winnie Collins as Rosina, Huntley Wright as Suitangi, Harry Welchman as Colonel Belovar, Ivy Tresmand as Sophie and Leonard Mackay as Sprotti.
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Play Pictorial, v.40, 1922, No.243New Oxford Theatre, Oxford Street, Marylebone, London, England
9.3.1922
MAYFAIR AND MONTMARTE
author : Turner, John Hastings, Mr., 1892-1956 (dramatic author and producer)
actor : Hassell, George, Mr., 1881-1937
actor : Taylor, Nellie, Miss, fl.1910s
actor : Green, Mabel, Miss
actor : Baskcomb, A.W., Mr. (comic actor, father of Betty Baskcomb)
actor : Bruno, Albert, Mr.
actor : Edlin, Tubby, Mr. 1881- (appeared in melodramas, pantomimes and concert parties and toured with his own company of entertainers, born Henry Edlin)
actor : Tree, Maud, Lady, 1863-1937, (English actress born Helen Maud Holt wife of Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree)
actor : Poley, Charles, Mr.
actor : King, Geoffrey, Mr., fl.1930s-60s
actor : Nikitina, Mlle. fl.1932
actor : Barbour, Joyce, Miss
actor : Stowitts, Hubert I. Mr., fl.1920s-30s (sometimes credited as Stowitts)
actor : Brooks, Charles, Mr.
actor : Piatov, Sascha, Miss
actor : Natalie, Lois, Miss
actor : Elson, Anita, Miss
actor : Delysia, Alice, Miss, 1889-1979
actor : Floyd, Gwen, Miss, 1870-1950
actor : Wilson, Marion, Miss, fl.1920s
actor : Bishop, George, Mr.
actor : Taylor, Celia, Miss, fl.1920s
actor : Troop, Temple, Mr., fl.1920s
actor : Despencer, Peter, Mr.
actor : Sylvester, Fred, Mr., fl.1920sPhotographs, notes etc.
The cast list is accompanied by a description of the plot and photographs of the actors in character and in scenes from the play.
UKC/PER/PLY/401922f
Play Pictorial, v.40, 1922, No.240Playhouse Theatre, Northumberland Avenue, Westminster, London, England
lessee : Curzon, Frank, Mr., 1868-1927
manager : Curzon, Frank, Mr., 1868-1927
manager : Cooper, Gladys, Dame, 1888-1971
general manager : Vaughan, T. B., Mr.
acting manager : Thorburn, H. M., Mr.
stage manager : Waller, J. Wallett, Mr.
producer : Pollock, Channing, Mr., 1880-1946 (dramatic author and lecturer)
1.9.1921
SIGN ON THE DOOR, THE
author : Pollock, Channing, Mr., 1880-1946 (dramatic author and lecturer)
actor : Minster, Robert, Mr.
actor : Cooper, Gladys, Dame, 1888-1971
actor : Faber, Leslie, Mr., 1879-1929
actor : Cunningham, J. R., Mr.
actor : Drummond, Herbert, Mr.
actor : Grantham, Treven, Mr.
actor : Martin-Harvey, Muriel, Miss, 1891-1988 (daughter of John Martin Harvey, born Margaret Muriel de Melfort Martin-Harvey)
actor : Elliston, Daisy, Miss
actor : Tully, George F., Mr.
actor : Haines, Ernest, Mr.
actor : Boyne, Clifton, Mr., c.1874-1945
actor : Stratton, Arthur, Mr., fl.1920s-30s (sometimes credited as Art Stratton)
actor : Leeman, Ernest, Mr.
actor : Thompson, Douglas, Mr., fl.1920sPhotographs, notes etc.
The cast list is accompanied by a description of the plot and photographs of the actors in character and in scenes from the play. In particular George Tully as 'Lafe' Regan, Gladys Cooper as Mrs 'Lafe' Regan, Leslie Faber as Frank, R. Minster as Hugh, J.R. Cunningham as Captain Burke, H. Drummond as the Photographer, Muriel Martin Harvey as Helen Regan, Daisy Elliston as Marjorie, T. Grantham as Alan, A. Stratton as Callahan and E. Leeman as the Inspector.
UKC/PER/PLY/411922
Play Pictorial, v.41, 1922, No.249Winter Garden Theatre, Drury Lane, Westminster, London, England
licensee : Grossmith, George, Mr., 1874-1935 (son of author George Grossmith and brother of Lawrence Grossmith)
licensee : Malone, J. A. E., Mr., c.1860-1929 (manager and producer)
manager : Turner, Alfred, Mr.
stage director : Maynard, Charles A., Mr.
musical director : Ansell, John, Mr.
choreographer : Haskell, Jack, Mr.
producer : Grossmith, George, Mr., 1874-1935 (son of author George Grossmith and brother of Lawrence Grossmith)
19.9.1922
CABARET GIRL, THE
author : Grossmith, George, Mr., 1874-1935 (son of author George Grossmith and brother of Lawrence Grossmith)
author : Wodehouse, P. G. (Pelham Grenville), Mr., 1881-1975
composer : Kern, Jerome David, Mr., 1885-1945
lyricist : Grossmith, George, Mr., 1874-1935 (brother of Lawrence Grossmith)
lyricist : Wodehouse, P. G. (Pelham Grenville), Mr., 1881-1975
actor : Fortescue, Miss
actor : Haddon, Peter, Mr., 1898-1962
actor : Lennox, Vera, Miss, 1904-1984
actor : Hurst, Dorothy, Miss
actor : Field, Dorothy, Miss
actor : Maule-Cole, Cecile, Miss
actor : Seymour, Eileen, Miss
actor : Glynn, Jack, Mr., fl.1920s
actor : Bentham, Dorothy, Miss
actor : Grossmith, George, Mr., 1874-1935 (son of author George Grossmith and brother of Lawrence Grossmith)
actor : Griffin, Norman, Mr.
actor : Gwyther, Geoffrey, Mr., c.1890-1944
actor : Weguelin, Thomas, Mr.
actor : Beard, Seymour, Mr.
actor : Taylor, Enid, Miss, fl.1920s
actor : Thatcher, Heather, Miss
actor : Ramsden, Molly, Miss
actor : Dickson, Dorothy, Miss, 1893-1995
actor : Spree, Joseph, Mr.
actor : Ellis, Leigh, Mr.
actor : Barnby, Muriel, Miss
actor : Horton, Claude, Mr., fl.1930s
actor : Vere, Molly, Miss, fl.1910s
actor : Kirkwood, Vera, Miss
actor : Deane, Dorothy, Miss
actor : Noyes, Monica, Miss
actor : Shields, Betty, Miss
actor : Graham, Ernest, Mr.
actor : Whitlock, Fred, Mr., fl.1920s
actor : Jinos, Mr.Photographs, notes etc.
The cast list is accompanied by a description of the plot and photographs of the actors in character and in scenes from the play. In particular Mr. George Grossmith as Mr. Gripps, Mr. Norman Griffin as Mr. Gravvins, Mr. Joseph Spree as the Agent, Mr. Leigh Ellis as the Tuner, Mr. Geoffrey Gwyther as James Paradene, Miss Vera Lennox as Effie Dix, Mr. Thomas Weguelin as the Pseudo-Colonel and Miss Dorothy Dickson as Marilynn. Interspersed amongst the photographs are lyrics to songs entitled, "Whoop-De-Oodle-Do", "Nerves", "Looking all over for You" and "Ka-lu-la".
UKC/PER/PLY/411922b
Play Pictorial, v.41, 1922, No.246Theatre Royal, Haymarket, Westminster, London, England
lessee : Harrison, Frederick, Mr., c.1854-1926
manager : Harrison, Frederick, Mr., c.1854-1926
general manager : Watson, Horace, Mr., 1867-1934
stage manager : La Trobe, Charles, Mr.
conductor : O'Neill, Norman, Mr., 1875-1934
producer : Hawtrey, Charles, Sir, 1858-1923 (actor- manager)
7.6.1922
DOVER ROAD, THE
author : Milne, A.A. (Alan Alexander), Mr., 1882-1956
actor : Aynesworth, Allan, Mr., 1865-1959
actor : Fergusson, Donald, Mr.
actor : Lake, Walter C., Mr.
actor : Kennedy, Joyce, Miss, 1898-1943
actor : Strudwick, Kitty, Miss
actor : Ainley, Henry, Mr., 1879-1945 (British actor sometimes credited as Henry H. Ainley, father of Richard and Anthony Ainley)
actor : Hannen, Nicholas, Mr., 1881-1972 (born Nicholas James Hannen)
actor : Atkin, Nancy, Miss
actor : Seyler, Athene, Miss, 1889-1990
actor : Deverell, John, Mr., 1880-1965Photographs, notes etc.
The cast list is accompanied by a description of the plot and photographs of the actors in character and in scenes from the play. In particular Mr. Henry Ainley as Mr. Latimer, Nicholas Hannen as Leonard, Allan Aynesworth as Dominic, Nancy Atkin as Anne and John Deverell as Nicholas.
UKC/PER/PLY/411922c
Play Pictorial, v.41, 1922, No.248His Majesty's Theatre, Haymarket, Westminster, London, England
proprietor : Benson, Joseph, Mr.
licensee : Grossmith, George, Mr., 1874-1935 (son of author George Grossmith and brother of Lawrence Grossmith)
licensee : Malone, J. A. E., Mr., c.1860-1929 (manager and producer)
stage manager : Abingdon, William, Mr., 1888-1959
assistant stage manager : Jolley, James, Mr., fl.1920s
manager : Leyel, Carl F., Mr., 1875-1925
musical director : Fletcher, Percy Eastman, Mr., 1879-1932
conductor (of Chinese music) : Tim, Chang, Mr.
producer : Dean, Basil, Mr., 1888-1978
2.9.1922
EAST OF SUEZ
author : Maugham, W. Somerset (William Somerset), Mr., 1874-1965
composer : Goossens, Eugene, Sir, 1893-1962
actor : Kendall, Henry, Mr., 1897-1962
actor : Barnard, Ivor, Mr.
actor : Keen, Malcolm, Mr., 1887-1970 (father of Geoffrey Keen)
actor : Ault, Marie, Miss, 1870-1951
actor : Rathbone, Basil, Mr., 1892-1967 (South African born stage and screen actor)
actor : Albanesi, Meggie, Miss, 1899-1923 (Daughter of novelist Effie Adelaide Rowlands)
actor : France, C.V., (Charles Vernon), Mr., 1868-1949
actor : Millard, Ursula, Miss
actor : Robinson, Norah, Miss
actor : Swinburne, Mercia, Miss, 1900-
actor : Lind, Marian, Miss
actor : Stephens, Yorke, Miss, fl.1920s
actor : Page, Rita, Miss, 1905-1954
actor : Moss, Hilda, Miss
actor : Marshall, Kitty, Miss
actor : Wordsworth, Dorothy, Miss, fl.1910s-20s
actor : Dillon, Maureen, Miss
actor : McCoy, Kitty, Miss
actor : Warde, May, Miss, fl.1920s
actor : MacVeagh, Kathleen, Miss
actor : Forsyth, Matthew, Mr.
actor : Dempster, Hugh, Mr., 1900-1987
actor : Ireland, Laurence, Mr., fl.1920s
actor : Adair, Osborn, Mr.
actor : Douglas, Sholto, Mr.Photographs, notes etc.
The cast list is accompanied by a description of the plot and photographs of the actors in character and in scenes from the play. In particular C.V. France as Lee Tai Cheng, Meggie Albanesi as Daisy, Malcolm Keen as Henry Anderson, Basil Rathbone as George Conway and Marie Ault as Amah.
UKC/PER/PLY/411922d
Play Pictorial, v.41, 1922, No.247London Pavilion, Piccadilly, London, England
manager : Glenister, Frank, Mr., b.1860
general manager (for Charles B. Cochran) : McKee, Clive R., Mr., b.1883
general stage director (for Charles B. Cochran) : Collins, Frank, Mr., 1878-1957 (actor and producer)
business manager (for Charles B. Cochran) : Thorburn, Charles, Mr.
stage director (for Charles B. Cochran) : Dolly, Edward, Mr.
conductor : Orellana, I. A. de, Mr.
choreographer : Dolly Sisters (Vaudeville act of Jenny and Rosie Dolly, twin sisters originally named Janszieka and Roszika Deutsch)
choreographer : Dolly, Edward, Mr.
scenery designer : Dulac, Edmund, Mr., 1882-1953
costume designer : Dulac, Edmund, Mr., 1882-1953
producer : Collins, Frank, Mr., 1878-1957 (actor and producer)
16.8.1922
PHI-PHI
author : Thompson, Fred, Mr., 1884-1949
author : Grey, Clifford, Mr., 1887-1941
lyricist : Thompson, Fred, Mr., 1884-1949
lyricist : Grey, Clifford, Mr., 1887-1941
composer : Christine
actor : Webb, Clifton, Mr., 1889-1966 (American dancer and actor born Webb Parmalee Hollenbeck)
actor : Williams, Walter, Mr.
actor : Lupino, Stanley, Mr., 1894-1942 (son of Geroge Lupino and Florence Webster, brother of Barry Lupino)
actor : Laurier, Jay, Mr., 1879-1969 (born Jay Chapman)
actor : Roberts, Arthur, Mr.
actor : Mullaney Brothers
actor : Treacher, Arthur, Mr.
actor : Mansfield, Alfred, Mr.
dancer : Trini, fl.1920s
dancer : Wojcikowski
actor : Laye, Evelyn, Miss, 1900-1996
actor : Freeman, Vera, Miss
actor : O'Day, Alice, Miss, d.1937
actor : June, Miss, 1901-1985 (born June Howard Tripp, sometimes credited as June Tripp)
actor : Bentham, Audrey, Miss
actor : Sellick, Phyllis, Miss, (pianist wife of another pianist Cyril Smith)
actor : Stewart, Meum, Miss
actor : Shawen, Innis, Miss
actor : May, Babs, Miss
actor : Cambridge, Cynthia, Miss
actor : Harmer, Alice, Miss
actor : Ford, Sylvia, Miss
actor : Shine, Molly, Miss
actor : Torrens, Frances, Miss, fl.1910s
actor : Russell, Ida, Miss
actor : Smith, Lillian, Miss, fl.1930s
actor : Kenwick, Grace, Miss, fl.1920s
actor : Wilson, Marion, Miss, fl.1920s
actor : Rozella, Ruth, Miss
actor : Graeme, Cicilie, Miss
actor : Hayes, Doreen, Miss
actor : Charlton, Amy, Miss
actor : Reed, Doreen, Miss
actor : Collins, Lalla, Miss
actor : Edgell, Gwen, MissPhotographs, notes etc.
The cast list is accompanied by a description of the plot and photographs of the actors in character and in scenes from the play. In particular June as Aspasia, Stanley Lupino as Mercury, Arthur Roberts as a Charioteer, Clifton Webb as Phideas (Phi-Phi), Walter Williams as Captain Ardimedon, Jay Laurier as Meander, Vera Freeman as Dido, Alice O'Day as Mrs Meander and Evelyn Laye as Helen.
UKC/PER/PLY/411922e
Play Pictorial, v.41, 1922, No.245Playhouse Theatre, Northumberland Avenue, Westminster, London, England
lessee : Curzon, Frank, Mr., 1868-1927
manager : Curzon, Frank, Mr., 1868-1927
manager : Cooper, Gladys, Dame, 1888-1971
general manager : Vaughan, T. B., Mr.
acting manager : Thorburn, H. M., Mr.
stage manager : Waller, J. Wallett, Mr.
1922
SECOND MRS TANQUERAY, THE
author : Pinero, Arthur Wing, Sir, 1855-1934
actor : Cooper, Gladys, Dame, 1888-1971
actor : Eadie, Dennis, Mr., 1869-1928 (actor manager)
actor : Kerr, Molly, Miss
actor : Hare, Gilbert, Mr.
actor : Davis, Fay, Miss, 1872-1945
actor : Desborough, Philip, Mr.
actor : Reynolds, E. Vivian, Mr., 1866-1952 (sometimes credited as Vivian Reynolds)
actor : Hignett, H.R., Mr., 1870-1959
actor : Thesiger, Ernest, Mr., 1879-1961
actor : Roose, Olwen, Miss, fl.1920s-30s
actor : Haines, Ernest, Mr.Photographs, notes etc.
The cast list is accompanied by a description of the plot and photographs of the actors in character and in scenes from the play. In particular Miss Gladys Cooper as Paula, Gilbert Hare as Cayley Drummie, Dennis Eadie as Aubrey, H.R. Hignett as Misquith K.C., E. Haines as Morse, E. Vivian Reynolds as Jayne M.D., Fay Davis as Mrs Cortelyon, Molly Kerr as Ellean and Philip Desborough as Captain Hugh Ardale.
UKC/PER/PLY/411922f
Play Pictorial, v.41, 1922, No.244Lyric Theatre, Shaftesbury Avenue, Westminster, London, England
licensee : Tibbetts, Frederick William, Mr.
general manager : Paget, Cecil, Mr.
manager (for George Edwardes (Daly's Theatre) Ltd.) : Todd, J. Garrett, Mr.
acting manager (for George Edwardes (Daly's Theatre) Ltd.) : Pitt, Tom, Mr.
musical director : Clarke, Cuthbert, Mr.
18.5.1922
WHIRLED INTO HAPPINESS
author : Bodanzky, Robert, Mr., fl.1910s-1970s (sometimes credited as Rob Bodanzky)
author : Hardt-Warden, Bruno, Herr, 1883-1954
composer : Stolz, Robert, Mr., 1880-1975
lyricist : Graham, Harry, Mr., 1874-1936
actor : Walls, Tom, Mr.
actor : Melford, Austin, Mr., 1884-1971 (British stage, revue and film actor born Austin Alfred Smith)
actor : Lynn, Hastings, Mr.
actor : Palmer, Reginald, Mr.
actor : Phillips, Lawrence, Mr.
actor : Colne, Noel, Mr.
actor : Atkinson, Frank, Mr.
actor : Grand, Joe, Mr.
actor : Budd, Arthur, Mr.
actor : Merson, Billy, Mr., 1879-1947
actor : Bacon, Mai, Miss, 1897-1981
actor : Bronte, Wynne, Miss
actor : Wetherall, Frances, Miss, d.1923
actor : Hirst, Gladys, Miss
actor : St. John, Lily, Miss
actor : Keppel, Dorrie, Miss
actor : Flowden, Dore, Miss
actor : Caldicott, Lilian, Miss
actor : Sellick, Phyllis, Miss, (pianist wife of another pianist Cyril Smith)
actor : Hawes, Mollie, Miss
actor : Beverley, Joan, MissPhotographs, notes etc.
George Edwardes died in 1915 but such was the importance of his name in drawing audiences that it continued to be used in this form.
The cast list is accompanied by a description of the plot and photographs of the actors in character and in scenes from the play. In particular Tom Walls as Albert Horridge, Mai Bacon as Delphine de Lavalliere, Billy Merson as Matthew Platt, Lily St. John as Florence Horridge, Austin Melford as Horace Wiggs, Wynne Bronte as Lily and F. Atkinson as Antoine.
UKC/PER/PLY/421923
Play Pictorial, v.42, 1923, No.254New Theatre, St. Martin's Lane, Westminster, London, England
general manager (for Matheson Lang) : Mayor-Cooke, G., Mr.
stage director (for Matheson Lang) : Tyrer, A. W., Mr.
stage manager (for Matheson Lang) : Clunes, Alec S., Mr.
assistant stage manager (for Matheson Lang) : Gosse, Reginald, Mr.
musical director (for Matheson Lang) : Cathie, Philip, Mr.
business manager (for Miss Mary Moore) : Killick, C. Egerton, Mr., 1891-1967
producer : Lang, Matheson, Mr., 1879-1948 (actor, manager and writer)
3.3.1923
BAD MAN, THE
author : Browne, Porter Emerson, Mr., 1879-1934 (sometimes credited as Porter E. Browne)
actor : Nicholson, H. O., Mr., fl.1911
actor : Davis, W. Boyd, Mr.
actor : Saunders, Florence, Miss
actor : Drayton, Alfred, Mr., 1881-1949 (actor and stage manager)
actor : Hogan, Denis J., Mr.
actor : Hallman, William E., Mr.
actor : Royton, Elma, Miss
actor : Boyne, Clifton, Mr., c.1874-1945
actor : Russell, Fred, Mr.
actor : Vosper, Frank, Mr., 1899-1937 (actor and dramatist)
actor : Gosse, Reginald, Mr.
actor : Lang, Matheson, Mr., 1879-1948 (actor, manager and writer)
actor : Darling, S. Grenville, Mr.
actor : Tyrer, A. W., Mr.
actor : Plinge, Walter, Mr.
actor : Cooper, Horton, Mr.Photographs, notes etc.
"By arrangement with Miss Mary Moore".
"Matheson Lang presents a Melodramatic Comedy...."
The cast list is accompanied by a description of the plot and photographs of the actors in character and in scenes from the play. In particular W.E. Hallman as Jasper Hardy, Elma Royton as Angela, Denis J. Hogan as Red Giddings, W. Boyd Davis as Gilbert Jones, Miss Florence Saunders as Lucia Pell, Matheson Lang as Pancho Lopez, Alfred Drayton as Morgan Pell, Clifton Boyne as Pedro and Mr. H.O. Nicholson as Henry Smith.
UKC/PER/PLY/421923b
Play Pictorial, v.42, 1923, No.251Lyric Theatre, King's Street, Hammersmith, London, England
lessee : Playfair, Nigel, Sir, 1874-1934 (actor, producer and manager)
business manager : Horne, A. P., Mr.
producer : Playfair, Nigel, Sir, 1874-1934 (actor, producer and manager)
choreographer : Wilson, Marian, Miss
scenery designer : Fraser, C. Lovat, Mr.
costume designer : Fraser, C. Lovat, Mr.
5.6.1920
BEGGAR'S OPERA, THE
composer : Gay, John, Mr., 1685-1732
actor : Russell, Scott, Mr.
actor : Rawson, Tristan, Mr., 1888-1974
actor : Ranalow, Frederick, Mr., 1873-1953
actor : Davies, Frederick, Mr.
actor : Leslie, Fergus, Mr., fl.1930
actor : French, Elsie, Miss
actor : Nelis, Sylvie, Miss, fl.1936
actor : Marquesita, Violet, Miss
actor : Freeman, Beryl, Miss
actor : Baddeley, Angela, Miss, 1904-1976
actor : Staite, Charles, Mr.
actor : Girling, Jack, Mr.
actor : Ashdown, Colin, Mr.
actor : Clifford, John, Mr.
actor : Rignold, Malcolm, Mr.
actor : Barrs, Edward, Mr.
actor : Trotter, Alan, Mr.
actor : Foster, Godfrey, Mr.
actor : Evans, Maisie, Miss
actor : Christie, Winifred, Miss
actor : Smithard, Dorothy, Miss
actor : Blackburn, Phyllis, Miss
actor : De Vayne, Esme, Miss
actor : Ross, Janet, Miss, fl.1910s
actor : Watson, Mildred, Miss, fl.1920sPhotographs, notes etc.
The cast list is accompanied by a description of the plot and photographs of the actors in character and in scenes from the play. In particular Miss Sylvia Nelis as Polly Peachum, Mr. Davies as the Player, Mr. Fergus Leslie as the Beggar, Mr. Scott Russell as Peachum, Miss Elsie French as Mrs Peachum, Mr. F. Davies as Filch, Miss Violet Marquesita as Lucy Lockit, Mr. Frederick Ranalow as Macheath, Miss Angela Baddeley as Jenny, Mr. Tristan Rawson as Lockit and Miss Beryl Freeman as Mrs Trapes.
UKC/PER/PLY/421923c
Play Pictorial, v.42, 1923, No.253Prince's Theatre, Shaftesbury Avenue, Holborn, London, England
licensee : Melville, Walter, Mr., 1875-1937 (actor, theatre proprietor, playwright, eldest son of Andrew Melville I, real name Walter Robbins)
licensee : Melville, Frederick, Mr., 1877-1938 (2nd son of Andrew Melville I, actor, theatre-proprietor, playwright, real name Frederick Robbins)
manager (for Edward Laurillard) : Preston, Stanley, Mr.
stage manager (for Edward Laurillard) : Hardy, Harry, Mr.
musical director (for Edward Laurillard) : Orellana, I. A. de, Mr.
producer : Edwardes, Felix, Mr., c.1871-1954
24.2.1923
COUSIN FROM NOWHERE, THE
author : Thompson, Fred, Mr., 1884-1949
composer : Künneke, Eduard, Herr, 1885-1953
lyricist : Ross, Adrian, Mr.
lyricist : Tharp, Robert C., Mr.
lyricist : Furber, Douglas, Mr., 1885-1961
actor : Gilliland, Helen, Miss, 1897-1942
actor : Debenham, Cicely, Miss
actor : Godden, Jimmy, Mr., 1879-1955
actor : St. Audrie, Stella, Miss, c.1876-1925
actor : Royston, Roy, Mr., 1899-1976
actor : Williams, Walter, Mr.
actor : Coyle, John E., Mr., c.1894-1964
actor : Johnstone, Alec, Mr.
actor : Lennox, Alec, Mr.Photographs, notes etc.
The cast list is accompanied by a description of the plot and photographs of the actors in character and in scenes from the play. In particular Mr. Walter Williams as a Stranger, Miss Helen Gilliland as Julia Van Osten, Mr. Alec Johnstone as Carl, Mr. Jimmy Godden as Joseph Edam, Mr. Alec Lennox as Jan, Miss Stella st. Audrie as Wimpy, Miss Cicely Debenham as Frida, Mr. Roy Royston as Adrian Van Piffel and Mr. John E. Coyle as the Other Stranger. Interspersed amongst the photographs are lyrics to songs entitled, "Magical Moon" and "I'm only a strolling vagabond"(?).
