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THE present is the fifth edition of Who's Who in the Theatre, and 
perhaps I may be pardoned if I dwell with some satisfaction on 
the fact that no other work dealing with theatrical biography 
has ever succeeded as this work has succeeded. 

During the nineteenth century there must have been thirty 
or more works devoted to dramatic biography, and none of these 
publications reached a third issue. The best was undoubtedly 
Charles Pascoe's Dramatic List, published in 1879 and again in 
1880. During the nineties of the last century, there were not a 
few such ephemeral publications. Half-a-dozen works made 
their appearance and vanished. 

Players of the Day was issued in 1902, and then, in 1906, came 
The Green Room Book, which I was able to pilot to a fourth issue, 
when, owing to the death of my publisher, the series came to an 
end. 

In 1912 Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons, Ltd., undertook for me the 
publication of Who's Who in the Theatre. Everywhere since that 
date the work has been received with the greatest appreciation. 
It is as popular in the United States, Australia and South Africa 
as it is in England. 

The present edition contains between 2,000 and 3,000 biogra- 
phies, over 350 of which appear for the first time. I should like 
to take this opportunity of again drawing attention to the 
extraordinary difficulty which I experience in persuading a great 
many members of the Profession to give anything like accurate 
details of their early theatrical careers. Players of both sexes 
seem to have an inordinate dislike of revealing facts and dates, 
and quite a number appear to have no compunction in striking 
years off the date of a production in which they have appeared, 
ignoring the fact that I am able to trace these incorrect state- 
ments quite easily, from my files. Others, quite calmly, inform me 
that I must have mixed them up with someone else of the same 
name, but somehow these other persons always seem to disappear. 

A good actor or actress is like a good vintage of wine. The 



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public adores it, but likes to know the year of the vintage all the 
same. The difference is that usually the player puts the date 
forward, the vintner does not. 

Since the last issue of Who's Who in the Theatre, death has once 
more taken a full toll, and over 100 biographies disappear from the 
book. It is melancholy to reflect that among those who are now 
only memories, and will never delight us more, are Meggie 
Albanesi, Rutland Barrington, Kate Bishop, Louis Calvert, 
Malcolm Cherry, Albert Chevalier, Charles Collette, Kenneth 
Douglas, Winifred Emery, H. V. Esmond, Charles Glenney, Lucien 
Guitry, Sir Charles Hawtrey, Agnes Hewitt, Alfred Lester, Letty 
Lind, Marie Lloyd, Robert Pateman, Mrs. Raleigh, Lilian Russell, 
Kate Santley, Herbert Standing, Kate Terry, Genevieve Ward, 
Arthur Whitby, Charles Workman, Cowley Wright, and many 
more. 

Among others whose loss we have to lament, authors, com- 
posers, managers and critics, are Austin Brereton, John Crook, 
A. E. Drinkwater, Herbert E. Haines, Cyril Harcourt, Victor 
Herbert, H. G. Hibbert, Louis A. Hirsch, Aaron Hoffman, Walter 
Howard, Gustave A. Kerker, Lionel Monckton, J. B. Mulholland, 
George R. Sims, and Herbert Trench. 

In the present issue I have included a synopsis of play-bills of 
the principal productions and revivals in London, from the 
beginning of 1922 to 15th July, 1925, which I hope will prove 
useful. The biographies are corrected to the end of December, 
1924, the synopsis of playbills brings the record up to date. 

Once again I would call attention to the genealogical tables 
dealing with theatrical heredity, compiled by Dr. J. M. Bulloch, 
the esteemed critic of the Graphic. These now number over ninety 
and are well worthy of study. They have involved research 
through records from the early eighteenth century, and form a 
remarkable index to hereditary talent in the theatre. My sincere 
thanks are due to Dr. Bulloch for his ever ready help in this work. 

Again I have to acknowledge my thanks to Mrs. Gabrielle 
Enthoven, who has supplied me with many notes of early appear- 
ances, from her vast collection of play-bills ; and to my daughter, 
Mrs. George Carpenter, Mr. J. R. Platt and Mrs. Stanley Penny, 
who have helped in the reading of certain proofs. 

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tion of a volume of this description, for, with the exception of the 
genealogical tables, it has been a single-handed task. However, 
I trust the result will prove of some value to those who are 
interested in the world of the Theatre and its people. 

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PREFACE ........ 

THEATRICAL CALENDAR ...... 

SYNOPSIS OF PLAYBILLS ..... 

BIOGRAPHIES, BRITISH AND AMERICAN SECTION . 
WHO'S WHO AMONG THE CRITICS .... 

HEREDITARY THEATRICAL FAMILIES, BY JOHN MALCOLM BULLOCH . 1019-1076 

NOTABLE PRODUCTIONS AND PRINCIPAL REVIVALS OF THE LONDON 

STAGE 1077-1195 

LONG RUNS ON THE LONDON STAGE 1196-1216 

COMMAND PERFORMANCES ........ 1217-1218 

THE KING AT THE THEATRE 1218-1220 

KING GEORGE'S PENSION FUND FOR ACTORS AND ACTRESSES . 1221-1228 

WEST END THEATRES, MANAGERS, ETC 1229 

TABLE OF DIMENSIONS OF STAGES OF LEADING THEATRES . . 1230-1231 

LONDON SUBURBAN THEATRES 1232 

OPENING OF EXISTING LONDON AND SUBURBAN THEATRES . . 1232-1233 

LIST OF NEW YORK THEATRES ....... 1234 

THEATRICAL AND MUSICAL OBITUARY ...... 1235-1292 

ROLL OF HONOUR (THE GREAT WAR, 1914-18) .... 1293-1295 

THEATRICAL WILLS 1296-1300 

SEATING PLANS OF THE PRINCIPAL LONDON THEATRES . . i-xlvi 



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1. Lester Wallack, born 1819. Tornmaso Salvini, born 1829. Ellen Terry created 

[Dame Grand Cross of the British Empire, 1925. 

2. " The Wedding Gown," produced at Drury Lane, 1834. " Donna Diana,'* at 

[Princess's, 1864. 

3. Douglas Jerrold, born 1803. J. Maddison Morton, born 1811. Mrs. Chas. Calvert, 

[born 1336. 

4 . Madame Vestris, born 1797. " The Sign of the Cross," produced at the Lyric, 1 896. 

5. " King Henry VIII," revived at Lyceum by Irving, 1892. 

6. " The Danischeffs," produced at St. James's, 1877. 

7. " The Cricket on the Hearth," produced at City of London, 1846. 

8. Mrs. Glover, born 1781. H. J. Byron, born 1835. 

9. George Colman, born 1 732. T. W. Robertson, born 1 829. E. S. Willard, born 1 853. 

10. Richard Savage, born 1698. Charles Young, born 1777. Opening of Charles 

[Fechter's Management, Lyceum, 1863, 

11. Charles Kean played " Hamlet," at Windsor Castle, 1849. 

12. Lady Bancroft, born 1839. " Diplomacy," produced at Prince of Wales's, 1878. 

13. " Belphegor," produced at Adelphi, 1851. 

14. " The Cynic," produced at Globe, 1882. 

15. Moliere, born 1622. " The Dancing Girl," produced at Haymarket, 1891. 

16. " Our Boys," produced at Vaudeville, 1875. 

17. " The Rivals," produced Covent Garden, 1775. " The Wife's Secret," produced 

[at Haymarket, 1848. 

18. R. W. Honner, born 1809. Charles Kean, born 1811. 

19. " The Country Squire," produced at Covent Garden, 1837. 

20. " The Omadhaun," produced at Victoria, 1840. Mary Eastlake, born 1856. 

21. Mrs. Frederick Yates (Elizabeth Brunton), born 1799. 

22. " Mary Stuart," produced at Drury Lane, 1840. " Chilperic," at Lyceum, 1870. 

23. " Our Miss Gibbs," produced at Gaiety, 1909. 

24. Paul Bedford, born 1792. Beerbohm Tree revived " Much Ado About Nothing," 

[H.M., 1905. 

25. David James, born 1836. " Nero," produced at H.M., 1906. 

26. " The Nervous Man," produced at Drury Lane, 1833. 

27. Samuel Foote, born 1720. " The Green Bushes," produced at Adelphi, 1845. 

28. " The Stranger," revived at New Olympic by Wilson Barrett, 1891. 

29. " The Beggars' Opera," produced at Lincoln's Inn Fields, 1728. 

30. Dr. Westland Marston, born 1820. Dutton Cook, born 1829. 

3 1 . The Bancrofts opened the Haymarket with " Money," 1 880. Sir George Alexander's 

[Management of St. James's Theatre commenced 1891. 



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1. John Philip Kemble, born 1757. " Ulysses, 5 ' produced at H.M., 1902. 

2. Nell Gwyn, born 1651. " Jane Shore," produced Dniry Lane, 1714. 

3. Felix Mendelssohn-Bar tholdy, born 1809. 

4. Sir William Davenant, born 1606. " Good for Nothing," produced Hayt, 1857. 

5. " Carmen" (English version by Hersee) performed at Her Majesty's, 1879. 

6. Sir Henry Irving, born 1S38. " Becket," produced at Lyceum, 1893. 

7. "The Gamester," produced DruryLane, 1753. Charles Dickens, born 1812. 

8. Thos. Killigrew, born 1611. " Lohengrin," first performed at H.M., 1880. 

9. Theatre Royal, Dublin, burnt down, 1880. 

10. " The New Babylon," produced at the Duke's Theatre, 1879. 

11. " The Blot in the 'Scutcheon," produced at Drury Lane, 1843. 

12. Marie Lloyd, born 1870. " A Fool's Paradise," produced at Gaiety, 1889. 

13. Samuel Phelps, born 1804, Pavilion Theatre burnt down, 1856. 

14. 1st English Com. prod. " Ralph Roister Doister," 1530. John Clayton, born 1843. 

[Sydney Valentine, born 1865. 

15. " The Lady of Lyons," produced at Covent Garden, 1838. 

16. American Theatre, San Francisco, burnt down, 1868. 

17. Edwin Forrest appeared Princess's, 1845. " The Maid of the Mountains," produced 

[Daly's, 1917. 

18. Wilson Barrett, born 1847. C. D. Marius, born 1850. "Back to Methuselah," 

[produced 1924. 

19. David Garrick, born 1716. Richard Cumberland, born 1732. 

20. William Terriss, born 1847. " Lady Windermere's Fan," pro. St. James's, 1892. 

21. " The Lilac Domino," prod, at The Empire, 1918. " The Lady of the Rose," prod. 

[at Daly's, 1922. 

22. " A Pair of Spectacles," produced at Garrick, 1890. " Baby Mine," produced at 

[Criterion, 1911. 

23. " Les Cloches de Corneville," produced at Folly, 1878. 

24. Drury Lane burnt down, 1809. " The Corsican Brothers," produced at Princess's, 

[1852. 

25. Garrick Club founded, 1831. " Walker, London," produced at Toole's, 1892. 

26. Victor Hugo, born 1802. "The Idler," produced at St. James's, 1891. 

27. J. R. Planche, born 1796. " For the Crown," produced Lyceum, 1896. 

28. McKean Buchanan, born 1S23. Charles Calvert, born 1828. 

29. G. A. Rossini, born 1792. " Charley's Aunt," produced at Bury St. Edmunds, 1892. 



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1. Samuel Phelps's last appearance on the stage, Imperial Theatre, IS7S. 

2. Hermann. Venn, born 1S29. 

3. W. C. Macready, born 1793. Lilian Adelaide Neilson, born 1848. 

4. Charles Dibdin, born 1745. " London Assurance," produced at Covent Garden, 1841 . 

5. Covent Garden Theatre burnt down, 1856. " Milestones " produced at the Royalty, 

[1912. 

6. " Life for Life," produced at Lyceum, 1869. " Peer Gynt," produced at Old Vic, 

[1922. 

7. " Richelieu," produced at Covent Garden, 1839. 

8. "The Beaux' Stratagem," produced at Drury Lane, 1707. Florence St. John , 

[born 1854. 

9. Edwin Forrest, born 1806. 

10. Nell Gwyn first appeared at Duke's Theatre, 1667. Lionel Brough, born 1S36. 

[Edward Terry, born 1844. 

11. Vincent Wallace, born 1812. " The Farmer's Wife," produced at Court, 1924. 

12. John L. Toole, born 1830. New Theatre opened with " Rosemary," 1903. 

13. John Doel, born 1804. J. K. Ernmett, born 1841. 

14. " The Mikado," produced at Savoy, 1885. 

15. " She Stoops to Conquer," first produced at Covent Garden, 1773. J. H. Hackett* 

[born, 1800- 

16. First Meeting of the Actors' Association held at Lyceum, 1891. 

17. John Douglass, born 1814. Edmund Phelps, born 1838. 

18. " Becket " performed at Windsor Castle by Henry Irving, Ellen Terry, and Co., 

[1893. 

19. " Old Heidelberg," produced at St. James's, 1903. 

20. Henrik Ibsen, born 1828. tl Captain Brassbound's Conversion " revived at the 

[Court, 1906. 

21. Tom Dibdin, born 1771. " Sweet Lavender " produced at Terry's, 1888. 

22. Henry Compton, born 1805. Carl Rosa, born 1843. " Arrah-Na-Pogue," 

[produced at Princess's, 1865. 

23. 1st Irish Theatre opened in Dublin, 1635. Sir Chas. Wyndham, born 1837. 

[Dame Genevieve Ward, born 1837. 

24. Mdme. Malibran, born 1808. Alfred Wigan, born 1818. Mdlle. Rachel, born 1821. 

25. " The Physician," produced at Criterion, 1897. Drury Lane stage burnt, 1908. 

26. The second Drury Lane Theatre opened, 1674. " Saint Joan," produced at New 

[Theatre, 1924. 

27. City of London Theatre, Norton Folgate, first opened, 1837. 

28. J. B. Buckstone assumed management of Haymarket Theatre, 1853. H. Kyrle 

[Bellew, born 1855. 

29. " The Princess and the Butterfly," produced at St. James's, 1897. 

30. " Olivia," produced at Court Theatre, 1878. 

31. Henry H. Howe, born 1812. " Pink Dominos," produced at Criterion, 1877. 



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1 . Thomas Betterton, bora 1635, E. A. Sothern, bora 1830. Fred Leslie, born 1855. 

2. " Merrie England," produced at the Savoy, 1902. 

3. Tom Taylor, born 1817. Laura Keene, born 1820. 

4. Queen's Theatre, Edinburgh, burnt down, 1877. 

5. William Congreve, born 1670. John Ryder, born 1814. 

6. " Caste," produced at Prince of Wales's Theatre, 1S67. 

7. Henry Pettitt, born 1848. Sir Herbert Tree's revival of " The School for Scandal/' 

[at His Majesty's, 1909. 

8. Hon. Geo. Coppin, born 1819. Frank Celli, born 1841. i 

9. " The Heart of Maryland," produced at the Adelphi, 1898. " Othello " revived at i 

[His Majesty's, 1912. ! 

10. " Madame Sans- Gene," produced Lyceum, 1897. " Anna Christie," produced ! 

[Strand, 1923. | 

11. Leonard Boyne, born 1849. New Theatre Royal, Torquay, opened, 1880. 

12. " Madame Favart," produced at Strand Theatre, 1879. 

13. Globe Theatre, Bankside, demolished, 1644. " Tons of Money/' produced 

[Shaftesbury, 1922. 

14. Lawrence Barrett, born 1838. " Potash and Perlmutter," prod, at Queen's, 1914. 

15. Charles Wyndham assumed the management of Criterion Theatre, 1876. 

16. Vaudeville Theatre first opened under Thomas Thome, David James, and H. J. 

[Montague, 1870. 

17. George Frederick Cooke, born 1756. " Tom Jones," produced at Apollo, 1907. 

18. George Henry Lewes, born 1817. Bath Theatre burnt down, 1862. 

19. " Faust and Marguerite," produced at Princess's, 1854. " Kismet," produced at 

[the Garrick, 1911. 

20. H. Beerbohm Tree commenced management at Comedy Theatre, 1887. 

L" Quinney's," prod, at Haymarke't, 1915. 

21. Kate Terry, born 1844. " Lord and Lady Algy," produced at the Comedy, 1898. 

22. Henry Fielding, born 1707. E. H. Sothern and Julia Marlowe season at Waldorf 

[commenced, 1907. 

23. Shakespeare, born 1564. T. P. Cooke, born 1786. 

24. Sir John Hare opened the Garrick Theatre, 1889. 

25. G. V. Brooke, born 1818. " The Geisha," produced at Daly's, 1896. 

26. Shakespeare's Globe Theatre, Bankside, first opened, 1594. 

27. " The Emerald Isle," produced at the Savoy, 1901. 

28. H. Beerbohm Tree opened the present His Majesty's Theatre, 1897. " The 

[Arcadians," produced at Shaftesbury, 1909. 

29. Shirley Brooks, born 1S16. " On Trial," produced at Lyric, 1915. 

30. " David Garrick," produced at Haymarket, 1864. 



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1. Joseph Addison, born 1672. Charles Macklia, born 1690. 

2. Robert Reece, bom 1838. Clyde Fitch, born 1865. 

3. Stephen Kemble, bora 1758. " Masaniello," produced at Drury Lane, 1829. 

4. "A Story of Waterloo," produced at Lyceum for first time, 1895. 

5. " Fedora/' produced at Hayrnarket, 1883. 

6. Shakespeare entered into part proprietorship of Blackfriars Theatre, 1589. 

7. First Drury Lane Theatre opened with " The Humorous Lieutenant," 1663. 

[Mrs. Centlivre, born 1680. 

8. " The School for Scandal," produced Drury Lane, 1777. J. R. Anderson, bora 

[1811. 

9. John Brougham, born 1810. " Bertram," produced at Drury Lane, 1816. 

10. Riot at Astor Place Theatre, N.Y., to prevent Macready from playing, 1849. 

11. Coburg Theatre opened, 1811, with " The Trial by Battle." 

12. " Mrs. Gomnge's Necklace," produced at Wyndham's, 1903. " Raffles," at 

[Comedy, 1906. 

13. William Farren (2nd), born 1786. Sir Arthur Sullivan, born 1842. 

14. " Still Waters Run Deep," produced at Olympic, 1855. 

15. " The Girls of Gottenburg," produced at Gaiety, 1907. 

16. Sir John Hare, born 1844. " Rosemary," produced at Criterion, 1896. 

17. " Virginius," produced at Covent Garden, 1820. Command Performance, Drury 

[Lane, 1911. 

18. " Veronique," produced at the Apollo, 1904. 

19. Last night of the old Princess's, 1880. "The Lyons Mail," produced at Lyceum, 

[1877. 

20. Operas first introduced into England by Sir W. Davenant, 1656. " The Count of 

[Luxembourg," produced at Daly's, 1911. 

21. " Judah," produced at Shaftesbury, 1890. " A Runaway Girl," at the Gaiety, 

[1898. 

22. Isabel Dallas Glyn, born 1823. " The Lion and the Mouse," produced at Duke of 

[York's, 1906. 

23. " Wheels Within Wheels," produced at the Court, 1899. " Man and Superman." 

[at Court, 1905. 

24. Richard Mansfield, born 1857. Henry Irving, created a Knight, 1895. 

25. " H.M.S. Pinafore," produced at Opera Comique, 1878. 

26. " Ion," produced at Covent Garden, 1836. 

27. " The Ticket of Leave Man," produced at Olympic, 1863. 

28. James Fernandez, born 1835. " My Wife," produced at Haymarket, 1907. 

29. " Colonel Newcome," produced at His Majesty's, 1906. 

30. Charles Mayne Young's farewell, as Hamlet, Covent Garden, 1832. 

31. Sir Henry Irving recited selections from " Becket," in Canterbury Cathedral, 1897. 



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1. "The Silver Slipper," produced at the Lyric, 1901. " Troilus and Cressida," 

[revived at Gt. Queen Street, 1907. 

2. " Drink,'* produced at Princess's, 1879. " The Ambassador/* at St. James's, 1898 

3. Barton Booth, born 1681. " L'Aiglon," first produced in London at H.M., 1901. 

4. Royal General Theatrical Fund established. 1839. 

5. " A Marriage of Convenience," produced at Haymarket, 1897. 

6. Corneille, born 1606. " Black-Eyed Susan," produced Surrey, 1829. 

7. Ira Aldridge, born 1804. " A Doll's House," first produced in London, at Novelty, 

[1889. 

8. Chas. Reade, born 1814. " The Merry Widow," produced at Daly's, 1907. 

9. George Farquhar, born 1678. T. W. Robertson, born 1829. 

10. David Garrick's farewell at Drury Lane, 1776. 

11. " His Excellency the Governor," produced at Court, 1898. 

12. Ellen Terry " Jubilee " Matinee at Drury Lane, 1906. 

13. Mrs. Siddons, bom 1755. " Our Flat," produced at Prince of Wales's, 1889. 

14. Siddons Statue, Paddington Green, unveiled by Sir Henry Irving, 1897. 

15. Lionel Brough "Jubilee" Matinee at H.M., 1905, when Sir Henry Irving 

[made his last appearance on London stage, in " Waterloo." 

16. " Monna Vanna," produced at Bijou, Bayswater, 1902. " Hindle Wakes " first 

[produced Aldwych, 1912. 

17. Charles Frohman, born 1860. " The Toreador," produced at the Gaiety, 1901. 

IS. Wilson Barrett produced " Quo Vadis ? " at Kennington, 1900. 

19. Sir George Alexander, born 1858. 

20. John Braham, born 1774. Henry Neville, born 1837. " Captain Swift," produced 

[at Haymarket, 1888. 

21. " Pelleas and Melisande," produced at P.O.W., 1898. 

22. Sir Squire Bancroft knighted, 1897. Sir George Alexander knighted, 1911. 

23. Clement Scott Matinee, at H.M., 1904. 

24. First Actor's Benevolent Fund Dinner given, Henry Irving, Chairman, 1891. 

25. " The Professor's Love Story," produced at Comedy, 1894. 

26. Sir Charles Wyndham knighted, 1902. Sir Herbert Tree and Sir A. W. Pinero 

[knighted, 1909. 

27. Daly's Theatre opened, 1893. Gala performance His Majesty's Theatre, 1911. 

28. Charles Mathews, the Elder, born 1776. 

29. Shakespeare's Globe Theatre burnt down, 1613. 

30. Mrs Siddons' farewell benefit, Covent Garden, 1812. " Henry V," played entirely 

[by women, Queen's, 1916. 



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1. Mrs. Charles Kean, born. 1S05. 

2. " Set " scenes, invented by DC Loutherburgh, first used in 1777. 

3. " Divorgons," first produced in London, at Gaiety, 18S2. 

4. Duke's Theatre, Holborn, burnt down, 1880. Last night of the old Gaiety, 1903. 

5. Sarah Siddons, born 1755. P. T. Bamum, born 1810. Barry Sullivan, born 1821. 

6. Farewell benefit to Mr. and Mrs, Wigan, Drury Lane, 1S72. 

7. Henry Irving created Doctor of Letters, University of Dublin, 1892. 

8. Fanny Brough, born 1854. u Victims," by Tom Taylor, produced at Hayniarket, 

[1857. 

9. " Lena " ( u As in a Looking Glass "), produced by Mine. Bernhardt, Lyceum, 1889. 

10. "El Capitan," produced at Lyric, 1899. " Oliver Twist," at H.M., 1905. 

11. !i The Casino Girl," produced at Shaftesbury, 1900. 

12. Avonia Jones (Mrs. G. V. Brooke), born 1S39. 

13. M. Jules Claretie delivered an address on Shakespeare and Moliere, Lyceum, 1899. 

14. Edmund Yates, born 1831. Lyceum Theatre first opened, 1834. 

15. Haymarket Theatre re-opened, 1821. Termination of Harrison and Maude. 

[partnership at Haymarket, 1905. 

16. Cyril Maude received 20,000 compensation from S.E.R. for Playhouse Calamity, 

[1906. 

! 17. Bradford Theatre burnt down, 1878. 

18. Pauline Lucca first appeared in England, 1863. Sir Henry Irving's Knighthood 

[ceremony, Windsor Castle, 1895. 

19. Daly Company first appeared in England at Toole's Theatre, 1884. 

20. The Bancrofts retired from management of Haymarket Theatre, 1885. 

21. Frederic Lemaitre, born 1800. 

22. John L. Toole first appeared in London, Haymarket, 1852. " Chu-Chin-Chow " 

[ended its record run of 2,238 performances, His Majesty's, 1921 . 

23. Charlotte Cushrnan, born 1816. 

24. George Conquest relinquished management of the Surrey, 1904. 

25. Edward Solomon, born 1858. 

26. W. J. Florence, born 1831. 

27. Huntley Wright made his first appearance in London, 189 1 . 

28. Kitty Clive, born 1711. Caroline Heath (Mrs. Wilson Barrett), born 1835. 

29. Jerrold Memorial Night at Adelphi Theatre, 1857. 

30. Samuel Foote's last appearance on the stage, at Haymarket, 1777. 

31. Colosseum, Regent's Park, opened, 1829. 



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1. "The Streets of London," produced at Princess's, 1864. 