UKC/PER/PLY/421923d
Play Pictorial, v.42, 1923, No.252St. James's Theatre, King Street, Piccadilly, London, England
licensee : Miller, Gilbert Heron, Mr., 1884-1969
lessee : Miller, Gilbert Heron, Mr., 1884-1969
business manager : Southern, John, Mr., b.1893
stage director : Hilliard, Stafford, Mr., fl.1920s-40s
31.1.1923
IF WINTER COMES
author : Hutchinson, A. S. M. ( Arthur Stuart-Menteth Hutchinson) Mr. 1880-1971
author : Hastings, Basil Macdonald, Mr., 1881-1928
actor : Lane, Grace, Miss, 1876-1956
actor : Reeve, Margaret, Miss, fl.1920s
actor : Mainwaring, Ernest, Mr., 1876-1965
actor : Volpe, Frederick, Mr., 1865-1932
actor : Penna, Tarva, Mr., fl.1930s-40s (sometimes credited as Tarver Penna)
actor : Nares, Owen, Mr., 1888-1943 (actor and producer)
actor : Minster, Jack, Mr.
actor : Spencer, Helen, Miss
actor : Moore, Frank, Mr., 1880-1924 (American actor, brother of Florence Moore)
actor : Hoffe, Barbara, Miss, fl.1920s
actor : Vandeleur, Iris, Miss
actor : Hilliard, Stafford, Mr., fl.1930-40s
actor : Stanley, Eric, Mr., fl.1930s
actor : Gill, Paul, Mr., d.1934 (stage manager and actor)
actor : Forder, Frank, Mr.
actor : Darrell, Maisie, MissPhotographs, notes etc.
"Frank Curzon presents, in conjunction with Owen Nares and B.A. Meyer...."
The cast list is accompanied by a description of the plot and photographs of the actors in character and in scenes from the play. In particular Mr. Owen Nares as Mark Sabre, Miss Grace Lane as Mrs Mark Sabre, Mr. Ernest Mainwaring as Major Millet, Miss Barbara Hoffe as Lady Tybar, Mr. F. Volpe as the Rev. S. Fortune, Mr. Tarver Penna as Mr. Twyning, Mr. J. Minster as Harold Twining, Miss Helen Spencer as Effie Bright, Miss Vadaleur as Sarah (High Jinks), Miss Reeve as Low Jinks and Miss Darrell as the Clerk.
UKC/PER/PLY/421923e
Play Pictorial, v.42, 1923, No.255Garrick Theatre, Charing Cross Road, Westminster, London, England
general manager : McKee, Clive R., Mr., b.1883
general stage director : Collins, Frank, Mr., 1878-1957 (actor and producer)
stage manager : Millar, Henry, Mr.
producer : Cochran, Charles B. (Blake), Sir, 1872-1951
stage designer : Harrison, Bertram, Mr.
28.2.1923
PARTNERS AGAIN
author : Glass, Montague, Mr., 1877-1934
author : Goodman, Jules Eckert, Mr., 1876-1962
actor : Ewart, Arthur, Mr.
actor : Snell, Frank, Mr., fl.1930s
actor : Williams, Lionel, Mr., fl.1910s
actor : Leonard, Robert, Mr., 1888-1948 (Polish born actor)
actor : White, Philip, Mr., fl.1920s
actor : Combermere, Edward, Mr.
actor : Clare, Frances, Miss
actor : Sinclair, Sidney, Mr., fl.1910s
actor : Grimson, Naylor, Mr.
actor : Saunders, Guy, Mr.
actor : Silbert, Lize, Miss
actor : Ault, Marie, Miss, 1870-1951
actor : Carey, Joyce, Miss, 1898-1993 (daughter of Dame Lilian Braithwaite, born Joyce Lawrence)
actor : Daviss, Fred D., Mr.
actor : Burleigh, Bertram, Mr., 1893-
actor : West, H. St. Barbe, Mr., 1880-1935
actor : Raynor, Harry, Mr.
actor : Phillips, Melville, Mr.
actor : Clarke-Smith, D.A., (Douglas), Mr., 1889-1959
actor : Payne, Wilfred E., Mr.Photographs, notes etc.
The cast list is accompanied by a description of the plot and photographs of the actors in character and in scenes from the play. In particular Robert Leonard as Mawruss Perlmutter, Philip White as Abe Potash, Marie Ault as Tillie, Lize Silbert as Rosie Potash, Sidney Sinclair as Leon Sammett, Miss Frances Clare as Mrs Sammett, N. Grimson as Rabiner, E. Combermere as Dan, A. Ewart as Marks Pasinsky, Miss Joyce Carey as Hattie, H. Raynor as Kennedy, H. St. Barbe-West as Schenchmann and Melville Phillips as Smith.
UKC/PER/PLY/421923f
Play Pictorial, v.42, 1923, No.250Comedy Theatre, Panton Street, Haymarket, London, England
licensee : Vedrenne, John E., Mr., 1867-1930 (theatre manager, lessee and licensee)
general manager : Penley, Arthur, Mr., 1881-1954
stage manager : Reynolds, Thomas, Mr., c.1880-1947
conductor : Mason, Carlton, Mr.
press representative : Stevens, H.C.G., Mr.
producer : Page, Norman, Mr., c.1876-1935 (actor and producer)
7.9.1922
SECRETS
author : Besier, Rudolf, Mr. 1878-1942
author : Edginton, May, 1883-1957
actor : Compton, Fay, Miss, 1894-1978
actor : Mansell, Doris, Miss, fl.1920s
actor : Drake, Fabia, Miss, 1904-1990
actor : Andrews, Bobby, Mr.(sometimes credited as Bobbie Andrews)
actor : Trouncer, Cecil, Mr., 1898-1953
actor : Vibart, Henry, Mr.
actor : Harben, Hubert, Mr.
actor : Scudamore, Margaret, Miss, 1884-1958
actor : Hampton, Louise, Miss, 1881-1954
actor : Holmes-Gore, Dorothy, Miss, 1896-1977 (British actress daighter of Arthur Holmes-Gore)
actor : Quartermaine, Leon, Mr.
actor : Reynolds, Tom, Mr., 1866-1942
actor : Page, Norman, Mr., c.1876-1935 (actor and producer)
actor : Clifford, Rosemary, Miss
actor : Henderson, Robert, Mr., 1904-1985 (American film and TV actor)
actor : Hamilton, John, Mr. (British actor in short films in 1920s)
actor : Haye, Helen, Miss, 1874-1957
actor : Seppings, Grace, MissPhotographs, notes etc.
The cast list is accompanied by a description of the plot and photographs of the actors in character and in scenes from the play. In particular Miss Fay Compton as Lady Carlton, Mr. Henry Vibart as Dr. Arbuthnot, Miss Louise Hampton as Elizabeth Channing, Miss Dorothy Holmes-Gore as Susan, Miss Margaret Scudamore as Mrs Marlowe, Mr. Hubert Harben as Mr. Marlowe, Mr. Tom Reynolds as Dr. McGovern, Mr. Norman Page as Bob, Miss Helen Haye as Mrs Eustace Mainwaring, Mr. Bobbie Andrews as John, Miss Clifford as Audrey and Miss Doris Mansell as Blanche.
UKC/PER/PLY/431923
Play Pictorial, v.43, 1923, No.257Daly's Theatre, Cranbourne Street, Leicester Square, Westminster, London, England
general manager : Paget, Cecil, Mr.
musical director : Wood, Arthur, Mr.
choreographer : Majilton, Alfred H., Mr.
producer : Blackman, Fred J., Mr., b.1879 (actor, manager and producer)
19.5.1923
MERRY WIDOW, THE
composer : Lehár, Franz, Herr, 1870-1948
lyricist : Ross, Adrian, Mr.
lyricist : Greenbank, Percy, Mr.
actor : Graves, George, Mr. 1876-1949
actor : Brisson, Carl, Mr., 1893-1958 (Danish actor born Carl Pederson whose son was the producer Frederick Brisson)
actor : Rawlins, W. H., Mr.
actor : Oldham, Derek, Mr., 1892-1968
actor : Seyler, Clifford, Mr., fl.1920s
actor : Bellamy, Somers, Mr.
actor : Goodchild, Claude, Mr.
actor : Adair, Ronald, Mr.
actor : Rendall, Stanley, Mr.
actor : Dodds, Edwin, Mr.
actor : Laye, Evelyn, Miss, 1900-1996
actor : Tresmand, Ivy, Miss, d.1980
actor : Lovat, Nancie, Miss
actor : Wyndham, Cecily Saxe, Miss, fl.1920s
actor : Newton, Laurie, Miss
actor : Welch, Kate, MissPhotographs, notes etc.
George Edwardes died in 1915 but such was the importance of his name in drawing audiences that it continued to be used in this form.
The cast list is accompanied by a description of the plot and photographs of the actors in character and in scenes from the play. In particular Mr. George Graves as Baron Popoff, Derek Oldham as Camille de Jolidon, Carl Brisson as Danilo, Miss Nancie Lovat as Natalie, Ronald Adair as Khadja, Miss Evelyn Laye as Sonia, Miss Ivy Tresmand as Frou-Frou and Edwin Dodds as the Waiter.
UKC/PER/PLY/431923b
Play Pictorial, v.43, 1923, No.261His Majesty's Theatre, Haymarket, Westminster, London, England
proprietor : Benson, Joseph, Mr.
licensee : Grossmith, George, Mr., 1874-1935 (son of author George Grossmith and brother of Lawrence Grossmith)
licensee : Malone, J. A. E., Mr., c.1860-1929 (manager and producer)
manager : Grossmith, George, Mr., 1874-1935 (son of author George Grossmith and brother of Lawrence Grossmith)
manager : Malone, J. A. E., Mr., c.1860-1929 (manager and producer)
manager : Leyel, Carl F., Mr., 1875-1925
stage manager : Abingdon, William, Mr., 1888-1959
assistant stage manager : Bland, Sydney, Mr.
assistant stage manager : Franklin, David, Mr.
musical director : Fletcher, Percy Eastman, Mr., 1879-1932
choreographer : Fokine, Michel, Mr.
producer : Dean, Basil, Mr., 1888-1978
20.9.1923
HASSAN
and how he came to make the Golden Journey to Samarkand.
author : Flecker, James Elroy, 1884-1915
composer : Delius, Frederick, Mr., 1862-1934
actor : Ainley, Henry, Mr., 1879-1945 (British actor sometimes credited as Henry H. Ainley, father of Richard and Anthony Ainley)
actor : Percy, Esme, Mr., 1887-1957 (sometimes credited as Esme S. Percy)
actor : Nesbitt, Cathleen, Miss, 1888-1982 (British actress sometimes credited as Kathleen Nesbitt)
actor : Bland, Sydney, Mr.
actor : Keen, Malcolm, Mr., 1887-1970 (father of Geoffrey Keen)
actor : Quartermaine, Leon, Mr.
actor : Cochrane, Frank, Mr., 1882-1962
actor : Willard, Edmund, Mr., 1885-1956
actor : Gill, Basil, Mr., 1877-1955
actor : Page, Rita, Miss, 1905-1954
actor : McCoy, Kitty, Miss
actor : Dillon, Maureen, Miss
actor : Raven, Eileen, Miss
actor : Nadejin, Nicholas, Mr., fl.1930s
actor : East, Robert, Mr.
actor : Barnard, Ivor, Mr.
actor : Leigh, Andrew, Mr., 1887-1957
actor : Clark, Alfred, Mr.
actor : Penna, Tarva, Mr., fl.1930s-40s (sometimes credited as Tarver Penna)
actor : Burbidge, Douglas, Mr.
actor : Cowie, Laura, Miss, 1892-1969Photographs, notes etc.
The cast list is accompanied by a description of the plot and photographs of the actors in character and in scenes from the play. In particular Henry Ainley as Hassan, Leon Quartermaine as Ishak, F. Cochrane as Jafar, E. Willard as Masrur, M. Keen as Caliph, Miss Cathleen Nesbitt as Yasmin, Basil Gill as Rafi, Miss Laura Cowie as Pervaneh and D. Burbidge as the Herald.
UKC/PER/PLY/431923c
Play Pictorial, v.43, 1923, No.259Shaftesbury Theatre, Shaftesbury Avenue, Westminster, London, England
business manager : Anderson, C. Abbot, Mr.
manager : Bell, Frank, Mr.
stage manager : Knowles, Derrick, Mr.
conductor : Orellana, I. A. de, Mr.
choreographer : Dolly, Edward, Mr.
producer : Reynolds, Thomas, Mr., c.1880-1947
30.8.1923
KATINKA
author : Hauerbach, Otto, Mr., fl.1920s-30s
author : Davis, Bertram, Mr.
composer : Friml, Rudolf, Mr., 1879-1972
actor : Lister, Irene, Miss, fl.1920s
actor : Phillips, Philip, Mr.
actor : Bishop, George, Mr.
actor : Gawthorne, Peter, Mr., 1884-1962 (Irish born actor)
actor : Gilliland, Helen, Miss, 1897-1942
actor : Thompson, Cissie, Miss, fl.1920s
actor : Coyne, Joe, Mr.
actor : Wright, Fred E. Mr., 1871-1936 (sometimes credited as Frederick Wright)
actor : Chapman, Albert, Mr.
actor : Hoey, Dennis, Mr., 1893-1960
actor : Lacey, Robert, Mr.
actor : Drewe, Evelyn, Miss
actor : Hale, Binnie, Miss, 1899-1984 (British actress, sister of Sonnie Hale, born Beatrice Mary Hale-Monro)
actor : Berry, Thomas, Mr.
actor : Teasdale, Richard, Mr., fl.1920sPhotographs, notes etc.
The cast list is accompanied by a description of the plot and photographs of the actors in character and in scenes from the play. In particular Mr. Joe Coyne as Thaddeus T. Hopper, George Bishop as Ivan, Helen Gilliland as Katinka, Peter Gawthorne as Boris Strogoff, Fred Wright as Knopf, Dennis Hoey as Arif, Miss Binnie Hale as Mrs Helen Hopper, Albert Chapman as Abdul, R. Teasdale as the Hotel Porter, P. Phillips as Petrov, Cissie Thompson as Tatiana and Miss Evelyn Drewe as Olga.
UKC/PER/PLY/431923d
Play Pictorial, v.43, 1923, No.258Lyric Theatre, Shaftesbury Avenue, Westminster, London, England
licensee : Tibbetts, Frederick William, Mr.
managers (for Messrs. Chappell & Co., Ltd.) : Cuningham, Philip, Mr., b.1865
stage manager : Wigley, John, Mr.
acting manager (for Lyric Theatre) : Pitt, Tom, Mr.
musical director : Raybould, Clarence, Mr.
producer : Boucicault, Dion, Jr., Mr., 1859-1929 (Son of playwright Dion Boucicault and stage actress Agnes Robertson)
22.12.1922
LILAC TIME
author : Willner, Alfred Maria, Mr.
author : Reichert, Heinz, Herr, 1877-1940
lyricist : Ross, Adrian, Mr.
actor : Gott, Barbara, Miss, 1872-1944 (Scottish born actress)
actor : Hirst, Gladys, Miss
actor : Lynn, Eve, Miss
actor : Nainby, Robert, Mr., 1869-1948
actor : Campion, Griffin, Mr.
actor : Cole, Michael, Mr.
actor : Websdale, Albert, Mr., fl.1920s
actor : Hope, Angela, Miss
actor : Wilson, Roy, Miss,. fl.1910s
actor : Butterworth, Clara, Miss
actor : Brownlow, Harold, Mr.
actor : Cameron, Herbert, Mr.
actor : Kelly, John, Mr.
actor : Heming, Percy, Mr., b.1883 (Operatic baritone)
actor : Pounds, Courtice, Mr., 1862-1927 (British singer and performer in operetta born Charles Courtice Pounds)
actor : Baskcomb, A.W., Mr. (comic actor, father of Betty Baskcomb)
actor : Vie, Florence, Miss, c.1876-1939
actor : Blackburn, Betty, Miss
actor : Clayton, Doris, Miss
actor : Pomeroy, Ronald, Mr.
actor : Robertshaw, Jerrold, Mr.Photographs, notes etc.
The cast list is accompanied by a description of the plot and photographs of the actors in character and in scenes from the play. In particular Ethel Wellesley as Rosie, Robert Nainby as Novotny, A.W. Bascomb as Christian Veit, Barbara Gott as Mrs Grimm, Courtice Pounds as Schubert, Moya Nugent as Tili, G. Campion as Binder, M. Cole as Braun, Roy Wilson as Wili, Percy Heming as Baron von Schober, Miss Clara Butterworth as Lili, Miss Doris Clayton as Signorina Marini, Florence Vie as Mrs Veit and Jerrold Robertshaw as Count Scharntorff. There are also printed lyrics to a song entitled "The Flower".
UKC/PER/PLY/431923e
Play Pictorial, v.43, 1923, No.256Prince of Wales Theatre, Coventry Street, Westminster, London, England
general manager : McKee, Clive R., Mr., b.1883
business manager : Harris, George, Mr.
general stage director : Collins, Frank, Mr., 1878-1957 (actor and producer)
stage manager : Ricketts, George, Mr., fl.1910s
producer : Meehan, John, Mr.
11.4.1923
SO THIS IS LONDON
author : Goodrich, Arthur F., Mr., d 1941
actor : Hackett, Raymond, Mr., 1902-1958 (son of Florence Hackett and Arthur V.Johnson)
actor : Tetley, Dorothy, Miss
actor : Brandon-Thomas, Amy, Miss, 1890-1974
actor : Robins, Edward H., Mr.
actor : Woodruff, Eleanor, Miss, 1891-1980
actor : Fergusson, Donald, Mr.
actor : Kerr, Frederick, Mr., 1858-1933 (British actor/manager, sometimes credited as Frederic Kerr, father of Geoffrey Kerr and grandfather of John Kerr)
actor : Sterroll, Gertrude, Miss, fl.1920s-30s
actor : Homewood, A. S., Mr.
actor : Ricketts, George, Mr., fl.1910s
actor : Sternroyd, Vincent, Mr., 1857-1948Photographs, notes etc.
"By arrangement with Andre Charlot. Charles B. Cochran's Production Of George M. Cohan's Anglo-American Comedy-"
The cast list is accompanied by a description of the plot and photographs of the actors in character and in scenes from the play. In particular Mr. E.H. Robins as Mr. Hiram Draper, Miss Eleanor Woodruff as Mrs Draper, D. Fergusson as the Waiter, Raymond Hackett as Junior, Amy Brandon-Thomas as Lady Ducksworth, Gertrude Sterroll as Lady Worthing, Fred Kerr as Lord Worthing, Dorothy Tetley as Elinor, A.S. Homewood as Mr. Honeycutt and Mr. Vincent Sternroyd as Jennings.
UKC/PER/PLY/441924
Play Pictorial, v.44, 1924, No.262Winter Garden Theatre, Drury Lane, Westminster, London, England
licensee : Grossmith, George, Mr., 1874-1935 (son of author George Grossmith and brother of Lawrence Grossmith)
licensee : Malone, J. A. E., Mr., c.1860-1929 (manager and producer)
manager : Turner, Alfred, Mr.
stage director : Maynard, Charles A., Mr.
stage manager : King, F. Beeson, Mr.
musical director : Ansell, John, Mr.
scenery designer : Harker, Joseph, Mr.
scenery designer : Harker, Phil, Mr.
costume designer : Comelli, A., Mr.
choreographer : Leslie, Fred A., Mr.
producer : Grossmith, George, Mr., 1874-1935 (son of author George Grossmith and brother of Lawrence Grossmith)
5.9.1923
BEAUTY PRIZE, THE
author : Grossmith, George, Mr., 1874-1935 (son of author George Grossmith and brother of Lawrence Grossmith)
author : Wodehouse, P. G. (Pelham Grenville), Mr., 1881-1975
lyricist : Grossmith, George, Mr., 1874-1935 (son of author George Grossmith and brother of Lawrence Grossmith)
lyricist : Wodehouse, P. G. (Pelham Grenville), Mr., 1881-1975
composer : Kern, Jerome David, Mr., 1885-1945
actor : Haddon, Peter, Mr., 1898-1962
actor : Field, Dorothy, Miss
actor : Courtenay, Sheila, Miss
actor : Spiers, Marjorie, Miss
actor : Hurst, Dorothy, Miss
actor : Grossmith, George, Mr., 1874-1935 (son of author George Grossmith and brother of Lawrence Grossmith)
actor : Hobbs, Jack, Mr., 1893-1968
actor : Duncan, KooKoo, Miss
actor : Noyes, Monica, Miss
actor : Garton, Phyllis, Miss
actor : Deane, Dorothy, Miss
actor : Morenza, Mignon, Miss
actor : Murray, Beryl, Miss
actor : Corday, Minette, Miss
actor : Swinburne, Phyllis, Miss, fl.1920s
actor : Seymour, Eileen, Miss
actor : Graham, Ernest, Mr.
actor : Lennox, Vera, Miss, 1904-1984
actor : Dickson, Dorothy, Miss, 1893-1995
actor : Thatcher, Heather, Miss
actor : Horton, Claude, Mr., fl.1930s
actor : Henson, Leslie, Mr., 1891-1957
actor : Ellis, Leigh, Mr.
actor : Finn, Arthur, Mr.
actor : Parnis, William, Mr.
actor : Whitlock, Fred, Mr., fl.1920s
actor : Shotter, Winifred, Miss, 1904-1996
actor : Glyn, Jack, Mr.
dancer : Le Fre, Percy, Mr.Photographs, notes etc.
The cast list is accompanied by a description of the plot and photographs of the actors in character and in scenes from the play. In particular Dorothy Dickson as Carol Stuart, Leslie Henson as Odo Philpotts, Shiela Courtenay as Mrs Hexal, Jack Hobbs as John Brooke, George Grossmith as Flutey Warboy, Heather Thatcher as Lovey Toots, Vera Lennox as Kitty Wren and Arthur Finn as James K. Stuart.
UKC/PER/PLY/441924b
Play Pictorial, v.44, 1924, No.263Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, Catherine Street, Westminster, London, England
managing director : Butt, Alfred, Sir, 1878-1962
managing director : Collins, Arthur, Mr., 1863-1932
business manager : Benjamin, Morris Edgar, Mr., b.1881
conductor : Finck, Herman, Mr., 1872-1939
producer : Collins, Arthur, Mr., 1863-1932
27.9.1923
GOOD LUCK
author : Hicks, (Edward) Seymour, Sir, 1871-1949 (actor, manager and writer)
author : Hay, Ian, Mr.
composer : Finck, Herman, Mr., 1872-1939
actor : Clifford, Kathlyn, Miss
actor : Bellonini, Edna, Miss, 1882-1953
actor : Edwards, Nora, Miss
actor : Phillips, E. Watts, Mr.
actor : Lister, Allan, Mr.
actor : Benson, Sydney, Mr.
actor : Whitaker, Vivienne, Miss
actor : Royce, Julian, Mr., 1870-1946
actor : Rains, Claude, Mr., 1889-1967
actor : Bowerman, Augustus, Mr.
actor : Jeffreys, Ellis, Miss, 1872-1943 (English actress born in Ceylon as Minnie Gertrude Ellis Jeffreys, mother of George Curzon)
actor : Hallatt, Henry, Mr.
actor : Mack, Arthur, Mr., fl.1940s
actor : Burton, Langhorn, Mr., 1872-1948 (British actor sometimes credited as Langhorne Burton)
actor : Gwenn, Edmund, Mr., 1875-1959 (Welsh actor born Edmund Kellaway)
actor : Somerset, Charles W., Mr., fl.1920s
actor : Overend, Dorothy, Miss
actor : Harker, Gordon, Mr., 1885-1967
actor : Roose, Olwen, Miss, fl.1920s-30s
actor : Treacher, Arthur, Mr.
actor : Evans, Rothbury, Mr.
actor : Burton, W. H., Mr., 1844-1926 (sometimes credited as William H. Burton or William Burton)
actor : Gunning, Wilson, Mr.
actor : Pearce, Stanley, Mr.
actor : Butler, George, Mr.
actor : Bourne, G. Aubyn. Mr.
actor : Stephens, Jack, Mr.
actor : Erskine, Gladys, Miss
actor : Allister, Claud, Mr., 1888-1970 (born William Claud Michel Palmer)
actor : Berry, Evan, Mr.
actor : Cecil, Charles, Mr.
actor : Paxton, Harry, Mr.
actor : Aubyn, George, Mr.
actor : Cornell, Bob, Mr.
actor : Wilson, George, Mr.
actor : Bonner, Henry, Mr.
actor : Rothbury, James, Mr.
actor : Ashdowne, Leonard, Mr.Photographs, notes etc.
The cast list is accompanied by a description of the plot and photographs of the actors in character and in scenes from the play. In particular Miss Ellis Jeffreys as Lady Patricia Wolseley, Langhorne Burton as Sir Anthony Wayne, A. Mack as Mr. Maloney, H. Hallett as the Rev. Godfrey Blount, Claude Rains as Derek, C.W. Somerset as Lewis Harris, Edmund Gwenn as Leo Swinburne, Julian Royce as D'Arcy Bristowe, Gordon Harker as John Collett, Miss Joyce Carey as Lady Angela, A. Mack as Maloney, Miss Gladys Erskine as Mrs Eldred, Claude Allister as Silas, Miss Olwen Roose as Lady Angela Vale, Miss Dorothy Overend as Rose Collett and Miss Vivienne Whitaker as Lady Larkhall.
"(Miss Roose took up the part on the retirement of Miss Joyce Carey.)"
UKC/PER/PLY/441924c
Play Pictorial, v.44, 1924, No.265Theatre Royal, Haymarket, Westminster, London, England
lessee : Harrison, Frederick, Mr., c.1854-1926
manager : Harrison, Frederick, Mr., c.1854-1926
general manager : Watson, Horace, Mr., 1867-1934
stage manager : La Trobe, Charles, Mr.
conductor : O'Neill, Norman, Mr., 1875-1934
producer : Faber, Leslie, Mr., 1879-1929
16.1.1924
HAVOC
author : Wall, Harry, Mr.
actor : Palmer, W. Walton, Mr.
actor : Blake, Kathleen, Miss
actor : Griffies, Ethel, Miss, 1878-1975 (daughter of actors Samuel Rupert Woods and Lillie Roberts, born Ethel Woods)
actor : Carson, Frances, Miss, 1895- (American actress)
actor : Robinson, Norah, Miss
actor : Kendall, Henry, Mr., 1897-1962
actor : Kershaw, William, Mr.
actor : Harvey, Forrester, Mr., 1884-1945 (Irish born actor)
actor : Holman, Vincent, Mr., 1886-1962
actor : Bird, Richard, Mr., 1894-1986 (sometimes credited as Dick Bird)
actor : Faber, Leslie, Mr., 1879-1929
actor : Maule, Donovan, Mr.
actor : Phillips-Roberts, J., Mr.
actor : Allister, Claud, Mr., 1888-1970 (born William Claud Michel Palmer)
actor : Rignold, Malcolm, Mr.Photographs, notes etc.
The cast list is accompanied by a description of the plot and photographs of the actors in character and in scenes from the play. In particular Mr. Leslie Faber as Roddy Dunton, Miss Ethel Griffies as Alice Derring, Miss Norah Robindon as Tessie Dunton, Mr. Richard Bird as the Babe, Miss Frances Carson as Violet Derring, Henry Kendall as Dick, W. Kershaw as Smithy, V. Holman as Sergt. Major Paley, F. Harvey as Biddle, D. Maule as Higgins and C. Allister as Capt. Taylor.
"(Originally produced by the Repertory Players at the Regent Theatre on November 4th, 1923.)".
UKC/PER/PLY/441924d
Play Pictorial, v.44, 1924, No.264Daly's Theatre, Cranbourne Street, Leicester Square, Westminster, London, England
general manager : Paget, Cecil, Mr.
stage manager : Majilton, Alfred H., Mr.
musical director : Wood, Arthur, Mr.
producer : Blackman, Fred J., Mr., b.1879 (actor, manager and producer)
20.12.1923
MADAME POMPADOUR
author : Lonsdale, Frederick, Mr., 1881-1954 (Grandfather of Edward Fox, James Fox and Robert Fox)
author : Graham, Harry, Mr., 1874-1936
composer : Fall, Leo, Mr., 1873-1925
lyricist : Graham, Harry, Mr., 1874-1936
actor : Wallis, Bertram, Mr., 1874-1952
actor : Oldham, Derek, Mr., 1892-1968
actor : Mackay, Leonard, Mr.
actor : Russell, Leonard, Mr.
actor : Colne, Noel, Mr.
actor : La Touche, Edmund, Mr.
actor : Harrison, Louis, Mr.
actor : Mather, Donald, Mr.
actor : Pedgrift, Fred, Mr.
actor : Roberts, Desmond, Mr.
actor : Rendall, Stanley, Mr.
actor : Wright, Huntley, Mr., 1869-1941
actor : Bell, Maisie, Miss
actor : Randolph, Elsie, Miss, 1904-1982 (British singer and comedienne who was the on screen partner of Jack Buchanan)
actor : Laye, Evelyn, Miss, 1900-1996Photographs, notes etc.
George Edwardes died in 1915 but such was the importance of his name in drawing audiences that it continued to be used in this form.
The cast list is accompanied by a description of the plot and photographs of the actors in character and in scenes from the play. In particular Miss Evelyn Laye as Madame de Pompadour, Miss Elsie Randolph as Mariette, Derek Oldham as Rene, Leonard Mackay as Maurepas, Bertram Wallis as King Louis XV and Miss Maisie Bell as Madeleine.
UKC/PER/PLY/441924e
Play Pictorial, v.44, 1924, No.267Gaiety Theatre, Aldwych, Westminster, London, England
licensee : Evett, Robert, Mr., 1874-1949 (actor, singer and manager)
licensee : Cooper, William, Mr.
acting manager : Freke, Ralfe, Mr.
stage director : Martin, George, Mr.
treasurer : Percivall, C.A., Mr.
choreographer : Espinosa
producer : Bourchier, Arthur, Mr., 1863-1927
director : Evett, Robert, Mr., 1874-1949 (actor, singer and manager)
16.4.1924
OUR NELL
author : Parker, Louis N. (Louis Napoleon), 1852-1944 (dramatic author and composer)
author : Arkell, Reginald, Mr., 1882-1959
composer : Fraser-Simson, Harold, Mr., 1872-1944
composer : Novello, Ivor, Mr., 1893-1951
lyricist : Graham, Harry, Mr., 1874-1936
actor : Wontner, Arthur, Mr.
actor : Michaelis, Robert, Mr., 1878-1965 (Russian born actor)
actor : Passmore, Walter, Mr.
actor : Malleson, Miles, Mr., 1888-1969
actor : Lark, Kingsley, Mr., fl.1932
actor : Bach, Reginald, Mr., 1886-1941 (actor and producer)
actor : Warren, Sanders, Mr., fl.1920s
actor : D'Arcy, Edward, Mr.
actor : Lindsay, Walter, Mr., fl.1937
actor : Espinosa
actor : Augarde, Amy, Miss
actor : Bevan, Faith, Miss, 1910-
actor : Pope, Muriel, Miss, fl.1930s
actor : Deane, Barbara, Miss
actor : D'Arcy, Kathleen, Miss
actor : Collins, Jose, Miss, 1887-1958 (Daughter of music hall player Lottie Collins born Josephine Charlotte Collins)
dancer : Handley, Olive, Miss
dancer : Neal, Phyllis, Miss
dancer : Law, Kathleen, Miss
dancer : Bush, Noreen, Miss
dancer : Hall, Stephen, Mr.Photographs, notes etc.
The cast list is accompanied by a description of the plot and photographs of the actors in character and in scenes from the play. In particular Jose Collins as Nell Gwynne, Robert Michaelis as Tom Miles, Kingsley Lark as the Duke of Buckingham, Arthur Wontner as Charles II, Muriel Pope as Louise de Kerouailles, Walter Passmore as Jericho Mardyke, Amy Augarde as Prudence Mardyke, Miles Malleson as Timothy, Faith Bevan as Mary, Sanders Warren as the Earl of Rochester, W. Lindsay as de Croisy, Barbara Deane as Rose and Reginald Bach as the Old Soldier.
UKC/PER/PLY/441924f
Play Pictorial, v.44, 1924, No.266Empire Theatre, Leicester Square, Westminster, London, England
managing director : Butt, Alfred, Sir, 1878-1962
manager : Barrett, Oscar jun., Mr., 1875-1941
stage manager : Desmond, George, Mr.
costume designer : Comelli, A., Mr.
conductor : Heuvel, Jacques, Mr.
producer : Reynolds, Thomas, Mr., c.1880-1947
26.1.1924
THREE GRACES, THE
composer : Lehár, Franz, Herr, 1870-1948
lyricist : Travers, Ben, Mr.
actor : Pierce, Jack, Mr.
actor : Pringle, Harry, Mr., fl.1910s-20s
actor : Frayne, Stephen, Mr.
actor : Roberts, Ralph, Mr., 1869-1944
actor : Scott-Gatty, Alex, Mr., 1876-1937 (sometimes credited as Alexander Scott-Gatty)
actor : Pope-Stamper, F., Mr., 1880-1950 (British actor sometimes credited as Pope Stamper)
actor : Warwick, Albert, Mr., fl.1920s
actor : Andrews, Maidie, Miss
actor : Freeman, Vera, Miss
actor : Barnes, Winifred, Miss
actor : Harvey, Morris, Mr., 1877-1944
actor : Bates, Thorpe, Mr., 1883-1958
actor : Berry, W. H., Mr., 1870-1951 (West End musical-comedy star, born William Henry BerryPhotographs, notes etc.
The cast list is accompanied by a description of the plot and photographs of the actors in character and in scenes from the play. In particular Mr. W.H. Berry as Bouquet, Maidie Andrews as Charlotte, Thorpe Bates as Charles Duke of Nancy, Ralph Roberts as Tonneau, Winifred Barnes as Helene, Vere Freeman as Tutu, Morris Harvey as Van Vuurwater, H. Pringle as the Sergeant and A. Scott-Gatty as Count Pommery.
UKC/PER/PLY/451924
Play Pictorial, v.45, 1924, No.272Apollo Theatre, Shaftesbury Avenue, Westminster, London, England
licensee : Fry, Horace, Mr.
licensee : Cooper, William, Mr.
acting manager : Woods, Ernest, Mr., 1887-1942 (sometimes credited as Ernest D., or Ernie Wood, Ernest or Ernie Woods)
treasurer : Woods, Ernest, Mr., 1887-1942 (sometimes credited as Ernest D., or Ernie Wood, Ernest or Ernie Woods)
producer : Pollock, Channing, Mr., 1880-1946 (dramatic author and lecturer)
18.9.1924
FOOL, THE
author : Pollock, Channing, Mr., 1880-1946 (dramatic author and lecturer)
actor : Whitty, May, Dame, 1865-1948
actor : MacCarthy, Cathleen, Miss
actor : Morgan, Joan, Miss, 1905-2004 (silent film actress, playwright and novelist)
actor : Grenville, Arthur, Mr.
actor : Harris, Clare, Miss, c.1890-1949
actor : Bellamy, Franklyn, Mr., 1886-
actor : Selten, Morton, Mr., 1860-1939 (born Morton Richard Stubbs and soemtimes credited as Morton Selton)
actor : Merrall, Mary, Miss, 1889-1973
actor : Royce, Julian, Mr., 1870-1946
actor : Irwin, Edward, Mr., fl.1920s
actor : Ainley, Henry, Mr., 1879-1945 (British actor sometimes credited as Henry H. Ainley, father of Richard and Anthony Ainley)
actor : Sylvester, Fred, Mr., fl.1920s
actor : Hewetson, George, Mr.
actor : Sarner, Alexander, Mr., 1892-1948
actor : Cove, Ernest G., Mr.
actor : Willard, Edmund, Mr., 1885-1956
actor : Grenville, Arthur, Mr.
actor : Sylvester, Fred, Mr., fl.1920s
actor : Sothern, Sara, Miss, 1864-1920
actor : Lindo, Olga, Miss, 1899-1968Photographs, notes etc.
The cast list is accompanied by a description of the plot and photographs of the actors in character and in scenes from the play. In particular Mr. Henry Ainley as Daniel Gilchrist, Mary Merrall as Clare Jewett, Franklyn Bellamy as Jerry Goodkind, E.G. Cove as Joe Hennig, A. Sarner as Max, E. Willard as Umanski, Julian Royce as Mr. Goodkind, E. Irwin as Mr. Benfield, Sara Sothern as Mary Margaret, F. Sylvester as Mack, A. Grenville as Grubby and Olga Lindo as Pearl Hennig.
UKC/PER/PLY/451924b
Play Pictorial, v.45, 1924, No.273Winter Garden Theatre, Drury Lane, Westminster, London, England
licensee : Grossmith, George, Mr., 1874-1935 (son of author George Grossmith and brother of Lawrence Grossmith)
licensee : Malone, J. A. E., Mr., c.1860-1929 (manager and producer)
manager : Turner, Alfred, Mr.
stage director : Maynard, Charles A., Mr.
musical director : Ansell, John, Mr.
choreographer : Cliff, Laddie, Mr.
choreographer : Hyson, Carl, Mr.
ballet mistress : Morena, Dyta, Miss
scenery painter : Harker, Joseph, Mr.
scenery painter : Harker, Phil, Mr.
producer : Grossmith, George, Mr., 1874-1935 (son of author George Grossmith and brother of Lawrence Grossmith)
11.9.1924
PRIMROSE
author : Grossmith, George, Mr., 1874-1935 (son of author George Grossmith and brother of Lawrence Grossmith)
author : Bolton, Guy, Mr., 1884-1979 (sometimes credited as H.B. Trevelyan)
composer : Gershwin, George, Mr., 1898-1937 (brother of Ira Gershwin)
lyricist : Carter, Desmond, Mr., d.1939
actor : Graham, Ernest, Mr.
actor : Hulbert, Claude, Mr., 1900-1964 (born Claude Noel Hulbert, brother of Jack Hulbert)
actor : Lennox, Vera, Miss, 1904-1984
actor : Fane, Guy, Mr.
actor : Hicklin, Margery, Miss
actor : Heming, Percy, Mr., b.1883 (Operatic baritone)
actor : Henson, Leslie, Mr., 1891-1957
actor : Weguelin, Thomas, Mr.
actor : Bradley, Harold, Mr.
actor : Thatcher, Heather, Miss
actor : Barnby, Muriel, Miss
actor : Hawkes, Sylvia, Miss
actor : Morenza, Mignon, Miss
actor : De Vayne, Esme, Miss
actor : Burgis, Kathleen, Miss
actor : Shotter, Winifred, Miss, 1904-1996
actor : Murray, Beryl, Miss
actor : Farmer, Lelia, Miss
actor : Vere, Molly, Miss, fl.1910s
actor : Deane, Dorothy, Miss
actor : O'Beare, Yvonne, Miss
actor : Swinburne, Phyllis, Miss, fl.1920s
actor : Moore, Margaret, Miss, fl.1910s
actor : Aylmer, Geraldine, Miss
actor : Garton, Phyllis, Miss
actor : Daw, Dorothy, Miss
actor : Eastley, Sybil, Miss
actor : Ryan, Bubbles, Miss
actor : Dudley, Estelle, Miss
actor : Ferrars, Elaine, Miss
actor : Dalziel, Daisy, Miss
actor : Carlyon, Audrey, Miss
actor : Holly, Lelia, Miss, fl.1920s
actor : Glyn, Maisie, Miss
actor : Summut, Gladys, Miss, fl.1920s
actor : Blake, Peggy, Miss
actor : Lynne, Marie, Miss
actor : French, Leslie, Mr., 1904-1949
actor : Saunders, Guy, Mr.
actor : Rutland, Ralph, Mr.
actor : Hamilton, George, Mr.
actor : Barrett, Frank Wilson, Mr. (sometimes credited as F.Wilson Barrett)
actor : Whitlock, Fred, Mr., fl.1920s
actor : Brown, Frank, Mr.
actor : Morgan, Jack, Mr.
actor : Werndley, Jackson, Mr., fl.1920s
actor : Redmond, John, Mr.Photographs, notes etc.
The cast list is accompanied by a description of the plot and photographs of the actors in character and in scenes from the play. In particular Vera Lennox as May, Claude Hulbert as Freddie, Margery Hicklin as Joan, Guy Fane as Sir Barnaby Falls, Leslie Henson as Tony Mopham, Percy Heming as Hilary, T. Weguelin as Michael, Heather Thatcher as Pinkie Peach, Yvonne O'Beare as a Society Belle and Muriel Barnby as Lady Mopham. Interspersed amongst the photographs are lyrics to songs entitled, "When Tony is out of Town", "Wait a Bit Susie", "Boy Wanted" and "Isn't it Terrible what they did to Mary Queen of Scots?".
The Special Collections' Department also holds a loose copy of this issue.
UKC/PER/PLY/451924c
Play Pictorial, v.45, 1924, No.269Prince of Wales Theatre, Coventry Street, Westminster, London, England
proprietor : Bruce, Tonie Edgar, Miss, 1892-1966 (actress daughter of Edgar Bruce, sometimes credited as Mrs. Barron)
lessee : Charlot, André, M., 1882-1956 (actor, director and producer)
licensee : Charlot, André, M., 1882-1956 (actor, director and producer)
producer : Collier, Constance, Miss, 1878-1955
9.6.1924
RAT, THE
author : L'Estrange, David, Mr
composer : Novello, Ivor, Mr., 1893-1951
actor : St. John, Dorothy, Miss
actor : Jones, Hannah, Miss, fl.1920s-30s
actor : Webster-Brough, Jean, Miss
actor : Grace, Kathleen, Miss
actor : Lindsay, James, Mr., 1869-1928
actor : Wilson, E. Cronin, Mr.
actor : Batley, Dorothy, Miss, b.1902
actor : Novello, Ivor, Mr., 1893-1951
actor : Jeans, Isabel, Miss, 1891-1985
actor : Pawley, Nancy, Miss, fl.1930s
actor : Braddell, Maurice, Mr., 1900-1990
actor : Boggetti, Victor, Mr., b.1895
actor : Grace, Kathleen, Miss
actor : Owen, Fred V., Mr.Photographs, notes etc.
The cast list is accompanied by a description of the plot and photographs of the actors in character and in scenes from the play. In particular Mr. Ivor Novello as Pierre Boucheron, W. Cronin Wilson as Herman Stetz, Dorothy Batley as Odile, Isabel Jeans as Zelie de Chaumet, Kathleen Grace as Mou-Mou, Jean Webster Brough as Rose, Nancy Pawley as Madeline Sornay, James Lindsay as Detective Inspector Caillard and Miss Hannah Jones as Mere Colline.
UKC/PER/PLY/451924d
Play Pictorial, v.45, 1924, No.271Lyric Theatre, Shaftesbury Avenue, Westminster, London, England
licensee : Tibbetts, Frederick William, Mr.
manager : Cannon, C. H., Mr.
stage manager : Lestocq, William, Mr., 1869-1920 (actor, dramatic author and manager)
acting manager (for Lyric Theatre) : Pitt, Tom, Mr.
musical director : Carr, Howard, Mr.
choreographer : Leslie, Fred A., Mr.
producer : Swete, E. Lyall, Mr.
27.6.1924
STREET SINGER, THE
author : Lonsdale, Frederick, Mr., 1881-1954 (Grandfather of Edward Fox, James Fox and Robert Fox)
composer : Fraser-Simson, Harold, Mr., 1872-1944
lyricist : Greenbank, Percy, Mr.
actor : Dare, Phyllis, Miss, 1890-1975 (born Phyllis Constance Haddie Dones, sister of Zena Dare)
actor : Welchman, Harry, Mr., 1886-1966
actor : Baskcomb, A.W., Mr. (comic actor, father of Betty Baskcomb)
actor : Caine, Henry, Mr., 1888-1962
actor : Leslie, Sylvia, Miss, 1900-
actor : Hartley-Milburn, Julie, Miss
actor : Hodgson, Phoebe, Miss
actor : Beers, Alfred, Mr.
actor : Ives, Franklyn, Mr.
actor : De Haes, Marcel, Mr.
actor : Fane, Dorothy, Miss, c.1871-1947
actor : Biddle, Esme, MissPhotographs, notes etc.
The cast list is accompanied by a description of the plot and photographs of the actors in character and in scenes from the play. In particular Miss Phyllis Dare as Yvette, Alfred Beers as Levy, Henry Caine as Armand, Sylvia Leslie as Marie, Julie Hartley-Milburn as Violette, A.W. Baskcomb as Francois and Harry Welchman as Bonni.
UKC/PER/PLY/451924e
Play Pictorial, v.45, 1924, No.268Shaftesbury Theatre, Shaftesbury Avenue, Westminster, London, England
proprietor : Benson, Joseph, Mr.
licensee : Grossmith, George, Mr., 1874-1935 (son of author George Grossmith and brother of Lawrence Grossmith)
licensee : Malone, J. A. E., Mr., c.1860-1929 (manager and producer)
general manager : Bryan, Herbert George, Mr., d.1948
manager (for Grossmith & Malone Ltd.) : Anderson, C. Abbot, Mr.
choreographer : Buchanan, Jack, Mr., 1891-1957
producer : Bryan, Herbert George, Mr., d.1948
12.5.1924
TONI
author : Furber, Douglas, Mr., 1885-1961
author : Graham, Harry, Mr., 1874-1936
composer : Hirsch, Hugo, Herr, 1884-1961
lyricist : Furber, Douglas, Mr., 1885-1961
actor : Buchanan, Jack, Mr., 1891-1957
actor : Blythe, Bobby, Mr.
actor : Furber, Douglas, Mr.
actor : Stone, Charles, Mr.
actor : Groves, Fred, Mr., 1880-1955
actor : Colne, Frank, Mr.
actor : Jones, Edward, Mr.
actor : Lynn, Hastings, Mr.
actor : Stewart, Ethel, Miss, fl.1910s-30s
actor : Stackard, Beryl, Miss
actor : Randolph, Elsie, Miss, 1904-1982 (British singer and comedienne who was the on screen partner of Jack Buchanan)
actor : Brady, Veronica, Miss, 1890-1964
actor : June, Miss, 1901-1985 (born June Howard Tripp, sometimes credited as June Tripp)Photographs, notes etc.
The cast list is accompanied by a description of the plot and photographs of the actors in character and in scenes from the play. In particular Mr. Jack Buchanan as Anthony Price, June as Princess Stephanie, C.C. Stone as Von Koompf, Douglas Furber as Tscharkeff, Miss Veronica Brady as Camille, Bobby Blythe as Hector, Elsie Randolph as Folly, Fred Groves as Prince Paul, Hastings Lynn as Colonel Chance and E. Jones as Captain Holer.
UKC/PER/PLY/451924f
Play Pictorial, v.45, 1924, No.270Playhouse Theatre, Northumberland Avenue, Westminster, London, England
lessee : Curzon, Frank, Mr., 1868-1927
acting manager : Patrick, William, Mr., fl.1920s
stage manager : Waller, J. Wallett, Mr.
producer : Molesworth, Ida, Miss, d.1951
15.5.1924
WHITE CARGO
author : Gordon, Leon, Mr., 1884-1960 (dramatic author and actor)
actor : Hodges, Horace, Mr., 1865-1951
actor : Dyall, Franklin, Mr., 1874-1950
actor : Powell, Templer, Mr., 1873-1949 (American actor sometimes credited as F.Templar Powell, or Templer-Powell)
actor : Lacy, Frank, Mr.
actor : Matthews, William, Mr., fl.1920s
actor : Ayre, George D., Mr.
actor : Aherne, Brian, Mr.
actor : Clare, Mary, Miss, 1894-1970
actor : Grantham, Treven, Mr.
actor : Luale, ChiefPhotographs, notes etc.
The cast list is accompanied by a description of the plot and photographs of the actors in character and in scenes from the play. In particular Franklyn Dyall as Weston, Chief Luale as Jim Fish, Horace Hodges as the Doctor, William Matthews as the Skipper, George D. Ayer as the Engineer, Frank Lacy as the Missionary, Templer Powell as Ashley, Brian Aherne as Langford and Mary Clare as Tondeleyo.
UKC/PER/PLY/461925
Play Pictorial, v.46, 1925, No.277Gaiety Theatre, Aldwych, Westminster, London, England
licensee : Fry, Horace, Mr.
licensee : Cooper, William, Mr.
general manager : Paget, Cecil, Mr.
business manager (for the George Edwardes (Daly's Theatre) Limited) : Todd, J. Garrett, Mr.
acting manager (for the George Edwardes (Daly's Theatre) Limited) : Percival, C. A., Mr.
stage manager (for the George Edwardes (Daly's Theatre) Limited) : Sturrey, Waldo, Mr.
conductor : Lewis, Idris, Mr.
producer : Blackman, Fred J., Mr., b.1879 (actor, manager and producer)
21.2.1925
KATJA, THE DANCER
author : Jacobson, Leopold, Mr., 1878-1943
author : Österreicher , Rudolph, Mr., fl.1920s-50s
composer : Gilbert, Jean, Mr., 1879-1942 (father of Robert Gilbert, born Max Winterfeld)
lyricist : Graham, Harry, Mr., 1874-1936
actor : Stroud, Gregory, Mr., 1892-1974
actor : Comber, Bobbie, Mr., 1890-1942 (born Edmund Comber)
actor : Tresmand, Ivy, Miss, d.1980
actor : Mallory, Rene, Miss
actor : Gerrard, Gene, Mr., 1892-1971 (British actor born Eugene Morris Sullivan)
actor : Davies, Lilian, Miss
actor : Hoey, Dennis, Mr., 1893-1960
actor : Dawson, Vincent, Mr.
actor : Russell, Leonard, Mr.
actor : Livesey, Jack, Mr., 1901-1961 (son of Sam Livesey, brother of Roger Livesey and Barry Livesey)
actor : Head, Roger, Mr.
actor : Leyland, Norman, Mr.Photographs, notes etc.
The cast list is accompanied by a description of the plot and photographs of the actors in character and in scenes from the play. In particular Miss Ivy Tresmand as Patricia, Gene Gerrard as Leander, Bobbie Comber as Count Orpitch, Miss Lilian Davies as Katja, Mr. Gregory Stroud as the Prince, Mr. Dennis Hoey as Ivo and Miss Rene Mallory as Maud.
UKC/PER/PLY/461925b
Play Pictorial, v.46, 1925, No.276St. James's Theatre, King Street, Piccadilly, London, England
licensee : Miller, Gilbert Heron, Mr., 1884-1969
stage manager (for Thos. C. Dagnall) : Stanley, Victor, Mr., 1892-1939 (sometimes credited as S. Victor Stanley)
business manager (for Thos. C. Dagnall) : Southern, John, Mr., b.1893
scenery designer : Sackmann, Juan, Mr.
conductor : White, Brer, Mr.
producer : Clark, E. Holman, Mr., 1864-1925 (actor and producer)
21.1.1925
GROUNDS FOR DIVORCE
author : Bolton, Guy, Mr., 1884-1979 (sometimes credited as H.B. Trevelyan)
actor : Carme, Pamela, Miss
actor : Grossmith, Lawrence, Mr., 1877-1944 (son of author George Grossmith and brother of George Grossmith, 1874-1935)
actor : Wood, Jane, Miss
actor : Titheradge, Madge, Miss, 1887-1961
actor : Hanray, Laurence, Mr., 1874-1947 (British actor soemtimes credited as Lawrence Hanray)
actor : Nares, Owen, Mr., 1888-1943 (actor and producer)
actor : Graham, Violet, Miss, 1890-1967
actor : O'Day, Alice, Miss, d.1937
actor : Galvani, Dino, Mr., 1890-1960 (Italian born actor)Photographs, notes etc.