2. Sydney Brough, born 1867. "What the Butler Saw," produced at Wyndham's, 

[1905. 

3. Frederick Clay, born 1839. 

4. Percy Bysshe Shelley, born 1792. " The Better 'Ole," produced at the Oxford, 

5. Ambroise Thomas, born 1811. H. B. Irving, born 1870. 

6. Madame Celeste, born 1811. 

7. " Bombastes Furioso," produced at Haymarket, 1810. 

8. Samuel Foote, born 1720. 

9. John Dryden, bom 1631. 

10. Blackfriars Theatre pulled down, 1655. Samuel Arnold, born 1740. 

11. " Little Jack Sheppard," revived at Gaiety, 1894. 

12 Surrey Theatre destroyed, by fire, 1805. " Ready Money" produced at the New, 

[1912. 

13. Philip Massinger, bora 1584. 

14. " Hard Times," produced at the Strand, 1854. W. H. Chippendale, born 1801. 

15. " The Tailors' " riot, at the Haymarket, 1805. 

16. " The Dandy Fifth," produced at Duke of York's, 1898. 

17. Richard Lalor Shiel, born 1791. " The Sleeping Partner," produced at Criterion, 

[1897. 

18. Robert Buchanan, born 1841. 

19. Lyceum Theatre, Sunderland, burnt down, 1880. 

20. " Married Life," produced at Haymarket, 1834. 

21. " Forget-me-not," produced at Lyceum, 1879. 

22. The Theatres Registry Act passed, 1843. 

23. Grand Theatre, Fulham, first opened with " The Geisha," 1897. 

24. " A Royal Rival," produced at Duke of York's, 1901. 

25. " The Fatal Wedding," produced at Princess's, 1902. 

26. " Boys Together," produced at Adelphi, 1896. 

27. " The Middleman," produced at the Shaftesbury, 1889. 

28. " In the Soup," produced at the Strand, 1900. 

29. Charles Kean terminated his management of Princess's, 1859. 

30. " Sweet Nell of Old Drury," produced at Haymarket, 1900. 

31. " The Degenerates," produced at Haymarket, 1899. " Chu- Chin-Chow," produced 

[at His Majesty's, 1916. 



THEATRICAL CALENDAR 



September 



1. Edward Alleyn, born 1566. Mary Anderson first appeared in England, Lyceum 

[1883. " Sir Herbert Tree's revival of" King Henry VIII," His Majesty's, 1910. 

2. " When we were Twenty-one," produced at Comedy, 1901. 

3. Benjamin Webster, born 1798. John Drew, Senior, born 1825. " Drake " prod. 

[at H.M., 1912. 

4. Joseph Jefferson first appeared in England, Adelphi, 1865. 

5. First play, " The Merchant of Venice," produced U.S.A., at Williamsburg, Pa., 1752. 

6. Robb Harwood, born 1869. " The Green Goddess," produced St. James's, 1923. 

7. " Trilby," produced at Theatre Royal, Manchester, 1895. 

8. " Merely Mary Ann," produced at Duke of York's, 1904. 

9. " Sherlock Holmes," produced at Lyceum, 1901. " The Whip," produced at Drury 

[Lane, 1909. 

10. Samuel Anderson Emery, born 1817. " The Chocolate Soldier," produced at 

[Lyric, 1910. 

11. J. Forbes- Robertson revived " Hamlet," at Lyceum, 1897. 

12. " Everywoman," produced at Drury Lane, 1912. " Our Betters," prod. Globe, 1923. 

13. W. H. Betty ("The Young Roscius "), born 1791. "Paul Pry," produced at 

[Haymarket, 1825. 

14. J. B. Buckstone, born 1802. " The Boy," produced at Adelphi, 1917. 

15. H. Beerbohm Tree assumed management of Haymarket Theatre, 1887. 

16. William Macready made his first appearance at Covent Garden, 1816. 

17. " Quality Street," produced at the Vaudeville, 1902. 

18. " 0. P." riots commenced at Covent Garden Theatre on re-opening of Theatre, 1809. 

19. " The Prayer of the Sword," produced at the Adelphi, 1904. 

20. Covent Garden Theatre burnt down, 1808. " Hassan " prod. His Majesty's, 1923. 

21. William Terriss made his first appearance on London stage, Prince of Wales's, 1868. 

[Sir Charles Hawtrey, born 1858. 

22. " The Elder Miss Blossom," produced at St. James's, 1898. 

23. Mrs. Charles Kean (Ellen Tree) made her first appearance in London at Drury 

[Lane, 1826. 

24. Sir Henry Irving made his first appearance on London stage at Princess's, 1859. 

25. " Dorothy," produced at Gaiety, 1886. " The Dollar Princess," produced at 

[Daly's, 1909. 

26. H. Beerbohrn Tree appeared at Waldorf Theatre in " Oliver Twist," 1905. 

27. " The Wedding Guest," produced at the Garrick, 1900. 

28. Charles Kean and Robert Keeley commenced management of the Princess's, 1850. 

29. Sir Henry Irving made his first appearance on the stage, Lyceum, Sunderland, 1856. 

30. R. B. Sheridan, born 1751. John Philip Kemble first appeared in London at 

[Drury Lane, 1783. 



THEATRICAL CALENDAR 



ctober 



1. Charles Kean made his first appearance in London, Drury Lane, 1827. 

2. " The Eternal City," produced at His Majesty's, 1902. 

3. Eleonora Duse, born 1859. " The Yeomen of the Guard," produced at the Savoy, 

[1888. 

4. Spranger Barry first appeared in London, at Drury Lane, 1746. 

5. Mrs. Bernard-Beere, born 1856. Farm} 7 Kerable made her first appearance on 

[stage, Covent Garden, 1829. 

6. " The Liars," produced at Criterion, 1S97. " Romance," produced at Duke of 

[York's, 1915. 

7. " Man and His Makers," produced at Lyceum, 1899. 

8. George Edwardes, born 1852. Great fire at Chicago, U.S.A., eight theatres burnt 

[down, 1871. 

9. " Mrs. Dane's Defence," produced at Wyndharn's, 1900. Lena Ash well opened 

[Kingsway Theatre, " Irene Wycherley," 1907. 

10. Drury Lane Theatre (present structure) opened 1812. Charles Warner, born 1846. 

[" Peg o' My Heart " prod, at Comedy, 1914. 

11. " The Adventure of Lady Ursula," produced ai Duke of York's, 1898. The Little 

[Theatre opened, 1910. 

12. Madame Modjeska, born 1844. u The Immortal Hour," produced Regent, 1922. 

13. Sir Henry Irving's last appearance on the stage, at Bradford, 1905. 

14. " A Gaiety Girl/' produced at Prince of Wales' s, 1893. 

15. Mrs. Inchbald, bora 1753. Fanny Brough first appeared in London, St. James's, 
I [1870. 
I 16. " The Christian," first produced in London, at the Duke of York's, 1899. 

j 17. Edwin Forrest first appeared in England, Drury Lane, 1836. 

j 18. Peg Woffington, born 1720. " The Fool's Revenge," produced Sadler's Wells, 1859. 

j 19. David Garrick first appeared in London, at Goodman's Fields, 1741. Leigh 
! [Murray, born 1820. 

i 20. Shaftesbury Theatre opened, 1888. 

i 21. Jenny Lind, born 1821. " The Wreck Ashore," produced Adelphi, 1830. 

i 22. " The Rose of Castile," produced at the Lyceum, 1857. 

j 23. Charles Fechter, born 1824. Sarah Bernhardt, born 1844. 

| 24. " The Last of the Dandies," produced at His Majesty's, 1901. 

25. " New Men and Old Acres," produced at Hayrnarket, 1869. 

26. The New Gaiety opened with " The Orchid," 1903. " Lady Frederick," produced 

[Court, 1907. 

27. Charles Fechter made his English-speaking debut at Princess's, 1860. " A Little 

[Bit of Fluff," produced Criterion, 1915. 

28. Dryden's play, " Amphytrion," produced at Court, 1872. 

29. New Grecian Theatre opened, 1877. 

30. " Manfred," produced at Covent Garden, 1824. 

31. Sir Charles Young, born 1839. " The Pilot," produced at Surrey, 1825. 



THEATRICAL CALENDAR 



November 



1. Harriet Coveney, born 1827. " John Bull's Other Island," pro. at the Court, 1904. 

2. Tyrone Power, bora 1797. John McCuUough, born 1837. 

3. " Fra Diavolo," produced at Covent Garden, 1831. Lewis Waller, bom 1860. 

4. Edmund Kean, born 1787. Alfred Wigan first appeared in London, Covent Garden. 

[1839. 

5. " The Squire of Dames," produced Criterion, 1895. " The Quaker Girl," produced 

[at Adelphi, 1910. 

6. Colley Gibber, born 1671. Mrs. John Wood, born, 1831. "The Little Minister" 

[produced at Haymarket, 1897. 

7. " The Voysey Inheritance," produced at the Court, 1905. 

8. " Adriana Lecouvreur," opera by Cilea, produced Covent Garden, 1904. 

9. Sir John Hare and Cyril Maude appeared Sandringham, 1907. 

10. Oliver Goldsmith, bom 1728. "The Jest," produced Criterion, 1898. 

11. ' Florodora," produced at the Lyric, 1899. 

12. " The Flute of Pan," produced at Shaftesbury, 1904. " The Thief," produced St. 

[James's, 1907. 

13. Edwin Booth, born 1833. Lewis Waller appeared in " A Marriage of Convenience," 

[at Sandringham, 1903. 

14. The first melodrama produced, " A Tale of Mystery," at Covent Garden, 1802. 

15. " The Jewess," produced at Drury Lane, 1835. " Twelfth Night/ 7 revived by 

[Granville Barker at Savoy, 1912. 

16. Lewis Waller appeared in " Robin Hood," at Windsor Castle, 1906. 

17. H. Beerbohm Tree appeared in " A Man's Shadow," at Windsor Castle, 1904. 

18. Sir W. S. Gilbert, born 1836. W. S. Penley, born 1851. " The Octoroon," prod. 

[at Adelphi, 1861. 

19. Curtain Theatre, Holy well Lane, Shoreditch, first opened, 1576. 

20. " The Enchanted Isle," produced at the Adelphi, 1848. 

21. John Ford's tragedy, " The Broken Heart," revived at Royalty, 1904. 

22. " A Message from Mars," produced at the Avenue, 1899. 

23. Thomas Thome, born 1841. 

24. " The Shop Girl," produced at Gaiety, 1894. 

25. Charles Kemble, born 1775. " Caesar and Cleopatra," produced Savoy, 1907. 

26. Theophilus Cibber, born 1703. Mr. and Mrs. Seymour Hicks at Sandringham, 1901. 

27. Frances Anne Kemble, born 1809. " Mr. Wu," produced at Strand, 1913. 

28. " Major Barbara," produced at the Court, 1905. 

29. Burnand's burlesque, " Black-Eyed Susan," produced Royalty, 1866. 

30. Mark Lemon, born 1809. H. V. Esmond, born 1869. 



THEATRICAL CALENDAR 



December 



1. W. H. Betty (The Young Roscius) first appeared in London, at Covent Garden, 1804. 

2. " The Unforeseen," produced at the Hayrnarket, 1902. 

3. " Cupboard Love," produced at the Court, 1898. 

4. John Vollaire, born 1820. Wilson Barrett opened new Olympic Theatre, 1890. 

5. Avenue Theatre destroyed by collapse of Charing ^ Stn., 1905. Sir Henry Irving* s 

[Statue unveiled, 1910. 

6. " The Brixton Burglary," produced at Terry's, 1898. 

7. Covent Garden Theatre first opened, 1732. Violet Cameron, born 1862. 

8. Actresses appeared on stage for first time, Killigrew's Theatre, Vere Street, in 

[" Othello," probably Mrs. Hughes was Desdemona, 1660. 

9. John Milton, born 1608. Geo. Grossmith, born 1847. " Bella Donna," produced 

[at St. James's, 1911. 

10. Thomas Holcroft, bora 1745. " The Man Who Stayed at Home," produced 

[Royalty, 1914. 

11. E. L. Blanchard, bora 1820. 

12. Marylebone Theatre (now West London) first opened, 1842. 

13. " The Mystical Miss," Sousa's opera, produced at Comedy, 1899. 

14. Sale of Sir Henry Irving's relics, 1905 : 18,500 realised. 

15. Hayrnarket Theatre first opened, 1720. Mrs. Lewis Waller born, 1862. The last 

[" Britannia Theatre Festival," 1902. 

16. W. H. Kendal, born 1843. William Terriss murdered, 1897. 

17. Sir Herbert Tree born 1853. " Lady Madcap," produced at the Prince of Wales's, 

[1904. 

18. Joe Grimaldi, born 1778. Tennyson's play " The Falcon," produced St. James's, 

[1879. 

19. John L. Toole made his last appearance on the stage at T. R., Rochdale, 1896. 

20. " Madame Pompadour," produced at Daly's, 1923. 

21. Racine, born 1639. Laurence Irving, born 1871. " Charley's Aunt," produced 

[at Royalty, 1892. 

22. Pantomime first performed in England, Lincoln's Inn Fields, 1716. " Lilac Time," 

[produced Lyric, 1922. 

23. " Prunella," produced at the Court, 1904. " Treasure Island," prod. Strand, 1922. 

24. Eugene Scribe, born 1791. William Holland assumed management of the Surrey, 

[1873. 

25. Christmas Day. Mrs. Dion Boucicault, born 1831. Brandon Thomas, born 1856. 

26. Charles J. Mathews, born 1803. Dion Boucicault, born 1820. 

27. William Creswick, born 1813. " Peter Pan," produced at Duke of York's, 1904. 

28. " The Darling of the Gods," produced at His Majesty's, 1903. 

29. Mrs. Siddons made her first appearance in London, Drury Lane, 1775. 

30. Iroquois Theatre, Chicago, burned down, 1903 : 588 lives lost. 

31. "A Little Ray of Sunshine," produced at Royalty, 1898. 



SYNOPSIS OF PLAYBILLS 
1922-1924 



* Signifies a revival. 

1922 



PRINCE'S 

2 JANUARY, 1922 
* "HJLS. PINAFORE" 

Comic opera by W. S. GILBERT; composed by 
ARTHUR SULLIVAN 

Sir Joseph Porter H. A. Lytton 

Captain Corcoran Leo Sheffield 

DickDeadeye Darrell Fan court 

Bill Bobstay Sydney Granville 

Ralph Racks traw ".Derek Oldham 

Bob Becket Robert McQueen 

Josephine Elsie Griffin 

Hebe Catherine Ferguson 

Buttercup Bertha Lewis 



PRINCE'S 

9 JANUARY, 1922 
* " IOLANTHE ; or the Peer and the Peri " 

Comic opera by W. S. GILBERT ; composed by 

ARTHUR SULLIVAN 

Earl of Mountararat Darrell Fan court 

Earl of Tolloller Leo Darnton 

Private Willis Leo Sheffield 

Lord Chancellor H. A. Lytton 

Strephon Sydney Granville 

Phyllis Helen GiUiland 

lolanthe Catherine Ferguson 

Fairy Queen Bertha Lewis 



SHAFTESBURY 

10 JANUARY, 1922 
"THE RATTLESNAKE" 

A romantic pay, in three acts, by J. E. HAROLD 
TERRY and RAFAEL SABATINI 

Mrs. Brewton Carrie Unett 

Mrs. Ralph Izard Lesley Winter 

Major Sykes Norman B. Cannon 

Ralph Izard Lawrence Anderson 

Captain Devenant Cecil Cameron 

Colonel Harvey F. G. Thurstans 

Sir James Gaspard Arthur Goullet 

Lady Gaspard Kate Carew 

Captain Mandeville Franklin Dyall 

Andrew Carey J. Fisher White 

Myrtle Carey Cathleen Nesbitt 

John Rutledge Edward O'Neill 

William Moultrie Aubrey Mather 

Lord William Campbell. . Jevan Brandon-Thomas 
Lady William Campbell Eleanor Street 



Harry Latimer Milton Rosmer 

Hannibal H. Williams 

Mr. Trevor Jack Skilton 

Captain Lee W. Douglas 

Lieut. Shubrick John Dene 

Ensign Laurens tdward C. Benfield 

Captain Shenston Christopher Foster 

Play produced by LESLIE FAEER 



ROYALTY 

16 JANUARY, 1922 
"THE ELEVENTH COMMANDMENT" 

A play in three acts by BRANDON FLEMING 

Lady Barchester Grace Lane 

Marian Barchester Dorothie M. Pidcock 

Benson Martin Sands 

Robert Ransome H. G. Stoker 

Sir Noel Barchester Dawson Milward 

Norman Barchester Noel Goodwin 

John Lynton Frank Esmond 

Ruth Carleon Viola Tree 

James Mountford Edmund Breon 

Play produced by E. HOLMAN CLARK 



STRAND 

19 JANUARY, 1922 
"OLD JIG" 

A sensational play by SYDNEY BLOW and DOUGLAS 

' HOARE 

Sir Anthony Cranford Allan Aynesworth 

Geoffrey Cranford Francis Lister 

Captain Jonathan Tallboys Felix Aylmer 

Stuart Palmer D. A. Clarke-Smith 

Philip Morton George Desmond 

Hake Paddy Dupres 

Jill Meredith Jessie Winter 

Play produced by ALLAN AYNESWORTH 



"ME AND MY DIARY" 

A one-act play by GERTRUDE E. JENNINGS 

Lady Adela Boxgrove Ellis Jeffreys 

The Hon. Mrs, Cheneys Lettice Fairfax 

Phyllis Awkwright Phyllis Stuckey 

Patience Marlowe Beatrice Quennell 

Miss Tibbits Mary Sumner 

Humphrey Wood Colin M. Johnston 

Play produced by SYDNEY BLOW 



SYNOPSIS OF PLAYBILLS 



ST. JAMES'S 

23 JANUARY, 1922 

"THE BAT" 

Mystery play by MARY ROBERTS RHINEHART 
and AVERY HOPWOOD 

Miss Cornelia Van Gorder Eva Moore 

Miss Dale Ogden Nora Swinburne 

Lizzie Allen Drusilla Wills 

Billy Claude Rains 

Anderson Arthur Wontner 

Richard Fleming C. Stafford Dickens 

Brooks George Relph 

Dr. Wells A. Scott Gatty 

Reginald Beresford Herbert Bolingbroke 

An Unknown Man Allan Jeayes 

Play produced by COLLIN KEMPER 



EVERYMAN 
23 JANUARY, 1922 
* "MIXED MARRIAGE" 

Play by ST. JOHN G. IRVINE 

John Rainey Fred O'Donovan 

Hugh Rainey Parker K. Lynch 

Michael O'Hara John C, Bland 

Tom Rainey Desmond O'Donovan 

Mrs. Rainey Sara Allgood 

Nora Murray Muriel Allen 

Play produced by SARA*ALLGOOD 

PRINCE'S 

23 JANUARY, 1922 
* "PRINCESS EDA" 

Comic opera by W. S. GILBERT ; composed by 
ARTHUR SULLIVAN 

King Gama Henry A. Lytton 

King Hildebrand Leo Sheffield 

Prince Hilarion Derek Oldham 

Cyril Leo Darnton 

Florian Sydney Granville 

Arac Darrell Fancourt 

Princess Ida Winifred Lawson 

Lady Blanche Bertha Lewis 

Lady Psyche Elsie Coram 

Melissa Catherine Ferguson 

DUKE OF YORK'S 

23 JANUARY, 1922 

"THE NIGHTCAP" 

Play in two acts bv GUY BOLTON 
and MAX MARGIN 

Anne Maynard Anita Elson 

Mrs. Lester Knowles Margaret Halstan 

George Rainsford Clarence Blakiston 

Chief Inspector Watrous James Carew 

Jerry Hammond Spencer Trevor 

Lester Knowles Alexander Bradley. 

Fred Hammond Garry Marsh 

Mr. Forbes Wilfred Payne 

Selden J. Delacy 

Charles Arthur Hamblin 

Police Officer J. W. Austin 

CoL James Constance Harry Frankiss 

Robert Andrew Robert Loraine 

Play produced by MAX MARGIN 



LITTLE 
25 JANUARY, 1922 

"AMENDS" 
An Episode by E. CRAWSHAY- WILLIAMS 

Robert Maynard George Bealby 

Millicent Wentworth Sybil Thorndike 

" CHANGING GUARD " 
A fantasy, in one act, by W. G. NOTT-BOWER 

Peter Forrest Marie Vinten 

Nurse Cicely Gates 

Doctor Lewis Casson 

Mrs. Forrest Sybil Thorndike 

The Doll Elizabeth Arkell 

The Wooden Soldier Russell Thorndike 

Spirit of Death Ralph Neaie 

"DE MORTUIS" 

A play, in one act, by STANLEY LOGAN 

Bill Higgins George Bealby 

Alf Nicholas Hannen 

Mrs. Shuntle Cicely Gates 

Fred Margin Ralph Neale 

Herbert Cripps StockweU Hawkins 

Mrs. Cripps Barbara Gott 

Emily Cripps Ivy Williams 

Katie Cripps Sybil Thorndike 

Grandfather Russell Thorndike 

The Driver Andrew Churchman 

A Paper Boy Master Denning 

** THE REGIMENT " 

A drama, in two acts, from the French of 
ROBERT FRANCHEVILLE, adpated by LEWIS CASSON 

Colonel Schemnitz George Bealby 

Major Mauser Nicholas Hannen 

Trooper Miloch Petrowitch Russell Thorndike 

Colonel Deutsch Cyril Cattley 

Doctor Wolff StockweU Haw-fans 

Corporal Glauben Ian Fleming 

Captain Graff Lewis Casson 

Captain Ebermann Ralph Neale 

Trooper Gottlieb George Owen 

Trooper Hertz Andrew Churchman 

A Peasant Woman Barbara Gott 

"CUPBOARD LOVE" 

A comedy by E. CRAWSHAY-WILLIAMS 

Stephanie Meyrick Sybil Thorndike 

May Stannard Sibell Archdale 

Derek Lane Nicholas Hannen 

Plays produced by LEWIS CASSON 

SHAPTESBURY 

29 JANUARY, 1922 
* "THE CHANCES" 
Comedy by JOHN FLETCHER 
Presented by THE PHOENIX SOCIETY 

Duke of Ferrara Felix Aylmer 

Petruchio George Zucco 

Don John Edmund WiUard 

Don Frederick George SkiUan 

Antonio Bruce Winston 

Three Gentlemen, Friends 
to the Duke 



SYNOPSIS OF PLAYBILLS 



Two Gentlemen, Friends $ Royston Wood 
to Petnichio ( Philip Cimingham, inn 

Francisco Richard Grenville 

Pete v r Charles Staite 

Anthony Victor Tandv 

A Surgeon Campbell Fletcher 

A Man Guv Bolton 

A Constable Stockwell Hawkins 

A Shopkeeper Cedric Osmond 

Constantia (the 1st) Isabel Jeans 

Gentlewoman Miele Maund 

Old Gentlewoman Clare Greet 

Constantia (the 2nd) Muriel Pratt 

Bawd Margaret Yarde 

Kinswoman Margaret Carter 

Play produced by ALLAN WADE 

GAERICK 

30 JANUARY, 1922 

* " THE BIRD OF PARADISE " 

Hawaiian play, in three acts, by 
RICHARD WALTON Ttrixy 

L^ 2 Evadne Price 

Makia Margaret Mitchell 

Mahumlaha Lindsay Gray 

Kaia .John Sharman 

Lemuele David Hallam 

Hoppe Marjorie Lindsay 

Konia Elsie Whybrow 

Hewahewa Jerrold Robertshaw 

Luana. Wilette Kershaw 

Paul Wilson W. Cronin Wilson 

Captain Hatch James Lindsay 

Mr. Sysonby Alfred Harding 

Mrs. Sysonby Florence Harwood 

Diana Lamed Maud Cressall 

Ten Thousand Dollar " Dean Henry Wolston 

Hoheno Harold French 

Tamoro Charles Hartopp 

Mrs. Crothers Elinor Grant 

Play produced by SAM LYSONS 

ALDWYCH . 

31 JANUARY, 1922 
"MONEY DOESN'T MATTER" 

A comedy, in three acts, by GERTRUDE E. JENNINGS 

Maid Dorothy Fane 

Miss Cardew Henrietta Watson 

The Hon. Pansy Berkeley Doris Lytton 

Lady Beatrice Munroe Gladys Gray 

Sir Hugh Chiswick Evan Thomas 

Phinp Berkeley Donald Calthrop 

Lady Belton Kate Cutler 

Lord Belton Eric Lewis 

Mrs. Mozer Margaret Murray 

Mrs. Piper Betty Ward 

Play produced by DONALD CALTHROF 



APOLLO 

1 FEBRUARY, 1922 

"THE WHEEL " 

Play, in three acts, by J. B. FAGAN 

Colonel John Dangan Robert Horton 

George Faraker Frank Denton 

Capt. Leslie Yeullat Philip Merivale 

Lieut. Buckmaster Walter Menpes 



Lieut. O'Reilly .Cyril Hardingium 

Lieut. Maclaren c. T. Davies 

Lieut. Manners F e iiz Irwin 

Tsenng Lama Randle Avrton 

Ruth Dangan Phyllis Neilson-terrv 

Mrs. Faraker , ." Edith Evans 

An Ayah. .Lydia Audre 

Play produced by J. B. FAGAN 



AMBASSADORS 

2 FEBRUARY, 1922 

"nas SON" 

Play, in four acts, by HERBERT THOMAS 

Mary Hollo-way Frances Ivor 

Bernard Hollo way Townsend Whitling 

Kenneth Holloway Arthur Pusey 

Kkfcy Harry Bristow 

Play produced by HERBERT THOMAS 

KDfGSWAY 

5 FEBRUARY, 1922 
"LADY LABCOMBE'S LAPSE'* 

Play, in three acts, by MRS. JESSIE PORTER 
Presented by THE PLAY-ACTORS 

Lady Larcombe Irene Rooke 

Sydney Larcombe Henry Kendall 

Sir Roland Wyse Arthur Mather 

Lord Merrilees Ben Webster 

Canon Hucklebridge Hubert Harben 

Isabel Hucklebridge Molly Harben 

Archie Hucklebridge Charles Maunsell 

Pipkin Anthony Holies 

Barnes Beatrice Marsden 

Play produced by MILTON ROSMER 

EVERYMAN 

6 FEBRUARY, 1922 

* "FANNY'S HKST PLAY" 
Comedy by G. BERNARD SHAW 

Footman Richard Bird 

Cecil Savoyard C. Vernon Proctor 

Count O'Dowd Gordon Bailey 

Fanny j sa bel Jeans 

Trotter Reginald Denham 

Vaughan Walter Herbage 

Gtinn George F. Wray 

Bannel George G. Carr 

Mr. Gilbey H. R. Hignett 

Mrs. Gilbey Maud Joliffe 

Juggins Geoffrey Bevan 

Darling Dora Hazel Jones 

Mrs. Knox Margaret Carter 

Mr. Knox Brember Wills 

Margaret Knox Dorothy Massingbam 

Duvallet Leslie J Banks 

Bobby Gilbey Richard Bird 

COURT 

7 FEBRUARY, 1922 
* "JUSTICE" 

Play by JOHN GALSWORTHY 

James How E. Lyall Swcte 

Walter How John Howell 

Robert Cokeson Lawrence Hanray 



SYNOPSIS OF PLAYBILLS 



William Falder ................... Leon M. Lion 

Sweecile ......................... Alec Snowden 

Wister .......................... Noel Allinson 

Cowley ...................... Arthur K. Phillips 

The Judge ........................ Acton Bond 

Counsel for the Prosecution ....... F. B. J. Sharp 

Counsel foi the Defence ......... Mouckton Hoffe 

The Clerk of the Arraigns .............. J. Caire 

An Usher ........................ Barry Moore 

Foreman of the Jury ............... Dirk Daniel 

The Governor of the" Prison ..... Douglas Jefferies 

The Chaplain ..................... Harold Scott 

The Doctor ........................... J. Carre 

The Chief Warder ................ Ernest Woods 

A Warder Instructor ............... Dirk Daniell 

Moariey ............................ F. Gremlin 

Clipton ...................... Arthur K. Phillips 

O'Cleary ......................... Barry Moore 

Ruth Honeywill ................. Edyth Goodall 

Play produced by E. LYALL SWETE 



ROYALTY 

15 FEBRUARY, 1922 

" ENTEE MADAME " 

Comedy, in three acts, by 

GILDA VA.RESI and DOLLY BYRNE 

Gerald Fitzgerald .Dennis Eadie 

Mrs. Flora Preston Gladys Mason 

Tarnamo to Toshi Komori 

John Fitzgerald John Williams 

Alice Chalmers Sylvia Oakley 

Rice Michelette Burani 

The Doctor Francis M. Verdi 

Miss Smith Minnie Milne 

Archimede William E. Hallam 

Madame Lisa Delia Robbia Gilda Varesi 

Play produced by BROCK PEMBERTON 



EMPIRE 

10 FEBRUARY, 1922 

"JENNY" 
Musical play by HARRY G RATTAN 

Music by HAIDEE DE RANOE 
Jenny ............................. Edith Day 

Mrs. Wagg ....................... Maidie Hope 

Miss Cloc-t ..................... Kittle Kirwan 

Regina ............... . ........ Maidie Andrews 

Patricia ........................ Edna Bellonini 

Lady Maud ..................... Cyllene Moxon 

Lady Alice ...................... Phyllis Sellick 

Mozart Orpheus Wagg ........... Shaun Glenville 

William Rowan .................. Billy Leonard 

Jack Trender ................ Reginald Sharland 

Joe Wibbs ....................... Alfred Austin 

Fred Carrol .................... F. Kitchen, jun. 

Philippe ............................ J. A. Reid 

Play produced by WILLIAM J. WILSON 

COMEDY 

12 FEBRUARY, 1922 

"THE YELLOW POPPY" 

Romantic play by D. K, BROSTER 

and W. EDWARD STIRLING 
Play presented by THE REPERTORY PLAYERS 

The Prologue 
Duchesse de Trelan ................. Doris Lloyd 

Mdlle. Magny ................. Louise Hampton 

Comte de Brencourt ................. Eric Lugg 

Suzon Camain .................... Olive Walter 

Due de Trelan ................... William Stack 

The Play 
Viscomte de Celigny ............. Henry Kendall 

Artamene de la Vergue ............ Richard Bird 

Comte de Brencourt .................. Eric Lugg 

Abb*. Pierre Chassin .............. Leo G. Carroll 

Chariot ....................... C. Osborn Adair 

Mdlle. Magny ................. Louise Hampton 

Marquis de Quersaint ............. William Stack 

Marthe de la Vergue ............... Faith Liddle 

Mdme. Vidal ...................... Doris Lloyd 

Suzon Tessier ..................... Olive Walter 

Deputy Georges Camain ........ Harold B. Meade 

Thiebault ................... Kendrick Huxham 

Two Officers .................. |M?& 

Bernard ........................ Arthur Goullet 

Captain Guibert ................. George Morgan 

Play produced by TRISTAN RAWSON 



LYRIC 

20 FEBRUARY, 1922 
"THE EISE OF SILAS LAPHAM" 

Adapted from the novel by 
W. DEAN Ho WELL 

Silas Lapham James K. Hackett 

Persis Lapham Grace Lane 

Penelope Lapham Joan Vivian Rees 

Irene Lapham Lila Maravan 

Bromfield Corey Athol Stewart 

Anna Bellingham Corey Helen Ferrer* 

Tom Corey Cyril Raymond 

Nanny Corey Colette O'Neil 

Lily Corey Dorothy Field 

Milton A. Rogers Basil Mitchell 

James Bellingham W. Stanislas Remain 

Batty Hubbard Hubert Woodward 

The Rev. Mr. Sewell Alban Atwood 

Mrs. James Bellingham Margaret Scudainore 

Charles Bellingham Lambert Plummer 

Ethel Kingsbury Elsie Latimer 

Robert Chase Matthew Norgate 

Mr. Seymour Frank Woolfe 

Mr. Dunham Annesley Hely 

Katie lima Barnes 

Play produced by J. K. HACKETT 



DALY'S 

21 FEBRUARY, 1922 
" THE LADY OF THE ROSE " 

Musical play by FREDERICK LONSDALE (adapted 

from the Austrian) : lyrics by HARRY GRAHAM; 

music by JEAN GILBERT 

Colonel Belovar Harry Welchman 

Count Adrian Beltrami Roy Royston 

Baron Sprotti-Sprotti Leonard Mackay 

Captain Stogan Ronald Adair 

Dostal Teddy Arundel 

Mirlo Leonard Trevor 

Count Isolani .Adrian Burgon 

Suitangi Huntley Wright 

Sophie Lavalle Ivy Tresmand 

Rosina Winnie Collins 

Mariana Phyllis Dare 

Play produced by FRED J. BLACKMAN 



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SAVOY 

23 FEBRUARY, 1922 
SAEAH OF SOHO 

Comedy, in three acts, by DOUGLAS MURRAY 

Sarah Giliman Gertrude Elliott 

Steven Ranee C. V. France 

Mrs. Ranee Lottie Venne 

Dick Ranee James Dale 

Fred Gurran Leslie Banks 

Marquis de Morento William Mollison 

Marquise de Morento Violet Graham 

Watson Roger Livesey 

Miss Butt Ethel Oliver 

French Maid Margot Chalfont 

Play produced by ROBERT COURTNEIDGE 



KINGSWAY 

26 FEBRUARY, 1922 

"SIX CHARACTERS IN SEARCH 
OF AN AUTHOR " 

Comedy, in three acts, by LUIGI PIRANDELLO ; 
translated by MRS. W. A. GREENE 
Presented by THE STAGE SOCIETY 

The Father Franklin Dyall 

The Mother Lilian Moubrey 

The Stepdaughter Muriel Pratt 

The Son William Armstrong 

The Boy Freddie Peisley 

The Little Girl Sylvia Spagnoletti 

Madame Pace (Evoked) Margaret Yarde 

The Members of ih? Company 
The Manager and Leading Comedian . Alfred Clark 

The Leading Man George Hayes 

The Leading Lady Sylvia Young 

The Juvenile Man Maurice Colbourne 

The Juvenile Lady Elizabeth Arkell 

The Heavy Lady Muriel Hope 

The Third Actor Hugh Owen 

The Fourth Actor D. A. Clarke Smith 

The Stage Manager Matthew Forsyth 

The Prompter J. Leslie Frith 

The Stage Doorkeeper Gilbert Davis 

Play produced by THEODORE KOMISARJEVSKY 



COURT 

27 FEBRUARY, 1922 
* "THE PIGEON" 

Play by JOHN GALSWORTHY 

Christopher Wellwyn Leon M. Lion 

Ann Ursula Millard 

Guinevere Megan Muriel Pratt 

Rory Megan Alec. Snowden 

Ferrand Ernest Thesiger 

Timson Ernest Hendrie 

Canon Bertley E. Lyall Swete 

Professor Calway Harold Scott 

Sir Thomas Hoxton John Howell 

Police-constable Dirk Danieli 

First Humble-man Douglas Jefferies 

Second Humble-man Barry Moore 

Third Humble-man Alfred Wood 

A Loafer Arthur K. Phillips 

Play produced by E. LYALL SWETE 



DUKE OF YORK'S 

1 MARCH, 1922 

"THE ENCHANTED COTTAGE" 
A " fable," in three acts, by SIR ARTHUR \V. PINERO 

Oliver Bashf orth Owen Nares 

Mrs. Small wood Winifred Emery 

Rupert Smallwood Smallwood .... Xorman Forbes 
Major Murray Hillgrove, D.S.O., M.C. 

Nicholas Hannen 

Rev. Charles Corsellis O. B. Clarence- 
Mrs. Corsellis May Whitty 

Laura Pennington Laura Cowle 

Mrs. Minnett Jean Cadell 

Rigg Ronald Simpson 



First Married Couple 
Second Married Couple 
Third Married Couple 

The Second Witch 

The Third Witch 

The Three Bridesmaids . 



f Gladys Hervey 
Geoffrey Be van 
Margot "BarS 
I William Cuiff 
Marjorie Hopkins 
Cedric Osmond 
Viola Marsh 
Dorothy Millar 
Sybil Hawkes 
K. Stanley- Alder 
f Lila Maravan 

The Fourth Bridesmaid Dorothy Stephen 

Cherubs, Imps, Children 



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QUEEN'S 

2 MARCH, 1922 
" DAVID GARRICK" 

Comedy-opera by REGINALD SOMERVILLE, 
founded on T. W. ROBERTSON'S play 

David Garrick Leonard Ceiley 

Simon Ingot Herbert Cameron 

Chivy Miles MaUeson 

Smith Sidney Groom 

Browne Charles Wingrove 

Jones E. H. Kelly 

George Garrick H. B. Carr 

T. Davies Sinclair Scott 

Thomas Harold Lester 

Stage Manager Sydney Elliot 

Stage Door-keeper William Ravenscroft 

Old Actor George Richardson 

Young Actor W. Echols 

Ada Ingot Madeline Collins 

Araminta Gladys Godwin 

Mrs. Smith Florence Vie 

Belinda Rose Hignell 

Clorinda Janet Eccles 

Flormda Beatrice Shaw 

Elderly Actress Hilda Glynn 

A Dancer Cherry Carver 

Play produced by A. E. FILMER 

THE OLD VIC 

6 MARCH, 1922 
"PEER GYNT" 

A dramatic poem by HENRIK IBSEN, translated by 
WILLIAM and CHARLES ARCHER 

Grieg's music adapted by CHARLES CORRI 

Peer Gynt Russell Thorndike 

Ase Florence Buckton 

Aslak Wilfrid Waltei 

The Bridegroom Maxwell Wray 

The Bridegroom's Father Ernest Meads 

The Bridegroom's Mother Nancy Harker 



SYNOPSIS OF PLAYBILLS 



Solveig Stella Friston 

Her Father Reyner Barton 

Her Mother Joyce Cathie 

Helga Iris Roberts 

The Hegstad Farmer Austin Trevor 

Ingrid Gladys Dale 

( Esther Whitehouse 

Three Saeter Girls < Jane Bacon 

( Mary Hamilton 

The Green Clad One Frances Petersen 

The Troll King Andrew Leigh 

A Troll Courtier D. Hay Petrie 

The Brat Agnes Carter 

Kari Katherine O'Dwyer 

Herr Trumpeterstrale Wilfrid Walter 

Mr. Cotton. John Garside 

Monsieur Ballon Austin Trevor 

Herr von Eberkopf Reyner Barton 

, ( Douglas Hutchison 

biaves ' ( Guy Martineau 

An Officer Hilton Edwards 

A Thief Francis Sullivan 

A Receiver Alan Watts 

Anitra Althea Glasby 

The Captain Ernest Meads 

The Look Out Henry Cohen 

The Mate Francis Sullivan 

The Cook Hilton Edwards 

The Cabin Boy Joyce Cornish 

The Strange Passenger Austin Trevor 

The Button Moulder Rupert Harvey 

Peasants, Trolls, Troll Imps, Dancing Girls, etc. 
Play produced by ROBERT ATKINS 

EVERYMAN 

6 MARCH, 1922 

* "AKMS AND THE MAN" 
Comedy by G. BERNARD SHAW 

Major Paul Pettoff Michael Sherbrooke 

Nicola. Aubrey Mather 

Major Sergius Saranofi Gordon Bailey 

Captain Bluntschli Milton Rosmer 

Katherine Pettofi Frances Wetherall 

Louka Dorothy Holmes-Gore 

Raina Isabel Jeans 

An Officer Reginald Denham 

KINGSWAY 

7 MARCH, 1922 

* " THE YELLOW JACKET " 

Chinese play by GEORGE C. HAZELTQN 
and J. H. BENRIMO 

Property Man Holnian Clark 

Chorus John Tresahar 

Wu Sin Yin Jevan Brandon-Thomas 

Due Jung Fah Betty Loraine 

Tso Julia Kean 

Tai Fah Min Edmund Kennedy 

Chee Moo Doris Lloyd 

Lee Sin. Malcolm Morley 

Suey Sin Fah Daisy Thimm 

Wu Hoo Git Ivor Novello 

Wu Fah Din Seton Blackden 

Yin Suey Gong Cecil Cameron 

Yong Soo Kow Doris Kealy 

Moy Fah Loy Ann Trevor 

See Noi Ellie Royter 

The Widow Ching Ethel Ross 

Git Hok Gar Dickson-Kenwin 

Kom Loi Robert Young 



ST. MABTIN'S 
8 MARCH, 1922 
" LOYALTIES " 

A drama, in three acts, by JOHN GALSWORTHY 

Charles Winsor Edmond Breon 

Lady Adela Dorothy Massingham 

Ferdinand de Levis Ernest Milton 

Treisure Gilbert Ritchie 

General Canynge Dawson Milward 

Margaret Orrne Cathleen Nesbitt 

Captain Ronald Dancy. D.S.O Eric Maturin 

Mabel " Meggie Albanesi 

Inspector Dede Griffith Humphreys 

Robert Clifford Mollison 

A Constable Ian Hunter 

Augustus Borring J. H. Roberts 

Lord St. Erth Ben Field 

A Club Footman Ian Hunter 

Major Colford Malcolm Keen 

Edward Craviter Clifford Mollison 

A Young Clerk Ian Hunter 

Gilman Ben Field 

Jacob Twisden J. H. Roberts 

Ricardos Griffith Humphreys 



* " SHALL WE JOIN THE LADIES ? " 

First act of a new play, in three acts, 
by J. M. BARRIE 

Sam Smith Leslie Faber 

Lady Jane Raye Meggie Albanesi 

Mr. Preen J. H. Roberts 

Lady Wrathie Muriel Pratt 

Sir Joseph Wrathie Ben Field 

Mrs. Preen Lady Tree 

Mr. Gourlay Dawson Milward 

Mrs. Castro Dorothy Massingham 

Mr. Vaile Edmond Breon 

Mrs. Bland Dorothy Warren 

Miss Isit Cathleen Nesbitt 

Mr. Jennings Eric Maturin 

Miss Vaile Elizabeth Pollock 

An Officer Ian Hunter 

A Maid Marda Vanne 

Dolphin Malcolm Keen 

The plays produced by BASIL DEAN 



NEW OXFOED 

9 MARCH, 1922 
MAYFAIR AND MONTMAETRE " 

Revue, in twenty scenes, by 
JOHN HASTINGS TURNER 

A. W. Baskcomb 
George Hassall 
Tubby Edlin 
Albert Bruno 
George Bishop 
Charles Brooks 



Alice Delysia 

Lady Tree 

Nelly Taylor 

Anita Elson 

Joyce Barbour 

Mabel Green 

Gwendoline Floyd 

Sascha Piator and Lois Natalie 
Nikitina and Stowitts 
Charlie Poley and partner 
Fred Sylvester and company 



Play produced by BJENRIMO 



Revue produced by FRANK COLLINS 



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SHAFTESBUBY 
11 MARCH, 1922 

"IN NELSON'S DAYS" 

A play of adventure, by MRS. CLIFFORD MILLS, 
In a prologue and four acts 

Characters in ike Prologue 

Napoleon Adrian Byrne 

Marshal Soult Tarver Penna 

General O'Connor King Fordham 

Lord Desmond Fitzgrattan. . .Lawrence Anderson 

Brian O'Farrel Lionel Scott 

Mechet Philip Valentine 

Characters in ike Play 

Admiral Lord Barham, First Lord of the Admiralty 
Alfred Bishop 

Commodore Tiverton, R.N Bellenden Clarke 

Captain Charles Carrington, R.N. Percy Hutchison 
Lord Desmond Fitzgrattan . . . Lawrence Anderson 

Doctor Bosty, R.N Charles Vane 

Seaman Goliath Barnes F. G. Thurston 

The Marquis of Queenstown .... Randolph McLeod 

The Marchioness of Queenstown Hetta Bartlett 

Lady Honors Fitzgrattan Marie Hemingway 

Lady Patricia Fitzgrattan Elsie Stranack 

Masson Tarver Penna 

Arnould Alfred Brandon 

Nanterre Lewis Gilbert 

Courville Bellenden Clarke 

Lord Castleton Ben Webster 

Lady Bracebridge Mildred Cottell 

Lieut. Anthony Bracebridge, R.N. Wilfred Fletcher 

Routh Donogan Jack Fortescue 

Michael McCarthy Christopher Steele 

Lavinia Lavender Florence Rutter 

The Man in Black Ernest W. Parr 

Julie Prescott Adele Wessely 

Jenerfers F. G. Thurstans 

Play produced by PERCY HUTCHISON 



COMEDY 

12 MARCH, 1922 
"IF FOUR WALLS TOLD" 

A village tale, in three acts, by EDWARD PERCY 
Presented by THE REPERTORY PLAYERS 

David Rysing Reginald Bach 

Benjy Sturgis Richard Bird 

Liz Rysing Muriel Alexander 

Mrs.Tibbett Louise Hampton 

Jan Rysing. . . . .Tristan Rawson 

Mrs. Sturgis Maud Jollifie 

Clare Sturgis Gipsy Ellis 

Toby Crouch William Stack 

Hope Tregoning Faith Liddle 

Ned Mason Claud Allister 

Play produced by REGINALD DENHAM 

SHAFTESBtTRY 
18 MARCH, 1922 
* "NIGHTIE NIGHT" 

Comedy by MARTHA H. STANLEY and 
ADELAIDE MATHEWS 

Billy Moffat Percy Hutchison 

Jimmy Blythe King Fordham 

Philip Burton J. Cranstoun Nevill 

Dr. Bentley Bryan Powley 

Porter Donald Walcott 

MolUe Moffat Elsie Stranack 



Ernestine Dare Joan Chaloner 

Trixie Lorratine Dorothy Miato 

Xorah Rita Otway 

* "MASTER WAYFARER" 
Play, in one act, by J. E. HAROLD TERRY 

Songs by ARTHUR SCOTT CRAVEN ; music by 
HOWARD CARR 

The Maid Elsie Stranack 

The Man Bryan Powley 

The Villain Wilfred Fletcher 

The Wayfarer C. Hayden Coffin 

Plays produced by PERCY HUTCHISON 

SHAFTESBIJRY 

19 MARCH, 1922 

* "ALL FOR LOVE" 

Tragedy by JOHN DRYDEN 

Presented by THE PHOENIX SOCIETY 

Marc Anthony Ion Swinley 

Ventidius Campbell Fletcher 

Dollabella Hugh Miller 

Alesas Felix Aylmer 

Serapion Eugene Leahy 

Myris John. Collins 

Servants to Anthony { **S Gordon Craig 

Another priest John H. Moore 

Cleopatra Edith Evans 

Octavia Ellen O'MaUey 

Charmion Muriel Dole 

Iras Clare Harris 

Anthony's two ( Barbara Dale 

little daughters ( Alma Priest 

Prologue and Epilogue spoken by 
WILLIAM ARMSTRONG 

Play produced by EDITH CRAIG 

COURT 

20 MARCH, 1922 

* "THE SILVER BOX" 

Play by JOHN GALSWORTHY 

John Barthwick Arthur Whitby 

Mrs. Barthwick Margaret Carter 

Jack Barthwick Hugh Wakefield 

Roper F. B. J. Sharp 

Mrs. Jones Louise Hampton 

Marlow Douglas Jefferies 

Wheeler May Haysac 

Jones Leslie Banks 

Mrs. Seddon Ethel Ramsay 

Snow C. R. Norris 

A Police Magistrate John Howell 

An Unknown Lady Auriol Lee 

Livens Dirk Daniell 

A Relieving Officer Arthur K. Phillips 

A Magistrate's Clerk Arthur Chishohn 

An Usher 1 Harry Chance 

A Bald-headed Constable Alec Snowden 

Play produced by E. LYALL SWETE 

STRAND 

21 MARCH, 1922 
"THE LOVE MATCH" 

Play by ARNOLD BENNETT 

Hugh Russ Arthur Bourchier 

Adrian Dibble '. . .E. Holman Clark 



SYNOPSIS OF PLAYBILLS 



Straker Campbell Guilan 

Nina Kyrle Bellew 

Anne Nadine March 

St. Pancras Margaret Watson 

Play produced by FRANK VERNON 

GARRICK 

22 MARCH, 1922 

" THE MAN IN DRESS CLOTHES " 

A comedy, in three acts, from the French of 

ANDRfc PICARD and YVES MIRANDE, 

by SEYMOUR HICKS 

Louis John J. Hooker 

Foxtrot Joan Vivian Rees 

Lucien Seymour Hicks 

Henri de la Tour Stanley Logan 

Pierre Lazarre J. C. Buckstone 

Perdu Hubert Fraser 

Helene Frances Doble 

Germaine Barbara Hoffe 

Gustaye Harry Jameson 

Odderitto Laurence Caird 

Marie Elizabeth Watson 

Edith Adeline Roze 

Lily Osa March 

Pimpernell Fred Fenton 

Mile. Champicniol Grace Denbigh Russell 

Rosenthal J. W- Keighley 

Andre de Landal Frederick Worlock 

Severin Louis Palgrave 

Celeste Vivienne Whitaker 

Jeannette . Adela Measor 

Play produced by SEYMOUR HICKS 

AMBASSADORS 

22 MARCH, 1922 
"THE CURATE'S EGG" 

Revue, in two acts, by ARTHUR WIMPERIS 
Music by HERMAN FINCK and VIVIAN ELLIS 



Henry Kendall 
Charles Groves 
Nelson Keys 
Charles Trevor 
lago Lewys 
Leslie Irvine 