"By arrangement with Gilbert Miller. Thos. C. Dagnall presents...."
The cast list is accompanied by a description of the plot and photographs of the actors in character and in scenes from the play. In particular Miss Madge Titheradge as Denise Sorbier, Miss Jane Wood as Marianne Regnault, Lawrence Grossmith as Felix Roget, Lawrence Hanray as Labelle, Miss Alice O'Day as Madame Deschamps, Miss Pamela Carme as Marte and Violet Graham as Marie Roget.
UKC/PER/PLY/461925c
Play Pictorial, v.46, 1925, No.278Shaftesbury Theatre, Shaftesbury Avenue, Westminster, London, England
proprietor : Benson, Joseph, Mr.
licensee : Grossmith, George, Mr., 1874-1935 (son of author George Grossmith and brother of Lawrence Grossmith)
licensee : Malone, J. A. E., Mr., c.1860-1929 (manager and producer)
manager : Grossmith, George, Mr., 1874-1935 (son of author George Grossmith and brother of Lawrence Grossmith)
manager : Malone, J. A. E., Mr., c.1860-1929 (manager and producer)
manager : Anderson, C. Abbot, Mr.
stage director : Bellew, Alfred, Mr.
stage manager : Fergusson, Donald, Mr.
conductor : Ralph, Horace, Mr.
producer : Smith, Winchell, Mr., 1871-1933 (actor and dramatic author)
scenery painter : Harker, Joseph, Mr.
scenery painter : Harker, Phil, Mr.
27.1.1925
LIGHTNIN
author : Smith, Winchell, Mr., 1871-1933 (actor and dramatic author)
author : Bacon, Frank, Mr., 1864-1922
actor : Hodges, Horace, Mr., 1865-1951
actor : Foster, Donald, Mr., 1889-1969 (American actor)
actor : Roughwood, Owen, Mr., 1876-1947
actor : Evans, Charles, Mr.
actor : Pearce, Walter, Mr.
actor : Goodrich, Louis, Mr., c.1865-1945
actor : Zucco, George, Mr.
actor : Carlisle, Henry, Mr., fl.1930s
actor : Hallam, David, Mr.
actor : Wheatman, Gus, Mr., fl.1920s
actor : Paterson, Ernest H., Mr
actor : Cuningham, Philip junr., Mr., fl.1920s
actor : Fergusson, Donald, Mr.
actor : Robinson, Norah, Miss
actor : Chester, Ruth, Miss
actor : Wilson, Diana, Miss
actor : Thomas, Kay, Miss, fl.1920s
actor : Travers, Dora, Miss, fl.1920s
actor : Dartrey, Sara, Miss
actor : Munro, Eileen, Miss, fl.1920s-30s
actor : Gower, Mabel, Miss
actor : Grace, Adelaide, Miss
actor : Whitten, Doreen, Miss, fl.1920s
actor : Caulfield, Lenore, MissPhotographs, notes etc.
"By arrangement with John Golden...."
The cast list is accompanied by a description of the plot and photographs of the actors in character and in scenes from the play. In particular Charles Evans as Lemuel Townsend, Diana Wilson as Mrs Davis, Donald Fergusson as the Liveryman, Ruth Chester as Mrs Bill Jones, E.H. Paterson as Zeb Crothers, Horace Hodges as Lightnin' Bill, Norah Robinson as Mildred Buckley, Louis Goodrich as Everett Hammond, Owen Roughwood as Raymond Thomas, George Zucco as Nevin Blodgett, Donald Foster as John Marvin, G. Wheatman as the Clerk of the Court and Sara Dartrey as the Stenographer.
The Special Collections' Department also holds a loose copy of this issue.
UKC/PER/PLY/461925d
Play Pictorial, v.46, 1925, No.279Palace Theatre, Cambridge Circus, Westminster, London, England
managing director : Cochran, Charles B. (Blake), Sir, 1872-1951
general manager : Dawes, W. H., Mr.
business manager (for Herbert Clayton and Jack Waller) : Sargisson, F.R., Mr.
stage manager (for Herbert Clayton and Jack Waller) : Wigley, Jack, Mr.
assistant stage manager (for Herbert Clayton and Jack Waller) : Phillips, Jack, Mr.
choreographer : Leonard, P.A., Mr.
scenery painter : Lyndhurst, F.L., Mr.
producer : Mollison, William, Mr., 1893-1955 (British producer born James William Mollison)
11.3.1925
NO NO NANETTE
author : Mandel, Frank, Mr., 1884-1958
author : Harbach, Otto, Mr., 1873-1963
author : Caesar, Irving, Mr., 1895-1996
composer : Youmans, Vincent, Mr., 1898-1946
lyricist : Mandel, Frank, Mr., 1884-1958
lyricist : Harbach, Otto, Mr., 1873-1963
lyricist : Caesar, Irving, Mr., 1895-1996
actor : Leigh, Gracie, Miss
actor : Hemingway, Marie, Miss, c.1893-1939
actor : Grossmith, George, Mr., 1874-1935 (son of author George Grossmith and brother of Lawrence Grossmith)
actor : Browne, Irene, Miss, 1896-1965 (sometimes credited as Irene Brown
actor : Hale, Binnie, Miss, 1899-1984 (British actress, sister of Sonnie Hale, born Beatrice Mary Hale-Monro)
actor : Beard, Seymour, Mr.
actor : Coyne, Joseph, Mr.
actor : Barry, Joan, Miss
actor : Bayfield, Florence, Miss
actor : Pearce, Vera, Miss, 1896-1966 (Australian born stage actress and singer)Photographs, notes etc.
"Herbert Clayton and Jack Waller (By arrangement with H.H. Frazee) Present...."
The cast list is accompanied by a description of the plot and photographs of the actors in character and in scenes from the play. In particular Joseph Coyne as Jimmy Smith, George Grossmith as Billy Early, Seymour Beard as Tom, Marie Hemingway as Sue Smith, Binnie Hale as Nanette, Gracie Leigh as Pauline, Miss Irene Browne as Lucille, Joan Barry as Betty, Vera Pearce as Flora and Florence Bayfield as Winnie. Interspersed amongst the photographs are lyrics to songs entitled, "The Call of the Sea", "You can Dance with any Girl" and "Where has my Hubby gone?".
The Special Collections' Department also holds a loose copy of this issue.
UKC/PER/PLY/461925e
Play Pictorial, v.46, 1925, No.275His Majesty's Theatre, Haymarket, Westminster, London, England
proprietor : Benson, Joseph, Mr.
licensee : Grossmith, George, Mr., 1874-1935 (son of author George Grossmith and brother of Lawrence Grossmith)
licensee : Malone, J. A. E., Mr., c.1860-1929 (manager and producer)
manager : Grossmith, George, Mr., 1874-1935 (son of author George Grossmith and brother of Lawrence Grossmith)
manager : Malone, J. A. E., Mr., c.1860-1929 (manager and producer)
manager (for Grossmith and Malone) : Leyel, Carl F., Mr., 1875-1925
general manager (For Playcraft Ltd.) : Adams, Ronald, Mr.
stage manager (For Playcraft Ltd.) : Brooke, E. H., Mr.
assistant stage manager (For Playcraft Ltd.) : Rogers, R. Cave, Mr.
press representative (For Playcraft Ltd.) : Stevens, H.C.G., Mr.
conductor : Holt, Stanley C., Mr.
choreographer : Rivers, Max, Mr.
producer : Titheradge, Dion, Mr., 1889-1934 (dramatic author and actor)
31.10.1924
PATRICIA
author : Mackail, Denis George, Mr., b. 1892
author : Stanley, Arthur, Mr., fl.1910s
author : Melford, Austin, Mr., 1884-1971 (British stage, revue and film actor and writer born Austin Alfred Smith)
composer : Gwyther, Geoffrey, Mr., c.1890-1944
actor : Warde, Willie, Mr., c.1847-1943
actor : Robins, George, Mr.
actor : Chesney, Arthur, Mr., 1882-1949
actor : Yarde, Margaret, Miss
actor : Quest, Josephine, Miss, fl.1920s
actor : Martin, Fay, Miss
actor : Debenham, Cicely, Miss
actor : Manning, Ambrose, Mr., c.1861-1940
actor : Leonard, Billy, Mr.
actor : Dickson, Dorothy, Miss, 1893-1995
actor : Simmons, Philip, Mr., fl.1920s
actor : Barclay, Frank, Mr.
actor : Rivers, Max, Mr.
actor : Heather, Peggy, Miss
actor : Norman, Beryl, Miss
actor : Russell, Nora, Miss
actor : Percival, Elsie, Miss, fl.1930s
actor : Andre, Jose, Miss
actor : Bilton, Billie, Miss
actor : Lowes, Ella, Miss
actor : Hanbury, Violet, Miss
actor : Elkins, Joan, Miss
actor : Rozella, Ruth, Miss
actor : Lynch, Doreen, Miss
actor : Lemonnier, Meg, Miss
actor : Gibson, Madeline, Miss
actor : Hoskins, Margery, MissPhotographs, notes etc.
"By arrangement with George Grossmith and J.A.E. Malone, Playcraft present...."
The cast list is accompanied by a description of the plot and photographs of the actors in character and in scenes from the play. In particular Miss Dorothy Dickson as Patricia, Miss Cicely Debenham as Miss Smythe, Billy Leonard as Ogden Scales, Miss Mary Leigh as Elizabeth, Miss St. Audrie as Mrs Wentworth, A. Chesney as Mr. Wentworth, Ambrose Manning as Peter Rumble, G. Robins as Crabbe, Willie Warde as Humphrey and Philip Simmons as John Bradshaw.
UKC/PER/PLY/751940
Play Pictorial, v.46, 1924/25, No.274Court Theatre, Sloane Square, Chelsea, London, England
11.3.1924
FARMER'S WIFE, THE
author : Phillpotts, Eden, Mr., 1862-1960
actor : Hope, Evelyn, Miss, d.1966
actor : Cooper, Melville, Mr., 1896-1973
actor : Hardwicke, Cedric, Sir, 1893-1964
actor : Beldon, Eileen, Miss, 1901-1985
actor : Keith-Johnston, Colin, Mr., 1896-1980
actor : Sunderland, Scott, Mr.
actor : Shand, Phyllis, Miss, 1894-
actor : Gill, Maud, Miss
actor : Turner, Evelyn, Miss, fl.1910s
actor : Love, Baby, Miss
actor : Huntley, Raymond, Mr., 1904-1990 (Birmingham born British actor)
actor : Messiter, Eric, Mr., 1892-1960
actor : Pienne, Yvette, Miss, fl.1930s
actor : Kember, Iris, Miss, fl.1920s
actor : Thornton, Isabel, Miss
actor : Chatwin, Margaret, Miss
actor : Smythe, P., Mr., fl.1920s
actor : Evennett, Wallace, Mr., 1887-1973Photographs, notes etc.
This is a loose copy of the issue.
UKC/PER/PLY/471925
Play Pictorial, v.47, 1925, No.281Daly's Theatre, Cranbourne Street, Leicester Square, Westminster, London, England
general manager : Paget, Cecil, Mr.
costume designer : Comelli, A., Mr.
choreographer : Espinosa
conductor : Wood, Arthur, Mr.
producer : Asche, Oscar, Mr., 1871-1936
2.6.1925
CLEOPATRA
author : Brammer, Julius, Mr., 1877-1943
author : Grünwald, Alfred, Herr, 1884-1951
composer : Straus, Oscar, Mr., 1870-1954
lyricist : Graham, Harry, Mr., 1874-1936
actor : Fraser, Alec, Mr., 1884-1956 (Scottish actor, born Alec Fraser Smith, brother of Agnes Fraser)
actor : Coyle, John E., Mr., c.1894-1964
actor : Gardner, Shayle, Mr., 1890-1945 (New Zealand born actor)
actor : Hallatt, Henry, Mr.
actor : Rendall, Draper, Mr.
actor : Dale, Alan, Mr.
actor : Laurier, Jay, Mr., 1879-1969 (born Jay Chapman)
actor : Underwood, Neta, Miss, fl.1920s
actor : Zaria, Ninon, Mr., fl.1920s
actor : Newton, Laurie, Miss
actor : Lovat, Peggy, Miss
actor : Lee, Alma, Miss
actor : Blareau, Marjorie, Miss
actor : Laye, Evelyn, Miss, 1900-1996
dancer : Planas, Jeanne, MissPhotographs, notes etc.
The cast list is accompanied by a description of the plot and photographs of the actors in character and in scenes from the play. In particular Miss Evelyn Laye as Cleopatra, Mr. Alec Fraser as Victorian Silvius, Jay Laurier as Pamphylos, Neta Underwood as Charmian, John E. Coyle as Prince Beladonis, Ninon Zaria as Iras, Shayle Gardner as Mark Antony and H. Hallatt as Nephros.
UKC/PER/PLY/471925b
Play Pictorial, v.47, 1925, No.285St. James's Theatre, King Street, Piccadilly, London, England
licensee : Miller, Gilbert Heron, Mr., 1884-1969
lessee : Miller, Gilbert Heron, Mr., 1884-1969
business manager : Lane, Elliot, Mr.
stage director : Chown, Herbert, Mr.
stage manager : Whittaker, Allan, Mr.
producer : Du Maurier, Gerald, Sir, 1873-1934 (son of author George L. Du Maurier)
22.9.1925
LAST OF MRS CHEYNEY, THE
author : Lonsdale, Frederick, Mr., 1881-1954 (Grandfather of Edward Fox, James Fox and Robert Fox)
actor : Du Maurier, Gerald, Sir, 1873-1934 (son of author George L. Du Maurier)
actor : Milward, Dawson, Mr., 1870-1926
actor : Squire, Ronald, Mr., 1886-1958
actor : Loder, Basil, Mr.
actor : Fletcher, Guy, Mr.
actor : Lawton, Frank, Mr., 1904-1969 (British actor)
actor : Paterson, Ernest H., Mr
actor : Steerman, A. Harding, Mr., fl.1910s-1930s (sometimes credited as Harding Steerman)
actor : Cooper, Gladys, Dame, 1888-1971
actor : Jeffreys, Ellis, Miss, 1872-1943 (English actress born in Ceylon as Minnie Gertrude Ellis Jeffreys, mother of George Curzon)
actor : Whitty, May, Dame, 1865-1948
actor : Sealby, Mabel, Miss, fl.1930s
actor : Gray, Gladys, Miss
actor : Campbell, Violet, Miss, 1892-1970Photographs, notes etc.
"Under the Management of Gilbert Miller, in association with Gerald du Maurier and Gladys Cooper...."
The cast list is accompanied by a description of the plot and photographs of the actors in character and in scenes from the play. In particular Ronald Squire as Charles, Dawson Milward as Lord Elton, Basil Loder as the Hon. Willie Wynton, Gladys Gray as Joan, Ellis Jeffreys as Lady Frinton, May Whitty as Mrs Ebley, Mabel Sealby as Mrs Wynton, Violet Campbell as Mary, Gladys Cooper as Mrs Cheyney, Gerald du Maurier as Lord Dilling and Ronald Squire as Charles.
UKC/PER/PLY/471925c
Play Pictorial, v.47, 1925, No.283Theatre Royal, Haymarket, Westminster, London, England
lessee : Harrison, Frederick, Mr., c.1854-1926
manager : Harrison, Frederick, Mr., c.1854-1926
general manager : Watson, Horace, Mr., 1867-1934
stage manager : La Trobe, Charles, Mr.
scenery designer : Hammond, Aubrey, Mr.
costume designer : Hammond, Aubrey, Mr.
producer : Swete, E. Lyall, Mr.
11.6.1925
MAN WITH A LOAD OF MISCHIEF, THE
author : Dukes, Ashley, Mr., 1885-1959
composer : O'Neill, Norman, Mr., 1875-1934
actor : Clark, Alfred, Mr.
actor : Greet, Clare, Miss, 1871-1939 (sometimes credited as Claire, or Clara Greet)
actor : Compton, Fay, Miss, 1894-1978
actor : Kennedy, Joyce, Miss, 1898-1943
actor : Cellier, Frank, Mr., 1884-1948 (actor and producer)
actor : Quartermaine, Leon, Mr.Photographs, notes etc.
The cast list is accompanied by a description of the plot and photographs of the actors in character and in scenes from the play. In particular Clare Greet as the Wife, Fay Compton as the Lady, Alfred Clark as the Innkeeper, Frank Cellier as the Nobleman, Leon Quartermain as His Man and Joyce Kennedy as the Ladies Maid.
UKC/PER/PLY/471925d
Play Pictorial, v.47, 1925, No.284Wyndham's Theatre, Charing Cross Road, Westminster, London, England
general manager (For Leon M. Lion): Lambert, H.S., Mr.
stage manager (For Leon M. Lion) : Brooke, E. H., Mr.
producer : Lion, Leon M., Mr., 1879-1947
12.8.1925
NO 17
author : Farjeon, Joseph Jefferson, Mr., 1883-1955 (sometimes credited as J. Jefferson Farjeon or Jefferson Farjeon)
actor : Hannen, Nicholas, Mr., 1881-1972 (born Nicholas James Hannen)
actor : Simpson, Ronald, Mr., 1896-1957
actor : Brooke, E. H., Mr.
actor : Groves, Fred, Mr., 1880-1955
actor : Lindsay, James, Mr., 1869-1928
actor : Flower, F. Ambrose, Mr.
actor : Arkell, Elizabeth, Miss
actor : Swinburne, Nora, Miss, 1902-2000 (sometimes credited as Elinor Johnson or Elnora B. Johnson)
actor : Lion, Leon M., Mr., 1879-1947Photographs, notes etc.
"In association with Miss Mary Moore, Leon M. Lion presents...."
The cast list is accompanied by a description of the plot and photographs of the actors in character and in scenes from the play. In particular
UKC/PER/PLY/471925e
Play Pictorial, v.47, 1925, No.280Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, Catherine Street, Westminster, London, England
managing director : Butt, Alfred, Sir, 1878-1962
acting manager : Webb, Sidney F., Mr.
stage manager : Abingdon, William, Mr., 1888-1959
conductor : Finck, Herman, Mr., 1872-1939
producer : Edwardes, Felix, Mr., c.1871-1954
20.3.1925
ROSE MARIE
author : Harbach, Otto, Mr., 1873-1963
author : Hammerstein, Oscar, Mr., 1895-1960
lyricist : Harbach, Otto, Mr., 1873-1963
lyricist : Hammerstein, Oscar, Mr., 1895-1960
composer : Friml, Rudolf, Mr., 1879-1972
composer : Stothart, Herbert, Mr., 1885-1949
actor : Dunsmure, John, Mr.
actor : Hardwicke, Clarice, Miss
actor : Parsons, Percy, Mr., 1878-1944
actor : Gilmour, Brian, Mr.
actor : Cole, Michael, Mr.
actor : Nirska, Mira, Miss
actor : Merson, Billy, Mr., 1879-1947
actor : Oldham, Derek, Mr., 1892-1968
actor : Day, Edith, Miss, 1896-1971
actor : Chard, Marjorie, Miss
actor : Spelvin, George, Mr. (Traditional theatre pseudonym given to actors who wish to remain anonymous)Photographs, notes etc.
The cast list is accompanied by a description of the plot and photographs of the actors in character and in scenes from the play. In particular Billy Merson as Hard-Boiled Herman, J. Dunsmure as Sergeant Malone, Edith Day as Rose Marie, M. Cole as Emile la Flamme, Derek Oldham as Jim, P. Parsons as Black Eagle, Mira Nirska as Wanda, Brian Gilmour as Edward Hawley and Marjorie Chard as Ethel.
UKC/PER/PLY/471925f
Play Pictorial, v.47, 1925, No.282Winter Garden Theatre, Drury Lane, Westminster, London, England
licensee : Grossmith, George, Mr., 1874-1935 (son of author George Grossmith and brother of Lawrence Grossmith)
licensee : Malone, J. A. E., Mr., c.1860-1929 (manager and producer)
manager : Turner, Alfred, Mr.
stage director : Maynard, Charles A., Mr.
stage manager : King, F. Beeson, Mr.
musical director : Ansell, John, Mr.
scenery painter : Harker, Joseph, Mr.
scenery painter : Harker, Phil, Mr.
choreographer : Lee, Sammy, Mr.
producer : Edwardes, Felix, Mr., c.1871-1954
26.5.1925
TELL ME MORE
author : Thompson, Fred, Mr., 1884-1949
author : Wells, William K., Mr., c.1884-1956
composer : Gershwin, George, Mr., 1898-1937 (brother of Ira Gershwin)
lyricist : De Silva, B.G., Mr.
lyricist : Carter, Desmond, Mr., d.1939
lyricist : Gershwin, Ira, Mr., 1896-1983 (lyricist and songwriter, also known as Arthur Francis, brother of George Gershwin)
actor : Field, Dorothy, Miss
actor : Hamilton, George, Mr.
actor : Margetson, Arthur, Mr., 1887-1951
actor : Hulbert, Claude, Mr., 1900-1964 (born Claude Noel Hulbert, brother of Jack Hulbert)
actor : MacFarlane, Elsa, Miss, fl.1930s
actor : Lennox, Vera, Miss, 1904-1984
actor : Ryan, Bubbles, Miss
actor : Ashton, Queenie, Miss, 1903-1999
actor : Murray, Beryl, Miss
actor : Garton, Phyllis, Miss
actor : Aylmer, Geraldine, Miss
actor : Swinburne, Phyllis, Miss, fl.1920s
actor : Hall, Marjorie, Miss
actor : Shotter, Winifred, Miss, 1904-1996
actor : St. Leger, Margot, Miss
actor : Moore, Margaret, Miss, fl.1910s
actor : Palmer, Ada, Miss fl.1920s
actor : Arundell, Edward, Mr.
actor : Henson, Leslie, Mr., 1891-1957
actor : Croome, James, Mr.
actor : Schuster, Betty, Miss, fl.1930s
actor : O'Beare, Yvonne, Miss
actor : Thatcher, Heather, Miss
actor : Hawkes, Sylvia, Miss
actor : Barnby, Muriel, Miss
actor : Graham, Ernest, Mr.
actor : De Warfaz, George, Mr., 1889-1959
actor : Beaty, Peggy, Miss
actor : Alexander, William, Mr.
actor : Fane, Guy, Mr.Photographs, notes etc.
The cast list is accompanied by a description of the plot and photographs of the actors in character and in scenes from the play. In particular Arthur Margetson as Kenneth Dennison, Elsa MacFarlane as Peggy Van de Leur, Ada Palmer as Mrs Pennyfeather, Claude Hulbert as Billy, Vera Lennox as Bonnie, Sylvia Hawkes as Mamie, Muriel Barnby as Mrs Wallace, V. Alexander as the Waiter, George de Warfaz as the manager, Dorothy Field as Gertrude and Ernest Graham as Cyrus P. Tyler.
UKC/PER/PLY/481926
Play Pictorial, v.48, 1926, No.290Lyric Theatre, Shaftesbury Avenue, Westminster, London, England
licensee : Tibbetts, Frederick William, Mr.
general manager (for Herbert Clayton and Jack Waller) : Dawes, W. H., Mr.
stage manager (for Herbert Clayton and Jack Waller) : Hammond, Arthur, Mr.
manager (for Lyric Theatre) : Belsey, A. C., Mr.
producer : Mollison, William, Mr., 1893-1955 (British producer born James William Mollison)
16.3.1926
BEST PEOPLE, THE
author : Gray, David, Mr.
author : Hopwood, Avery, Mr., 1882-1928
actor : Watson, Henrietta, Miss
actor : France, C.V., (Charles Vernon), Mr., 1868-1949
actor : Swinburne, Nora, Miss, 1902-2000 (sometimes credited as Elinor Johnson or Elnora B. Johnson)
actor : Sands, Martin, Mr.
actor : Kove, Kenneth, Mr., c.1893-1965
actor : Hunter, Ian, Mr., 1900-1975 (South African born British actor)
actor : Gregory, Dora, Miss, 1872-1954
actor : Volpe, Frederick, Mr., 1865-1932
actor : Carme, Pamela, Miss
actor : Williams, Hugh, Mr., 1904-1969
actor : Sheridan, Reginald, Mr., fl.1920s-30s
actor : Lindo, Olga, Miss, 1899-1968
actor : Darrell, Maisie, Miss
actor : Irwin, Edward, Mr., fl.1920sPhotographs, notes etc.
The cast list is accompanied by a description of the plot and photographs of the actors in character and in scenes from the play. In particular Nora Swinburne as Marion Lennox, Ian Hunter as Henry Masters, C.V. France as Edward Lennox, Henrietta Watson as Mrs Lennox, F. Volpe as George Grafton, Hugh Williams as Bertie Lennox, Olga Lindo as Millie, Maisie Darrell as Alice and Martin Sands as Bullock.
UKC/PER/PLY/481926b
Play Pictorial, v.48, 1926, No.286Adelphi Theatre, Strand, Westminster, London, England
licensee : Fry, Horace, Mr.
licensee : Cooper, William, Mr.
proprietor : Gatti, John M., Sir, 1872-1929 (son of Agostino Gatti)
proprietor : Gatti, Rocco, Mr., 1874-1950 (son of Agostino Gatti)
scenery designer : Harker, Joseph, Mr.
scenery designer : Harker, Phil, Mr.
conductor : Prentice, Charles, Mr.
producer : Blackman, Fred J., Mr., b.1879 (actor, manager and producer)
1926
BETTY IN MAYFAIR
author : Turner, John Hastings, Mr., 1892-1956 (dramatic author and producer)
composer : Fraser-Simson, Harold, Mr., 1872-1944
lyricist : Graham, Harry, Mr., 1874-1936
actor : Brooking, Cecil, Mr.
actor : Faber, Leslie, Mr., 1879-1929
actor : Evans, Winifred, Miss, (daughter of circus performer Frederick William Evans)
actor : Halliday, Lena, Miss d.1937
actor : Mason, Lilian, Miss, fl.1919
actor : Laye, Evelyn, Miss, 1900-1996
actor : Leigh, Mary, Miss
actor : Margetson, Arthur, Mr., 1887-1951
actor : Hobbs, Jack, Mr., 1893-1968
actor : Fowler, Cecil, Mr.
actor : Stirling, Jean, Miss
actor : Munro, Mabel, Miss
actor : Pettitt, Freda, Miss
actor : Carrodus, Glae, Miss
actor : Bliss, Marjorie, Miss
actor : Stone, Louise, Miss
actor : Binner, Margery, Miss, 1910-
actor : King, Dolly, Miss
actor : Mason, Mary, Miss, c.1911-1980 (American actress)
actor : Hoskins, Margery, Miss
actor : Bebington, Kathleen, Miss
actor : Winship, Ruth, Miss, fl.1920s
actor : Clifford, Kathlyn, Miss
actor : Gilroy, Molly, Miss
actor : Richmond, Beatrice, Miss
actor : Clifford, Teresa, Miss
actor : Dean, Violette, Miss
actor : Evans, Ena, Miss
actor : Stackard, Beryl, Miss
actor : Starace, Dinka, Miss
actor : Baynes, Zane, Miss
actor : Burgis, Kathleen, Miss
actor : Seymour, Kenneth, Mr.
actor : Miller, Harold, Mr., 1894-1972 (American actor sometimes credited as Harold a. Miller)
actor : Roland, Eric, Mr., fl.1930s
actor : Boddy, Joseph, Mr.
actor : Mitchell, Roy, Mr.
actor : Startin, Geoffrey, Mr.
actor : Garry, Herbert, Mr.
actor : Fairhurst, Alfred, Mr.
actor : White, Dudley, Mr., fl.1920s
actor : Edgley, Lawrence, Mr.Photographs, notes etc.
The cast list is accompanied by a description of the plot and photographs of the actors in character and in scenes from the play. In particular Evelyn Laye as Betty, Leslie Faber as the Rev. John Head, Lena Halliday as Violet, Lilian Mason as Mrs Rooke-Walter, Winifred Evans as Mrs Head, Mary Leigh as Kitty, Arthur Margetson as Barnaby Haddon, Jack Hobbs as Bryan Ropes and Cecil Fowler as Withers.
UKC/PER/PLY/481926c
Play Pictorial, v.48, 1926, No.287St. Martin's Theatre, West Street, Cambridge Circus, Westminster, London, England
lessee : Meyer, Bertie Alexander, Mr., 1877-1967
general manager : Cohen, Harry I., Mr., b. 1891
producer : Clark, E. Holman, Mr., 1864-1925 (actor and producer)
23.11.1925
GHOST TRAIN, THE
author : Ridley, Arnold, Mr., 1896-1984
actor : Porter, Caleb, Mr., 1867-1940 (British actor father of Neil Porter)
actor : Mulcaster, G. H., Mr., 1891-1964 (British actor sometimes credited as George Mulcaster)
actor : Saville, Edith, Miss, fl.1920s-1960s
actor : Howes, Basil, Mr., b. 1901
actor : Davies, Edna, Miss
actor : Ffolliott, Gladys, Miss, 1879-1928
actor : Bird, Richard, Mr., 1894-1986 (sometimes credited as Dick Bird)
actor : Clare, Mary, Miss, 1894-1970
actor : Brook, Neville, Mr.
actor : Holman, Vincent, Mr., 1886-1962
actor : Meade, Harold, Mr., fl.1930s-40s
actor : Adams, Allan, Mr.Photographs, notes etc.
"The play originally produced by the late Holman Clark".
The cast list is accompanied by a description of the plot and photographs of the actors in character and in scenes from the play. In particular Edith Saville as Elsie Winthrop, G.H. Mulcaster as Richard Winthrop, Richard Bird as Teddy Deakin, Caleb Porter as Saul Hodgkin, Gladys Ffolliott as Miss Bourne, Basil Howes as Charles Murdoch, Edna Davies as Peggy Murdoch and Miss Mary Clare as Julia Price.
UKC/PER/PLY/481926d
Play Pictorial, v.48, 1926, No.289Winter Garden Theatre, Drury Lane, Westminster, London, England
licensee : Grossmith, George, Mr., 1874-1935 (son of author George Grossmith and brother of Lawrence Grossmith)
licensee : Malone, J. A. E., Mr., c.1860-1929 (manager and producer)
manager : Turner, Alfred, Mr.
stage director : Maynard, Charles A., Mr.
musical director : Ansell, John, Mr.
scenery painter : Harker, Joseph, Mr.
scenery painter : Harker, Phil, Mr.
choreographer : Farrell, Mary, Miss
producer : Darling, James, Mr.
2.2.1926
KID BOOTS
author : McGuire, William Anthony, Mr., 1885-1940
author : Harbach, Otto, Mr., 1873-1963
composer : Tierney, Harry, Mr., 1890-1965
lyricist : McCarthy, Joseph, Mr.
actor : Rawlins, W. H., Mr.
actor : Graham, Ernest, Mr.
actor : Hamilton, George, Mr.
actor : Hulbert, Claude, Mr., 1900-1964 (born Claude Noel Hulbert, brother of Jack Hulbert)
actor : Margetson, Arthur, Mr., 1887-1951
actor : Bellonini, Edna, Miss, 1882-1953
actor : Henson, Leslie, Mr., 1891-1957
actor : Beaty, Peggy, Miss
actor : Ashton, Queenie, Miss, 1903-1999
actor : Lennox, Vera, Miss, 1904-1984
actor : Wilson, Diana, Miss
actor : Haddon, Peter, Mr., 1898-1962
actor : Saunders, Guy, Mr.
actor : Farmer, Lelia, Miss
actor : Stone, Dorothea, Miss
actor : Eastley, Sybil, Miss
actor : Garton, Phyllis, Miss
actor : Swinburne, Phyllis, Miss, fl.1920s
actor : Murray, Beryl, Miss
actor : O'Beare, Yvonne, Miss
actor : Royle, Adele, Miss
actor : Cortland, Noel, Mr.
actor : Rodgers, Rex, Mr.
actor : Tasker, Billy, Mr.
actor : Daykin, Billy, Mr.
actor : Nash, Bert, Mr.
actor : Freear, Walter B., Mr.
actor : Croome, James, Mr.
actor : Rean, Mabel, Miss
actor : Hunter, Shelagh, Miss
actor : St. Leger, Margot, Miss
actor : Hall, Marjorie, Miss
actor : Dalziel, Daisy, Miss
actor : Blakeney, Violet, Miss
actor : Carlyon, Audrey, Miss
actor : Blake, Peggy, Miss
actor : Norris, Lilian, Miss
actor : Elliott, Betty, Miss
actor : Wilson, Vera, Miss, fl.1920s
actor : Daw, Dorothy, Miss
actor : O'Nolan, Bunty, Miss
actor : Ferrars, Elaine, Miss
actor : Haggerty, Violet, Miss
actor : Hayward, Phyllis, Miss
actor : Simpson, Ruby, Miss
actor : Dudley, Estelle, Miss
actor : Lascelles, Felice, Miss
actor : Andre, Lulu, Miss
actor : Moore, Margaret, Miss, fl.1910s
actor : Berryman, John, Mr.
actor : Werndley, Jackson, Mr., fl.1920s
actor : Morgan, Jack, Mr.
actor : Ives, Arthur, Mr.
actor : Whitlock, Fred, Mr., fl.1920s
actor : Neil, George A., Mr.
actor : Roslyn, Louis, Mr.
actor : Lennox, William, Mr.
actor : Coxen, Eric A., Mr.
actor : Kern, Stuart, Mr.Photographs, notes etc.
"George Grossmith & J.A.E. Malone present Florenz Ziegfeld's Production...."
The cast list is accompanied by a description of the plot and photographs of the actors in character and in scenes from the play. In particular Leslie Henson as Kid Boots, Arthur Margetson as Tom Sterling, Queenie Ashton as Carmen Mendoza, Edna Bellonini as Polly Pendleton, G. Hamilton as Harold Regan, Vera Lennox as Jane, Diana Wilson as Dr. Josephine Fitch, Claude Hulbert as Menlo Manville, Peter Haddon as Randolph Valentine, W.H. Rawlins as Peter Pillsbury and Ernest Graham as Herbert Pendleton.
UKC/PER/PLY/481926e
Play Pictorial, v.48, 1926, No.291Empire Theatre, Leicester Square, Westminster, London, England
managing director : Butt, Alfred, Sir, 1878-1962
manager : Barrett, Oscar jun., Mr., 1875-1941
scenery designer : Harker, Joseph, Mr.
scenery designer : Harker, Phil, Mr.
scenery builder : Brunskill, J., Mr.
conductor : Heuvel, Jacques, Mr.
producer : Edwardes, Felix, Mr., c.1871-1954
choreographer : Scheck, Max, Mr.
14.4.1926
LADY BE GOOD
author : Bolton, Guy, Mr., 1884-1979 (sometimes credited as H.B. Trevelyan)
author : Thompson, Fred, Mr., 1884-1949
composer : Gershwin, George, Mr., 1898-1937 (brother of Ira Gershwin)
lyricist : Gershwin, Ira, Mr., 1896-1983 (lyricist and songwriter, also known as Arthur Francis, brother of George Gershwin)
actor : Scott, Ewart, Mr.
actor : Beaumont, Glori, Miss
actor : Astaire, Fred, Mr., 1900-1987, (dancer and actor born Frederick Austerlitz)
actor : Astaire, Adele, Miss, 1898-1981 (sister and original dancing partner of Fred Astair, born Adele Marie Austerlitz )
actor : Stowell, Cyril, Mr.
actor : Vollaire, George, Mr., fl.1920s-30s
actor : Johnstone, Alec, Mr.
actor : Leslie, Sylvia, Miss, 1900-
actor : Kent, William, Mr., 1886-1945 (American born actor sometimes credited as William T. or William Thomas Kent)
actor : Russell, Irene, Miss, fl.1920s-30s
actor : Lee, Buddy, Mr.
actor : Emerton, Roy, Mr., 1893-1944 (British actor born Hugh Fitzroy Emerton)
actor : Warren, C. Denier, Mr., 1889-1971 (American actor sometimes credited as Denier Warren)Photographs, notes etc.
The cast list is accompanied by a description of the plot and photographs of the actors in character and in scenes from the play. In particular Fred Astaire as Dick, Adele Astaire as Susie, Cyril Stowell as the Policeman, George Vollaire as Jack, Buddy Lee as Jeff, Roy Emerton as Manuel Astrada, Sylvia Leslie as Josephine, Irene Russell as Shirley, Glori Beaumont as Daisy and Ewart Scott as Bertie.
UKC/PER/PLY/491926
Play Pictorial, v.49, 1926, No.142Adelphi Theatre, Strand, Westminster, London, England
licensee : Fry, Horace, Mr.
licensee : Cooper, William, Mr.
proprietor : Gatti, John M., Sir, 1872-1929 (son of Agostino Gatti)
proprietor : Gatti, Rocco, Mr., 1874-1950 (son of Agostino Gatti)
manager : Greenhill, Jack, Mr.
treasurer : Greenhill, Jack, Mr.
stage manager : Cross, Gerald, Mr.
scenery designer : Harker, Joseph, Mr.
scenery designer : Harker, Phil, Mr.
producer : Van Buren, A. H., Mr.
21.5.1926
ALOMA : A TALE OF THE SOUTH SEAS
author : Hymer, John B., Mr., 1875-1953
author : Clemens, LeRoy, Mr., d.1951
actor : Barton, Mary, Miss
actor : Raine, Jack, Mr., 1897-1979 (British actor sometimes credited as John Raine)
actor : Yarde, Margaret, Miss
actor : Farrell, Margaret, Miss
actor : Darbyshire, Iris, Miss
actor : Jeayes, Allan, Mr., 1885-1963
actor : West, H. St. Barbe, Mr., 1880-1935
actor : Buchanan, Ronald, Mr., fl.1920s
actor : Clement, Clay, Mr., 1888-1956 (American actorand founding member of the Screen Actors Guild)
actor : Stanton, Vera, Miss, fl.1930s
actor : Osborne, Vivienne, Miss, 1896-1961 (American silent film and Briadway actress born Vera Vivienne Spragg, and sometimes credited as Vivian Osborne)
actor : Poulton, A. G., Mr., fl. 1910s-30s
actor : Crocker, Harry, Mr., 1893-1958 (American actor sometimes credoted as Henry Croker)
actor : Lister, Francis, Mr., 1899-1951
actor : Alexander, Muriel, Miss
actor : Wilson, W. Cronin, Mr., d.1934Photographs, notes etc.
The cast list is accompanied by a description of the plot and photographs of the actors in character and in scenes from the play. In particular Clay Clement as Nuitane, Vivienne Osborne as Aloma, Mary Barton as Mrs Ridgley, Allan Jeayes as Mr. Ridgley, Jack Raine as Reginald, Margaret Yarde as Hina, Francis Lister as Bob Holden, H. St. Barbe Weste as Red Malloy, A.G. Poulton as Hongi, Henry Crocker as Andy Taylor, R. Buchanan as Shorty, Muriel Alexander as Sylvia Templeton and W. Cronin Wilson as Val Templeton.
UKC/PER/PLY/491926b
Play Pictorial, v.49, 1926, No.295Ambassadors Theatre, West Street, Shaftesbury Avenue, Westminster, London, England
licensee : Jay, John Herbert, Mr., 1871-1942
lessee : Harwood, Harold Marsh, Mr., 1874-1959 (dramatic author and manager)
general manager (for Regency Productions) : Barry, W.G., Captain
stage director (For Leon M. Lion) : Hilliard, Stafford, Mr., fl.1920s-40s
stage manager (For Leon M. Lion) : Gill, Paul, Mr., d.1934 (stage manager and actor)
producer : Lion, Leon M., Mr., 1879-1947
12.8.1926
ESCAPE
author : Galsworthy, John, Mr., 1867-1933
actor : Hannen, Nicholas, Mr., 1881-1972 (born Nicholas James Hannen)
actor : Jeans, Ursula, Miss, 1906-1973 (born Ursula McMinn)
actor : Freeman, Frank, Mr.
actor : Lester, Harold, Mr.
actor : Hardingham, Cyril, Mr.
actor : Lion, Leon M., Mr., 1879-1947
actor : Clifton, Gerard, Mr.
actor : Hilliard, Stafford, Mr., fl.1930-40s
actor : Kerr, Molly, Miss
actor : Konstam, Phyllis, Miss, 1907-1976
actor : Gill, Paul, Mr., d.1934 (stage manager and actor)
actor : Manning, Ethel, Miss
actor : Codrington, Ann, Miss, 1895-
actor : Freeman, Frank, Mr.
actor : Lester, Harold, Mr.
actor : Astell, Betty, Miss
actor : Halstan, Margaret, Miss, 1879-1967
actor : Trevor, Austin, Mr., 1897-1978Photographs, notes etc.
The cast list is accompanied by a description of the plot and photographs of the actors in character and in scenes from the play. In particular Nicholas Hannen as Matt Denant, Ursula Jeans as the Girl of the Town, Frank Freeman as the Plain Clothes Man and the Dartmoor Constable, Leon M. Lion as the Fellow Convict and an Old Gentleman, Molly Kerr as the Shingled Lady, Phyllis Konstam as a Maid, Ethel Manning as the Wife, Ann Codrington as the Sister and Miss Grace, Gerard Clifton as the Captain, Stafford Hilliard as the Man in Plus Fours, Betty Astell as the Little Girl, Margaret Halston as Miss Dora, Paul Gill as the Farmer and Austin Trevor as the Parson.
UKC/PER/PLY/491926c
Play Pictorial, v.49, 1926, No.294Apollo Theatre, Shaftesbury Avenue, Westminster, London, England
licensee : Fry, Horace, Mr.
licensee : Cooper, William, Mr.
stage director : McHugh, Frank, Mr., 1898-1981 (American vaudeville, stage and film actor who was born Francis Curray McHugh)
stage manager : Buckmaster, Charles, Mr.
acting manager (for Apollo Theatre) : Woods, Ernest, Mr., 1887-1942 (sometimes credited as Ernest D., or Ernie Wood, Ernest or Ernie Woods)
treasurer (for Apollo Theatre) : Woods, Ernest, Mr., 1887-1942 (sometimes credited as Ernest D., or Ernie Wood, Ernest or Ernie Woods)
producer : Boothe, Earle, Mr.
15.2.1926
IS ZAT SO?
author : Gleason, James, Mr., 1882-1959 (American actor and writer)
author : Taber, Richard, Mr., 1885-1957 (American actor and writer sometimes credited as Richard Tabor)
actor : Armstrong, Robert, Mr.
actor : McHugh, Frank, Mr., 1898-1981 (American vaudeville, stage and film actor who was born Francis Curray McHugh)
actor : Bushell, Anthony, Mr., 1904-1997
actor : Brandon-Thomas, Amy, Miss, 1890-1974
actor : Relph, George, Mr., 1888-1960
actor : Wallace, Jo, Miss, fl.1920s-30s
actor : Curzon, George, Mr., 1898-
actor : Crossland, Marjorie, Miss
actor : Dearing, Peter, Mr.
actor : Mannering, Gwen, Miss
actor : Grey, R. Heaton, Mr.
actor : Perry, Jack, Mr., 1895-1971
actor : Williamson, Betty, Miss, fl.1920s
actor : Buckmaster, Charles, Mr.Photographs, notes etc.
The cast list is accompanied by a description of the plot and photographs of the actors in character and in scenes from the play. In particular George Relph as Fitz, Amy Brandon-Thomas as Sue, Anthony Bushell as C. Clinton Blackburn, James Gleason as Hap, Robert Armstrong as Chick, George Curzon as Robert Parker, Marjorie Crossland as Marie Mestretti, Peter Dearing as Jimmy, Jack Perry as John Duffy, Jo Wallace as Florence and Gwen Mannering as Mrs Hobart.
UKC/PER/PLY/491926d
Play Pictorial, v.49, 1926, No.297Palace Theatre, Cambridge Circus, Westminster, London, England
managing director : Cochran, Charles B. (Blake), Sir, 1872-1951
business manager : Sargisson, F.R., Mr.
stage manager : Wigley, John, Mr.
choreographer : Espinosa
choreographer : Espinosa, Kelland
producer : Mollison, William, Mr., 1893-1955 (British producer born James William Mollison)
21.10.1926
PRINCESS CHARMING
author : Wimperis, Arthur, Mr., 1874-1953
author : Wylie, Lauri, Mr., fl. 1920
composer : Szirmai, Albert, Mr., 1880-1967
lyricist : Wimperis, Arthur, Mr., 1874-1953
actor : Gawthorne, Peter, Mr., 1884-1962 (Irish born actor)
actor : Clifton, Bernard, Mr., 1902-1970
actor : Redcott, Eileen, Miss
actor : Berry, W. H., Mr., 1870-1951 (West End musical-comedy star, born William Henry Berry
actor : Clarke, John, Mr.
actor : Melville, Winnifred, Miss, c.1910-1950
actor : Nodin, Gerald, Mr., fl.1930s-50s
actor : Delysia, Alice, Miss, 1889-1979
actor : Willard, Edmund, Mr., 1885-1956
actor : Penrose, Charles, Mr., 1876-1952
actor : Grossmith, George, Mr., 1874-1935 (son of author George Grossmith and brother of Lawrence Grossmith)
actor : O'Bryen, Edward, Mr.
actor : Graham, Ernest, Mr.Photographs, notes etc.
The cast list is accompanied by a description of the plot and photographs of the actors in character and in scenes from the play. In particular Miss Winnie Melville as Princess Elaine of Novia, John Clarke as Captain Torelli, B. Clifton as Commander De Celto, Eileen Redcott as Marie, Peter Gawthorne as Baron Sigman, Edmund Willard as Lieutenant Ivanoff, W.H. Berry as Albert Chuff, Miss Alice Delysia as Countess Wanda Navaro, Mr. George Grossmith as King Christian II of Sylvania, E. O'Bryen as the Aide-de-Camp, C. Penrose as the Lord Chamberlain and E. Graham as the Attorney-General.
UKC/PER/PLY/491926e
Play Pictorial, v.49, 1926, No.292Wyndham's Theatre, Charing Cross Road, Westminster, London, England
lessee : Curzon, Frank, Mr., 1868-1927
general manager : Vaughan, T. B., Mr.
stage manager : Lovell, W. T., Mr., b.1884
acting manager : Houston, J.E., Mr.
producer : Du Maurier, Gerald, Sir, 1873-1934 (son of author George L. Du Maurier)
1.5.1926
RINGER, THE
author : Wallace, Edgar, Mr., 1875-1932 (dramatic author and novelist)
actor : Banks, Leslie, Mr., 1890-1952
actor : Bruce, Nigel, Mr., 1895-1953
actor : Stanley, Eric, Mr., fl.1930s
actor : Harker, Gordon, Mr., 1885-1967
actor : Dyall, Franklin, Mr., 1874-1950
actor : Faber, Leslie, Mr., 1879-1929
actor : Dickson, Dorothy, Miss, 1893-1995
actor : Hicks, Betty, Miss
actor : Forbes, Henry, Mr.
actor : Stratton, Arthur, Mr., fl.1920s-30s (sometimes credited as Art Stratton)
actor : Raymond, Harry, Mr.
actor : Jacob, Naomi, Miss
actor : Arlton, Frank J., Mr., (sometimes credited as F.J. or Frank Arlton
actor : Blakelock, Alban, Mr., c.1900-1966
actor : Ring, Fred W., Mr.
actor : Gilbert, Robert, Mr.Photographs, notes etc.
The cast list is accompanied by a description of the plot and photographs of the actors in character and in scenes from the play. In particular
UKC/PER/PLY/491926f
Play Pictorial, v.49, 1926, No.296Winter Garden Theatre, Drury Lane, Westminster, London, England
licensee : Gaunt, William Clifford, Mr., 1873-1942
general manager : Turner, Alfred, Mr.
stage director : Maynard, Charles A., Mr.
musical director : Orellana, I. A. de, Mr.
scenery painter : Harker, Joseph, Mr.
scenery painter : Harker, Phil, Mr.
choreographer : Lee, Sammy, Mr.
producer : Ritter, William, Mr.
31.8.1926
TIP-TOES
author : Bolton, Guy, Mr., 1884-1979 (sometimes credited as H.B. Trevelyan)
author : Thompson, Fred, Mr., 1884-1949
composer : Gershwin, George, Mr., 1898-1937 (brother of Ira Gershwin)
lyricist : Gershwin, Ira, Mr., 1896-1983 (lyricist and songwriter, also known as Arthur Francis, brother of George Gershwin)
actor : Thomas, Evan, Mr.
actor : Bryer, Vera, Miss
actor : Stack, Eileen, Miss
actor : Kirby, John, Mr., fl.1920s
actor : Cliff, Laddie, Mr., 1891-1962 (actor and manager)
actor : Dickson, Dorothy, Miss, 1893-1995
actor : Francis, Leslie, Mr.
actor : Kearns, Allen, Mr., 1894-1956 (Canadian actor sometimes credited as Allen B. Kearns)
actor : Neville, Leonard, Mr.
actor : Beaty, Peggy, Miss
actor : McLean, Rita, Miss
actor : Newnham, Betty, Miss
actor : Bellamy, Sonia, Miss
actor : Fitzgerald, Marie, Miss
actor : Dalmayne, Jack, Mr.
actor : Holmes, Lena, Miss
actor : Brown, Nora, Miss
actor : Dalmaine, Jewell, MissPhotographs, notes etc.
The cast list is accompanied by a description of the plot and photographs of the actors in character and in scenes from the play. In particular Miss Dorothy Dickson as Tip-Toes, Vera Bryer as Sylvia, Evan Thomas as Rollo, Laddie Cliff as Al Kaye, John Kirby as Hen Kaye, L. Francis as the Porter, Allen Kearns as Steve Burton, Miss Peggy Beaty as Binnie Brighton and Lovey Lee as Denise.
UKC/PER/PLY/501927
Play Pictorial, v.50, 1927, No.298Savoy Theatre, Savoy Place, Strand, Westminster, London, England
lessee : Courtneidge, Robert, Mr., 1859-1939
general manager : Hull, Leslie, Mr.
set designer : Fagan, James Bernard, Mr., 1873-1933(Producing manager and dramatic author)
composer : Hughes, Herbert, Mr.
producer : Fagan, James Bernard, Mr., 1873-1933(Producing manager and dramatic author)
1926
AND SO TO BED
author : Fagan, James Bernard, Mr., 1873-1933(Producing manager and dramatic author)
actor : Jeayes, Allan, Mr., 1885-1963
actor : Gwenn, Edmund, Mr., 1875-1959 (Welsh actor born Edmund Kellaway)
actor : Gordon, Edmund, Mr.
actor : Clark, Alfred, Mr.
actor : Samson, Ivan, Mr., 1894-1963 (British actor sometimes credited as Ivan Sampson)
actor : Smith, Reginald, Mr., fl.1930s-60s
actor : Poulton, D., Mr.
actor : Shaw, Lewis, Mr., 1910-1987 (acted from childhood)
actor : Harding, Leslie, Mr.
actor : Bourne, Halsey, Mr.
actor : Napier, Alan, Mr., 1903-1988 (British actor born Alan Napier-Clavering)
actor : Royal, Edmund, Mr.
actor : Astor, H., Mr.
actor : Arnaud, Yvonne, Miss, 1892-1958
actor : Grey, Mary, Miss
actor : De Legh, Kitty, Miss
actor : Evans, Gwendolen, Miss
actor : Williams, Emma, Miss
actor : Price, Betty, Miss
actor : Harter, Gwen, Miss
actor : O'Doherty, Mignon, Miss, 1890-1961Photographs, notes etc.
The lessors are the "Executors of H.B. Irving (deceased)".
The play was "First produced at the Queen's, 6th September, 1926."