Violet Aubert 
Sylvia Haidee 
Irene Russell 
Ethel Wagstaff 
Flora Ashe 
Ethel Maude 



Revue produced by NELSON KEYS 

KINGSWAY 

24 MARCH, 1922 

** WHEN EYES ARE OPENED " 
A play in one act by MRS. ST. CLAIR STOBART 

Heloise Beverley Sitgreaves 

John Ranger Allan Jeayes 

Perdita Hilda Bruce-Potter 

"SLINGS AND ARROWS" 
A play, in three acts, by BETTY BOWER 

Ellen Matthews Laura Smithson 

Arnold Matthews William Armstrong 

Annie Elizabeth Williams 

Harris Rothbury Evans 

Katherine Matthews Marie Royter 

Rev. David Springfield Eric Cowley 

Jarvis J. Smith- Wright 

Mrs. Somers Margaret Scudamore 

Bryan Somers Ivor Barnard 

Ernest Swynton Leslie Banks 



PALACE 

24 MARCH, 1922 

" PRIDE AND PREJUDICE " 

A dramatized version, by EILEEN H. A. 
and J. C. SQUIRE, of Jane Austen's novel 

Elizabeth Bennett Mary Jerroid 

Jane Bennett Joyce Carey 

Lydia Bennett Mary Merrall 

Kitty Bennett Ltla Maravan 

Mar} T Bennett Margery Holman 

Mr. Bennett Alfred Clark 

Mrs. Bennett Dame May Whitty 

Hill Ethel Hodgson 

Rev. William Collins Hubert Harben 

George Wickham Jevan Brandon Thomas 

Caroline Bingley Ruth Bower 

Charles Blingley Ivor No vello 

Fitzwilliam Darcy Ben Webster 

Lady Lucas Margaret Yarde 

Charlotte Lucas. . Jean Webster Brough 

Sir William Lucas .Fewlass Llewellyn 

Gardener Charles Dodds 

Footman Robert Craig 

Mrs. Hurst Honor Bright 

Mrs. Long Ellen Terry 

Lady Catherine de Bourgh Helen Ferrers 

Play produced by EDITH CRAIG 



KINGSWAY 

26 MARCH, 1922 

" THE AFRIKANDER 

Play, in three acts, by R. HENDERSON BLAND 
Presented by THE PLAY ACTORS 

Ellen Stonor Madge Mclntosh 

John Fairleigh Harold Deacon 

George Bainbridge Peter Bassett 

Charles Banting Frederick Moyes 

James Courtenay Robert Minster 

Vivien Ramsay Viva Birkett 

Edna Stonor Hilda Maude 

Beatrice Courtenay Marion Lind 

Frank Hardy Langhorne Burton 

Danvers Hugh Higson 

Aubrey Norton Wilfred Fletcher 

Sharpe Beatrice Willoughby 

Teal D. A. Clarke Smith 

Cheetle D. J. Williams 

Play produced by HENDERSON BLAND 



EVERYMAN 
27 MARCH, 1922 
* "GETTING MARRIED" 
Play by BERNARD SHAW 

Mrs. Bridgenorth Maud Jolliffe 

Collins Aubrey Mather 

General Bridgenorth Frederick Moyes 

Lesbia Grantham Mabel Terry Lewis 

Reginald Bridgenorth Alfred Grey 

Leo (Mrs. Reginald Bridgenorth) . . .Moyna Macgill 

The Bishop of Chelsea Felix Aylmer 

St. John Hotchkiss Milton Rosmer 

Cecil Sykes Harold Scott 

Edith Bridgenorth Dorothy Holmes-Gore 

Soames (Father Anthony) H. R. Hignett 

The Beadle Reginald Denham 

Mrs. George Collins Gertcude Kingston 



SYNOPSIS OF PLAYBILLS 



COMEDY 

29 MARCH, 1922 
" OTHER PEOPLE'S WORRIES " 

Comedy, in three acts, by R. C. CARTON 

Sir William Conroy, Bt Herbert Ross 

Lord Robert Blantyre Charles Maunsell 

Hon. Digby Rawes" C. M. Lovrne 

Percy Glanfield, M.P Arthur Phillips 

Major Ryecroft Edmund Willard 

Bromley Dalmore Forrester Harvey 

Swabey Compton Coutts 

Deedle's Edgar Ashley Marvin 

Lady Conroy Miss Compton 

Mrs. Ryecroft Athene Seyler 

Mrs. Ormandy Browne Ruth Maitland 

Eugenia Ormandy Browne Mercia Cameron 

Alice Cope Dorothy Edwards 

Leader of Ladies' Orchestra Dorothy Powell 

Play produced by LEON M. LION 

GAIETY 

1 APRIL, 1922 
"HIS GIRL" 

Musical play, in two acis, by AUSTEN HURGON and 

F. W. THOMAS ; lyrics by CLAUDE E. BURTON ; 

and music by ERNEST LONGSTAFFE and 

MAX DAREWSKI 

Earl of Laughden Walter Gay 

Lady Diana Mellows Patricia Malone 

Lady Anne Mellows Dorothy Bourn 

Lady Sarah Mellows Doreen Deanng 

Lady Jane Mellows Julie Hartley-Milburn 

Lady Harriet Mellows Violet Marley 

Lady Mary Mellows Vesta Sylva 

Lord Algernon Mellows Bobby Blythe 

Count Attilio del Rossi Tony de Lungo 

Bodkin Bryn Gwyn 

Susan Buckett Hilda Bayley 

Hon. Geoffrey Custance Arthur Margetson 

Mr. Longdon Sanders Warren 

Miss Sandys Helen Beltramo 

Burleigh Charles McConnell 

Ninette Maria Minetti 

Barbara Hicks Margaret Bays 

James Hicks Stanley Lupino 

Play produced by AUSTEN HURGON 

EINGSWAY 

2 APRIL, 1922 
"WASHED ASHORE" 

Play, in one act, by DOROTHY MASSINGHAM 

The Man Leslie Banks 

The Woman Margaret Carter 

First Savage Margaret Yarde 

Second Savage Ivor Barnard 

"THE GIRL AND THE CITY" 

Fantasy by BEATRICE MAYOR 
A Girl Betty Potter 

" THIRTY MINUTES IN A STREET " 

Play, in one act, by BEATRICE MAYOR 

A Stray Man Brember Wills 

A Man with a Bag Ralph Neale 

A Rich Lady Margaret Yarde 

A Curate William Armstrong 



A Frenchwoman Dulcie Leggatt 

First Charwoman Brasilia Wills 

Second Charwoman Margaret Carter 

A Girl Florence Saunders 

A Visitor Marjory Holman 

A Housewife Ray Litvin 

A Young Man Matthew Xorgate 

A Child Susan Mayor 

A Professor Ivor Barnard 

A Student Geoffrey Dunlop 

First Shop Girl Dulcie Leggatt 

Second Shop Girl Elsa Lan Chester 

An Old Lady Sybil Thorndike 

An Elderly Gentleman J. Fisher "White 

A Musician Allan Watts 

A Husband Walter Schofield 

An Actor Russell Thorndike 

Plays presented by THE PLAYWRIGHTS' THEATRE? 
and produced by EDITH CRAIG 

LITTLE 

3 APRIL 1922 

"AMELIA'S SUITORS; 

or, Colonel Chutney's First Defeat " 

A farce of " the good old days," by H. F. MALTBY 

Jeremiah Jellybrook Ian Fleming 

Colonel Christopher Chutney Brember Wills 

Nathaniel Niven Leslie Perrins 

Amelia Angelfield Sybil Thorndike 

Araminta Cicely Oates 

Linkrnan Stockwell Hawkins 

" PROGRESS" 

A drama, in one act, by ST. JOHN ERVINE 

Professor Henry Corrie, D.Sc Lewis Casson 

Mrs. Meldon Sybil Thorndike 

Hannah Cicely Oates 

"THE NUTCRACKER SUITE" 

A play, in two acts, by E. CRAWSH AY-WILLIAMS 

Rosalie Sybil Thorndike 

Max . . . . k Ian Fleming 

Nicolas Franklin Dyall 

Marie Olivia Burleigh 

Balthazar Stockwell Hawkins 

* "COLOMBINE" 

A fantasy by REGINALD ARKELL 

Prologue Lewis Casson 

Dan'l Brember Wills 

Nathan'l Andrew Churchman 

Harlequin Ian Fleming 

Pierrot Leslie Penrins 

Colombine Elizabeth Arkell 

Old Man Stockwell Hawkins 

* "AT THE TELEPHONE" 

Drama, in two acts, by ANDRE DE LORDE and 
CHARLES FOLEY 

Andre Marex Franklin Dyall 

Rivoire Lewis Casson 

Blaise Stockwell Hawkins 

Justin Ralph Neale 

Martha Marex Sybil Thorndike 

Lucienne Rivoire Olivia Burleigh 

Nanette Barbara Gott 

A Boy Brember Wills 

Pierre Marie Vintea 

The plays produced by LEWIS CASSON 



SYNOPSIS OF PLAYBILLS 



WYNDHAM>S 

5 APRIL, 1922 

"BUNKING WATER" 

A play, in four acts, by A. E. W. MASON 

Gabriel Strood (alias Garrett Skinner) Gilbert Hare 

Reggie Barstow Spencer Trevor 

Archie Parmittter Max Leeds 

Walter Mine Edward Combermere 

Captain Hilary Chayne Wilfrid Seagram 

Sidney Jarvice .Clifford Heatherley 

Telegraph Boy Alfred Ayre 

Sylvia Strood Edna Best 

Mary Billie Hill 

Play produced by NORMAN PAGE 



GLOBE 

6 APRIL, 1922 
* "ME. PIM PASSES BY " 

Comedy, in three acts, by A. A. MILNE 

George Harden, J.P C. Aubrey Smith 

Olivia Harden Irene Vanbrugh 

Dinah Helen Spencer 

Lady Harden Ethel Griffies 

Brian Strange Jack Hobbs 

Carraway Pirn Dion Boucicault 

Anne , Ethel Wellesley 

Play produced by DION BOUCICAULT 



ALDWYCH 

8 APRIL, 1922 

* " TMf) WHITE-HEADED BOY " 
Comedy by LENNOX ROBINSON 

Mrs. Geoghegan , Mignon O'Doherty 

George George Dillon 

Peter John C. Bland 

Kate Kitty Kirwan 

Jane Kathleen Moran 

Baby Muriel Allen 

Dennis Parker K. Lynch 

Donough Brosnan Desmond O'Donovan 

John Duffy Fred O'Donovan 

Delia Una O'Neill 

Hannah Kitty McVeigh 

Aunt Ellen Sara Allgood 

Play produced by SARA ALLGOOD 



KINGSWAY 

9 APRIL, 1922 
"THE RETUKN OF SYBIL" 

Play by W. LEMON HALL 
Presented by THE PLAY ACTORS 

Sybil Hetherington Barbara Everest 

Violet Hetherington .Ann Desmond 

Mrs. Redfern Hilda Sims 

Victor Hetherington Geoffrey Bevan 

Reuben Gibbs Ernest Haynes 

Hon. James Crofton Wilfred Forster 

Reggie Mortimer Leonard Upton 

Saunders Marie Ault 

Parker Honor Bright 

Isaacson. H. Naylor Grimson 



SHAFTESBURY 

13 APRIL, 1922 
"TONS OF MONEY" 

Farce, in three acts, by WILL EVANS 

and VALENTINE 

Sprules George Barrett 

Simpson Ena Mason 

Benita Mullett Mary Brough 

Louise AUington Yvonne Arnaud 

Aubrey Henry Mankind Allingtou Ralph Lynn 

Giles Willie Warde 

James Chesterman J. Robertson Hare 

Jean Everard Madge Saunders 

Henry Tom Walls 

George Maitland Sidney Lynn 

Play produced by E. HOLMAN CLARK 



ROYALTY 

13 APRIL, 1922 

* "IF FOUR WALLS TOLD" 
Play, in three acts, by EDWARD PERCY 

Jan Rysing Tristan Rawson 

David Rysing Reginald Bach 

Toby Crouch Ambrose Manning 

Ned Mason Francis Lister 

Benjy Sturgis Roger Lyvesey 

Liz Rysing Edyth Goodall 

Mrs. Sturgis Ethel Coleridge 

Clare Sturgis Mary Forrester 

Mrs. Tibbitt Louise Hampton 

Hope Tregoning Moyna MacGill 

Play produced by REGINALD DENHAM 

NEW 

15 APRIL, 1922 
* ' MR. WU " 

Chinese play by H. M VERNON and 
HAROLD OWEN 

Mrs. Gregory Lilian Braithwaite 

Holman W. F. Grant 

Mr. Gregory Herbert Bunston 

Compradore Campbell Fletcher 

Nang Ping Nona Wynne 

Basil Denys Blakelock 

Ah Wong Marian Lynd 

Tea Servant Horton Cooper 

Simpson Donald Young 

Chinese Singer Brian Buchel 

Chinese Clerk David Gill 

Low Loong Gwynne Whitby 

Hilda Dorothy Turner 

Carruthers A. W. Tyser 

Ah Sing Herbert Young 

Mr. Wu Matheson Lang 

Play produced by MATHESON LANG 



EVERYMAN 

17 APRIL, 1922 

"THE BARGAIN" 

Play, in one act, by WALTER MEADE 

Abdul Hussain Michael Sherbrooke 

Captain Bruce Felix Aylmer 

Private Soldier Laurence Foley 

Major Phillips Walter Meade 



SYNOPSIS OF PLAYBILLS 



"IIJ5 W 

Play, in one act, by EUGENE O'NEILL 

The Steward Michael Sherbrooke 

Ben Harold Scott 

Captain Keeney Frank Vosper 

Mr. Slocum Aubrey Mather 

Mrs. Keeney Mary Merrall 

Harpooner Joe Felix Aylmer 

" DAILY BREAD " 

Play, in one act, translated from the French of 
JULES RENARD, by VAUGHAN THOMAS 

She Isabel Jeans 

He Milton Rosmer 

DEFEAT " 
Play, in one act, by JOHN GALSWORTHY 

The Officer Herbert Marshall 

The Girl Mary Merrall 



EVERYMAN 

18 APRIL, 1922 

* "mSALLIANCE" 

Comedy by BERNARD SHAW 

John Tarleton Alfred Clark 

Mrs. Tarleton Maud Jolliffe 

Johnny Tarleton Frank Vosper 

Hypatia Isabel Jeans 

Lord Summerhays Felix Aylmer 

Bentley Summerhays Ivor Barnard 

Lina Dorothy Holmes-Gore 

Gunner '. Harold Scott 

Percival Milton Rosmer 



EMPIRE 

19 APRIL, 1922 
LOVE'S AWAKENING " 

Light opera adapted by ADRIAN Ross from the 

original of HERMAN HALLER and DR. RIDEAMUS, 

with music by EDUARD KUNNEKE 

Countess Francesa Delia Rosa Juliette Autran 

Tonio Marjorie Gordon 

Veronika Amy Augarde 

Nella Betty Chester 

Marietta Vera Pearce 

Lorenzo Edouard Lestan 

Father Filippo Harry Brindle 

Dr. Pedantius Billy Leonard 

Play produced by CHARLES Ross 



DRURY LANE 

20 APRIL, 1922 

" DECAMERON NIGHTS " 

A romantic play,, in three acts, by ROBERT 

MCLAUGHLIN, adapted (with lyrics) by BOYLE 

LAWRENCE 

Ricciardo Liberati H. A. Saintsbury 

Amato Horace Corbyn 

Bessano Arthur Lewis 

Torello d'Istria Hugh Buckler 

Azaro Tom Barrett 

Loretto Frank Haylett 

Saladin Cowley Wright 

Imliff David Miller 



Alatiel Willette Kershaw 

A Minstrel Ernest Pitt 

The Lady Theodora Gladys Ancruxn 

The Lady Viplante Ellis Jeffreys 

The Lady Lisetta Verita Vivien 

Ciacco Ivan Berlyn 

Alfredo Raymond Metcalf e 

Brunal Louis Wilson 

The Soldan of Egypt Jefferson Gore 

Merandon Winifred Davis 

Arendan David Hodder 

Koor. Carlito Ackroyd 

The Doge of Venice John Keating 

Zucco Charles Mond 

Geronimo Stanley Hay 

Pietro Frank Walsh 

Matteo George Bourne 

Beno Augustus Bowerman 

Marta Babara Hannay 

The King of Algarve Arthur Lewis 

The play produced by ARTHUR COLLINS 

COMEDY 

23 APRIL, 1922 
"ZACK" 

A character comedy, in three acts, by 
HAROLD BRIGHOUSE 

Presented by THE REPERTORY PLAYERS 

Mrs. Munning Louise Hampton 

Sally Teale Jean Webster-Brough 

Paul Munning W. Edward Stirling 

Virginia Ca vender Joyce Kennedy 

Zachariah Munning Henry Kendall 

Martha Wrigley Marjorie Harwood 

James Abbott .Dan F. Roe 

Joe Wrigley Harold B. Meade 

Thomas Mo watt Geoffrey Hammond 

Harry Shoebridge William Pringle 

Play produced by TRISTAN RAWSON 

COURT 

25 APRIL, 1922 
"WINDOWS" 

A comedy (for idealists and others), in three acts 
by JOHN GALSWORTHY 

Geoffrey March Herbert Marshall 

Joan March Irene Rooke 

Mary March Janet Ecdes 

Johnny March John Howell 

Cook Clare Greet 

Mr. Bly Ernest Thesiger 

Faith Bly Mary Odette 

Blunter Leslie Banks 

Mr. Barnabas C. R. Norris 

The play produced by LEON M. LION 

SAVOY 

26 APRIL, 1922 
"THE CARD PLAYERS" 

A play, in three acts, by C. HADDON CHAMBERS 

Wilford Ashfield Godfrey Tearle 

The Rev. Geoffrey Chepstone C. V. France 

James Ledbury, ., E. Lyall Swete 

Harry Cockburn Martin Lewis 

Sir Richard Paynton, Bart John Williams 

Ellen Viola March 

Eileen Ashfield Pepita Bobadflla 

The play produced by DION BOUCICAULT 



SYNOPSIS OF PLAYBILLS 



QUEEN'S 

29 APRIL, 1922 

"LASS 0' LAITGHTEB" 

A comedy, in three acts, by EDITH CARTER and 
NAN MARRIOTT-WATSON 

Ronald, Earl Maxwell Frederick Worlock 

Hon. Ian Maxwell P. Percival Clark 

Charles Dennis Nicholas Hannen 

Davie Nicholson Frank Pettingell 

Sandy Macdougal George Desmond 

Martin Cox F. B. J. Sharp 

Richards Lionel Williams 

Mrs. Nicholson Jean Cadell 

Lady Ailsa Weyman Henrietta Watson 

Jean Stirling Nan Marriott- Watson 

The play produced by E. HOLMAN CLARK 



PALACE 

I MAY, 1922 
* "THE TROJAN WOMEN" 

Tragedy by EURIPIDES 

Poseidon Lewis Casson 

Pallas Athena Saba Raleigh 

Hecuba Sybil Thorndike 

Talthybius Lewis Casson 

Cassandra Muriel Pratt 

Andromache Beatrice Wilson 

Menelaus Nicholas Hannen 

Helen Mary Grey 

Astyanax Mary Casson 

Chorus Leader Lilian Mowbray 

Play produced by LEWIS CASSON 

WYNDHAM'S 

6 MAY, 1922 
* "DEAR BRUTUS" 

Play by SIR JAMES BARRIE 

Mr. Dearth. Gerald du Maurier 

Mr. Purdie Ronald Squire 

Mr. Coade Norman Forbes 

Matey Alfred Drayton 

Lob Arthur Hatherton 

Mrs. Dearth Madeleine Seymour 

Mrs. Purdie Moyna Macgill 

Mrs. Coade Mabel Terry Lewis 

Joanna Trout Joyce Carey 

Lady Caroline Lancy Audrey Carten 

Margaret Faith Celli 

The play produced by GERALD DU MAURIER 

STRAND 

6 MAY, 1922 
* "TILLY OF BLOOMSBURY" 

Comedy by IAN HAY 

Abel Main waring Campbell Gullan 

Mr. Milroy Charles May 

Sylvia SibeU Archdale 

Lady Mary Main waring Helen Ferrers 

Rev. Adrian Rylands Christopher Steele 

Constance Darner Dorothy Overend 

Richard BasilFoster 

Tilly KyrleBellew 

Percy. Arthur Denton 

Amelia Ena Grossmith 

Grandma Banks Gladys Hamilton 



Mr. Metha Ram Christopher Steele 

Mrs. Welwyn Connie Ediss 

Lucius Welwyn E. Holman Clark 

Mr, Stillbottle Arthur BourcMer 

Mr. Pumpherston David Clarkson 

The play produced by E. HOLMAK CLARK 



DUKE OP YORK'S 

9 MAY 1922 
" NUTS IN MAY " 

Farce, in three acts, by E. LAWRENCE PRENTICE 
(From the French) 

Valentine Vervier John Deveiell 

Dubois Dan Rolyat 

Hercules Chplet Arthur Burne 

Major Martin Clive Currie 

Pierre Charles Vane 

Vicomte de Roche en Fair Geoffrey Saville 

Pommier Harold Clemence 

Captain Bessier Louis Goodrich 

Sergeant de Ville Henry Holland 

Claire Vervier Isabel Jeans 

Lola Edie Graham 

Eugenie Evelyn Kerry 

Marcelle Audrey Cameron 

Marie Ann Desmond 

Seraphine Noel Stephens 

Susette Mollie Hartley Milburn 

The play produced by NORMAN PAGE 



EVERYMAN 

14 MAY, 1922 

* "YOU NEVER CAN TELL" 
Comedy by G. BERNARD SHAW 

Mrs. Clandon Gertrude Kingston 

Gloria Clandon Jeannette Sherwin 

Dolly Clandon Nadine March 

Philip Clandon William Mollison 

Fergus Crampton H. 0. Nicholson 

Finch McComas Douglas- Jefferies 

Valentine Milton Rosmer 

Bohun, K.C Aubrey Mather 

The Waiter O. B. Clarence 

A Parlourmaid Irene Chandley 

Cook Harold Scott 



ALDWYCH 

17 MAY, 1922 
"A PRODIGAL DAUGHTER" 

A play, in three acts, by HAROLD ALFRED GURKEY 

Trevor Henry Ford 

Mrs. Kennedy Ruth Maitland 

Mr. Kennedy Lauderdale Maitland 

Maid Phyllis Stuckey 

Arthur Parker Garry Marsh 

Doris Kennedy Mary Merrall 

Ralph Grantham Donald Calthrop 

Mr. Green J. Leslie Frith 

Mrs. Green Helena Millais 

Chauffeur Eugene Leahy 

Henry Jack H. Bligh 

Carrie Irene Hentschel 

Inspector Johnson Victor Fairley 

The play produced by DONALD CALTHRO* 



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SYNOPSIS OF PLAYBILLS 



KINGSWAY 

18 MAY, 1922 

"LIFE'S A GAME" 

A comedy, in three acts, by " MICHAEL ORME " 

Lady Raunds Dame May Wfaitty 

Sir Thomas Raunds Stanley Turnbull 

Joyce Cieeve Nina Oldfield 

Cordelia Cieeve Margaret Halstan 

Mr. Penis tone Norman Harle 

Peter Winscombe Lawrence Andersen 

Dickie Cieeve Garry Marsh 

Fratton Stella Rho 

Lady Pamela Farres Mary Merrall 

Leonard Heriot Ben Webster 

Amy Muriel Lecornii 

Judith Brecon Helen Morris 

The play produced by BEN WEBSTER 



LYRIC 

18 MAY, 1922 
*' WHCBLED INTO HAPPINESS " 

A musical farce, in three acts, adapted by 

HARRY GRAHAM from the book of 
ROBERT BODANZKY and BRUNO HARDT-WARDEN 

Albert Horridge Tom Walls 

Horace Wiggs Austin Melford 

Duke of Dulchester Hastings Lynn 

Marquis of Brancaster Reginald Palmer 

Captain Montagu Lush Lawrence Phillips 

Doctor Carter Noel Colne 

Antoine Frank Atkinson 

Commissionaire Joe Grand 

Page Boy Arthur Budd 

Matthew Platt Billy Merson 

Delphine de Lavalliere Mai Bacon 

Lily Brown W f ynne Bronte 

Mrs. Horridge Frances Wetherall 

Duchess of Dulchester Gladys Hirst 

Florence Lily St. John 

The play produced by FRED J. BLACKMAN 



COURT 

21 MAY, 1922 
"AT THE GATES OF THE KINGDOM 

Play by KNUT HAMSUN 
Presented by THE STAGE SOCIETY 

Elina Jeanne de Casalis 

Ingeborg Madeline White 

Ivar Karerjo Franklin Dyall 

Professor Gylling Eugene Leahy 

Calsten Jerven, Ph.D Leslie Banks 

Natalie Hovind Dulcie Leggatt 

Endre Bondesen Harcourt Williams 

Taxidermist J. Leslie Frith 

The play produced by THEODORE KOMISARJEVSKY 



EVERYMAN 

22 MAY, 1922 

* "HEDDA GABLER" 