There is a note underneath a photograph of Mrs Knight and Mrs Pepys stating, "Dresses worn by Miss Mary Grey and Mdlle. Yvonne Arnaud, designed and executed by Madame Hayward, 67 & 68, New Bond Street, W."
The cast list is accompanied by a description of the plot and photographs of the actors in character and in scenes from the play. In particular Mary Grey as Mrs Knight, M. O'Doherty as Julia, E. Williams as Doll, Alfred Clark as Pelling, Gwendolen Evans as Mrs Knepp, Kitty de Legh as Mrs Pierce, Ivan Samson as Pelham Humphrey, D. Poulton as W. Caesar, L. Shaw as the Boy, Allan Jeayes as Charles and Reginald Smith as Prodgers.
UKC/PER/PLY/501927b
Play Pictorial, v.50, 1927, No.300New Theatre, St. Martin's Lane, Westminster, London, England
manager : Moore, Mary Charlotte, Miss, 1861-1931 (Lady Wyndham)
producer : Dean, Basil, Mr., 1888-1978
14.9.1926
CONSTANT NYMPH, THE
author : Kennedy, Margaret, Miss, 1896-1967
author : Dean, Basil, Mr., 1888-1978
actor : Gielgud, John, Sir, 1904-2000
actor : Clare, Mary, Miss, 1894-1970
actor : Lambert, Muriel, Miss
actor : Ney, Marie, Miss, 1895-1981
actor : Mather, Aubrey, Mr., 1885-1958
actor : Best, Edna, Miss, 1900-1974 (English stage, screen and T.V. actress born Edna Hove, whose 2nd husband was Herbert Marshall, and daughter the actress Sarah Marshall)
actor : Spencer, Helen, Miss
actor : Kent, Kenneth, Mr., 1892-1963 (British actor sometimes credited as Keneth Kent)
actor : Landi, Elissa, Miss, 1904-1948 (Italian actress born Elizabeth Marie Christine Kühnelt, sometimes credited as Mady Francis)
actor : De Lungo, Tony, Mr., 1892-
actor : Clarke, Elsie, Miss
actor : Nesbitt, Cathleen, Miss, 1888-1982 (British actress sometimes credited as Kathleen Nesbitt)
actor : Parker, Cecil, Mr., 1897-1971
actor : Scott, Harold, Mr., 1891-1964
actor : Sieveking, Margot, Miss, fl.1930s
actor : Sherry, Craighall, Mr.
actor : Gabain, Marjorie, Miss
actor : Graham, Claud, Mr.
actor : Boulton, Guy Pelham, Mr.
actor : Garry, Charles, Mr.
actor : Wade, Philip, Mr., b.1896 (Actor and writer)
actor : Yarde, Margaret, MissPhotographs, notes etc.
The cast list is accompanied by a description of the plot and photographs of the actors in character and in scenes from the play. In particular John Gielgud as Lewis Dodd, Edna Best as Teresa Sanger, Aubrey Mather as Trigorin, Mary Clare as Linda, Cathleen Nesbitt as Florence Churchill, Cecil Parker as Dr. Churchill, Keneth Kent as Jacob, Elsie Clarke as Susan, Tony De Lungo as Roberto and Margaret Yarde as Madame Marxse.
UKC/PER/PLY/501927c
Play Pictorial, v.50, 1927, No.301St. James's Theatre, King Street, Piccadilly, London, England
licensee : Vaughan, T. B., Mr.
lessee : Miller, Gilbert Heron, Mr., 1884-1969
business manager : Lane, Elliot, Mr.
stage director : Chown, Herbert, Mr.
stage manager : Whittaker, Allan, Mr.
producer : Du Maurier, Gerald, Sir, 1873-1934 (son of author George L. Du Maurier)
29.1.1927
INTERFERENCE
author : Pertwee, Roland, Mr., 1885-1963 (actor and dramatic author)
author : Dearden, Harold, Mr., 1882-1962
actor : Du Maurier, Gerald, Sir, 1873-1934 (son of author George L. Du Maurier)
actor : Loder, Basil, Mr.
actor : Marshall, Herbert, Mr., 1890-1966
actor : Steerman, A. Harding, Mr., fl.1910s-1930s (sometimes credited as Harding Steerman)
actor : Lawton, Frank, Mr., 1904-1969 (British actor)
actor : Trevor, Spencer, Mr.
actor : Waring, Herbert, Mr., 1857-1932
actor : McLean, Archibald, Mr.
actor : MacFarlane, John, Mr., fl.1920s
actor : Wright, J. Smith, Mr.
actor : Yarborough, Barton, Mr., 1900-1951 (American actor sometimes credited as Barton Yarbrough)
actor : MacGill, Moyna, Miss, 1895-1975 (Irish born actress sometimes credited as Moyna Magill )
actor : Moore, Betty, Miss, fl.1929
actor : Clark, Marjory, Miss
actor : Moore, Hilda, Miss, c.1886-1929 (British actress)
actor : Harwood, Florence, MissPhotographs, notes etc.
The cast list is accompanied by a description of the plot and photographs of the actors in character and in scenes from the play. In particular Moyna MacGill as Faith Marlay, Gerald Du Maurier as Sir John Marlay, Betty Moore as Barbara Marlay, Basil Loder as Douglas Helder, Herbert Marshall as Philip Voaze, Miss Hilda Moore as Deborah Kane, Frank Lawton as Fred, Spencer Trevor as Dr. Puttock and Marjory Clark as Mrs Rooke.
UKC/PER/PLY/501927d
Play Pictorial, v.50, 1927, No.303Comedy Theatre, Panton Street, Haymarket, London, England
licensee : Nettlefold, Archibald, Mr.
general manager : Gibbons, Arthur, Mr.
producer : Bach, Reginald, Mr., 1886-1941 (actor and producer)
1927
JOKER, THE
author : Scott, Noel, Mr.
actor : Eadie, Dennis, Mr., 1869-1928 (actor manager)
actor : Lindsay, James, Mr., 1869-1928
actor : McNally, John, Mr.
actor : Wilson, W. Cronin, Mr., d.1934
actor : Pierce, Norman, Mr., b.1900
actor : Woods, M., Mr., fl.1920s
actor : Blandford, Douglas, Mr.
actor : Stanley, Victor, Mr., 1892-1939 (sometimes credited as S. Victor Stanley)
actor : Rayner, Minnie, Miss, 1869-1941
actor : Titmuss, Phyllis, Miss, 1900-1946Photographs, notes etc.
The play was "Produced At The Royalty Theatre, 19th January, 1927."
The cast list is accompanied by a description of the plot and photographs of the actors in character and in scenes from the play. In particular Mr. Dennis Eadie as Peter Carstairs, James Lindsay as Major Borwick, Phyllis Titmuss as Jill Vane, Norman Pierce as Hemming, John McNally as Rogers, W. Cronin Wilson as Arthur Mainwaring and S. Victor Stanley as Scruby.
UKC/PER/PLY/501927e
Play Pictorial, v.50, 1927, No.302Playhouse Theatre, Northumberland Avenue, Westminster, London, England
lessee : Curzon, Frank, Mr., 1868-1927
general manager : Vaughan, T. B., Mr.
business manager : Patrick, William, Mr., fl.1920s
stage manager : Waller, J. Wallett, Mr.
producer : Du Maurier, Gerald, Sir, 1873-1934 (son of author George L. Du Maurier)
1927
LETTER, THE
author : Maugham, W. Somerset (William Somerset), Mr., 1874-1965
actor : Faber, Leslie, Mr., 1879-1929
actor : Bruce, Nigel, Mr., 1895-1953
actor : Carr, George, Mr.
actor : Warmington, S. J., Mr.
actor : Raglan, James, Mr., 1901-1961
actor : Poulton, A. G., Mr., fl. 1910s-30s
actor : Harris, Clare, Miss, c.1890-1949
actor : Lind, Marian, Miss
actor : Ling, Ching, Miss
actor : Mills, Thomas R., Mr., 1878-1953 (English actor sometimes credited as Thomas, Thom or Tom Mills)
actor : Cooper, Gladys, Dame, 1888-1971
actor : Chong, Mr.
actor : Ping, Low, Mr.
actor : Tai, Lun Kun, Mr., fl.1920s
actor : Kin, Chong, Mr.
actor : Sing, See Yong, Mr.
actor : Kei, Chong Ah, Mr.Photographs, notes etc.
The cast list is accompanied by a description of the plot and photographs of the actors in character and in scenes from the play. In particular
UKC/PER/PLY/501927f
Play Pictorial, v.50, 1927, No.299Theatre Royal, Haymarket, Westminster, London, England
licensee : Watson, Horace, Mr., 1867-1934
manager : Watson, Horace, Mr., 1867-1934
general manager (for Barry V. Jackson) : Phillips, Cyril, Mr., b.1894
stage manager : La Trobe, Charles, Mr.
acting manager : Watson, Stuart, Mr.
scenery designer : Shelving, Paul, Mr., c.1889-1968
producer : Ayliff, H.K., (Henry Kiell), Mr., 1872-1968
3.11.1926
YELLOW SANDS
author : Phillpotts, Eden, Mr., 1862-1960
author : Phillpotts, Adelaide, Miss, 1896-1996 (British writer sometimes credited as Adelaide Eden Phillpotts)
composer : Irving, Ernest, Mr., 1878-1953
actor : Hardwicke, Cedric, Sir, 1893-1964
actor : Lyel, Viola, Miss, 1900-1972
actor : Richardson, Ralph, Sir, 1902-1983
actor : Vosper, Frank, Mr., 1899-1937 (actor and dramatist)
actor : Petley, Edward, Mr.
actor : Hewitt, Muriel, Miss
actor : Veness, Amy, Miss
actor : Richmond, Susan, Miss, 1894-1959
actor : Wills, Alice, Miss, fl.1920s
actor : Wills, Drusilla, Miss
actor : Nicholson, H.O., Mr., fl.1911Photographs, notes etc.
The cast list is accompanied by a description of the plot and photographs of the actors in character and in scenes from the play. In particular Viola Lyel as Emma Major, Ralph Richardson as Arthur Varwell, Cedric Hardwicke as Dick Varwell, Frank Vosper as Joe Varwell, Muriel Hewitt as Lydia Blake, Susan Richmond as Jenifer Varwell, Edward Petley as Thomas Major, Amy Veness as Mary Varwell, H.O. Nicholson as Mr. Baslow, Alice and Drusilla Wills as Minnie as Nelly Masters and Amy Veness as Mary.
UKC/PER/PLY/511927
Play Pictorial, v.51, 1927, No.305Prince of Wales Theatre, Coventry Street, Westminster, London, England
proprietor : Bruce, Tonie Edgar, Miss, 1892-1966 (actress daughter of Edgar Bruce, sometimes credited as Mrs. Barron)
lessee : Charlot, André, M., 1882-1956 (actor, director and producer)
licensee : Charlot, André, M., 1882-1956 (actor, director and producer)
business manager :
stage manager : Wallace, Albert, Mr.
manager (for Andre Charlot) : Harris, O.D., Mr.
conductor : Prentice, Charles, Mr.
producer : Hulbert, Jack, Mr., 1892-1978 (actor, writer and director, brother of Claude Hulbert)
10.5.1927
BLUE TRAIN, THE
author : Arkell, Reginald, Mr., 1882-1959
author : Titheradge, Dion, Mr., 1889-1934 (dramatic author and actor)
composer : Stolz, Robert, Mr., 1880-1975
composer : St. Helier, Ivy, Miss, 1886-1971 (born Ivy Aitchison)
lyricist : Arkell, Reginald, Mr., 1882-1959
actor : Coxon, Eric, Mr., fl.1920s
actor : Malone, Pat, Mr., fl.1940s
actor : Raine, Jack, Mr., 1897-1979 (British actor sometimes credited as John Raine)
actor : Margetson, Arthur, Mr., 1887-1951
actor : Cameron, James, Mr.
actor : Debenham, Cicely, Miss
actor : Howes, Bobby, Mr., 1895-1972 (father of Sally Ann Howes)
actor : Fleck, Vera, Miss
actor : Elsie, Lily, Miss, 1886-1962
actor : Ford, Henry, Mr., 1863-1947
actor : Bird, Aida, Miss
actor : Strathmore, Herbert, Mr.
actor : Becke, Eve, Miss
actor : Bellamy, Sonia, Miss
actor : Burke, Billie, Miss, 1885-1970 (daughter of clown Billy Burke, born Mary William Ethelbert Appleton Burke)
actor : Carlisle, Esme, Miss
actor : Costello, Catherine, Miss
actor : Dale, Lucile, Miss
actor : Bliss, Marjorie, Miss
actor : Dalziel, Daisy, Miss
actor : Evans, Ena, Miss
actor : Ford, Winnie, Miss
actor : Francis, Eileen, Miss
actor : French, Betty, Miss
actor : Havell, Betty, Miss
actor : Hewlett, Margaret, Miss
actor : Lynn, Mary, Miss
actor : MacLaren, Alison, Miss
actor : Ormonde, Violet, Miss
actor : Prowse, Elinor, Miss
actor : Russell, Lilian, Miss, fl.1920s
actor : Slee, Elma, Miss, fl.1930s
actor : Stack, Eileen, Miss
actor : Whelan, Yvonne, Miss, fl.1920s
actor : Wilson, Anne, Miss
actor : Ablett, Norman V., Mr.
actor : Dalmayne, Jack, Mr.
actor : Devore, Alex, Mr.
actor : Howard, Bernard, Mr.
actor : Hyde, Reginald, Mr.
actor : Murdoch, Richard, Mr., 1907-1990 (sometimes credited as Richard 'Stinker' Murdoch)
actor : Mitchell, Roy, Mr.
actor : Le Roy, Fred, Mr.
actor : Strathmore, Herbert, Mr.Photographs, notes etc.
The cast list is accompanied by a description of the plot and photographs of the actors in character and in scenes from the play. In particular Lily Elsie as Eileen Mayne, Bobby Howes as Freddy Royce, James Cameron as Ernest, Pat Malone as Mollie Drew, Jack Raine as the Hon. Harold Green or Bunny, Cicely Debenham as Josephine Jones and Arthur Margetson as Lord Antony Stowe.
UKC/PER/PLY/511927b
Play Pictorial, v.51, 1927, No.304Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, Catherine Street, Westminster, London, England
proprietor : Butt, Alfred, Sir, 1878-1962
scenery designer : Harker, Joseph, Mr.
scenery designer : Harker, Phil, Mr.
conductor : Finck, Herman, Mr., 1872-1939
choreographer : Connolly, Robert, Mr.
producer : Schwab, Laurence, Mr., 1893-1956 (American author and producing manager)
7.4.1927
DESERT SONG, THE
author : Hammerstein, Oscar, Mr., 1895-1960
author : Harbach, Otto, Mr., 1873-1963
author : Mandel, Frank, Mr., 1884-1958
composer : Romberg, Sigmund, Mr., 1887-1951
actor : Pointer, Sidney, Mr., d.1955
actor : Pierce, Edgar, Mr., fl.1930s (sometimes credited as J.Edgar Pierce)
actor : Heatherley, Clifford, Mr., 1888-1937
actor : Gerrard, Gene, Mr., 1892-1971 (British actor born Eugene Morris Sullivan)
actor : Mackay, Barry, Mr., 1906-1985 (sometimes credited as Barry Mackay)
actor : Brune, Phebe, Miss
actor : Atkins, Alfred, Mr.
actor : Crocker, Gordon, Mr.
actor : Day, Edith, Miss, 1896-1971
actor : Mackay, Leonard, Mr.
actor : Welchman, Harry, Mr., 1886-1966
actor : Hardwicke, Clarice, Miss
actor : Rhoda, Sybil, Miss, b.1902 (British dancer and actress born Sybil Fowler)
actor : Hoey, Dennis, Mr., 1893-1960
actor : Minetti, Maria, Miss, d.1971
actor : Morriss, Ruby, Miss
actor : Woodville, A. Caton, Mr., fl.1910s-20sPhotographs, notes etc.
The cast list is accompanied by a description of the plot and photographs of the actors in character and in scenes from the play. In particular Miss Edith Day as Margot, Harry Welchman as the Red Shadow, Gene Gerrard as Bennie, Clarice Hardwicke as Susan, Maria Minetti as Clementina, Dennis Hoey as Ali Ben Ali and Leonard Mackay as General Birabeau.
UKC/PER/PLY/511927c
Play Pictorial, v.51, 1927, No.308Palace Theatre, Cambridge Circus, Westminster, London, England
managing director : Cochran, Charles B. (Blake), Sir, 1872-1951
general manager : Dawes, W. H., Mr.
business manager : Sargisson, F.R., Mr.
stage manager : Wigley, John, Mr.
choreographer : Scheck, Max, Mr.
producer : Mollison, William, Mr., 1893-1955 (British producer born James William Mollison)
8.9.1927
GIRL FRIEND, THE
author : Weston, Robert P., Mr., 1878-1936
author : Lee, Bert, Mr., 1880-1946
composer : Conrad, Con, Mr., 1891-1938
composer : Kahn, Gus, Herr, 1886-1941
composer : Rodgers, Richard, Mr., 1902-1979
composer : Hart, Lorenz, Mr., 1895-1943 (American lyricist sometimes credited as Larry Hart)
actor : Trimmingham, Ernest, Mr.
actor : Allgood, Sara, Miss, 1879-1950
actor : Smith, Sebastian, Mr., 1869-1948 (British actor sometimes credited as J.Sebastian Smith)
actor : Bourchier, Molly, Miss
actor : Moloney, Sheila, Miss
actor : Royston, Roy, Mr., 1899-1976
actor : Brown, Louise, Miss
actor : Haig, Emma, Miss
actor : Gee, George, Mr., 1895-1959
actor : le Breton, Flora, Miss, b.1898 (British actress sometimes credited as Flora Le Breton, or Flora LeBreton)
actor : Clifton, Bernard, Mr., 1902-1970
actor : Willis, Hal, Mr., fl.1920s
actor : Mollison, Clifford, Mr., 1897-1986 (brother of Henry Mollison)
actor : Hope, Evelyn, Miss, d.1966
actor : Novack, Susan, Miss
actor : Sydney, Mel, Miss, fl.1920s
actor : Emery, Polly, Miss, 1875-1958 (British actress sometimes credited as Pollie Emery)Photographs, notes etc.
The cast list is accompanied by a description of the plot and photographs of the actors in character and in scenes from the play. In particular Roy Royston as Robert Mason, Louise Brown as Kitty Brown, Sebastian Smith as Mr. Burke, Sara Allgood as Mrs Burke, Emma Haig as Jennie, George Gee as Jerry, Clifford Mollison as Dennison, Bernard Clifton as Phillip, Flora Le Breton as Miss Wendell, Hal Willis as Johnny, Evelyn Hope as Mrs Dennison, Clifford Mollison as Mr. Dennison and Polly Emery as Mary.
UKC/PER/PLY/511927d
Play Pictorial, v.51, 1927, No.307Kingsway Theatre, Great Queen Street, Holburn, London, England
licensee : Littler, Frank Rolison, Mr., c.1880-1940 (father of Prince and Emile Littler)
stage manager : Harlow, John, Mr., 1896- (British director, writer, producer, and actor)
acting manager : Shipper, Arthur, Mr.
assistant stage manager : Phelps, Edmund S., Mr.
21.4.1927
MARIGOLD
author : Harker, L. Allen (Lizzie Allen), Miss, 1863-1933
author : Pryor, F. R., Mr.
actor : Lowson, Agnes, Miss
actor : Barton, Mary, Miss
actor : Johnson, Katie, Miss
actor : Cadell, Jean, Miss, 1884-1967
actor : Baddeley, Angela, Miss, 1904-1976
actor : Beresford, Edmond, Mr.
actor : Wilson, Beatrice, Miss, 1880-1943 (actress, producer & a.s.m.)
actor : Harben, Hubert, Mr.
actor : Wells, Deering, Mr., 1896-1961
actor : Stewart, Athole, Mr., 1879-1940
actor : Harlow, John, Mr., 1896- (British director, writer, producer, and actor)
actor : Stevenson, Alan, Mr.
actor : Ireland, Laurence, Mr., fl.1920s
actor : Clark, Perceval, Mr.Photographs, notes etc.
"The Play Presented by arrangement with the Executor of the late Charles Garvice at the Kingsway Theatre, April 21st, 1927."
The cast list is accompanied by a description of the plot and photographs of the actors in character and in scenes from the play. In particular Miss Jean Cadell as Mrs Pringle, Katie Johnson as Sarita Dunlop, Mary Barton as Valencia Dunlop, Angela Baddeley as Marigold, Beatrice Wilson as Mdme. Marly, Hubert Harben as James Payton, Athole Stewart as Major Andrew Sellar, Deering Wells as Lieutenant Archie Forsyth, Alan Stevenson as Sir Nigel Lumsden, Edmund Beresford as Peter Gloag and Perceval Clark as the Queen's Equerry.
UKC/PER/PLY/511927e
Play Pictorial, v.51, 1927, No.306Winter Garden Theatre, Drury Lane, Westminster, London, England
manager (for Mr. Russell Janney) : Turner, Alfred, Mr.
stage director (for Mr. Russell Janney) : Maynard, Charles A., Mr.
musical director (for Mr. Russell Janney) : Heuvel, Jacques, Mr.
general musical director (for Mr. Russell Janney) : Heindl, Anton, Mr.
stage designer : Boleslavsky, Richard, Mr.
scenery painter : Harker, Joseph, Mr.
scenery painter : Harker, Phil, Mr.
producer : Treskoff, Olga, Miss
producer : Janney, Russell, Mr., 1884-1963 (American manager and producer)
19.4.1927
VAGABOND KING, THE
author : Post, William H., Mr.
author : Hooker, Brian, Mr.,1880-1946
composer : Friml, Rudolf, Mr., 1879-1972
lyricist : Post, William H., Mr.
lyricist : Hooker, Brian, Mr.,1880-1946
actor : Mather, Donald, Mr.
actor : Barrett, Frank Wilson, Mr. (sometimes credited as F.Wilson Barrett)
actor : Kinnaird, Helen, Miss
actor : Willoughby, Valerie, Miss, fl.1920s
actor : Bryant, Ivy, Miss
actor : Kidd, William, Mr.
actor : Blaney, Norah, Miss
actor : Lester, Mark, Mr., b.1876
actor : Ewart, Stephen T., Mr.
actor : Saintsbury, H. A., Mr., 1869-1939 (actor and dramatic author)
actor : Oldham, Derek, Mr., 1892-1968
actor : Melville, Winnie, Miss, c.1895-1937
actor : Kelsey, Franklin, Mr., fl.1930s
actor : Collier, Frederick, Mr.
actor : De Coninck, Henry, Mr.
actor : Eley, Betty, Miss
actor : Ennor, Hubert, Mr.
actor : Sharland, Gus, Mr., fl.1930s
actor : Carello, Jean, Miss
actor : Brett, Kathleen, Miss
actor : Robertson, Letty, Miss, fl.1920s
actor : Earle, Edward, Mr., 1882-1972 (Canadian born actor, sometimes credited as Eddie Earle)
actor : Fry, Rachel, Miss
actor : Rosslyn, Christine, Miss
actor : Evans, David, Mr.
actor : Wheatley, Richard, Mr., fl.1920s
actor : McQueen, Robert, Mr.Photographs, notes etc.
The cast list is accompanied by a description of the plot and photographs of the actors in character and in scenes from the play. In particular Miss Winnie Melville as Katherine de Vaucelles, Mark Lester as Guy Taberie, S.T. Ewart as Tristan L'Hermite, Helen Kinnaird as Margot, H.A. Saintsbury as Louis XI, Derek Oldham as Francois Villon, Norah Blaney as Huguette du Hamel, Franklyn Kelsey as Thibaut, F. Collier as the Captain of Archers, Betty Eley as Lady Mary, Gus Sharland as Oliver, Gwen Noel as the Dancer and H. Ennor as Noel.
UKC/PER/PLY/521927
Play Pictorial, v.51, 1927, No.309His Majesty's Theatre, Haymarket, Westminster, London, England
proprietor : Benson, Joseph, Mr.
licensee : Gaunt, William Clifford, Mr., 1873-1942
manager : Harrap, Ernest, Mr.
musical director : Wood, Arthur, Mr.
stage manager : Bellew, Alfred, Mr.
choreographer : Lee, Sammy, Mr.
stage designer : Ritter, William, Mr.
21.9.1927
OH! KAY!
author : Bolton, Guy, Mr., 1884-1979 (sometimes credited as H.B. Trevelyan)
author : Wodehouse, P. G. (Pelham Grenville), Mr., 1881-1975
composer : Gershwin, George, Mr., 1898-1937 (brother of Ira Gershwin)
lyricist : Gershwin, Ira, Mr., 1896-1983 (lyricist and songwriter, also known as Arthur Francis, brother of George Gershwin)
actor : McLean, Rita, Miss
actor : Nugent, Reita, Miss
actor : Dodge, Beth, Miss
actor : Dodge, Betty, Miss
actor : Hulbert, Claude, Mr., 1900-1964 (born Claude Noel Hulbert, brother of Jack Hulbert)
actor : Dalmayne, Jack, Mr.
actor : French, Harold, Mr., 1897-1997 (British stage and film actor and director)
actor : Harmon, April, Miss
actor : Kirby, John, Mr., c.1932-1973 (Australian born actor)
actor : Coxon, Eric, Mr., fl.1920s
actor : Lawrence, Gertrude, Miss, 1898-1952
actor : Parsons, Percy, Mr., 1878-1944
actor : Cautley, Charles, Mr.Photographs, notes etc.
The cast list is accompanied by a description of the plot and photographs of the actors in character and in scenes from the play. In particular Miss Gertrude Lawrence as Lady Kay, Harold French as Jimmy, John Kirby as Shorty, April Harmon as Constance, Claude Hulbert as the Duke, Percy Parsons as the Revenue Officer, Eric Coxon as Larry Potter, Charles Cautley as Judge Appleton, Rita McLean as Molly and Jack Dalmayne as the Assistant Revenue Officer.
UKC/PER/PLY/521928
Play Pictorial, v.52, 1928, No.315Piccadilly Theatre, Denman Street, Westminster, London, England
licensee : Laurillard, Edward, Mr., 1870-1936
general manager : Harris, O.D., Mr.
stage director : Maynard, Charles A., Mr.
stage manager : Beswick, Bert, Mr.
musical director : Russell, Kennedy, Mr.
press representative : Lawrence, Vincent, Mr.
scenery designer : Harker, Joseph, Mr.
scenery designer : Harker, Phil, Mr.
choreographer : Leslie, Fred A., Mr.
producer : Harwood, John, Mr., 1876-1944 (actor and stage director)
1928
BLUE EYES
author : Bolton, Guy, Mr., 1884-1979 (sometimes credited as H.B. Trevelyan)
author : John, Graham, Mr., b.1887
composer : Kern, Jerome David, Mr., 1885-1945
lyricist : Bolton, Guy, Mr., 1884-1979 (sometimes credited as H.B. Trevelyan)
lyricist : John, Graham, Mr.
actor : Glyn, Trevor, Mr.
actor : Newman, Stanley, Mr.
actor : Black, William, Mr.
actor : Ackroyd, Carlito, Mr.
actor : Gwyther, Geoffrey, Mr., c.1890-1944
actor : La Touche, Edmund, Mr.
actor : Livesey, Barrie, Mr.,(born Barry Livesey, son of Sam Livesey, brother of Roger Livesey and Jack Livesey)
actor : Baird, Ethel, Miss, fl.1920
actor : Berry, W. H., Mr., 1870-1951 (West End musical-comedy star, born William Henry Berry
actor : Laye, Evelyn, Miss, 1900-1996
actor : O'Bryen, Edward, Mr.
actor : Williams, Philip D., Mr., fl.1920s
actor : Vollaire, George, Mr., fl.1920s-30s
actor : Cecil, Sylvia, Miss
actor : Newman, Stanley, Mr.
actor : Millidge, Henry, Mr.
actor : Whittle, Cyril, Mr., fl.1920s
actor : Wallis, Bertram, Mr., 1874-1952
actor : Lucas, Arthur, Mr.
actor : Black, William, Mr.
actor : Newman, Stanley, Mr.
actor : La Touche, Edmund, Mr.
actor : Simons, Gerald, Mr.
actor : Brandon-Thomas, Amy, Miss, 1890-1974Photographs, notes etc.
The cast list is accompanied by a description of the plot and photographs of the actors in character and in scenes from the play. In particular Geoffrey Gwyther as Sir George Fairmont, Evelyn Laye as Nancy Bellamy, Carlito Ackroyd as Jennie, Ethel Baird as Moll, Philip D. Williams as Lord George Murray, Edward O'Bryen as Prince Charles Edward, W.H. Berry as Henry Pilbeam, Barrie Livesey as Captain Pickering, Bertram Wallis as the Duke of Cumberland, Stanley Newman as Gavin, Sylvia Cecil as Flora Campbell, George Vollaire as James Bellamy, Philip D. Williams as Dr. Johnson, Amy Brandon-Thomas as Lady Featherstone, Arthur Lucas as David Garrick, William Black as Colley Cibber and Henry Millidge as Cornet Copley.
UKC/PER/PLY/521928b
Play Pictorial, v.52, 1928, No.310Queen's Theatre, Shaftesbury Avenue, Westminster, London, England
licensee : Butt, Alfred, Sir, 1878-1962
acting manager : Davis, James, Mr.
stage director : Peirce, Ernest, Mr.
stage manager : Vivian, Herbert, Mr.
scenery designer : Harker, Joseph, Mr.
scenery designer : Harker, Phil, Mr.
producer : Van Buren, A. H., Mr.
1928
CRIME
author : Shipman, Samuel, Mr., d.1937
author : Hymer, John B., Mr., 1875-1953
actor : Seegar, Miriam, Miss, b. 1909 (American actress sometimes credited as Miriam Seeger or Segar)
actor : Hayes, Albert, Mr.
actor : Spring, Joy, Miss
actor : Jack, Stephen, Mr., fl.1930s-1970s
actor : Maybee, Roderick, Mr.
actor : Mills, Grant, Mr.
actor : Hymer, Edgar Warren, Mr.
actor : Wayne, Mildred, Miss, fl.1920s-30s
actor : Ross, Arthur, Mr.
actor : West, Regina, Miss
actor : Mannering, Cecil, Mr., fl.1910s-30s
actor : Kimball, Louis, Mr., 1889-1936 (American actor)
actor : Hatch, Frank, Mr.
actor : Blake, Billy, Mr.
actor : Lackaye, Wilton junr., Mr., 1902-1977
actor : Moran, Harold, Mr.
actor : Carey, Frank, Mr.
actor : Turner, Syd, Mr., fl.1920s
actor : Murray, Dolores, Miss, fl.1930s
actor : Leigh, Barbara, Miss
actor : Floyd, Percy, Mr.
actor : Tobert, Ben, Mr., fl.1920s
actor : Pickering, W., Mr.
actor : Spenlove, Joseph, Mr.
actor : Blake, B., Mr.
actor : Mercer, Winifred, Miss
actor : Wilson, Ernie, Mr., fl.1920s
actor : Flower, F. Ambrose, Mr.
actor : Ashley, Phyll, Miss
actor : Spring, Joy, Miss
actor : Chisholm, Arthur, Mr.
actor : Jack, Stephen, Mr., fl.1930s-1970s
actor : Chisholm, Arthur, Mr.
actor : Cosgrove, Douglas, Mr.
actor : Maybee, Roderick, Mr.
actor : Donnelly, Russell, Mr.Photographs, notes etc.
The cast list is accompanied by a description of the plot and photographs of the actors in character and in scenes from the play. In particular Louis Kimball as Eugene Fenmore, Mildred Wayne as Dorothy Palmer, Miriam Seegar as Annabelle, Arthur Chisholm as the Captain, Stephen Jack as Lietenant Tierney and Roderick Maybee as Officer Tony.
UKC/PER/PLY/521928c
Play Pictorial, v.52, 1928, No.314Daly's Theatre, Cranbourne Street, Leicester Square, Westminster, London, England
licensee : Paget, Cecil, Mr.
stage manager : Harris, George, Mr.
stage director : Miller, David, Mr., 1871-1933
stage manager : Peirce, Douglas, Mr.
musical director : Prentice, Charles, Mr.
ballet mistress : Gadd, Renee, Miss
choreographer : Hulbert, Jack, Mr., 1892-1978
scenery designer : Harker, Joseph, Mr.
scenery designer : Harker, Phil, Mr.
producer : Harwood, John, Mr., 1876-1944 (actor and stage director)
1928
LADY MARY
author : Lonsdale, Frederick, Mr., 1881-1954 (Grandfather of Edward Fox, James Fox and Robert Fox)
author : Turner, John Hastings, Mr., 1892-1956 (dramatic author and producer)
composer : Sirmay, Albert, Mr., b.1882
lyricist : Graham, Harry, Mr., 1874-1936
actor : Bryer, Vera, Miss
actor : Matthews, Lester, Mr., 1900-1975 (British actor sometimes credited as Lester Mathews)
actor : Raine, Jack, Mr., 1897-1979 (British actor sometimes credited as John Raine)
actor : Field, Dorothy, Miss
actor : Grossmith, George, Mr., 1874-1935 (son of author George Grossmith and brother of Lawrence Grossmith)
actor : Mundin, Herbert, Mr., 1898-1939 (British born theatre and film actor)
actor : Gilliland, Helen, Miss, 1897-1942
actor : Cavanagh, Paul, Mr., 1888-1964 (sometimes credited as Paul Cavanaugh)
actor : Dolman, Richard, Mr., 1895-1978
actor : Weguelin, Thomas, Mr.Photographs, notes etc.
The cast list is accompanied by a description of the plot and photographs of the actors in character and in scenes from the play. In particular Helen Gilliland as Lady Mary, Paul Cavanagh as Richard Howe, George Grossmith as Hatpin Pinge, Herbert Mundin as Waghorn, Dorothy Field as Lady Elizabeth, Lester Matthews as James Wayne, Jack Raine as Henry Reade, Vera Bryer as Esther, Richard Dolman as George Rollat and Thomas Weguelin as Pointer.
UKC/PER/PLY/521928d
Play Pictorial, v.52, 1928, No.313St. James's Theatre, King Street, Piccadilly, London, England
licensee : Vaughan, T. B., Mr.
lessee : Miller, Gilbert Heron, Mr., 1884-1969
business manager : Lane, Elliot, Mr.
stage director : Chown, Herbert, Mr.
stage manager : Whittaker, Allan, Mr.
producer : Du Maurier, Gerald, Sir, 1873-1934 (son of author George L. Du Maurier)
1928
S.O.S
author : Ellis, Walter W., Mr., 1874-1956
actor : Du Maurier, Gerald, Sir, 1873-1934 (son of author George L. Du Maurier)
actor : Marshall, Herbert, Mr., 1890-1966
actor : Waring, Herbert, Mr., 1857-1932
actor : Curzon, George, Mr., 1898-
actor : Humphreys, Griffith, Mr., fl.1930s
actor : Mainwaring, Ernest, Mr., 1876-1965
actor : Steerman, A. Harding, Mr., fl.1910s-1930s (sometimes credited as Harding Steerman)
actor : Mantell, Denis, Mr.
actor : Fields, Gracie, Dame, 1898-1979 (British comdienne, singer and actress, born Grace Stansfield)
actor : Stockfeld, Betty, Miss, 1905-1956
actor : Wilson, Grace, MissPhotographs, notes etc.
The cast list is accompanied by a description of the plot and photographs of the actors in character and in scenes from the play. In particular Mr. Herbert Waring as Mr. Cobb, Miss Gracie Fields as Lady Weir, Sir Gerald du Maurier as Owen Heriot, Grace Wilson as Effie Wright, Griffith Humphreys as Inspector Marsh, A. Harding Steerman as Brent and Miss Betty Stockfield as Judy.
UKC/PER/PLY/521928e
Play Pictorial, v.52, 1928, No.312Ambassadors Theatre, West Street, Shaftesbury Avenue, Westminster, London, England
licensee : Jay, John Herbert, Mr., 1871-1942
lessee : Harwood, Harold Marsh, Mr., 1874-1959 (dramatic author and manager)
general manager (for Regency Productions, Ltd.) : Barry, W.G., Captain
acting manager (for Leon M. Lion) : Koop, Charles, Mr.
stage director (for Leon M. Lion) : Hilliard, Stafford, Mr., fl.1920s-40s
stage manager (for Leon M. Lion) : Andrews, Julian, Mr.
press representative (for Leon M. Lion) : Titterton, W.R., Mr.
conductor : Sennoi, Jacques, Mr.
producer : Lion, Leon M., Mr., 1879-1947
1928
TWO WHITE ARMS
author : Dearden, Harold, Mr., 1882-1962
actor : Nares, Owen, Mr., 1888-1943 (actor and producer)
actor : Kerr, Molly, Miss
actor : Fairbrother, Sydney, Miss, 1872-1941 (born Miss Sydney Tapping)
actor : Vanne, Marda, Miss
actor : Carson, Charles, Mr., 1886-1977
actor : Andrews, Julian, Mr.
actor : Harvey, Frank, Mr., d. 1903
actor : Roose, Olwen, Miss, fl.1920s-30s
actor : Bruce, Nigel, Mr., 1895-1953Photographs, notes etc.
The cast list is accompanied by a description of the plot and photographs of the actors in character and in scenes from the play. In particular Mr. Owen Nares as Cary Liston, Charles Carson as Dr. Kissack Berghersh, Marda Vanne as Lydia Charrington, Olwen Roose as Trixie, Nigel Bruce as Mac, Frank Harvey as Mullins and Sydney Fairbrother as Mrs Drury.
UKC/PER/PLY/521928f
Play Pictorial, v.52, 1928, No.311New Theatre, St. Martin's Lane, Westminster, London, England
licensee : Moore, Mary Charlotte, Miss, 1861-1931 (Lady Wyndham)
business manager (for the Wyndham Theatres, Ltd.) : Knight, J.W.J., Mr.
general manager (for E.J. Carroll and Harry I. Cohen) : Loring, Norman, Mr., 1888-1967 (actor, producing manager and producer)
stage director (for E.J. Carroll and Harry I. Cohen) : Owen, Fred V., Mr.
effects director (for E.J. Carroll and Harry I. Cohen) : Johnston, Paul, Mr.
stage manager (for E.J. Carroll and Harry I. Cohen) : Lake, Walter C., Mr.
producer : Collins, Sewell, Mr., b. 1876 (American born producer, dramatic author and journalist)
1928
WRECKER, THE
author : Ridley, Arnold, Mr., 1896-1984
author : Merivale, Bernard, Mr., 1882-1939
actor : Howard, Norah, Miss, 1901-1968
actor : Sparrow, Ivy, Miss
actor : Davies, Edna, Miss
actor : Bertram, Frank, Mr., 1871-1941
actor : Mulcaster, G. H., Mr., 1891-1964 (British actor sometimes credited as George Mulcaster)
actor : Elton, George, Mr.
actor : Roughwood, Owen, Mr., 1876-1947
actor : Powell, Vaughan, Mr., fl.1930s
actor : Holman, Vincent, Mr., 1886-1962
actor : Kent, Kenneth, Mr., 1892-1963 (British actor sometimes credited as Keneth Kent)
actor : Drake, Fabia, Miss, 1904-1990
actor : Young, Arthur, Mr.
actor : Ross, Herbert, Mr., 1865-1934
actor : Byrne, J. Adrian, Mr.Photographs, notes etc.
The cast list is accompanied by a description of the plot and photographs of the actors in character and in scenes from the play. In particular G.H. Mulcaster as Roger Doyle, Edna Davies as Mary Shelton, Ivy Sparrow as Milly, Norah Howard as Gladys, Frank Bertram as Noah Twemblett, George Elton as Joshua Barney, Vaughan Powel as the Clerk, Vincent Holman as Inspector Ratchett, Owen Roughwood as Sir Gervaise, Fabia Drake as Lady Beryl Metchley, Keneth Kent as Chester Kyle, Arthur Young as Alf and Herbert Ross as Skeet.
UKC/PER/PLY/531928
Play Pictorial, v.53, 1928, No.320Playhouse Theatre, Northumberland Avenue, Westminster, London, England
lessee : Cooper, Gladys, Dame, 1888-1971
manager : Patrick, William, Mr., fl.1920s
stage director : Waller, J. Wallett, Mr.
scenery designer : Fraser, J.A., Mr.
1929
EXCELSIOR
author : Armont, Paul, Mr.
author : Gerbidon, Marcel, Mr., b.1868
actor : Jacob, Naomi, Miss
actor : Baddeley, Hermione, Miss, 1906-1986
actor : Cooper, Gladys, Dame, 1888-1971
actor : Blakelock, Denys, Mr., 1901-1970
actor : Thesiger, Ernest, Mr., 1879-1961
actor : Bruce, Nigel, Mr., 1895-1953
actor : Cooper, Doris, Miss
actor : Stewart, Athole, Mr., 1879-1940
actor : Dilworth, David, Mr.
actor : Mills, Thomas R., Mr., 1878-1953 (English actor sometimes credited as Thomas, Thom or Tom Mills)
actor : Brough-Robertson, H., Mr.Photographs, notes etc.
The cast list is accompanied by a description of the plot and photographs of the actors in character and in scenes from the play. In particular Miss Gladys Cooper as Ginette, Denys Blakelock as Robert, Naomi Jacob as Madame Bernoux, Hermione Baddeley as Amelie, Ernest Thesiger as Stanislas, Nigel Bruce as Labaune, David Dilworth as Auguste, Doris Cooper as Berthe, Athole Stewart as Racinet and Tom Mills as Marc.
UKC/PER/PLY/531928b
Play Pictorial, v.53, 1928, No.316Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, Catherine Street, Westminster, London, England
producer : Edwardes, Felix, Mr., c.1871-1954
choreographer : Scheck, Max, Mr.
conductor : Finck, Herman, Mr., 1872-1939
1929
SHOW BOAT
author : Hammerstein, Oscar, Mr., 1895-1960
composer : Kern, Jerome David, Mr., 1885-1945
lyricist : Hammerstein, Oscar, Mr., 1895-1960
actor : Martin, Jack, Mr. fl.1920s
actor : Clive, Colin, Mr., 1900-1937 (British stage and film actor born Colin Clive-Greig)
actor : Hearne, Fred, Mr., fl.1915-1948
actor : Hunter, Alberta, Miss, 1895-1984 (black American actress)
actor : Compton, Viola, Miss, 1886-1971 (sister of Fay and Francis Compton)
actor : Hardwicke, Cedric, Sir, 1893-1964
actor : Lena, Dorothy, Miss
actor : Sarony, Leslie, Mr., 1897-1985 (Entertainer famous for his comedy, songs and patter)
actor : Thomas, Henry, Mr., fl.1920s
actor : Burke, Marie, Mrs., 1894-1988 (mother of actress and singer Patricia Burke, born Marie Rosa Holt)
actor : Worster, Howett, Mr., fl.1920s
actor : Parsons, Percy, Mr., 1878-1944
actor : Day, Edith, Miss, 1896-1971
actor : Robeson, Paul, Mr., 1898-1976
actor : Wallace, William, Mr., fl.1920s
actor : Willard, Alec J., Mr.
actor : Hill, Felix, Mr.
actor : Emerton, Roy, Mr., 1893-1944 (British actor born Hugh Fitzroy Emerton)
actor : Crocker, Gordon, Mr.
actor : Gadsden, Lenore, Miss
actor : Dereham, Cecil, Mr.
actor : Yarde, Margaret, Miss
actor : Thomas, Kathleen, Miss, fl.1920s
actor : Cole, Michael, Mr.
actor : Stuart, Will, Mr.
actor : Webster, Walter, Mr., fl.1920s
actor : Smith, Norris, Mr.
actor : Brown, Nancy, Miss, 1910- (Australian born actress)
actor : Lovat, Peggy, Miss
actor : Barbour, Ann, MissPhotographs, notes etc.
"Mississippi Chorus led and directed by John Payne".
The cast list is accompanied by a description of the plot and photographs of the actors in character and in scenes from the play. In particular Howett Worster as Ravenal, Miss Edith Day as Magnolia, Marie Burke as Julie, Colin Clive as Stephen Baker, Paul Robeson as Joe, Dorothy Lena as Ellie, Leslie Sarony as Frank, Percy Parsons as Sheriff Vallon and Michael Cole as Jake. Interspersed amongst the photographs are lyrics to songs entitled, "Ol' Man River" and "Bill".
UKC/PER/PLY/531928c
Play Pictorial, v.53, 1928, No.321His Majesty's Theatre, Haymarket, Westminster, London, England
proprietor : Benson, Joseph, Mr.
licensee : Gaunt, William Clifford, Mr., 1873-1942
conductor : Fletcher, Percy Eastman, Mr., 1879-1932
producer : Hulbert, Jack, Mr., 1892-1978 (actor, writer and director, brother of Claude Hulbert)
1929
SONG OF THE SEA
author : Wimperis, Arthur, Mr., 1874-1953
author : Wylie, Lauri, Mr., fl. 1920
composer : Künneke, Eduard, Herr, 1885-1953
lyricist : Wimperis, Arthur, Mr., 1874-1953
actor : Massey, Ronald, Mr.
actor : Mackay, Leonard, Mr.
actor : Elsie, Rita, Miss
actor : Verno, Jerry, Mr., b.1895
actor : Hulbert, Claude, Mr., 1900-1964 (born Claude Noel Hulbert, brother of Jack Hulbert)
actor : Davies, Lilian, Miss
actor : Holloway, Stanley, Mr., 1890-1982
actor : Leigh, Mary, Miss
actor : Baskcomb, A.W., Mr. (comic actor, father of Betty Baskcomb)
actor : Hoey, Dennis, Mr., 1893-1960
actor : Mackay, Leonard, Mr.
actor : Hare, Winifred, MissPhotographs, notes etc.
"The Entire Production under the supervision of The Daniel Mayer Company".
The cast list is accompanied by a description of the plot and photographs of the actors in character and in scenes from the play. In particular Miss Lilian Davies as Nancy, Stanley Holloway as Lietenant Richard Manners R.N., Claude Hulbert as Bob Blake, Leonard Mackay as Sandro, Mary Leigh as Kitty, A.W. Baskcomb as Peter Pettigrew, Jerry Verno as Wilkins, Polly Ward as Susan, Dennis Hoey as Sir William Candysshe, Winifred Hare as the Princess of Pisa and Leonard Mackay as the Admiral.
UKC/PER/PLY/531928d
Play Pictorial, v.53, 1928, No.319Winter Garden Theatre, Drury Lane, Westminster, London, England
licensee : Gaunt, William Clifford, Mr., 1873-1942
general manager : Brightman, Stanley, Mr., 1888-1961(producing manager and dramatic author)
manager (for Mr. William C. Gaunt) : Turner, Alfred, Mr.
choreographer : Rivers, Max, Mr.
producer : Henson, Leslie, Mr., 1891-1957
1929
SO THIS IS LOVE
author : Lupino, Stanley, Mr., 1894-1942 (son of Geroge Lupino and Florence Webster, brother of Barry Lupino)
author : Rigby, Arthur, Mr., 1900-1971 (sometimes credited as Arthur Rigby Jr.)
composer : Brody, Hal, Mr.
lyricist : Carter, Desmond, Mr., d.1939
pianist : Clarke, Jack, Mr.
pianist : Hedley, H. B., Mr.
pianist : Myddleton, George, Mr.
actor : Rolph, Dudley, Mr., fl.1930s
actor : Flower, Gilly, Miss
actor : Nugent, Reita, Miss
actor : Leslie, Sylvia, Miss, 1900-
actor : Cliff, Laddie, Mr., 1891-1962 (actor and manager)
actor : Ritchard, Cyril, Mr., 1897-1977 (Australian actor born Cyril Trimmell-Ritchard sometimes credited as Cyrill Ritchard)
actor : Elliott, Madge, Miss, 1898-1955
actor : Wallis, Walter E., Mr., fl.1920s
actor : Lupino, Stanley, Mr., 1894-1942 (son of Geroge Lupino and Florence Webster, brother of Barry Lupino)
actor : Emerald, Connie, Miss, 1892-1959
actor : Locke, Ewart, Mr.
actor : Hall, William, Mr.
actor : Lord, Frederick, Mr.
actor : Croome, James, Mr.Photographs, notes etc.
The cast list is accompanied by a description of the plot and photographs of the actors in character and in scenes from the play. In particular Gilly Flower as Billie St. John, Dudley Rolph as Guy Steeple, Laddie Cliff as Hap J. Hazzard, Sylvia Leslie as Kitty Carleton, Cyril Ritchard as the Hon. Peter Malden, Madge Elliott as Pamela Stuart, Connie Emerald as Minnie Griggs, Stanley Lupino as Potiphar Griggs, Ewart Locke as Lord Tiny Tyneside, Reita Nugent as Cherry Carleton, William Hall as James Doherty, Freddie Lord as Onyx Mugge and James Croome as Hap's page.
UKC/PER/PLY/531928e
Play Pictorial, v.53, 1928, No.317London Hippodrome, Leicester Square, Westminster, London, England
managing director : Gillespie, Richard Henry, Mr., b.1878
manager : Boor, Frank, Mr.
choreographer : Buchanan, Jack, Mr., 1891-1957
scenery builder : Brunskill, J., Mr.
producer : Buchanan, Jack, Mr., c.1881-1957
1929
THAT'S A GOOD GIRL
author : Furber, Douglas, Mr., 1885-1961
composer : Charig, Phil, Mr., 1902-1960 (American composer and songwriter sometimes credited as Philip Charig)
composer : Meyer, Joseph, Mr., 1894-1987
lyricist : Furber, Douglas, Mr., 1885-1961
lyricist : Gershwin, Ira, Mr., 1896-1983 (lyricist and songwriter, also known as Arthur Francis, brother of George Gershwin)
lyricist : Carter, Desmond, Mr., d.1939
actor : Herald, Walter, Mr.
actor : Grey, Fred, Mr.
actor : Kendall, William, Mr., b.1903
actor : Randolph, Elsie, Miss, 1904-1982 (British singer and comedienne who was the on screen partner of Jack Buchanan)
actor : Berlyn, Ivan, Mr., c.1874-1934
actor : Barratt, Tom, Mr.
actor : Pearce, Vera, Miss, 1896-1966 (Australian born stage actress and singer)
actor : Newell, Raymond, Mr.,fl.1934
actor : Buchanan, Jack, Mr., 1891-1957
actor : Russell, Leonard, Mr.
actor : Andrews, Maidie, Miss
actor : Cutler, Kate, Miss, 1870-1955
actor : Barratt, Tom, Mr.Photographs, notes etc.
The cast list is accompanied by a description of the plot and photographs of the actors in character and in scenes from the play. In particular Jack Buchanan as Bill Barrow, Vera Pearce as Sunya Berata, Raymond Newell as Francis Moray, Kate Cutler as Helen, Leonard Russell as Malone, Elsie Randolph as Joy, William Kendall as Timothy, Ivan Berlyn as Canzone and Maidie Andrews as Moya.
UKC/PER/PLY/531928f
Play Pictorial, v.53, 1928, No.318London Pavilion, Piccadilly, London, England
producer : Cochran, Charles B. (Blake), Sir, 1872-1951
choreographer : Rivers, Max, Mr.
conductor : Irving, Ernest, Mr., 1878-1953
pianist : Hutchinson, Leslie, Mr.