Play, in three acts, by HENRIK IBSEN 

Judge Brack Athole Stewart 

Ejlbert Lovborg .Charles Quartermaine 



George Tesman Ivor Barnard 

Hedda Tesman Mrs. Patrick Campbell 

Thea Elvsted Dorothy Holmes-Gore 

Juliana Tesman ' .Maud Jolliffe 

Bertha Sinna Sinclair 

The play produced by J. H. ROBERTS 



GLOBE 

27 MAY, 1922 
" EILEEN " 

A light comedy, in three acts (from the French of 

JACQUES BOUSQUET and PAUL ARMONT), by 

H. M. HARWOOD 

Eileen Bellamy Irene Vanbragh 

" Bobby " Bates Heather Thatcher 

Lucette Helen Spencer 

Miss Cole (" Coley ") Rosina Filippi 

Montague Bax Dion Boucicault 

Ronald Gore A. E. Anson 

Father O'Rourke Paddy Dupres 

Edward*. Jack Hobbs 

Archie Patricia Hayes 

Taylor Kitty De Leigh 

The play produced by DION BOUCICAULT 



HIS MAJESTY'S 

28 MAY, 1922 
* "L'AVARE" 

Comedy by MOLIERE 
Presented by THE COMEDIE FRANCAISE 

Harpagon MM. De Feraudy 

Cleante Dehelly 

Valere Dessonnes 

La Fleche Charle jGranval 

Ansehne Paul Numa 

Maitre Jacques Lafon 

Le Commissaire Roger Monteaux 

Maitre Simon Falconnier 

Brind'avoine Chaize 

La Merluche Chevalier 

Elise Mme. Huguette Duflos 

Frosine Catherine Fonteney 

Marianne Madeleine Renaud 



DALY'S 

28 MAY, 1922 
* " AJMPHYTRYON ; or, The Two Sosia's " 

Comedy by JOHN DRYDEN 
Presented by the PHOENIX SOCIETY 

Jupiter Harvey Braban 

Mercury George Desmond 

Phoebus Tristan Rawson 

Amphitryon Eugene Leahy 

Sosia Ben Field 

Gripus H. Athol Forde 

Polidas Charles Staite 

Tranio Matthew Forsyth 

Alcmena Dorothy Massingham 

Phsedra Marda Varmes 

Bromia Helena Millais 

Night Saba Raleigh 

Play produced by AI&AN WADE 



SYNOPSIS OF PLAYBILLS 



mS MAJESTY'S 

29 MAY, 1922 

* "LE MISANTHROPE" 

Comedy by MOLIERE 

Alceste M. Raphael Dufios 

Acaste M. Dehelly 

PMlinte M. Dessonnes 

Dubois M. Charles Granval 

Oronte M. Paul Numa 

Clitandre M. Fresnay 

Un Garde M. Falconnier 

Basque M. Chaize 

Celimene Mme. Cecile Sorel 

Eliante Mme. Huguette Dufios 

Arsino6 Mme. Catherine Fonteney 

APOLLO 

30 MAY, 1922 
* "TRILBY" 

Play, in four acts, by PAUL M. POTTER 

Madame Vinard Joan Pereira 

Talbot Wynne (" Taffy "). . .Lauderdale Maitland 
Alexander M'Allister ("The Laird") Handle Ayrton 
William. Bagot (" Little Billee ") , .Wilfred Fletcher 

Trilby O'Ferrall PhyUis Neilson -Terry 

Svengali Lyn Harding 

Gecko Alexander Sarner 

"Die Rev. Thomas Bagot Cecil King 

Mrs. Bagot Maud Stuart 

Angele Lydia Audre 

Honorine Rita John 

Zouzou George A. Temple 

Dodor C. T. Davis 

Anthony Walter Menpes 

Lorimer Felix Irwin 

Colonel Kaw John H. Moore 

The play produced by CECIL KING 

LITTLE 

31 MAY, 1922 

" A HAPPY NEW YEAR " 

A merry thought, from the French of 

GUSTAVE Du CLOS, adapted by SEYMOUR HICKS 

music specially composed by ALBERT Fox 

The Father George Bealby 

The Mother Cicely Gates 

The Bride Elizabeth Arkell 

The Bridegroom Cyril Cattley 

The Son Leslie Perrins 

The Old Year Brember Wills 

The New Year - Marie Vinten 

*' TBTR SISTERS* TRAGEDY " 

A play, in one act, by RICHARD HUGHES 

Philippa Ivy Williams 

Charlotte Olivia Burleigh 

Lowrie. . . .- Elizabeth Arkell 

John Lewis Casson 

Owen Brember Wills 

" TO BE CONTINUED " 

A comedy, hi one act, by M. JEAN BASTIA : 
adapted by SEWELL COLLINS 

The Novelist Lewis Casson 

The Typist Auriol Lee 

The Valet Stockwell Hawkins 

The Messenger Ralph Neale 

A Lady * Barbara Gott 



** xufci BETTER HALF " 
A comedy, in one act, by NOEL COWARD 

Alice Auriol Lee 

Marion Ivy Williams 

The Husband Ian Fleming 

* THE HAND OF DEATH " 

A drama, in two acts, by ANDRE DE LORDE and 

ALFRED* BINET 

Professor Charrier George Bealby 

Henri Louis Casson 

Elise Auriol Lee 

Marie Barbara Gott 

The Visitor Brember Wills 

1st Doctor Stockwell Hawkins 

2nd Doctor Andrew Churchman 

The plays produced by LEWIS CASSON 



COURT 

1 JUNE, 1922 

* " THE RABBI AND THE PRIEST " 
('The Little Brother") 

Play, in prologue and three acts, by 
BENEDICT JAMES 

Prologue 

Marie Mary Grey 

Thaddeus Vinogradoff David Bain 

Blume Molly Tremaine 

Mordecai Louis Merton 

Uncle Tulpin E. Howard Templeton 

Isaac Elkantrovitch Ernest Munro 

Schmul E. Lewis 

Shlomke Nat Blake 

Komavof Harry Norris 

The Play 

Bridget Marie Munro 

Judith Sylvia Morris 

George Lubin David Bain 

Vanderlinde Ernest Munro 

Rabbi Elkan M. D. Waxman 

Shinovitch Nat Blake 

Rube Samuels E. Howard Templeton 

Father Petrovitch J. Fisher- White 

Marie Mary Grey 

The play produced by M. D. WAXMAN and 
J FISHER-WHITE 

ROYALTY 

2 JUNE, 1922 
"THE GREEN CORD" 

A play, in three acts and four scenes, by 
MARION BOWER and ANTHONY ELLIS 

Colonel Sylvester Starling, D.S.O., F.R.S. 

Aubrey Smith 

Clementina Mary Merrall 

. Emma Talbot Grace Lane 

Ada Lockford. Lettice Fairfax 

Sir Mortimer Isleworth Felix Aylmer 

Captain " Planty " Ffoliott Arthur Wellesley 

Lucas Chadacre G. H. Mulcaster 

Kennett William Home . 

Duncan Ross Ian. Fleming 

Suleiman Bertram Terry 

Zarab-el Mahayll George Hayes 

Majid Frank Vosper 

Hindoo Servant Cyril Twyford 

Arab Soldier John Killner 

The play produced by ANTHONY ELUS 



SYNOPSIS OF PLAYBILLS 



PLAYHOUSE 
3 JUNE, 1922 

* "THE SECOND MRS. TANQUERAY" 
Play, in four acts, by SIR A. W. PINERO 

Paula Tanqueray Gladys Cooper 

Aubrey. Dennis Eadie 

EUean'. Molly Kerr 

Cayley Dnimmle Gilbert Hare 

Mrs. Cortelyon Fay Davis 

Hugh Ardale Philip Desborough 

Gordon Jayne E, Vivian Reynolds 

Frank Misquith H. R. Hignett 

Sir George Orreyd Ernest Thesiger 

Lady Orreyd Olwen Roose 

Morse Ernest Haines 



COMEDY 

6 JUNE, 1922 
"QUARANTINE" 

A comedy, in four acts, by F. TENNYSON JESSE 

Tony Blunt Owen Nares 

Mackintosh Josephs Tom Reynolds 

Mr. Burroughs Compton Coutts 

Mr. Dobson Bruce Winston 

The Doctor H. G. Stoker 

The Steward Edward Mervyn 

The Waiter Paul Gill 

The Silent Passenger Stafford Milliard 

Cyrus P. Honks Ernest Leeman 

Pamela Josephs Muriel Pope 

Lola de la Corte Tonie Bruce 

Mrs. Burroughs Margaret Scudamore 

Miss Larpent Christine Jensen 

Pinsent Louise Hampton 

Dinah Partlett Edna Best 

The play produced by TOM REYNOLDS 

HAYMARKET 

7 JUNE, 1922 
"THE DOVER ROAD" 

A comedy of to-day, in three acts, by A. A. MII/NE 

The House 

Dominic Allan Aynesworth 

/Donald Fergusson 



V Kitty Strudwick 

Mr. Latimer Henry Ainley 

The Guests 

Leonard Nicholas Hannen 

Anne Nancy Atkin 

Eustasia Athene Seyler 

Nicholas John Deverelj 

The play produced by SIR CHARLES HAWTREY 

ALDWYCH 

7 JUNE, 1922 
" THE STOP-GAP " 

A farce, in three acts, by FLORENCE N. H. ATACK 
Presented by THE PLAYWRIGHTS' THEATRE 

Doctor Hemer Charles Maunsell 

Mrs. Swindells Helen Millais 

Mrs.Chantwich Ruth Maitland 

Amelia Chantwich Audrey Cameron 



Sir Henry Jones \V. E. Langley 

M. Belhouse Muriel Pratt 

Albert Elijah Muggles JackMelford 

Smith Christopher Steele 

The play produced by the Author 



DUKE OF YORK'S 

8 JUNE, 1922 
"POMP AND CIRCUMSTANCE" 

Comedy, in three acts, by MONCKTON HOFFE 

Angelo Pageant Robert Loraine 

Doria Irene Browne 

Wilfred Inkstanley Thomas Weguelin 

Seymour Revelsent James Lindsay 

Wemyss Dorothy Monkman 

Belvoir Hubert Harben 

Asphodel Forres Ursula Millard 

The play produced by the Author 



STRAND 

11 JUNE, 1922 
" YOUTH AND ITS BETTERS " 

An episode, in one act, by DONALD ROY YOUNG 
Presented by THE REPERTORY PLAYERS 

Youth. Gerald Andersen 

Innocence Doris Mason 

Father Tristan Rawson 

Mother Rita John 

The play produced by the Author 

"BITERS BITTEN" 

Comedy, in three acts, by NOEL SHAMMON 

Claire Armstrong Dorothy Overend 

Sir Henry Osborne William Kershaw 

Jennings Noel AUinson 

Lady Osborne Stella Rho 

John Osborne Ian Hunter 

Dorothea Osborne Joyce Kennedy 

The play produced by REGINALD DENHAM 
and NOEL SHAMMON 

ADELPHI 

20 JUNE, 1922 
" THE WAY OF AN EAGLE " 

A play, in three acts, by ETHEL M. DELL 

Lieutenant-Colonel Roscoe Clifton Boyne 

Indian Orderly K. R. Soloman 

Major Marshall -. Howard Rose 

Captain Blake Grange, V.C Darby Foster 

Captain Nick Ratcliffe Godfrey Tearle 

Muriel Roscoe Marjorie Gordon 

A Tribesman Austin Camp 

Lady Bassett May Warley 

Abdullah S. A. Huck 

Daisy Musgrave Jessie Winter 

Mrs. Gybbon Lois Stuart 

Ellen Lois Carruthers 

Olga Ratcliffe Lila Maravan 

Dr. Jim Ratcliffe Drelincourt Odium 

Lieutenant Bobbie Fraser Leonard Upton 

Sir Reginald Bassett, K.C.B Howard Rose 

The Rajah. ;.;... Austin Camp 

The play produced fry STAGEY BELL 



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SYNOPSIS OF PLAYBILLS 



KINGSWAY 

21 JUNE, 1922 

" SPANISH LOVERS " 

A play, in three acts, by J. FELIUNY CODINA 

Anton Jevan Brandon -Thomas 

Rpque Geoffrey Dunlop 

Vincent Herbert Lugg 

Andres Hugh Williams 

Tonete J. Drew-Carran 

Manrico Albert Digney 

Pepuso John Tresahar 

Don Fulgencio Seton Blackden 

Fuenseptica Julie Kean 

Maria del Carmen Doris Lloyd 

Conception Ethel Adrian-Ross 

Migalo R. Chie 

Domingo Dickson-Kenwin 

Javier Ivor Novello 

Pencho. Malcolm Morley 

Carlos C. N. Attwater 

Romero P. E. Tass 

Juan , F. Bourne 

Alvarez F. Broad 

Father Pelato Henry Flanagan 

Dolores Betty Loraine 

Teresa Ellie Royter 

Isabella Minnie Blagden 

Juanita Nina Fenella 

The play produced by BENRIMO 



SAVOY 
28 JUNE, 1922 
* " CONCERNING MARY DEWHIRST " 

A Lancashire play,in three acts by 
F, MARRIOTT- WATSON and GRACE EDWIN 

Jim Dewhirst Wilfred Babbage 

Graham Prior George Morgan 

Stephen Mills Frank Pettingell 

Lizzie Dewhirst Nan Marriott-Watson 

Mary Dewhirst Mrs. F. Marriott- Watson 

Joe Dawson P. Percival Clark 

Noel Seaton Wilfred E. Payne 

Michael Kelly Edmund Willard 

The play produced by CECIL G. CALVERT 

GLOBE 

3 JULY, 1922 
* "BELINDA" 

Comedy, in three acts, by A. A. MILNE 

Belinda Tremayne Irene Vanbrugh 

Delia. Helen Spencer 

Harold Baxter. Dion Boucicault 

Claude Devenish Jack Hobbs 

John Tremayne Herbert Marshall 

Betty Ethel Wellesley 

The play produced by DION BOUCICAULT 

STRAND 

5 JULY, 1922 
" THE RISK " 

A play, in four acts, adapted by JOSE G. LEVY, 
from " Le Caducee," by ANDRE PASCAL 

Doctor Annand Revard Arthur Bourchier 

A Patient St. John Hamund 

Doctor Cnarrier, Halliwell Hobbes 



Leroy Gordon Richards 

A Servant John Christopherson 

Fernande Revard Buena Bent 

Constantin Leroux Reginald Bach 

Madame Cordler Ivy Williams 

La Comtesse d'Orsant Carmen Nesville 

Jessie Watson Kyrle Bellew 

Le Marquis D'Avranchcs Percy Rhodes 

Harry Lachman Nat Madison 

La Marquise D'Avranchcs Beatrice Wilson 

D' Arras Arthur Eldred 

Professor Godefroy Frank Petley 

Baron Schwartz St. John Hamund 

The Minister Christopher Steele 

A Woman Violet Cecil 

Doctor Javelin Edmund Kennedy 

Nurse Rose Ivy Williams 

Dufort Christopher Steele 

First Reporter Oswald Roberts 

Second Reporter , Lawrence Anderson 

Madame D'Hermont Shelley Calton 

Madame de Clessy Kathleen Blake 

The play produced by ARTHUR BOURCHIER 

LYCEUM 

12 JLLY, 1922 

* " OLD BILL, M.P." 

A play, in two acts and fourteen scenes, by 
BRUCE BAIRNSFATHER 

Mr. Wm. Busby (" Old Bill ') Edmund Gwenn 

Alf Sinclair Cotter 

Bert Laurence Barclay 

Lord Torrymore Lord Lyveden 

Captain Lord Presentdale Brian Gilmour 

Lieut. Cheerio, M.C Philip Simmons 

Mr. Clayton Vincent Lawson 

Maxwell J. P. Kennedy 

Lincoln Alec Johnstone 

Cholmondeley Edward Foster 

Mr. Montague Chas. Aldred 

Baxter Frank A. Wood 

Carter George Fox 

Jim Rawson Stanley Brown 

Joe Preston Jack Marquand 

Bob Lee Harry Walsh 

Mrs. Desmond Doreen Errol 

Mrs. Maxwell Minnie Willett 

Lady Rose Presentdale Cyllene Moxon 

Maggie Busby Mildred Cottell 

Aggie Edna Bellonini 

Mr, Park, Sidney Benson 

Pit Boy Fred Tripp 

Mr. Belcher Johnny Danvers 

Flag Seller Ida Lorraine 

Sentry Jack Hall 

Verger Edward Firth 

Policeman George Hubert 

Reichner Charles Aldred 

Photographer Clarence Bode 

Railway Guard Jack Don 

Interviewer Dai Griffiths 

Captain Bruce Bairnsfather Himself 

The play produced by SEYMOUR HICKS 

NEW 

25 JULY, 1922 
* "ROUNDING THE TRIANGLE" 

A comedy, in one act, by E. CRAWSHAY WILLIAMS 

He Lewis Casson 

His Mistress Gwladys Gaynor 

His Betrothed Sybil Thorndike 



SYNOPSIS OF PLAYBILLS 



* "JANE CLEGG" 
A play, in three acts, by ST. JOHN ERVINE 

Jane Clegg Sybil Thorndike 

Henry Clegg Leslie Faber 

Mrs. Clegg Clare Greet 

Johnnie Ciegg Master Sydney Rudston 

Jenny Clegg Sylvia Haidee 

Sir. Morrison Lewis Casson 

Mr. Munce Thomas Warner 

The plays produced by LEWIS CASSON 



VAUDEVILLE 

11 AUGUST, 1922 

*' SNAP " 

Revue, in two acts, by RONALD JEANS and 
DION- TITHERADGE ; musicby KENNETH DUFFIELD 



Clarice Mayne 
Cicely Debenham 
Marjorie Spiers 
Mary Leigh 



A. W. Baskcomb 
Herbert Mundm 
Roy Royston 
Denis Cowles 



The revue produced by HERBERT MASON 



AMBASSADORS 

3 AUGUST, 1922 
"HUSBANDS AEE A PROBLEM" 

Alight comedy, in three acts, by F. HARRIS DEANS 

Mrs. Humphreys Ethel Coleridge 

Abbott Evelyn O'Connor 

Reggie Frampton E. Pirie Bush 

Mrs. Ripley Kate Cutler 

Joan Ripley Agatha Kentish 

Donald Carter Frank Freeman 

George Frampton Stafford Milliard 

Joe C. V. France 

The play produced by E. HOLMAN CLARK 



LITTLE 

4 AUGUST, 1922 
" ZOZO " 

A farce, in three acts, founded on the French of 

E. GRENET DANCOURT and MAURICE VAUCAIRE, 

by JOSE G. LEVY 

Georges Marchand J. Farren Soutar 

Louis Chamousset Arthur Helmore 

Henri de Parvis Jerrold Robertshaw 

Maurice de Parvis Jack Melf ord 

Pierre Larridel Adrian Byrne 

Darcourt Penn Hamilton 

Francois Andrew Churchman 

Joseph Penn Hamilton 

Sophie Marchand Margaret Yarde 

Rose Chamousset Helen Kinnaird 

Zozo Auriol Lee 

Yvonne Marchand Ursula Hughes 

Estelle de Parvis Isobel Ohmead 

Marie Gladys Dale 

Clara Evelyn Culver 

The play produced by MARCEL VARNEL 



E3NGSWAY 

7 AUGUST, 1922 
" THE LIMPET " 

A farcical comedy, in three acts, by 
VERNON WOODHOUSE and VICTOR MACCLURE 

Edward Devson Hubert Harben 

Mrs. Devson , . .Sybil Arundale 

Dick Devson Edward Combermere 

William Fordyce Robert Minster 

Percy Sheepwell Stanley Turnbull 

Daphne Sheepwell Phyllis Shannaw 

Perkins Clifford Desboro 

Spence Leslie Perrins 

The play produced by ALFRED BARBER 



DUKE OF YORK'S 

15 AUGUST, 1922 
"THE BROKEN WING" 

A comedy, in four acts, by PAUL DICKEY and 
CHARLES W. GODDARD 

Captain Innonencio dos Santos Thurston Hall 

Inez Villera Dorothy Dix 

Philip Marvin Francis Lister 

Sylvester Cross Eddie Vogt 

Cecilia Dorothy Hansom 

Ouichita Hope Tilden 

Luther Farley Alfred Harding 

Bassilio Joseph Spurin 

General Panfilo Aguilar Henry Latimer 

Harry Edwin Underbill 

Marco George Thome, junr. 

Earnshaw Winkle By Himself 

The play produced by ALAN BROOKS 

LONDON PAVILION 

16 AUGUST, 1922 

"PHI-PHI" 

Musical production (book and lyrics) by 
FRED THOMPSON and CLIFFORD GREY 

(French version by ALBERT WILLEMETZ and 
F. SOLLAR) ; music by CHRISTINE, 

Phidias (" Phi-Phi ") Clifton Webb 

Captain Ardimedon Walter Williams 

Mercury Stanley Lupino 

Meander Jay Laurier 

A Charioteer Arthur Roberts 

Timon J. Mullaney 

Perseus Leonard Rich 

Xenops Arthur Treacher 

Cyclops Alfred Mansfield 

Dancers Trini and Wojcikowsky 

Prologue Evelyn Laye 

Dido Vera Freeman 

Helen Evelyn Laye 

Mrs. Meander Alice O'Day 

Aspasia June 

Hebe Audrey Bentham 

Flora Phyllis Sellick 

Sapho Meum Stewart 

Psyche Innis Shawen 

Aphrodite Babs May 

The play produced by FRANK COLLINS 

CRITERION 

22 AUGUST, 1922 
** THE DIPPERS " 

Farcical comedy, in three acts, by BEN TRAVKRS 

The Porter W. Wilson Blake 

The Old Woman Hermione Gingold 

Theodore Dorothy Debenham 



SYNOPSIS OF PLAYBILLS 



Henry Talboyes Cyril Maude 

Chauffeur Arthur Hambhng 

Lord Mellingbam Henry Wenman 

Miss Carter AilsaGrahame 

Wattle George Bellamy 

Peter Algernon West 

Minnie Christine Rayner 

Stella Violet Graham 

Helen Winifred McCarthy 

Pauline Dipper Binnie Hale 

William Arthur Hambling 

Alma Norton Dorothy Debenham 

Leader of the Coon Band Ernest Trimmingham 

Hank P. Dipper Jack Raine 

The play produced by SIR CHARLES HAWTREY 



SAVOY 

26 AUGUST, 1922 
"LAWFUL LARCENY" 

Melodramatic comedy, in prologue and three acts' 
by SAMUEL SHIPMAN 

Judge Perry Lee Baker 

Mrs. Davis. , Jean Robertson 

Mrs. French Clara Louise Chapman 

Vivian Hepburn Catherine Calvert 

Celeste Jacqueline Biron 

Guy Tarlow Morgan Wallace 

Marion Sylvester RuthShepley 

Andred Dorsey Forrest Winant 

Mr. French Wyn Weaver 

Mr. Davis George Harcourt 

Nora Peggy Klein 

Detective Farrell Peter Delhanty 

The play produced by BERTRAM HARRISON 



ALDWYGH 

4 SEPTEMBER, 1922 
"DOUBLE OE QUIT" 

A farce, in three acts, by THEOPHILUS CHARLTON 
Edward Dereham, llth Baron Barsham 

Robert Horton 

The Hon. Edward Dereham Donald Calthrop 

Sir Francis Honing, Bart Arthur Eldred 

Ellis Dooley Frank Cellier 

Edwin Drake C. W. Somerset 

Dorking Eric Lewis 

The Hon. Celia Dereham Pamela Cooper 

Ella Medlicott Gina Graves 

Blanche Bacton Ruth Maitland 

Mrs. Ellis Dooley Winifred Izard 

Madame D'Orlay Agnes Imlay 

The play produced by DONALD CALTHROP 



EVERYMAN 
4 SEPTEMBER, 1922 
* "WIDOWERS' HOUSES" 
A play by G. BERNARD SHAW 

Waiter Harold Scott 

Dr. Harry Trench Richard Bird 

William De Burgh Cokane Milton Rosmer 

Blanche Sartorius Clare Harris 

Sartorius Douglas Jefferies 

Porter Raymond Massey 

Lickcheese Brember Wills 

Parlourmaid Henzie Raeburn 

The play produced by MILTON ROSMER 



QUEEN'S 
26 AUGUST, 1922 

** BLUEBEARD'S EIGHTH WIFE" 

A play, in three acts, by ARTHUR WIMPERIS, 

from the French of ALFRED SAVOIR 

John Brown Norman McKinnel 

Count Hubert de Linancourt Hugh Wakefield 

The Marquis de Monferrat C. M. Hallard 

Detective Dupre Arthur Cleave 

Secretary Ivan Samson 

Matard Henry Ford 

Waiter George Desmond 

Servant Cyril Fairlie 

Lucienne Doris Macintyre 

Miss George Peggy Rush 

Monna Madge Titheradge 

, The play produced by STANLEY BELL 

HIS MAJESTTS 

2 SEPTEMBER, 1922 

"EAST OF SUEZ" 

A play/in seven scenes, by W. SOMERSET MAUGHAM 

Harold Knox ; Henry Kendall 

W* Ivor Barnard 

Henry Anderson Malcolm Keen 

The Amah Marie Ault 

George Conway Basil Rathbone 

Daisy.. .. '. .Meggie Albanesi 

Lee Tai Cheng C. V. France 

Sylvia Knox Ursula Millard 

The play produced by BASIL DEAN 



0LOBE 

5 SEPTEMBER, 1922 
"THE RETURN" 

A play, in a prologue and three acts, from the 

French of ROBERT DE FLERS and FRANCIS DE 

CROISSET, by ARTHUR WIMPERIS 

Jacques Vandieres George Tully 

Balthazar Dion Boucicault 

Marcel Vaucroix Jack Hobbs 

Jean Alfred Bishop 

Dumont E. A. Walker 

D'Estreuil Stanley Pearce 

Dounan Cyril Cunningh&xn 

Bringard Tim Ryley 

Sernoise Frederick Leister 

Colette Vandieres Marie Lohr 

Madame Tourrare Lottie Venue 

Berthe Kitty Gordon-Lee 

Justine Ursula Tremayne 

The play produced by MARIE LOHR 
and ARTHUR WIMPERIS 



EMPIRE 

6 SEPTEMBER, 1922 
"THE SMITH FAMILY" 

A musical play, in two acts and twelve scenes, by 

CLIFFORD GREY, STANLEY LOGAN, and 

PHILIP PAGE 

Sammy Smith Harry Tate 

Mrs. Sammy Smith Connie Ediss 



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SYNOPSIS OF PLAYBILLS 



Edna Smith - Ella Retford 

Carrie Smith Cora Coffin 

Albert Smith Tom Tweedley 

Horace Smith. Harry Beasley 

Marjorie Dene Mabel Green 

Crown Prince of Hylaria Billy Caryl! 

King of Hylaria. . ." Paul Daly 

Prime Minister Robert Nainby 

Mr, Tag?s Mr. Kennedy 

Frank Upton Basil S. Foster 

Charlie Charles Brooks 

The Spirit of the Post Phyllis Bedells 

Lodou Hilda Mundy 

Mr. Pennebotham Frank Leslie 

Librarian Herbert Vyvyan 

A Professor Paul Daly 

Mrs. Huggins Millicent Marsden 

A Typist. Norah Howard 

David Luxmoore Hockin 

Archibald Ronald Tate 

Adolph Charles Weaver 

The play produced by STANLEY LOGAN 
and Gus SOHLKE 



COMEDY 

7 SEPTEMBER, 1922 
"SECEETS" 

A play, in prologue, three acts, and epilogue, by 
RUDOLF BESIER and MAY EDGINTON 

Prologue, 1922 

Lady Carlton. Fay Compton 

Lady Lessington Doris Mansell 

Audrey Carlton Fabia Drake 

John Carlton Bobbie Andrews 

Robert Carlton Cecil Trouncer 

Doctor Arbuthnot Henry Vibart 

Act I. 1865 

Mary Marlowe Fay Compton 

William Marlowe Hubert Har ben 

Mrs. Marlowe Margaret Scudamore 

Elizabeth Channing Louise Hampton 

Susan Dorothy Holmes-Gore 

John Carlton Leon Quartennaine 

Act II. 1869 

Mary Carlton Fay Compton 

John Carlton Leon Quartennaine 

Doctor McGovern Tom Reynolds 

Bob Norman Page 

Act III. 1888 

Lady Carlton Fay Compton 

Sir John Carlton Leon Quartermaine 

Blanche Doris Mansell 

Audrey Rosemary Clifford 

John Bobbie Andrews 

Robert Robert Henderson 

A Footman John Hamilton 

William Marlowe Hubert Harben 

Mrs. Marlowe Margaret Scudamore 

Elizabeth Channing Louise Hampton 

Mrs. Eustace Mainwaring Helen Haye 

Epilogue. 1922 

As in Prologue, and 

Nurse Martin. .* Grace Seppirtgs 

The play produced by NORMAN PAGE 



STRAHD 

10 SEPTEMBER, 1922 

"BEGGAR MY NEIGHBOUR" 

A comedy, in three acts, by AUBREY COLLEN ENSOR 

Presented by THE REPERTORY PLAYERS 

Kate Lloyd Elspeth Dudgeon 

Sara Ann Muriel Minty 

Mrs, Hopkins Ethel Ramsay 

Myra Pryce Marie Royter 

Evan Hugh Richard Bird 

Ebenezer Hopkins George Morgan 

Morgan Hopkins Dan F. Roe 

Davydd Pryce W. Edward Stirling 

Ethel Mary Nora Nicholson 

Lewis " Gilbert Ritchie 

The play produced by REGINALD BACH 



REGENT 

11 SEPTEMBER, 1922 
"BODY AUD SOUL" 

A play, in four acts, by ARNOLD BENNETT 

Blanche Nixon Nan Marriott Watson 

Lady Mab Infold. Viola Tree 

Mrs. Clews Dora Gregory 

Edith Tunniclin" Doris Ormond 

Parlourmaid Hilda Davies 

Aaron Draper Martin Walker 

Ezra Clews Charles Groves 

Procope Baliol Hollo-way 

Waiter Michael Hogan 

A Voice from the Crowd Atholl Douglass 

Play produced by NIGEL PLAYFAIR 



APOLLO 

14 SEPTEMBER, 1922 
"THE TORCH" 

A play, in four acts, by JOHN KNITTEL 

Henry Winkelried. Nat Madison 

Suzanne Winkelried Olga Lindo 

'Peter Gabel Garry Marsh 

Marianne Violet Penule 

George Winkelried Leslie Banks 

Margaret Veitel Muriel Alexander 

Alma Dalia Dorothy Cheston 

Alexis Markoff Frank Lindo 

Jurg Winkelried Maurice Moscovitch 

Mr.Flint Henry Ludlow 

Ursula Miller Margaret Halstan 

Councillor Moser N. Natoff 

Councillor Gschwind W. T. Elworthy 

Councillor Ruf Leonard Calvert 

Councillor Weber Edwin Greenwood 

Mr. Holt Richard Carfax 

Rossli Christopher Steele 

Veitel Edmund Kennedy 

Boris Christopher Steele 

A Girl , Phyllis de Lange 

A Porter Richard Carfax 

Abel Winkelried Cyril Raymond 

Play produced by THEODORE KOMISARJEVSKY 



SYNOPSIS OF PLAYBILLS 



KINGSWAY 

14 SEPTEMBER, 1922 

"I SERVE" 
A play, in three acts, by ROLAND PERTWEE 

Tom Whiteley Sam Livesey 

Shirley Terrell Roland Pertwee 

Walter Harding Stockwell Hawkins 

Arthur Preece Edmund Phelps 

Frank Pollock Charles Garth 

Elizabeth Raeburn Dorothy Thomas 

Mary Cassie King 

Kate Harding Edith Evans 

Play produced by ROLAND PERTWEE 



NEW 

19 SEPTEMBER 1922 
"THE SCANDAL" 

A play, in foirr acts, adapted by LADY BELL from 
the French of HENRY BATAILLE 

Feriol Leslie Faber 

Jeannetier Lawrence Anderson 

Berieux Charles Maunsell 

Admiral Gravieres Lewis Casson 

Charlotte Feriol Sybil Thorndike 

Philip Edith Softly 

Marda Sylvia Haidee 

Mademoiselle Rosemary Thorndike 

Artanazzo William E. Hallman 

Maridou Gwladys Gaynor 

Parizot Brember Wills, 

Madame Feriol Rosina Filippi 

Chauffeur Thomas Warner 

Adeline Lilian Moubrey 

The Prefet Lewis Casson 

Play produced by LEWIS CASSON 



WINTER GARDEN 

19 SEPTEMBER, 1922 
"THE CABARET GIRL" 

A musical comedy, in three acts ; book and lyrics 

by GEORGE GROSSMITH and P. G. WODEHOUSE; 

music by JEROME KERN 

Marchioness of Harrogate Miss Fortescue 

Marquis of Harrogate Peter Haddon 

Effie Dix Vera Lennox 

Miss Simmons Dorothy Hurst 

MissTompkins Dorothy Field 

Miss Witmore Cecile Maule-Cole 

Miss Brownlow Eileen Seymour 

Commissionaire. Jack Glynn 

A Customer Dorothy Bentham 

Mr. Gripps George Grossmith 

Mr. Gravvins Norman Griffin 

James Paradene Geoffrey Gwyther 

Harry Zona Thomas Weguelin 

March. Seymour Beard 

April Enid Taylor 

Little Ada Heather Thatcher 

Lily de Jigger Molly Ramsden 

Marilynn Morgan Dorothy Dickson 

Feloosi Joseph Spree 

Quibb Leigh Ellis 

Mrs. Drawbridge Muriel Barnby 

The Mayor of Woollam Chersey Claude Horton 

Laburnum Brown Molly Vere 

Lilac Smith Vera Kiikwood 

Poppy Robinson Dorothy Deane 



Hyacinth Green Monica Noyes 

Tulip Williams BettyShields 

The Vicar of Wooilam Chersey Ernest Graham 

Box Office Keeper Fred Whitlock 

Cabaret Dancer Mr. Jinos 

Play produced by GEORGE GROSSMITH 



AMBASSADORS 

21 SEPTEMBER 1922 

* "CHARLES I" 

Play, in four acts, by W. G. WILLS 

King Charles I Russell Thorndike 

Queen Henrietta Maria Miriam Lewes 

Lady Eleanor Davys Amy Brandon-Thomas 

Marquis of Huntley Jevan Brandon-Thomas 

Lord Moray Cyril Hardingham 

Oliver Cromwell H. St. Barbe West 

Ireton Malcolm Morley 

Princess Elizabeth Marie Vinten 

Prince James Sidney Bromley 

Prince Henry M. Mackay 

Earl of Hertford Seton Blackden 

Sir Thomas Killigrew J. Drew Carran 

Lord Lindsey C. N. Attwater 

King's Page Julie Kean 

Queen's Page Ronald Core Graham 

Play produced by BENRIMO. 

KINGSWAY 

24 SEPTEMBER, 1922 
" THE PHILATELIST " 

Play, in three acts, by E. LYALL SWETE 
Presented by THE INTERLUDE PLAYERS 

Mr. B. Mustapha Vivash E. Lyall Swete 

Miss Phillippa Vivash Lily Brough 

Miss Daphne Vivash Una Dysart 

Jeannie Grieve Jean Cadell 

Willie Robb Walter Garner 

Vice-Admiral George Crawford, C.B. . Bryan Powley 
Lieut. Jack Crawford, R.N P. Perceval Clark 

Play produced by F. GERARD CLIFTON 

EVERYMAN 

25 SEPTEMBER, 1922 
44 MARY STUART" 

A play, in a prologue and two acts, by 
JOHN DRINKWATER 

John Hunter Richard Bird 

Andrew Boyd H. O. Nicholson 

Mary Stuart Laura Cowie 

Mary Beaton Clare Harris 

David Riccio Harold Scott 

Darnley E. Harcourt- Williams 

Thomas Randolph Douglas Jefferies 

Bothwell F. Randle Ayrton 

Play produced by the Author 

COURT 

29 SEPTEMBER, 1922 
" MR. GARRICK" 

A play, in three acts, by Louis N. PARKER 

Mr. James Boswell H. de Lange 

Doctor Samuel Johnson Roy Byford 

Doctor Oliver Goldsmith Richard Andean 



SYNOPSIS OF PLAYBILLS 



Sir Joshua Reynolds George Mallett 

David Garrick Gerald Lawrence 

Plunkett. Sidney Comptpn 

Sir William Dunstable .Arthur CuUin 

Sir Harrv Fenton, Bart Geoffrey Amedee 

jjoUv ; Diane Brooke 

Miss" Rose Cavendish Joan. Druce 

Proudman Vernon Kingsley 

Alderman Thomas Hoskin lago Lewys 

Mrs. Hoskin Blanche Ripley 

Miss Belinda Hoskin Helen Gosse 

Miss Euphemia Blight Eleanor Street 

Mr Job Fairjohn Gordon Allison 

Mr." Dixon-Plimpit Ralph Astor 

Mrs. Dixon-Plimpit Joan Byford 

Mr James Dixon-Plimpit Frank Henderson 

Miss Pamela Dunstable Madge Compton 

Pastern Charles Wilson 

Play produced by GERALD LAWRENCE 



THE OLD VIC 

2 OCTOBER, 1922 

"HENRY IV" (Parti) 

By WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE 

King Henry the Fourth Reyner Barton 

Henry Prince of Wales ) Sons to < Rupert Harvey 
John of Lancaster > theKing ( Aubrey Fielding 

Earl of Westmoreland Kingsley Baker 

Sir Walter Blunt Maxwell Wray 

Thomas Percy, Earl of Worcester. .Hilton Edwards 
Henry Percy," Earl of Northumberland John Laurie 
Henry Percy (Hotspur), his son. .Douglas Burbidge 
Edmund Mortimer, Earl of March. .Guy Martineau 

Owen Giendower John Garside 

Sir Tohn Falstaff Wilfrid Walter 

Poiis .Alan Watts 

Lady Per;y, wife to Hotspur Jane Bacon 

Lady Mortimer, daughter ) 

to" Giendower, and wife > Margot Sieveking 

to Mortimer ) 
Mistress Quickly Ethel Harper 

Play produced by ROBERT ATKINS 



ROYALTY 

3 OCTOBER, 1922 

"ME. BUDD (OF KENNINGTON, S.E.) " 
A comedy, in three acts, by H. F. MALTBY 

Herbert G. Budd Tubby Edlin 

Mrs, Brodie Rosalind Wyn Weaver 

Mildred Brodie Dorothy Rundell 

M. Simeon Ristitch William Lugg 

Baron Kosta Ian Fleming 

M. Nilovan S. Major Jones 

M. Velimer William Pringle 

M. Protitch George Goodwin 

M. Poncin Arthur Vezin 

M. Strossmeyer Reginald Dane 

Countess Zeta Marie Mansfield 



Servants 

Prince Carl Kenneth Kove 

M. Haidu Eric Lugg 

Princess Natalie Helen Coram 

Play produced by the Author 



UTTLE 

3 OCTOBER, 1922 
"THE TOILS OF YOSHIT0MO" 

A tragedy of Ancient Japan, in three acts and an 

epilogue, "by TORAHIKO KORI, in English version, 

assisted by Miss HESTER SAINSBURY 

Genshin Geoffrey Dunlop 

Ryoi George Owen 

Shoson A. Corney Grain 

Norinaga George Skiilan 

Tameyoshi J- Fisher White 

Yoshitomo Milton Rosmer 

Yorikata Walter Schofield 

Yorinaka J. Richard Traynor 

Tamenari George Owen 

Tamenaka Kenneth Kennt 

Chihaya Muriel Pratt 

Sada Hazel Jones 

Yoritomo Sophie Lewis 

A Maidservant Olga Slade 

Nurse Olga Slade 

Masakiyo Frank Vosper 

Tametomo George Sicilian 

A Retainer Walter Schofield 

Motomori Guy Preston 

Sukemori Geofirey Dunlop 

Kiyomori A. Corney Grain 

Shinzel Frank Henry 

Play produced by EDITH CRAIG 



GAIETY 

7 OCTOBER, 1922 

"THE LAST WALTZ" 

A musical comedy, in three acts ; music and 

orchestration by OSCAR STRAUS ; English 
version by ROBERT EVETT and REGINALD ARKELL 

General Krasian Alfred Wellesley 

Baron Ippolith Mekchwitch Billy Leonard 

Prince Paul Bertram Wallis 

Lieutenant Jack Merrington Kingsley Lark 

Captain Kaminski Pop Cory 

Lieutenant Labinski C. H. Raymond 

Ensign Orsinski Geoffrey Startin 

Vladek Leonard Russell 

Officer of the Guard Frank Perfitt 

Countess Alexandrowna Amy Augarde 

Annuschka Violet Marley 

Haunuschka Cecile Bishop 

Petruschka Molly Harben 

BabuscJhka Vesta Sylya 

Countess Vera Lisaveta Jose Collins 

Play produced by SIR CHARLES HAWTREY 



ADELPHI 

10 OCTOBER, 1922 
" THE ISLAND KING " 

A musical comedy, in two acts ; book and lyrics 
by PETER GAWTHORNE ; music by HAROLD GARSTIN 

Chief Petty Officer Hopkins ('Oppy). .W. H. Berry 
Admiral Lord John Fairchilde, R.N..C. M. Lowne 
Commander John Fairchilde, R.N.. George Bishop 

Vivienne Fairchilde Phyllis Joyce 

Estelle Gladys Tudor 

General Sir George Baynham Alfred Clark 

Lady Baynham Louie Pounds 



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SYNOPSIS OF PLAYBILLS 



Mary Baynham ................... Xancie Lovat 

Captain Hon. Tiny Pimme .......... Robert Child 

Williams ....................... Chas. F. Cooke 

Count Renault .................. Marston Garsia 

The Dean .......................... Fred Vigay 

The Curate ........................ Ernest Hill 

Baby ............................ Fred Forrest 

Watson .......................... Austin Camp 

Stumper ............................ J. Elleson 

Islanders 
Princess Poppala of Etaria ........ Dorothy Shale 



Prince Ozama ................... Conway Dixon 

Maru ...................... Townsend Whitling 

Play produced by E. LYALL SWETE 

STRAND 

11 OCTOBER, 1922 
"ANGEL FACE" 

A musical farce, in three acts ; the book by 

HARRY B. SMITH ; the lyrics by ROBERT B. SMITH, 

and the music by VICTOR HERBERT 

Tom Larkins ........................ Eric Blore 

Arthur Griffin ..................... Tyler Brooke 

Sandy Sharp ................... Tommy Tomson 

Hugh Fairchlld .................. William Denys 

Rickwell Gibbs .............. Fred Kitchen, junr. 

Professor Barlow ................. Miles Malleson 

Ira Mapes ........................ Ellis Holland 

Slooch ......................... George Gregory 

Irving ........................ John W. Wilson 

Mrs. Zenobia Wise ................. Violet Elliott 

Betty ......................... Winifred Barnes 

Vera ............................... Enid Sass 

Paula ............................. Sylvia Cecil 

Lily .............................. Roy Wilson 

Pearl ............................. Dot Temple 

Mrs. Larkins ..................... Kate Phillips 

Tessie Blythe ..................... Mabel Sealby 

Play produced by FRED FARREN 

REGENT 

13 OCTOBER, 1922 

"THE IMMORTAL HOUR" 

A music drama, by RUTLAND BOUGHTON ; 

the libretto adapted from the play by " FIONA 

MACLEOD " (WILLIAM SHARP) 

Eochaidh .............. . .W. Johns tone-Douglas 

Etain .................. Gwen Ffrangcon-Davies 

Midir ........................ William Heseltine 

Dalua ......................... Arthur Cranmer 

Manus ...................... Herbert Simmonds 

Maive ....................... Margaret Chatwin 

Old Bard .................... Herbert Simmonds 

Spirit Voice ................... Dorothy D'Orsay 

Play produced by BARRY JACKSON and 
REGINALD GATTY 

NEW 

16 OCTOBER, 1922 

* "MEDEA" 

(Euripides' Tragedy) 



Jason, chief of the Argonauts, ) 

nephew of Pelias, King of ..... > Leslie Faber 
lolchos ) 



Creon, ruler of Corinth Lawrence Anderson 

jEgeus, King of Athens Brember Wills 

Nurse to Medea Rosina FiMppi 

Attendant Charles Maunsell 

Messenger Lewis Casson 

Play produced by LEWIS CASSON 



GARRICK 

17 OCTOBER, 1922 
** DEDE " 

A musical comedy, in two acts, by 
ALBERT WILLEMETZ, adapted by RONALD JEANS 

Gaby Jill Williams 

Marise Evelyn Wade 

Loulou Velma Deane 

Lucette Ethel Stewart 

Leroydet John Doran 

Denise Gertrude Lawrence 

Chausson Stafford Hilliard 

Robert Le Bas Guy de Feuvre 

Andre (Dede) Joseph Coyne 

Jacqueline Adeline Roze 

Odette Joyce Gammon 

Policeman Claude Cooper 

First Delegate Donovan Parsons 

Second Delegate Griflen Campion 

Third Delegate Alex Lambton 

The Commissaire de Police Haddon Cave 

Play produced by E. HOLMAN CLARK 



AIDWYCH 

22 OCTOBER, 1922 
"LITTLE LOVERS" 

A comedy, in three acts, by ESME WYNNE-TYSON 
Presented by THE REPERTORY PLAYERS 

Paul Myse Hugh Wakefield 

Freddy Fane Neil Curtis 

PaulineMyse Muriel Alexander 

Mrs. Aston-Hooper Ethel Crimes 

Veronica Mendle Joyce Kennedy 

Laurie Chalmers Henry Kendall 

Dennis Wode Henry Oscar 

Vera Wode Jean Webster-Brough 

Maid June Wyndham 

Angela Pemberton Dorothy Rundell 

Mrs. Griswell Olive Walter 

John Griswell William Pringle 

KINGSWAY 

22 OCTOBER, 1922 
" THE SNOBS " 

A farcical comedy, in three acts, by HARRIS DEANS 
Presented by THE INTERLUDE PLAYERS 

Mary. Audrie Haynes 

Maud Bartlett. . . 4 Ella Daincourt 

Carrie Withers Dora Gregory 

George Bartlett Stanley Lathbury 

Jane Welling Mildred Evelyn 

Guy Milton-Watson Jack Raine 

Arthur Bartlett Guy Leigh Pemberton 

Gladys Heatherley Kathleen Stuart 

Sir Edmund Milton-Watson J. Smith Wright 

Lady Mil ton -Watson Jose Brooks 

Simpson Alan Mowbray 

Play produced by ALLAN WADE 



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SYNOPSIS OF PLAYBILLS 



APOLLO 

24 OCTOBER, 1922 
GLAMOUR " 

A play, in three acts, by PETER GARLAND 

(From 'the story by VIOLET TWEEDALE and 

PETER GARLAND 

Sir George Knowsley, K.C.B C. Aubrey Smith 

Lord Charteridge ..." E. Holman Clark 

Ralph Hampdeh Frank Freeman 

Roberts Raymond Massey 

Doris Reade Frances Carson 

Hilda Barker Marjorie Holman 

Lady Knowsley Maud Cressall 

Play produced by E. HOLMAX CLARK 



STRA23D 

26 OCTOBER, 1922 
"THE BALANCE" 

A drama, in four acts, by FRANK Dix and 
LEON M. LION 

Theodore Cornell George Bealby 

Stephen Hicks George Elton 

Richard Arthur Porter Tristan Rawson 

Sophie Hicks Ethel Craske 

Uncle Abel J. Sebastian Smith 

Rainy Mullins Edward Rigby 

Mary Denton Mary Clare 

Esther Morrison Lila Maravan 

Rev. Peter Rock Geoffrey Bevan 

Doctor Gordon Alex. G. Hunter 

Mrs. Dart Ethel Coleridge 

Perkins Guy Preston 

The Judge J. H. Barnes 

Clerk of the Court Phil Williams 

Counsel for the Prosecution. . .Stephen Wentworth 

Counsel for the Defence Rothbury Evans 

Usher Frederick Castleman 

Play produced by TOM WALLS 



LITTLE 

25 OCTOBER, 1922 
" THE NINE O'CLOCK REVUE " 

By HAROLD SIMPSON and MORRIS HARVEY 
Music by MURIEL LILLIE and J. ORD HAMILTON 

Irene Browne Morris Harvey 

Joan Emney H. Tripp Edgar 

Beatrice LilHe Bobby Blythe 

Mimi Crawford Clifford Cobb 
, Helen Beltramo 

Revue produced by DION TITHERADCE 

ROYALTY 

30 OCTOBER, 1922 
* "MID-CHANNEL" 
A play, in four acts, by ARTHUR PINERO 

Theodore Blundell ............. Scott Sunderland 

The Hon. Peter Mottram ........... Leon M. Lion 

Leonard Ferris .................... Martin Lewis 

Warren ......................... Gerald Clifton 

Cole ............................. Peter Upcher 

Rideout .......................... Paul Ashwell 



Zo8 Blundell ................... Irene Vanbrugh 



Mrs. Pierpoint , M. Clarke-Jervoise 

Ethel Pierpoint Janet Ecdes 

Mrs. Annerly Helen Morris 

Lena Gladys Dale 

A Maidservant Joyce Burnett 

Play produced by LEON M. LION 



KIHG'S, HAMMERSMITH 

30 OCTOBER, 1922 

" COMIN' THRO' THE RZE " 

In a prologue and three acts, a dramatized version 

of HELEN MATHER'S novel, adapted by 

CONSTANCE STUART 

Nell Ena Grossmith 

Alice Ada Wingard 

Mffiy Kathleen Grace 

Jack Denys Blakstock 

Dolly Frances Davis 

Daisy Elaine Harper 

Larry Edith Farmer 

Mary Fay Joyce 

Colonel Adair Harry Hanner 

George Tempest Owen Cassidy 

Charles Lovelace Geoffrey Hickson 

Captain the Hon. Basil Vestris . .A. Pistarn Wright 

Sylvia Fleming Gladys Newton 

Henry Patrick Turnbull 

Maid Minnie Browning 

Mason Elizabeth Ponsonby 

Nurse Beatrice West 

Paul Vasher Frederick Sargent 

Play produced by GODFREY TEARLE 

SHAFTESBDRY 

31 OCTOBER, 1922 
"THE CAT AND THE CANARY" 

A three-act play by JOHN WILLARD 

Roger Crosby Morton Selten 

" Mammy " Pleasant Esme Beringer 

Harry Blythe S. J. Wannington 

Susan Sillsby Auriol Lee 

Cicely Young Shiela Courtenay 

Charles Wilder *. . .Evan Thomas 

Paul Jones Frank Denton 

Annabelle West Mary Glynne 

Hendricks J. C. Aubrey 

Patterson Caleb Porter 

Play produced by PERCY MOORE 

AMBASSADORS 

2 NOVEMBER, 1922 
"THE SECRET AGENT" 

JOSEPH CONRAD'S play, in three acts, dramatized 
by the author from his novel of the same name 

Winnie Verloc Miriam Lewes 

Stevie Freddie Peisley 

Winnie's Mother Ellie Royter 

Mr. Verloc H. St. Barbe West 

Mr. Vladimir Frank Vosper 

Ossipon Russell Thorndike 

Michaelis Malcolm Morley 

Karl Yundt George Barran 

The " Professor " Clifton Boyne 

Waiter Eric Attwater 

Assistant Commission r Seton Blackden 

Inspector Heat Jevan Brandon-Thomas 



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SYNOPSIS OF PLAYBILLS 



Lady Mabel Amy Brandon-Thomas 

A Maid *. Julie Kean 

First Lady Guest Natalie Moya 

Second Lady Guest Minnie Blagden 

Third Lady Guest Theodora Morrison 

First Gentleman Guest Hugh Williams 

Detective J. Drew-Carran 

First Policeman Edward Manning 

Second Policeman E. Adams 

Play produced by BENRIMO 



DALY'S 

5 NOVEMBER, 1922 
* " THE JEW OF MALTA 

A tragedy by CHRISTOPHER MARLOWE 
Presented by THE PHOENIX SOCIETY 

Machiavel ........................ Frank Cellier 

Barabas ....................... Baliol Holloway 

Ferneze ......................... Howard Rose 

Selim Calymath ................ Alfred A. Harris 

Don Lodowick .................... Frank Vosper 

DonMatbias ..................... Ivan Sampson 

Martin del Bosco ................. Austin Trevor 

Ithamore ...................... Ernest Thesiger 

Barnardine ...................... Charles Staite 

Jacomo ....................... A. S. Homewood 

Pilia-borsa ....................... Frank Cellier 

First Merchant ................. A. Corney Grain 

Second Merchant ................ John H. Moore 

First Jew ........................ George Owen 

Second Jew ................... Vernon Kingsley 

Third Jew .................... A. Edward Barrs 

An Officer ......................... John Collins 

Messenger ..................... A. Corney Grain 

of Malt, 



Bassoesoi the Turk .......... 