22.3.1928
THIS YEAR OF GRACE
author : Coward, Noel, Sir, 1899-1973
composer : Coward, Noel, Sir, 1899-1973
lyricist : Coward, Noel, Sir, 1899-1973
actor : Groves, Fred, Mr., 1880-1955
actor : Hayes, Tommy, Mr.
actor : Hale, Sonnie, Mr., 1902-1959 (born John Robert Hale-Munro, son of Robert Hale and sister of Binnie Hale)
actor : Shaw, Billy, Mr., fl.1910s
actor : Aubrey, Madge, Miss
actor : Codrington, Ann, Miss, 1895-
actor : Lister, Lance, Mr.
actor : Byng, Douglas, Mr., 1893- 1987
actor : Matthews, Jessie, Miss, 1907-1981
actor : Graham, Sheila, Miss
actor : Nugent, Moya, Miss, c.1901-1954
actor : Olive, Nora, Miss
actor : Cooper, Melville, Mr., 1896-1973
actor : Le Roy, Fred, Mr.
actor : Grant, Eddie, Mr.
actor : Coventry, Edward, Mr.
actor : Shields, Syd, Mr.
actor : Snowball
actor : Fielder, Nancy, Miss
actor : Warren, Arthur, Mr., fl.1920s
actor : Stafford, Cecil, Mr.
actor : Ruby, Paula, Miss
actor : Devine, Lauri, Miss
actor : Cavanagh, William, Mr.
actor : Gay, Maisie, Miss, 1883-1945
dancer : Losch, Tilly, Fraulein, 1904-1975 (Viennese dancer born Ottilie Ethel Losch who married 6th Earl of Carnarvon)
dancer : Devine, Lauri, Miss
dancer : Barry, Jean, Miss
dancer : Holland, Jack, Mr.Photographs, notes etc.
"Dances and ensembles by Max Rivers with the exception of Polka and Waltz Finale (Part 1), 'Gothic', 'Arabesque' and 'Spanish Fantasy' which are by Tilly Losch".
The cast list is accompanied by a description of the plot and photographs of the actors in character and in scenes from the play. In particular Miss Jessie Matthews, Fred Groves, Lance Lister, Ann Codrington, Joan Clarkson, Maisie Gay, Lauri Devine, William Cavanagh, Sonnie Hale in various roles in the Revue.
UKC/PER/PLY/541929
Play Pictorial, v.54, 1929, No.324Winter Garden Theatre, Drury Lane, Westminster, London, England
licensee : Cooper, William, Mr.
general manager (The Winter Garden Theatre, Ltd.) : Turner, Alfred, Mr.
stage director : Maynard, Charles A., Mr.
musical director : Jones, Julian, Mr.
choreographer : Connolly, Robert, Mr.
producer : Edwardes, Felix, Mr., c.1871-1954
1928 ?
FUNNY FACE
author : Thompson, Fred, Mr., 1884-1949
author : Smith, Paul Girard, Mr., 1894-1968 (American writer sometimes credited as Gerard Smith, Paul Gerard Smith or Paul Smith)
composer : Gershwin, George, Mr., 1898-1937 (brother of Ira Gershwin)
lyricist : Gershwin, Ira, Mr., 1896-1983 (lyricist and songwriter, also known as Arthur Francis, brother of George Gershwin)
actor : Page, Rita, Miss, 1905-1954
actor : Gadd, Renee, Miss, 1906-2003 (Argentinian born dancer and actress)
actor : Henson, Leslie, Mr., 1891-1957
actor : Francis, Stephen, Mr.
actor : Atkins, Alfred, Mr.
actor : Astaire, Fred, Mr., 1900-1987, (dancer and actor born Frederick Austerlitz)
actor : Astaire, Adele, Miss, 1898-1981 (sister and original dancing partner of Fred Astair, born Adele Marie Austerlitz )
actor : McNally, John, Mr.
actor : Howard, Sydney, Mr., 1885-1946
actor : Clifton, Bernard, Mr., 1902-1970
actor : Cartwright, Harry, Mr.
actor : Dalmayne, Jack, Mr.
actor : Brown, Esme, MissPhotographs, notes etc.
The cast list is accompanied by a description of the plot and photographs of the actors in character and in scenes from the play. In particular Adele Astaire as Frankie Wynne, Fred Astaire as Jimmy Reeve, Leslie Henson as Dugsie Gibbs, Renee Gadd as June, Rita Page as Dora, John McNally as Chester, Sydney Howard as Herbert, Bernard Clifton as Peter, Sydney Howard as Herbert, Harry Cartwright as the Hotel Clerk and Fred Atkins as the Sergeant of Police.
UKC/PER/PLY/541929b
Play Pictorial, v.54, 1929, No.325Savoy Theatre, Savoy Place, Strand, Westminster, London, England
licensee : D'Oyly Carte, Rupert, Mr., 1844-1901
lessee : Killick, C. Egerton, Mr., 1891-1967
lessee : Payne-Jennings, Victor, Mr., 1900-1962
general manager : Hamilton, Clifford, Mr.
conductor : Braham, Philip, Mr., 1881-1934
producer : Whale, James, Mr., 1896-1957 (actor, producer and designer)
1928 ?
JOURNEY'S END
author : Sherriff, R. C. (Robert Cedric), Mr., 1896-1975
actor : Smith, Reginald, Mr., fl.1930s-60s
actor : Zucco, George, Mr.
actor : Field, Alexander, Mr., 1892-1971
actor : Evans, Maurice, Mr., 1901-1989 (British born classical actor)
actor : Clive, Colin, Mr., 1900-1937 (British stage and film actor born Colin Clive-Greig)
actor : Cooper, Melville, Mr., 1896-1973
actor : Speaight, Robert, Mr., 1904-
actor : Rawson, Tristan, Mr., 1888-1974
actor : Stoker, H. G., Mr., 1885-1966 (Irish born actor)
actor : Wincott, Geoffrey, Mr.
actor : Caldicott, Richard, Mr.
actor : Curtis, John, Mr.
actor : Clarke, Geoffrey, Mr.
actor : Prebble, Frank, Mr.Photographs, notes etc.
The cast list is accompanied by a description of the plot and photographs of the actors in character and in scenes from the play. In particular George Zucco as Lieutenant Osborne, Alexander Field as Private Mason, Melville Cooper as Lieutenant Trotter, Maurice Evans as 2nd Lieutenant Raleigh, Colin Clive as Captain Stanhope, Robert Speaight as 2nd Lieutenant Hibbert, H.G. Stoker as the Colonel, Tristan Rawson as the Sergeant Major and Geoffrey Wincott as a German Soldier.
UKC/PER/PLY/541929c
Play Pictorial, v.54, 1929, No.327Queen's Theatre, Shaftesbury Avenue, Westminster, London, England
licensee : Butt, Alfred, Sir, 1878-1962
acting manager : Davis, James, Mr.
producer : Bach, Reginald, Mr., 1886-1941 (actor and producer)
1928?
MAN AT SIX, THE
author : Celestin, Jack, Mr.
author : Doon, Noel, Mr.
actor : Glynne, Mary, Miss, 1898-1954 (born Mary Glynne, wife of Dennis Neilson-Terry)
actor : Pusey, Arthur, Mr., fl.1920s-30s
actor : Lewisohn, Victor M., Mr.
actor : Leister, Frederick, Mr., 1885-1970
actor : Roe, Daniel, Mr.
actor : Morgan, Sydney, Mr., 1873-1946 (British actor, director and producer)
actor : Neilson-Terry, Dennis, Mr., 1895-1932 (son of Fred Terry and Julia Neilson, brother of Phyllis Neilson-Terry, nephew of Ellen Terry)
actor : Dickson, Lamont, Mr., d.1944
actor : Mayfren, Mary, Miss, fl.1930s
actor : Hyde-White, Wilfrid, Mr.,1903-1991 (also credited as Wilfred Hyde-White, Hyde White or Wilfrid Hyde White)
actor : Francis, Leslie, Mr.Photographs, notes etc.
The cast list is accompanied by a description of the plot and photographs of the actors in character and in scenes from the play. In particular Mary Glynne as Sybil Vane, Dennis Neilson-Terry as Campbell Edwards, Arthur Pusey as Frank Pine, Frederick Lister as Inspector Dawford, Lamont Dickson as Joshua Atkinson and Mary Mayfren as Mrs Cummerpatch.
UKC/PER/PLY/541929d
Play Pictorial, v.54, 1929, No.326Adelphi Theatre, Strand, Westminster, London, England
licensee : Gaunt, William Clifford, Mr., 1873-1942
business manager : Greenhill, John, Mr.
conductor : Godfrey, Arthur E., Mr.
choreographer : Rivers, Max, Mr.
producer : Parker, George D., Mr.
1928?
MR CINDERS
author : Grey, Clifford, Mr., 1887-1941
author : Newman, Greatrex, Mr.
composer : Ellis, Vivian, Mr., 1904-1996
composer : Myers, Richard, Mr.
lyricist : Robin, Leo, Mr.
actor : Melford, Jack, Mr.,1899-1972 (son of stage actors Austin Melford and Alice Gambra, born John Kenneth George Smith )
actor : Smith, Sebastian, Mr., 1869-1948 (British actor sometimes credited as J.Sebastian Smith)
actor : Maitland, Ruth, Miss, 1880-1961
actor : Howes, Basil, Mr., b. 1901
actor : Howes, Bobby, Mr., 1895-1972 (father of Sally Ann Howes)
actor : Hubbard, Lorna, Miss, d.1962
actor : Cautley, Charles, Mr.
actor : Lester, Phil, Mr.
actor : Hale, Binnie, Miss, 1899-1984 (British actress, sister of Sonnie Hale, born Beatrice Mary Hale-Monro)
actor : Nugent, Reita, Miss
actor : Mallory, Rene, Miss
actor : Dupres, Paddy, Mr.
actor : Saville, Edith, Miss, fl.1920s-1960s
actor : Deverreux, W. Thorp, Mr., (sometimes credited as W.Thorp Devereux)
actor : Lester, Phil, Mr.
actor : Adrienne, Jean, Miss, 1905-1994
actor : Armstrong, Sheila, Miss
actor : Collins, Doris, Miss
actor : Elsie, Rita, Miss
actor : Greene, Dorothy, Miss
actor : Holt, Kathlyn, Miss
actor : MacLaren, Alison, Miss
actor : Wilson, Vera, Miss, fl.1920s
actor : Hornby, Gerald, Mr.
actor : Massey, Ronald, Mr.
actor : Reynolds, Billy, Mr.
actor : Webster, Harry, Mr.Photographs, notes etc.
"Principals' Dances by Fred A. Leslie and Charles Brooks".
The cast list is accompanied by a description of the plot and photographs of the actors in character and in scenes from the play. In particular Bobby Howes as Jim, Binnie Hale as Jill, Sebastian Smith as Sir George Lancaster, Paddy Dupres as P.C. Merks, Ruth Maitland as Lady Lancaster, Reita Nugent as Minerva Kemp, Jack Melford as Lumley, Basil Howes as Guy, Rene Mallory as Lucy Smith, Lorna Hubbard as Phyllis Patterson, Charles Cautley as Henry, Thorp Devereux as Smith, Edith Savile as Donna Lucia and Phil Lester as Hodgkins. Interspersed amongst the photographs are lyrics to songs entitled, "Every Little Moment", "Spread a Little Happiness", "Heigh-Ho" and "Honeymoon for Four".
UKC/PER/PLY/541929e
Play Pictorial, v.54, 1929, No.328
NEW MOON, THE
author : Hammerstein, Oscar, Mr., 1895-1960
director :
producer :
actor :
actor :Photographs, notes etc.
UKC/PER/PLY/541929f
Play Pictorial, v.54, 1929, No.323Apollo Theatre, Shaftesbury Avenue, Westminster, London, England
licensee : Gaunt, William Clifford, Mr., 1873-1942
stage manager : Moore, C. Bernard, Mr.
conductor : Tunis, Chester, Mr.
producer : Parker, George D., Mr.
1928?
PATSY, THE
author : Conners, Barry, Mr., 1883-1933 (actor, playwright and screenwriter)
actor : Moore, Lucia, Miss, 1867-1932 (American actress)
actor : Shannon, Frank, Mr., 1874-1959 (Irish born actor sometimes credited as Francis Shannon)
actor : Sorsby, Leonore, Miss
actor : Ford, Helen, Miss, 1894-1982 (American musical comedy actress)
actor : Loane, Kenneth, Mr.
actor : Clark, Alexander, Mr., 1901-1995 (American film actor)Photographs, notes etc.
The cast list is accompanied by a description of the plot and photographs of the actors in character and in scenes from the play. In particular Helen Ford as Patricia Harrington, Frank Shannon as Bill Harrington, Lucia Moore as Mrs. Bill Harrington, Leonore Sorsby as Grace Harrington, Alexander Clark as Tony Anderson and Kenneth Loane as Billy Caldwell.
UKC/PER/PLY/541929g
Play Pictorial, v.54, 1929, No.322Globe Theatre, Shaftesbury Avenue, Westminster, London, England
licensee : Butt, Alfred, Sir, 1878-1962
business manager : Terry, Charles, Mr.
acting manager : Youngman, William H.R., Mr.
producer : Browne, W. Graham, Mr., 1870-1937 (actor and producer)
1929
TRUTH GAME, THE
author : Novello, Ivor, Mr., 1893-1951
actor : Elsie, Lily, Miss, 1886-1962
actor : Copley, Eric, Mr.
actor : Novello, Ivor, Mr., 1893-1951
actor : Cooper, Doris, Miss
actor : Braithwaite, Lilian, Dame, 1873-1948
actor : Oxley, Frederick, Mr.
actor : Mackintosh, Moya, Miss
actor : Tree, Viola, Miss, 1884-1938 (daughter of Sir Herbert and Lady Beerbohm Tree)
actor : Volpe, Frederick, Mr., 1865-1932
actor : Shaw, G. B. (Glen Byam), Mr., 1904-1996 (British actor and director)
actor : Sealby, Mabel, Miss, fl.1930s
actor : Byrne, George, Mr.Photographs, notes etc.
The cast list is accompanied by a description of the plot and photographs of the actors in character and in scenes from the play. In particular Ivor Novello as Max Clement, Lily Elsie as Rosine Browne, Doris Cooper as Harris, Lilian Braithwaite as Evelyn Brandon, Frederick Oxley as James, Viola Tree as Lady Joan Culver, Frederick Volpe as Sir Joshua Grimshaw, Mabel Sealby as Vera Crombie and Glen Byam Shaw as Lord Straffield.
UKC/PER/PLY/551929
Play Pictorial, v.55, 1929, No.331Queen's Theatre, Shaftesbury Avenue, Westminster, London, England
producer : Ayliff, H.K., (Henry Kiell), Mr., 1872-1968
scenery designer : Shelving, Paul, Mr., c.1889-1968
costume designer : Shelving, Paul, Mr., c.1889-1968
1929
APPLE CART, THE
author : Shaw, George Bernard, Mr., 1856-1950
actor : Evennett, Wallace, Mr., 1887-1973
actor : Sunderland, Scott, Mr.
actor : Boulton, Matthew, Mr., 1893-1962 (sometimes credited as Mathew Boulton)
actor : Hardwicke, Cedric, Sir, 1893-1964
actor : Carson, Charles, Mr., 1886-1977
actor : Marquand, Clifford, Mr.
actor : D'Albie, Julian, Mr., 1892-1978 (Irish born actor)
actor : Mallalieu, Aubrey, Mr., 1873-1948
actor : Moore, Frank, Mr., 1880-1924 (American actor, brother of Florence Moore)
actor : Holmes-Gore, Dorothy, Miss, 1896-1977 (British actress daighter of Arthur Holmes-Gore)
actor : Beldon, Eileen, Miss, 1901-1985
actor : Evans, Edith, Dame, 1888-1976
actor : Everest, Barbara, Miss, 1890-1968
actor : Turner, Eve, Miss
actor : Carew, James, Mr., 1876-1938 (American born actor)Photographs, notes etc.
The cast list is accompanied by a description of the plot and photographs of the actors in character and in scenes from the play. In particular Cedric Hardwicke as Magnus King of England, Scott Sunderland as Sempronius, Matthew Boulton as Boanerges, Wallace Evennett as Pamphillius, Eve Turner as the Princess Royal, Charles Carson as Proteus the Prime Minister, Miss Eileen Beldon as Lysistrata, Dorothy Holmes-Gore as Amanda, Frank Moore as Balbus, Miss Edith Evans as Orinthia, James Carew as Mr. Vanhattan and Barbara Everest as the Queen.
UKC/PER/PLY/551929b
Play Pictorial, v.55, 1929, No.330His Majesty's Theatre, Haymarket, Westminster, London, England
producer : Coward, Noel, Sir, 1899-1973
conductor : Burston, Reginald, Mr.
1929
BITTER SWEET
author : Coward, Noel, Sir, 1899-1973
composer : Coward, Noel, Sir, 1899-1973
lyricist : Coward, Noel, Sir, 1899-1973
actor : Farrow, Claude, Mr.
actor : Boyd, Dorothy, Miss
actor : Harn, William, Mr.
actor : Milton, Billy, Mr., 1905-1989
actor : Wood, Peggy, Miss, 1892-1978
actor : Bevan, Isla, Miss
actor : Metaxa, Georges, Mr., 1899-1950
actor : Inescourt, Elaine
actor : Davis, Winifred, Miss
actor : Newton, Robert, Mr., 1905-1956
actor : Heatherley, Clifford, Mr., 1888-1937
actor : Algar, Robert, Mr.
actor : Robson, Victor, Mr., fl.1910s-20s
actor : Nodin, Gerald, Mr., fl.1930s-50s
actor : Russell, Roy, Mr.
actor : Gatrell, John, Mr., 1907-1981
actor : Cornish, Richard, Mr.
actor : Sim, Millie, Miss
actor : Wright, Betty Huntley, Miss
actor : Rogers, Marjorie, Miss
actor : Howard, Norah, Miss, 1901-1968
actor : St. Helier, Ivy, Miss, 1886-1971 (born Ivy Aitchison)
actor : Trevor, Austin, Mr., 1897-1978
actor : Alexander, Arthur, Mr.
actor : Brian, Anthony, Mr.
actor : Napier, Alan, Mr., 1903-1988 (British actor born Alan Napier-Clavering)
actor : Pounds, Mary, Miss
actor : Carey, Eileen, Miss
actor : Hignell, Rose, Miss
actor : Fearon, Josie, Miss, fl.1920s
actor : Algar, Robert, Mr.
actor : Bevill, Nancy, Miss
actor : Moore, Maureen, Miss, fl.1930s-1980s
actor : Newton, Robert, Mr., 1905-1956
actor : Drage, Maie, Miss
actor : Sturtivant, Robert, Mr.
actor : Ware, Kenneth, Mr.
actor : Thurgood, R.J., Mr., fl.1920s
actor : Whittle, Cyril, Mr., fl.1920s
actor : Pointing, Audrey, Miss
actor : Rawle, Sheila, Miss
actor : Sims, Ena Wood, Miss
actor : Shaxon, Verena, Miss
actor : Orton, Mai, Miss
actor : Bose, Yvonne, Miss
actor : Tuson, Keira, Miss, fl.1920s
actor : Lauriston, Eric, Mr.
actor : Harn, William, Mr.
actor : Cuenod, Hugh, Mr.
actor : Bannerman, Penryn, Mr.
actor : Pearce, Lennard, Mr., 1915-1984Photographs, notes etc.
The cast list is accompanied by a description of the plot and photographs of the actors in character and in scenes from the play. In particular Ivy St. Helier as Manon La Crevette, Dorothy Boyd as Dolly Chamberlain, Peggy Wood as Lady Shayne, William Harn as Lord Henry, Billy Milton as Vincent Howard, Peggy Wood as Sarah Millick, George Metaxa as Carl Linden, Robert Newton as Mr. Hugh Devon, Elaine Inescort as Mrs Millick, Marjorie Rogers as Hansi, Norah Howard as Gussi, Betty Huntley Wright as Freda, Mille Sim as Lotte, Peggy Wood as Sari, Austin Trevor as Captain Lutte, Clifford Heatherley as Herr Schlick and Tommy Hayes as Piccollo. Interspersed amongst the photographs are lyrics to songs entitled, "The Last Dance", "Little Cafe", "Green Carnations" and "Ta Ra Ra Boom De Ay".
UKC/PER/PLY/551929c
Play Pictorial, v.55, 1929, No.332Wyndham's Theatre, Charing Cross Road, Westminster, London, England
licensee : Lion, Leon M., Mr., 1879-1947
scenery designer : Harker, Joseph, Mr.
scenery designer : Harker, Phil, Mr.
producer : Wallace, Edgar, Mr., 1875-1932 (dramatic author and novelist)
9.1929
CALENDAR, THE
author : Wallace, Edgar, Mr., 1875-1932 (dramatic author and novelist)
actor : Harker, Gordon, Mr., 1885-1967
actor : Andrews, Julian, Mr.
actor : Reed, Carol, Sir., 1906-1976 (British actor, writer, producer and director)
actor : Lind, Gillian, Miss, 1904-1983
actor : Nares, Owen, Mr., 1888-1943 (actor and producer)
actor : Nesbitt, Cathleen, Miss, 1888-1982 (British actress sometimes credited as Kathleen Nesbitt)
actor : Bruce, Nigel, Mr., 1895-1953
actor : Carlisle, Henry, Mr., fl.1930s
actor : Wade, Charles, Mr.
actor : Drayton, Alfred, Mr., 1881-1949 (actor and stage manager)
actor : Tennant, Frank, Mr., fl.1910s-20s
actor : North, Grosvenor, Mr.
actor : Wilson, W. Cronin, Mr., d.1934
actor : Roebuck, Disney, Mr.
actor : Mackenzie, Ronald, Mr.Photographs, notes etc.
The cast list is accompanied by a description of the plot and photographs of the actors in character and in scenes from the play. In particular Miss Cathleen Nesbitt as Lady Panniford, Gillian Lind as Molly Panniford, Owen Nares as Garry Anson, Charles Wade as Andy Lynn, Henry Carlisle as Waye, Gordon Harker as Hillcott, Alfred Drayton as John Dory, Nigel Bruce as Sir William Panniford, Carol Reed as Lascarne, Frank Tennant as Mr. Rainby, Grosvenor North as Lord Forlingham, W. Cronin-Wilson as Sir George Garth and C. Disney-Roebuck as Lord Innspond.
UKC/PER/PLY/551929d
Play Pictorial, v.55, 1929, No.329Wyndham's Theatre, Charing Cross Road, Westminster, London, England
1929
EXILED
author : Galsworthy, John, Mr., 1867-1933
actor : Casson, Lewis, Sir, 1875-1969
actor : Gwenn, Edmund, Mr., 1875-1959 (Welsh actor born Edmund Kellaway)
actor : Shepeard, Jean, Miss, fl.1930s-50s
actor : Russell, Mabel, Miss, fl.1930s
actor : Roberts, J.H., Mr., 1884-1961
actor : Grenville, Arthur, Mr.
actor : Jeffries, Douglas, Mr.
actor : Maxwell, Roger, Mr., 1900-
actor : Shepley, Michael, Mr., 1907-1961
actor : Dexter, Aubrey, Mr., 1898-1958
actor : Warren, Pete, Mr., fl.1920s
actor : Andrews, Julian, Mr.
actor : Hilton, Victor, Mr.
actor : Benson, Sydney, Mr.
actor : Williams, D. J., Mr.
actor : Irwin, Edward, Mr., fl.1920s
actor : Ruston, Ernest, Mr.
actor : Ferrier, Granville, Mr.
actor : Minster, Jack, Mr.
actor : Logan, Campbell, Mr., b.1910 (Scottish actor, producer and director)
actor : Kerr, Ronald, Mr.
actor : Wills, Brember, Mr.
actor : O'Connor, Una, Miss, 1880-1959 (Irish born actress)Photographs, notes etc.
The cast list is accompanied by a description of the plot and photographs of the actors in character and in scenes from the play. In particular J.H. Roberts as Mr. East, Jean Shepeard as Joan Mazer, Lewis Casson as Sir Charles Denbury, Brember Wills as a Tramp, Edmund Gwenn as Sir John Mazer, Mabel Russell as Miss Card, Ronald Kerr as Goffer, Edward Irwin as Hodgkin, Una O'Connor as a Woman and Douglas Jeffries as George.
UKC/PER/PLY/551929e
Play Pictorial, v.55, 1929, No.333New Theatre, St. Martin's Lane, Westminster, London, England
producer : Massey, Raymond, Mr., 1896-1983(Canadian born actor and writer,father of Anna and Daniel Massey)
14.10.1929
SYMPHONY IN TWO FLATS
author : Novello, Ivor, Mr., 1893-1951
actor : Hankey, Anthony, Mr.
actor : Oxley, Frederick, Mr.
actor : Novello, Ivor, Mr., 1893-1951
actor : Hume, Benita, Miss, 1906-1967 (wife of George Sanders and then Ronald Colman)
actor : Braithwaite, Lilian, Dame, 1873-1948
actor : Tree, Viola, Miss, 1884-1938 (daughter of Sir Herbert and Lady Beerbohm Tree)
actor : Trevor, Ann, Miss
actor : Rayner, Minnie, Miss, 1869-1941
actor : Relph, George, Mr., 1888-1960
actor : Wentworth, Stephen, Mr., fl.1920s
actor : Westcott, Netta, Miss
actor : Andrews, Maidie, Miss
actor : Floyd, Gwen, Miss, 1870-1950
actor : Webster, Ben, Mr., 1864-1947 (British actor married to Dame May Whitty)Photographs, notes etc.
The cast list is accompanied by a description of the plot and photographs of the actors in character and in scenes from the play. In particular Miss Benita Hume as Lesley Kennard, George Relph as Leo Chevasse, Minnie Rayner as Mabel, Lilian Braithwaite as Mrs Plaintiff, Anthony Hankey as Peter Innes, Viola Tree as Salmon Pryde, Netta Westcott as Jean, Mr. Ivor Novello as David, Ben Webster as George Park, Ann Trevor as Beryl and Maidie Andrews as Miss Trebelli.
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