Abigail ........................... Isabel Jeans 

Katharine ....................... Helena Millais 

Bellamira ...................... Margaret Yarde 

The Abbess .................... Margaret Carter 

A Nun ...................... Margaret Manning 

Play produced by ALLAN WADE 



ST. JAMES'S 

6 NOVEMBER, 1922 
"THE BEATING ON THE DOOR" 

A play, in three acts, by AUSTIN PAGE 

Stepan E. Ashley-Marvin 

Anton James Lindsay 

Princess Natalia Rosanova Mary Jerrold 

Prince Feodor Rosanof A. Scott-Gatty 

Katusha Nancye Kenyon 

Princess Tatiana Rosanova Doris Lloyd 

Prince Alexander Arnielef Arthur Wontner 

Count Nikolai Palitzin Athole Stewart 

Volsky Franklin Dyall 

Krasnochaikof Allan Jeayes 

Count Svirin Fred Lewis 

Maria Balenko Marie Royter 

Masrak Fewlass Llewellyn 

Petroff Frank Wolfe 



B3NGSWAY 

12 NOVEMBER, 1922 
" YETTA POLOWSKI " 

A play, in three acts, by F. C, MONTAGU 
Presented by THE PLAY ACTORS 

Sir Hubert Symonds Robert Minster 

Lady Symonds Isobel Ohmead 

Mrs. David Symonds Dora Gregory 

Arthur Symonds Philip Easton 

Reuben Polowski Frank Vosper 

Yetta Polowski Hilda Bayley 

Babs Kimber Winifred McCarthy 

George Radford A. S. Homewood 

CecilStanton George Hayes 

Miss Burke Marjoiie Lindsay 

Albert Goring Alfred A. Harris 

Smith Knighton Small 



NEW 

13 NOVEMBER, 1922 

* "THE CENCI" 

A tragedy by PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY 

Camillo Brember Wills 

Count Francesco Cenci Robert Farquharson 

Andrea Andrew Churchman 

Beatrice Sybil Thorndike 

Orsino Duncan Yarrow 

Lucretia Beatrice Wilson 

Prince Colonna Hugh Bayly 

Bernardo Rosemary Thorndike 

Orsino's Servant Thomas Warner 

Giacomo Lawrence Anderson 

Orympio Geoffrey Dunlop 

Marzio Victor Lewisohn 

Savella Leonard Shepherd 

Judge Lewis Casson 

Play produced by LEWIS CASSON 



APOLLO 

16 NOVEMBER, 1922 
"DEVIL DICK" 

A play, in a prologue and three acts, by 
A. SCHOMER 

James Brookes Stanley Dre\vitt 

District Attorney Elvin Lionel Gadsden 

Doctor Henry Simmons Cecil Fowler 

Hon. Theodore Johnson Edward Petley 

Lina Mary Merrall 

Jack Nat Madison 

Fritz Kopfer Michael Sherbropke 

Richard Bolger Maurice Moscovitch 

Elsie Muriel Pratt 

Bobbie Lorna Hubbard 

Mrs. Warrington Mary Lincoln 

Mr. Warrington Robert Horton 

Raymond. . . Rex Caldwell 

Rose Edwin Muriel Alexander 

Constantino Granilo Nathan Natoff 

Pascalo Tony de Lungo 

Charlie Edwin Greenwood 

An Idler Cyril Twyford 



Play produced by ROUBEN MAMOULIAN 



Play produced by MAURICE MOSOOVITCH 



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SYNOPSIS OF PLAYBILLS 



GLOBE 

17 NOVEMBER, 1922 
" THE LAUGHING LADY " 

A comedy, in three acts, by ALFRED SUTRO 

Hamilton Playgate Herbert Ross 

Ellis E. A. Walker 

Caroline Playgate Heniietta Watson 

Cynthia Dell Edith Evans 

Sir Harrison Peters, K.B.E Julian Royce 

Daniel Farr, K.C Godfrey Tearle 

Esmee Farr Violet Vanbnagh 

Lady Marjorie Colladine Marie Lohr 

Sir Hector Colladine, St., D.S.O Brian Gilmour 

Rose Kitty Gordon Lee 

Play produced by SIR CHARLES HAWTREY. 



NEW 

19 NOVEMBER, 1922 
"THE SMITHS OF SURBITON" 

A play, in three acts, from his own novel, 
by KEBLE HOWARD 

Presented by THE REPERTORY PLAYERS 

Ellis ........................... Nora Nicholson 

Jack Hassocks .................... Richard Bird 

Phyllis Bickenhall ............... Joyce Kennedy 

Enid Smith ........................ Doris Lloyd 

Mrs. Bickenhall ................... Ethel Grimes 

Ralph Smith .................... Harvey Adams 

Mrs. Hassocks .................. Laura Smithson 

Louisa ........................... Olive Walter 

Lizzie ......................... June Wyndham 

Phyllis Smith ................... Joyce Kennedy 

Peter Murray ........................ Eric Lugg 

George Smith ...................... Noel Allison 

DUKE OF YORK'S 

20 NOVEMBER, 1922 
"THE MERCHANT OF VENICE" 

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE'S play, with Shakespeare's 

original text set to music for the first time by 

ADRIAN WELLES BEECHAM 

Portia .............................. Ena Riess 

Jessica ........................ Desiree Ellinger 

Nerissa ............................. Ella Milne 

Antonio ........................ Webster Millar 

Lorenzo ........................ Frank Webster 

Salario .......................... Dewey Gibson 

Gratiano .......................... Howard Fry 

Bassanio ....................... Gregory Stroud 

Prince of Morocco ............ , Norman Williams 



enice ................. John Van Zyl 

Stephano ........................... Leslie May 

Tubal ............. . ............... A. Halstead 

Shylock ....................... Augustus Milner 

Play produced by SIR FRANK BENSON 

THE OLD VIC 

20 NOVEMBER, 1922 
* "A NEW WAY TO PAY OLD DEBTS" 

By PHILIP MASSINGER 

Lord Lovell ..................... Rupert Harvey 

Sir Giles Overreach ............... Robert Atkins 



Frank Wellborn Douglas Burbidge 

Tom Allworth Alan Watts 

Greedy D. Hay Petrie 

Marrail John Garside 

Order Reyner Barton 

Amble Guy Martineau 

Furnace Henrj' Cohen 

WatchaU Hilton Edwards 

Willdo Hugh McNeil 

Tapwell Ernest Meads 

Lady Allworth Althea Glasby 

Margaret Nancy Harker 

Froth Ethel Harper 

Chambermaid Molly Francis 

Waiting Woman Joyce Cathie 

Play produced by ROBERT ATKINS 

"BRITAIN'S DAUGHTER" 

Poetic play by GORDON BOTTOMLEY 

Roman Soldier Ernest Meads 

Widan Ethel Harper 

Nest Florence Buckton 

Soldier Hilton Edwards 

Girl Esther Whitehouse 

Madror John Garside 

Ellin Jane Bacon 

Child Iris Roberts 

Placidius Wilfrid Walter 

Centurion Douglas Burbidge 

Cadvan D. Hay Petrie 

Young Man Alan Watts 

Play produced by ROBERT ATKINS 

E3NGSWAY 

26 NOVEMBER, 1922 
" BED AND BREAKFAST 

A farce, in three acts, by F. C. WITNEY 
Presented by THE INTERLUDE PLAYERS 

Forde Entwhistle Alan Mowbray 

Nell Courteline Evadne Price 

Chauffeur Clive Currie 

Rev. Erasmus Penticoat Bryan Powley 

Mrs. Penticoat Eva Brooke 

Jack Murray P. Percival Clark 

Reginald Birch Ronald Ward 

Lena Murray Mary Hill-Mitchelson 

Peggy Birch Helen Gosse 

Bernard Corteline Geoffrey Amedee 

Anne Gran ville Dorothy Wordsworth 

Police-sergeant Gilbert Davis 

Policeman Winston Seymour 

GAERICK 

28 NOVEMBER, 1922 
" BIFFY " 

A farcical comedy, in three acts, by 
VERA BERINGER and WILLIAM RAY 

Susan Peggy Ross 

Amelia Brunner Maidie Hope 

Doris Piggott Dorothy Fane 

John Brunner Stanley Cooke 

Charles Piggott Lewis Willoughby 

Edward de Burg A. G. Poulton 

Bibsie de Burg Edna Bellonini 

Biffy J. Robert Hale 

Miquette Teddie Gerard 

Inspector Horton Lawrence Phillips 

Mayor of Heybridge Roy Byford 

Play produced by TOM REYNOLDS 



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ST, JAMES'S 

30 NOVEMBER, 1922 

" THE HAPPY ENDING '* 

A comedy, in three acts, by IAN HAY 

Denny Cradock John WiUiams 

Harold Bagby Miles Malleson 

Simmons Gwladys Gaynor 

Joan Cradock Elizabeth Irving 

Sir Anthony Fen wick Fred Kerr 

Mildred Cradock Ethel Irving 

Molly Cradock AdeleDixon 

Laura Meakin Jean Cadell 

Dale Conway Robert Loraine 

Mr. Moon F. B. J. Sharp 

Sir Thomas Mobberly Frederick de Lara 

Lady Mobberley Elizabeth Rosslyn 

Phyllis Harding Joan Clarkson 

Play produced by SAM LYSONS 



GLOBE 

3 DECEMBER, 1922 
"THE RUMOUR" 

A play, in a prologue, four acts, and an epilogue 
by C. K. MUNRO 

Presented by THE STAGE SOCIETY 

Ned Gilbert Ritchie 

Ruby Edith Evans 

Hon. Algernon Moodie Edmond Breon 

Mr. Lennard A. S. Homewood 

Jones Reginald Dance 

Smith Alfred A. Harris 

Jackson A. Caton Woodville 

Aramya Margaret Yarde 

Torino Edmund Willard 

Deane Harcourt Williams 

Prime Minister Frederic Sargent 

La Rubia Claude Rains 

M. Raffanel Milton Rosmer 

Lena Jackson Elizabeth Arkell 

Ranskaya Louise Hampton 

Sir George Darnell Douglas Jefieries 

Sir Robert Mortimer Fred Lewis 

Banker Howard Ross 

Mr. Grange Alfred Clark 

Play produced by ALLAN WADE 



ROYALTY 

4 DECEMBER, 1922 
"DESTRUCTION" 

A play, in three acts, by AGNESE DE LLANA 

Jenny Grayson Marjorie Graeme 

Ella Singleton May Whitty 

Bertha Ramsden Una Dysart 

Katherine Rendle Agnese de Liana 

Betty Carpenter Frances Clare 

Alec Crauford H. C. Carey 

Bobby Redford Shayle Gardner 

Clara Evelyn Esmond 

Miss Strathfield Margaret Watson 

Mrs. Cummer Polly Emery 

James Green R. S. Comber 

PbHip Monson, M.P Ben Webster 

George Carpenter Allan Jeayes 

Play produced by BEN WEBSTER 



THE OLD VIC 

4 DECEMBER, 1922 

* "ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA" 

(Shakespeare Tragedy) 

Pfailo Alan Watts 

Demetrius Hilton Edwards 

Antony Wilfrid Walter 

Alexas Maxwell Wray 

Soothsayer John Garside 

Enobarbus Rupert Harvey 

Roman Messenger Ralfe Davies 

Octavius Cassar Douglas Burbidge 

Lepidus Reyner Barton 

Mardian Hugh McNeill 

Pompey Alan Watts 

Menas Henry Cohen 

Varrius Aubrey Feilding 

Ventidius Hilton Edwards 

Mecaenas Sidney Scott 

Agrippa John Laurie 

Messenger Hubert Hine 

1st Servant D. Hay Petrie 

2nd Servant Guy Martineau 

Eros Alan Watts 

Scarus Ernest Meads 

Dolabella Reyner Barton 

Thyreus Henry Cohen 

Euphronius John Garside 

Diomedes Guy Martineau 

The Clown D. Hay Petrie 

Dercetas Ralfe Davies 

Proculeius Henry Cohen 

Cleopatra Esther Whitehouse 

Ghanaian Jane Bacon 

Iras Margot Seiveking 

Octavia Joyce Cathie 

Play produced by ROBERT ATKINS 



APOLLO 

5 DECEMBER, 1922 
" HAWLEYS OF THE HIGH STREET " 

An eccentric comedy, in three acts, by 
WALTER W. ELLIS 

Augustus Percival-Hawley Edward Irwin 

Nicholls R. A. Beaton 

Mrs. Barclay Elsie Craig 

Mrs. Hawley Clare Greet 

Millicent Alice Mpflat 

Dennis, Viscount Roxton Francis Lister 

Keppel Marie Clayton 

Mr. Busworth Maitland Marler 

Mrs. Busworth Winifred Dennis 

Stanley Hawkins Bertram Fryer 

Edith Ethel Hodgson 

Mr.Tweedie Reg. Hunter 

Mrs.Tweedie Muriel Johnston 

Edward Reece Arthur C. Bowers 

Play produced by the Author 

NEW OXFORD 

8 DECEMBER, 1922 

" BATTLING BUTLER " 

A musical farce, in three acts ; the book by 

STANLEY BRIGHTMAN and AUSTIN MELFORD ; the 

lyrics by DOUGLAS FURBER ; and the music by 

PHILIP BRAHAM 

Mr. Dumble Frederick Ross 

Mrs. Dumble Beryl Harrison 



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SYNOPSIS OF PLAYBILLS 



Mrs. Alfred Butler Sydney Fairbrotiier 

Sweeting Vena Galt 

Marigold -Peggy Kurton 

Mr Hired Butter Jack Buchanan 

Mr. Algernon Hozier Austin Melford 

Mr. Hugh Brvant Fred Leslie 

Landlord of the "Four Crowns" Stockwell Hawkins 

Ted Spink Douglas Furber 

The Flapper Vena Gait 

Battling Butler Fred Groves 

Bertha Butler Sylvia Leslie 

A Gipsy Mariamna Karelina 

The Two Boxers > ( Mr. Alexander 

Seen in Ring 5 ( -Mr. Hurley 

Play produced by DION TJTHERADGE 
and JACK BUCHANAN 

KINGSWAY 

10 DECEMBER, 1922 
WIDOWS WEEDS " 

A comedy, in three acts, by EDGAR WILFORD 
Presented by THE PLAY ACTORS 

Jemima Blow Margaret Watson 

Harriet Stock Ethel Coleridge 

William Small J. Leslie Frith 

Mrs. Esau Tibbett Margaret Carter 

Miss Emma Tibbett Hilda Sims 

The Rev. Esau Tibbett Gerald Jerome 

Mr. Albert Tibbett Ivor Barnard 

Mr. Simpson A. Corney Grain 

Mr. Blair Harold Scott 

Tina St. Clair Sybil Arundale 

Play produced by MELTON ROSMER 

WIMBLEDOBT 

11 DECEMBER, 1922 
"ARCHIBALD'S AFTERNOON" 

A farcical comedy in three acts, by IAN HAY 

Oenone Pontifex Nan Marriott Watson 

Herrnia Pontifex Joan Castle 

The Rev. Septimus Pontifex Frank PettingeH 

Mr. Tickle Fred Knight 

Mrs. Tickle Esme Hubbard 

Miss Moxon Buena Bent 

Harriet Bupp Sophie Lewis 

Capt. Archibald Wade, M.C Arthur Wellesley 

Capt. James Prior Nigel Bruce 

Lionel Gillibrand George Hayes 

Dorothy Venner Jean Webster Brough 

P.C. Garmet Gordon Marker 

Play produced by ANTHONY L. ELLIS 

AMBASSADORS 

14 DECEMBER, 1922 

* " SWEET LAVENDER " 

A comedy, in three acts, by ARTHUR PINERO 

Mr. Geoffrey Wedderburn Wilfred Forster 

Clement Hale Jack Hobbs 

Dr. Delaney E. Lyall Swete 

Dick Phenyl E. Holman Clark 

Horace Bream Henry Caine 

Mr. Maw Gerald Clifton 

Mr. Bulger Denier Warren 

Mrs. GilfilUan Ada Ferrar 

Minnie Isobel Elsom 

Ruth Rolt Lilian Braithwaite 

Lavender Ann Trevor 

Play produced by E. LYALL SWETE 



SHAFfESBURY 

17 DECEMBER, 1922 

1 AKTONY SETTLES DOWN " 

A farcical comedy, in four acts, by 
JOHN OSWALD FRANCIS 

Presented by THE REPERTORY PLAYERS 

Bentley C. Osborn Adair 

Lady Ferris Elspeth Dudgeon 

John Tre veridge A. Harding Steerman 

Evelyn Ferris Mane Rosier 

Gertrude Seatle Louise Hampton 

Emily Laurence Mary Lincoln 

Arthur Baynton Neil Curtis 

Margery Wayne Margot Drake 

Jane Brown Gipsy Ellis 

Antony Ferris William Kershaw 

Sir Simon Ferris Alfred Clark 

Daphne Chisholm Faith Liddle 

Play produced by RICHARD BIRD 



B3NQSWAY 

17 DECEMBER, 1922 

* SHARES " 

A play, in three acts, by the 
MARCHIONESS TOWNSHEND 

Presented by THE INTERLUDE PLAYERS 

Augustus Peacey Clive Currie 

Mrs. Peacey May Nightingale 

Margaret Una Dysart 

Elizabeth Julie Keen 

Lord Stranmore Albert Raynor 

Silas Bird Tom Shelford 

Lady Charlotte Foster Ruth Maitland 

Lady Diana Olivia Burleigh 

Lieut. Anthony Denison Ronald Ward 

Mr Poynter Henry Walton 

Dr. Ferguson J. Smith Wright 

Mr. Cowden Gilbert Davis 

Dawson Reginald Gosse 

Footman Claude Horton 

Inspector Sharp .Alan Mowbray 



APOLLO 

18 DECEMBER, 1922 
* "THROUGH THE CRACK" 

By ALGERNON BLACKWOOD and VIOLET PEARN 
Revived by THE ACTORS' COMMONWEALTH, LTD. 

Mother Muriel Pratt 

Uncle Paul Farren Soutar 

Jonah Gerald Anderson 

Colonel Stumper EricLewis 

Thompson Frank Cellier 

Policeman H. St. Barbe West 

Tramp J- Leslie Frith 

Father Hugh Owen 

Aunt Emily Margaret Carter 

Nixie Marian Watson 

Toby Lorna Hubbard 

Misty Love Elsie Judge 

Mrs. Horton Clare Greet 

The Night Wind Joan Luxton 

Play produced by EDITH CRAIG 



C(2I 4 0) 



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SYNOPSIS OF PLAYBILLS 



ROYALTY 

19 DECEMBER. 1922 

* "CHARLEY'S AUNT" 

By BRANDON THOMAS 

Colonel Sir Francis Chesney Lewis Broughton 

Stephen Spettigue , James E. Page 

Jack Chesney Jevan Brandon -Thomas 

Charles Wykeham Xorman Pierce 

Lord Fancourt Babberley Jack Heliier 

Brassett ' Gerald Merrielees 

Donna Lucia d'Alvadorez Violet Elliott 

Kitty Verdun Marjorie St. Aubyn 

Ela Delahay Margaret Riddick 

Amy Spettigue Gwynne Wfaitby 



NEW 

19 DECEMBER, 1922 
"THE GREAT WELL" 

A play, in four acts, by ALFRED SUTRO 

Annette Haverfield Agatha Kentish, 

Sparkes Horton Cooper 

Simon Banks Michael Sherbrooke 

Camilla Starling Laura Cowie 

Mrs. Challenor Mary Jerrold 

Peter Starling Matheson Lang 

Major Arnold Dareath Reginald Owen 

Srnithers Alick Chumley 

Bentley Frank Vosper 

Sir Wilmot Canfield Athole Stewart 

Granville Tracy A. W. Tyrer 

Milford Clifton Boyne 

Play produced by MATHESON LANG and 
STANLEY BELL 

PLAYHOUSE 

20 DECEMBER, 1922 

* ** THE PRIVATE SECRETARY " 
By CHARLES HAWTREY 

Mr. Marsland Grahame Herington 

Harry Marsland Stanley Lloyd 

Mr. Cattermole Fred Lewis 

Douglas Cattermole George Morgan 

Rev. Robert Spalding Charles Windermere 

Sydney Gibson A. Corney Grain 

John W. Ellythorne 

Knox George Russell 

Edith Marsland Molly Williams 

Eva Webster Rita Lynn 

Mrs. Stead Bertha Northam 

Miss Asbiord Dora Gregory 

REGENT 

20 DECEMBER, 1922 

"TEE CHRISTMAS PARTY" 

By BARRY V. JACKSON 

Christopher Sidney Bromley 

Evangeline Kathleen Hewetson 

Nurse Alice Rene 

Dustman Scott Sunderland 

Santa Glaus Martin Sands 

Fine Lady from Banbury Cross . . Margaret Chatwin 

Bo-Peep Ina Carleton 

Red Riding Hood Doris Delorme 

Anthony Rowley Ivor Barnard 

Cinderella Marjorie Bartlett 

Colonel Mac Mashit . . .Hedley Briggs 



The Lady Clara Cecilia Twyford 

Gollywog William Dester 

Sairy Jane Cathleen Orford 

Mr. Noah . Charles Stone 

Mrs. Xoafa Kathleen Beer 

Old King Cole Charles Stone 

Old Woman Who Lived in a Shoe Alice Rene 

Conjuror Jack Rowlands 

Clown Scott Sunderland 

Pantaloon Ivor Barnard 

Harlequin Hedley Briggs 

Columbine Cecilia Twyford 

Fairy Joan Panter 

Play produced by H. K. AYLIFF 



ST JAMES'S 
21 DECEMBER, 1922 

* "PETER PAN" 
By SIR J. M. BARRIE 

Peter Pan Edna Best 

Jas. Hook Lyn Harding 

Mr. Darling C, Stafford Dickens 

Mrs. Darling Prudence Vanbrugh 

Wendy Moira Angela Darling Sylvia Oakley 

John Napoleon Darling Leonard Hibbs 

Michael Nicholas Darling Marie Vinten 

Nana Gordon Can- 
Tinker Bell Jenny Wren 

Tootles Joan Maude-Price 

Nibs Jill Esmond-Moore 

Slightly Donald Searle 

Curly Stella Freeman 

First Twin Ursula Moreton 

Second Twin Dorothy Lynne 

Smee George Shelton 

Gentleman Starkey Charles Trevor 

Cookson Walter C. Lake 

Mullins F. Rawson Buckley 

Cecco William Luff 

Jukes James English 

Npodler John Kelt 

First Pirate S. Grenville Darling 

Second Pirate William D'Arcy 

Black Pirate Donald Walcott 

Great Big Little Panther Garrett Hollick 

Tiger Lily Nancy Pawley 

Play produced by LICHFIELD OWEN 



EMPIRE 

21 DECEMBER, 1922 
"ARLEQUIN" 

A comedy fantasy, in three acts and two dreams, 
by MAURICE MAGRE. Freely translated by 
Louis N. PARKER ; music by ANDRE GAILHARD ; 
choreography by LEONIDE MASSINE ; scenery and 
costumes designed by JEAN-GABRIEL DOMERGUE 

First Dream 

Arlequin Godfrey Tearle 

Pierrot Dennis Neilson -Terry 

The Dancer .Dorothy Green 

A Nun (Order of the Visitation) Eleanor Street 

Louisa Netta Westcott 

Columbine Jane Graham 

Elvira of Florence Edith Savile 

Manon of Venice Sybil Hook 

Characters in the Play 

Arlequin Godfrey Tearle 

The Archbishop Leonard Shepherd 

The Doge J. H. Barnes 



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SYNOPSIS OF PLAYBILLS 



The Green Dancer Edith Kelly-Gould 

The Marquis Dennis Xeilson -Terry 

Barbarino Cecil Mancering 

Pasquillo Norman Partrlesre 

Cloputo Rothbury Evans 

Cinthio Stanley Vine 

Bassanino DreliD court Odium 

Sea Captain Jack Vincent 

Aurelio Cynl Sworder 

Postillion Stanley Vine 

Officer Cyril Sworder 

The Duchess Rosina Filippi 

Gaetama Viola Tree 

Michaela Moyna Macgill 

Rosetta .' Lois Sturt 

Bartela Mona Grey 

A Fair Lady Sybil Hook 

A Dark Lady Edith Savile 

The Woman Eleanor Curran 

A Domino Eleanor Street 

Second Dream 

Arlequin Godfrey Tearle 

Old Man in Grey J. H. Barnes 

Michaela ~ Moyna Macgill 

The Youth with Blue Hair Dorothy Green 

The Girl with the Silver Dagger Netta Westcott 

Play produced by ALBERT DE COURVILLE 



Israel Hands Reginald Bach 

Job Andersen David Clark son 

Johnnv Alfred Hams 

Dirk Harry Danby 

O'Brien George Edwards 

Ben Guan Charles Groves 

Tom Watkins Randolph McLecd 

Dick Edmund Kennedy 

Ate Gray Stanley Lathbury 

Harry Paige Lawrence 

Squire Trelawney Bellenden Powell 

Ned Graham Stuart 

Jack Roy Lennol 

Mary Gwen Evans 

Joyce John H. Mcore 

Hunter Alan Stevenson 

Redruth Claude Edmunds 

Dr. Livesey Halliwell Hobbes 

Captain Smollett Harvey Adams 

Mr. Arrow Graham Stuart 

Supervisor Dance Edmund Kennedy 

Tip Paige Lawrence 

Joe Crossley Graham Stuart 

Mrs. Hawkins Beatrice Wilson 

Jim Frederick Peisley 

Captain Flint A Parrot 

Play produced by J. B. PAGAN 



LYRIC 

22 DECEMBER. 1922 
"LILAC TIME" 

A new play, with music, from the melodies of 
FRANZ SCHUBERT 

Franz Schubeit Courtice Pounds 

Baron Franz Von Schober Percy Heming 

Mortiz Von Schwind Herbert Cameron 

Kappel Jack Kelly 

Johann Michael Vogl Eric Morgan 

Count Scharntorff Jerrold Robertshaw 

Christian Veit Edmund Gwenn 

Marie Veit Florence Vic 

Tilli Moya Nugent 

Willi Roy Wilson 

Lilli Clara Butterworth 

Demoiselle Fiametta Marini (La Marinella) 

Doris Clayton 

Andreas Brauu Michael Cole 

Ferdinand Binder Griffin Campion 

Novotny Robert Nainby 

Schani Master Websdale 

Rosi Ethel Wellesley 

Mrs. Grimm Barbara Gott 

Mrs. Weber Gladys Hirst 

Sally Queenie Young 

Stingl Ronald Pomeroy 

Play produced by DION BOUCICAULT 



STRAND 

23 DECEMBER, 1922 
" TREASURE ISLAND 

A play, in four acts, adapted by J. B. FAGAN from 
ROBERT Louis STEVENSON'S romance 

Long John Silver Arthur Bourchier 

Captain Billy Bones Frank Bertram 

Pew Reginald Bach 

Black Dog Charles Groves 

George Merry Frank E. Petley 

Tom Morgan Leonard Calvert 

Deadeye Christopher Steele 



WYNDEAM'S 
26 DECEMBER, 1922 
* "BULL-DOG DRUMMOND" 

Play, in four acts, by " SAPPER " 

Captain Hugh Drummond Gerald du Maurier 

Algy Longworth Ronald Squire 

Peter Darrell Basil S. Foster 

Carl Peterson Alfred Drayton 

Doctor Henry Lakington Norman Forbes 

James Handley George A. Bran dram 

W. Hocking W. Boyd Davis 

Hiram G. Travers Guy Fletcher 

Denny Lichfield Owen 

Derbyshire Alfred Ayre 

Marcovitch H. W. Furniss 

Brownlow William Kershaw 

Irma Peterson Madeleine Seymour 

Phyllis Benton Audrey Garten 

Play produced by SIR GERALD Du MAURIER 



DTJKE OP YORK'S 

26 DECEMBER, 1922 
* " EHE BLUE BIRD ' 

By MAURICE MAETERLINCK 

Mummy Tyl Gwendolen Hill 

Daddy Tyl Drew Mackintosh 

Tyltyl Joan Duan 

Mytyl Phyllis Jay 

The Fairy Berylime Lily Brought 

Tylo, the Dog Ernest Hendrie 

Tylette, the Cat Norman Page 

Water Elsie Craven 

Light Ethel Carrington 

Night Nora Johnston 

Bread Herbert Russell 

Fire Dirk Daniel 

Milk Lena Lloyd 

Sugar Ernest Leverett 

Gaffer Tyl Vincent Sternroyd 

Granny Tyl Daisy England 

Time Drew Mackintosh 



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SYNOPSIS OF PLAYBILLS 



The Oak Vincent Stetnroyd 

Neighbour Berlingot Lily Brough 

Play produced by ERNEST HENDRIE 

KINGSWA? 

30 DECEMBER, 1922 

* "POLLY" 

Opera by JOHN GAY ; re-written by CLIFFORD BAX 
Macheath (sometimes disguised as Moranol 

Pitt Chatham 



Mr. Ducat E. Thornley-Dodge 

Vanderbluff Percy Parsons 

Jenny Diver Adrienne Brune 

Mrs. Trapes Muriel Terry 

Mrs. Ducat Winifred Hare 

Polly Lilian Da vies 

Laquerre Muni Moncrieff 

Hacker Frank G. Ogg 

Culverin Louis Garnett 

Capstan Granville Hayes 

Cutlace Edward Jones 

Play produced by NIGEL PLAYFAIR 



EVERYMAN 



1923 



10 JANUARY, 1923 

"MEDIUM" 
A play, in six scenes, by LEOPOLD THOMA 

Husband Franklin Dyall 

First Warder Raymond Massey 

Wife Mary Merrall 

She Winifred Izard 

Raoul George Hayes 

Judge George Merritt 

Doctor Perron Fred O'Donovan 

Second Warder Douglas Jefferies 

" Ttffo PEEFEGT DAY " 
Translated by MRS. ALFRED SUTRO 
from the French of EMILE MAZAUD 

Mouton George Merritt 

Picque Harold Scott 

Marie Margaret Yarde 

Truchard , Fred O'Donovan 

Plays produced by NORMAN MACDERMOTT 

APOLLO 

16 JANUARY, 1923 

" A ROOP AND FOUR WALLS " 

A comedy, in four acts, by E. TEMPLE THURSTON 

Mr.Bollon H. R. Hignett 

Mrs. Fry Laura Smithson 

Mrs. Stenning Phyllis Neilson-Terry 

Peter Stenning Nicholas Hannen 

Freddy Parmeter Frank Freeman 

Mr. Moody Lauderdale Maitland 

Parker Olga Slade 

Giffard Lydia Audre 

Mr. Hemming 0. B. Clarence 

Mrs. Moody Mrs. Arthur WMtby 

Lord Quihampton Allan Jeayes 

Miss Van Ruyon Olive Campbell 

Play produced by CECIL KING 

HAtMARKET 

17 JANUARY, 1923 

"PLUS FOURS" 
A comedy, in three acts, by H. A. VACHELL and 

HAROLD SIMPSON 

Wilbur Nuthall Denys Blakelock 

Mrs. Hazard Clare Greet 

Josephine Nuthall Peggy O'Neil 

Mark Maturin C. Aubrey Smith 

Arthur Goddard Robert Horton 

Ellen Cathleen MacCarthy 

Mrs. Carmichael Athene Seyler 

Richard Maturin John DeveriE 

Mrs. Plumbridge Una O'Connor 

Play produced by SIR CHARLES HAWTREY 



STRAND 

21 JANUARY, 1923 
"COLOMAN" 



A prose play, in four acts, by EDWARD PERCY and 
WALLACE B. NICHOLLS 

Presented by THE REPERTORY PLAYERS 

Coloman William Stack 

Almos Harvey Adams 

Busella Ethel Griffies 

Stephen (aged 10) Iris Roberts 

Stephen (aged 20) Hugh Dempster 

Ilona Louise Hampton 

Bela Gerald Anderson 

Matthias Odey William Pringle 

Gabriel Eguon Tristan Rawson 

Guyon Rakovscy Henry Kendall 

Otto Csupor W. Edward Stirling 

Peter Ittakar Donald R. Young 

Archbishop of Gran Alfred Clark 

John Csaba Tom Heslewood 

Aladar Marsty Jevan Brandon -Thomas 

Simon Szvela Reginald Bach 

Krisch Alfred Clark 

Rosalys Marie Royter 

Another Court Lady Jean Webster-Brough 

A Tanner William Kershaw 

Else Margaret Vaughan 

An Old Woman Nora Nicholson 

A Courtesan Muriel Minty 

An Old Shepherd C. Osborn Adair 

His Son George Hamilton 

Play produced by REGINALD DENHAM 



CRITERION 

25 JANUARY, 1923 

"ADVERTISING APRIL; 

or, The Girl Who Made the Sunshine Jealous " 

A farcical comedy, in three acts, by 
HERBERT FARJEON and HORACE HORSNELL 

April Mawne Sybil Thorndike 

Edmund Hobart Frank Cellier 

Mrs. Trimmer Margaret Yarde 

Poppy Gwladys Gaynor 

Horace Thomas Warner 

Tom Ralph Neale 

Potts Andrew Churchman 

Mervyn Jones Lawrence Anderson 

Rachel Shaw Elizabeth Pollock 

A Princess Elinor Foster 

A Lady-in Waiting Lilian Moubrey 

Lord Peveril Ashton Pearse 

Play produced by LEWIS CASSON 



SYNOPSIS OF PLAYBILLS 



SHAJTESBUBY 
28 JANUARY, 1923 
* " 'TIS PITY SHE'S A WHORE " 

By JOHN FORD 
Presented by THE PHOENIX SOCIETY 

Bonaventura Fred O'Donovan 

A Cardinal Campbell Fletcher 

Soranzo Henry Oscar 

Florio Howard Rose 

Donado Orlando Barnett 

Gnmaldi Ivan Samson 

Giovanni Ion Swkdey 

Bergetto Harold Scott 

Richardetto A. S. Homewood 

Vasques Michael Sherbrooke 

Poggio J. Leslie Frith 

Annabella Moyna Macgill 

Hippolita Florence Saunders 

Philotis Nell Carter 

Putan Barbara Gott 

Play produced by ALLAN WADE 



EVERYMAN 

29 JANUARY, 1923 

* ** ^HFf PHILANDERER, " 

A topical comedy by G. BERNARD SHAW 

Leonard Charteris Milton Rosmer 

Mrs.Tranfield Doris Lloyd 

Julia Craven Hilda Moore 

Col. Daniel Craven Reginald Dance 

Mr. Joseph Cuthbertson Fred O'Donovan 

Sylvia Craven Nadine March 

Dr. Paramore Douglas Jefferies 

The Club Page Patrick Harvey 

The play produced by MILTON ROSMER 

THE OLD VIC 
29 JANUARY, 1923 
* "HENRY VI" 
(Part I and first half of Part H) 

By WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE 

King Henry VI Guy Martineau 

Duke of Bedford Henry Cohen 

Duke of Gloucester Wilfrid Walter 

Duke of Exeter Kingsley Baker 

Earl of Warwick Hilton Edwards 

Bishop of Winchester, Beaufort .... Maxwell Wray 
Richard Plantagenet, Duke of York Rupert Harvey 

Edmund Mortimer .D. Hay Petrie 

Earl of Suffolk '. . .John Laurie 

Earl of Somerset Reyner Barton 

Duke of Burgundy Rolfe Davies 

Earl of Salisbury Kingsley Baker 

Charles the Dauphin Douglas Burbidge 

Reignier. Duke of An jou John Garside 

Duke of Alencon Hugh McNeill 

Bastard of Orleans Sidney Scott 

Lord Talbot Ernest Meads 

John Talbot M. Francis 

Woodville Robert Glennie 

Vernon Henry Cohen 

Messenger D. Hay Petrie 

Servant to Gloucester Aubrey Fielding 

French Messenger Douglas Mattinson 

Bassett D. Hay Petrie 

Servant to Winchester Richard Green 

Sir William Lucy Ronald Nicholson 



Duke of Buckingham Douglas Burbid^e 

Lawyer Ronald Nicholson 

John Hume John Gar*ide 

John Southwell Huyh McNeil! 

Bolingbroke Ernest Meads 

Peter S.dney Scott 

1st Petitioner Robert 'Glennie 

2nd Petitioner Rolfe Dfvies 

Thoma* Homer Henry Cohen 

Mayor of St. Albans Aubrey Fielding 

Simpscn D. Hay Petrie 

Beadle Richard" Green 

1st Neighbour Robert Glennie 

2nd Neighbour Douglas Mattinson 

1st Prentice .". . .M. Francis 

2nd Prentice J. Laird-Hcssack 

Sheriff Rolfe Davies 

Herald Aubrey Fielding 

1st Murderer Ernest Meads 

2nd Murderer Henry Cohen 

Vaux Sidney Scott 

Spirit Evelyn Neilson 

Joan, La Pucelle Jane Bacon 

Margaret Esther Whitehouse 

Duchess of Gloucester Althea Glasby 

Margaret Tourdain Eileen Adams 

Mistress Simpcox Ethel Harper 

COURT 

30 JANUARY, 1923 
"THREE'S A CROWD" 

A farce, in three acts, by EARL DERR BIGGERS 

Tims J. E. Stevenson 

Josephine Vincent Dora Barton 

Phoebe Enid Cooper 

Billy King Bromley Challenor 

Sir Allan Forbes Colston Mansell 

Peter Whitney J. R. Tozer 

Kathleen Kent Marie Hemingway 

Johnny Blair Charles Kenyon 

Mr. Philip Kent Eric Lewis 

Mrs. Kent Nellie Bouverie 

Wadleigh George Mitchell 

The Rev. Mr. Tillymoss Frederick Leister 

Play produced by B. CAMPLIN SMITH and 
HARRY HAMPSON 



ST. JAMES'S 

31 JANUARY, 1923 

" IF WINTER COMES " 

A play, in four acts, from A. S. M. HUTCHINSON'S 
novel 

By A. S. M. HUTCHINSON and 
B. MACDONALD HASTINGS 

Mrs. Sabre Grace Lane 

Rebecca Jinks Margaret Reeve 

Major Millet Ernest Mainwaring 

Rev. Sebastian Fortune Frederick Volpe" 

Mr. Twyning Tarver Penna 

Mark Sabre Owen Nares 

Harold Twyning Jack Minster 

Erne Bright Helen Spencer 

Mr. Bright Frank Moore 

Lady Tybar Barbara Hofie 

Sarah Jinks Iris Vandeleur 

A Coroner Stafford Hilliard 

A Solicitor Eric Stanley 

A Chemist Paul Gill 

Coroner's Officer Frank Forder 

A Girl Clerk Maisie Barrel! 



SYNOPSIS OF PLAYBILLS 



SAVOY 

1 FEBRUARY, 1923 
THE YOUNG IDEA" 

A comedy of Youth, in three acts, by NOEL COWARD 
George Brent .................. Herbert Marshall 

*s children ............. 



Jennifer (his first wife divorced) ..... Kate Cutler 

Cicely {his second wife) .............. Muriel Pope 

Rodney Masters ................... Leslie Banks 

PrisciUa Hartlebeiry ............... Phyllis Black 

Claud Eccles ..................... Ronald Ward 

Julia Cragworthy ................ Naomi Jacob 

Eustace Dabbit ................... Clive Currie 

Sibyl Blaith .................... Moffle Maitland 

Hiram J. Walkin .............. Ambrose Manning 

Huddle ...................... Walter Thompson 

Maria ......................... Irene Rathbone 

Play produced by ROBERT COURTNEIDGE 

GABEICK 

5 FEBRUARY, 1923 
"VIA CRUCIS" 

Adapted from the Jedermann of Hofmaimstalil by 

THE HON. SYBIL AMHERST and 

DR. C. E. WHEELER 

The Voice of the Almighty 

Prologue ..................... Reginald Tippett 

Death ......................... Philip Hewland 

The Devil ................... Michael Mackenzie 

Everyman ...................... Martin Harvey 

Everyman's Mother ................ Maud Milton 

Everyman's Comrade ............. Walter Pearce 

A Debtor ...................... Alfred Ibbetson 

A Debtor's Wife ..................... Mary Gray 

Everyman's Mistress ............. Lilian Christine 

Everyman's Fat Cousin .......... Arthur Chesney 

Everyman's Thin Cousin ............. David Bain 

Mammon ........................ George Cooke 

Belief ........................... Marie Linden 

Good Deeds ........................ N. de Silva 

Play produced by MARTIN HARVEY 

EOYALTY 

7 FEBRUARY, 1923 
** THK LOVE HABIT " 

" A piece of impertinence," in three acts 

From the French of Louis VERNE UIL, 
by SEYMOUR HICKS 

Mathilde ..................... Elizabeth Watson 

Julie ........................... Frances Carson 

The Upsetter ................... Seymour Hicks 

Alphonse Du Bois. ... ............. Dennis Eadie 

Rozanne Pom Pom ................. Alix Dorane 

Max Quantro ..................... Claude Rains 

Play produced by SEYMOUR HICKS 

THE OLD VIC 

12 FEBRUARY, 1923 
* * S HEHBY VI" 
(Completion of Part n s and Part HI) 

By WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE 

Richard Plantagenet, Duke of York Rupert Harvey 
George Bevis .................... Robert Glennie 

John Holland ............... , , . , , Henry Cohen 



Jack Cade Wilfrid Walter 

Dick, the butcher Hubert Hine 

Smith, the weaver D. Hay Petrie 

Sir Humphrey Stafford Ralph Davies 

King Henry VI John Garside 

Duke of Buckingham Douglas Burbidge 

The Lord Say Maxwell Wray 

Lord Clifford Ernest Meads 

Duke of Somerset Hugh McNeil 

Alexander Iden Ralph Davies 

Edward > , +-. ^ T . a ^ Vrt , ,, < Reyner Barton 
Richard 5 sons to the Duke Of * Olk I Robert Atkins 
Young Clifford, afterwards Lord Clifford 

John Laurie 

Earl of Warwick Hilton Edwards 

Earl of Salisbury Kingsley Baker 

Duke of Norfolk Sidney Scott 

Marquess of Montague Ralph Davies 

Earl of Northumberland Hugh McNeil 

Earl of Westmoreland Henry Cohen 

Duke of Exetei Kingsley Baker 

Prince of Wales Agnes Carter 

Rutland, son to the Duke of York. Evelyn Nielson 

Tutor to Rutland Ronald Nicholson 

George, son to the Duke of York. Douglas Burbidge 
A Son that has killed his Father. . .Guy Martineau 

A Father that has killed his Son Ernest Meads 

Lewis XI, King of France D. Hay Petrie 

Earl of Oxford Hugh McNeil 

A Post Guy Martineau 

Duke of Somerset Henry Cohen 

Lord Rivers Ronald Nicholson 

Lord Hastings John Laurie 

Young Earl of Richmond Grace Keyte 

Lieutenant of the Tower Robert Glennie 

Sir John Soraerville Sidney Scott 

Queen Margaret Florence Buckton 

Lady Grey Jane Bacon 

Lady Bona, sister to Lewis XI. .. .Dorothy Druce 

Play produced by ROBERT ATKINS 



DUKE OF YORK'S 

14 FEBRUARY, 1923 
"GOOD GRACIOUS, AOfABELLE ! " 

A romantic farce, in three acts, by 
CLAIRE BEECHER KUMMER 

George Wimbledon Graham Browne 

John Rawson Henry Hallatt 

Harry Murchison Ivo Dawson 

William Gosling J. C. Buckstone 

Wilbur Jennings Harold French 

Alfred Wetherby Frank AUanby 

James Ludgate Arthur Styan 

Wickham Arthur Hatherton 

Titcombe Steff Macdonald 

Alec Charlie Rider 

Ethel Deane Dorothy Hamilton 

Gwendoline Morley Lilian Cavanagh 

Lottie Pollie Emery 

Annabelle Leigh Marie Tempest 

Play produced by GRAHAM BROWNE 



WYNDHAM'S 

15 FEBRUARY, 1923 

"THE DANCERS" 

A play, in four acts, by HUBERT PARSONS 

The^adof Chieveiy } Gerald du Maurier 

Billy H. W. Furniss 



SYXOPSIS OF PLAYBILLS 



Maxine .... ................. Tallulah Bankhead AMBASSADORS] 

t^aiV.V.-.V.-.V.V.V.V.V.-V.V.V.lfe^aSrr .9 F EBS , AE v, 1923 

\n Entertainer .................. Frank Esmond * " A LITTLE BIT OF FLUFF 51 

Bukc ......................... Ernest Bucalossi . , . ,, ^ . , _ 

Station Agent ........... . ...... William G. Fay A f arce > m three acts > b >' - ^ ELLIS 

Nat .......................... Ward McAllister John Avers ..................... Fernley Bishop 

Wai .............................. Lyn Perring Bertram Tully .................. Ernest Thesiger 

Nellie ........................ Juliette Compton Nixon Trippett ................... Arthur Fayne 

John Carruthers ................. Basil S. Foster Dr. Bigland .................... Frank Pettingeli 

Hon. Charlie Paxton ............ Edwin Underbill Pamela Avers ............. Nan Marriott Watson 

Mrs. Mayne .................. Lilian Braithwaite Mamie Scott ..................... Peggy Hyland 

Miss Pnngle ...................... Una Venning Aunt Hannah .............. Constance Robertson 

James Pothering ................ Norman Forbes Ursula ......................... Esme Hubbard 

Evan Carrathers ................... Jack Hobbs Chalmers .......................... Joan Castle 

Una Lowry ...................... Audry Carten 

The Duke of Winfield ............. A. Scott-Gatty EVERYMAN 

Such Waiter ...... //"^""T^^ 19 F ' '* 

French Stage Manager 5 * " AT MRS. BEAM'S " 

J eanne ........................... J an Perdra A comedy, in three acts, by C. K. MUNRO 

Miss Shoe .......................... Jean CadeU 

SHAFTESBUEY Mr - Durrows ................... Fred O'Donovan 

, _ _ , ^ rtn Miss Cheezle .................. Margaret Watson 

18 FEBRUARY, 1923 Mrs> Bebb ................... Frances Wetherall 

" THE CASE FOR THE PROSECUTION " James Bebb .................. Raymond Massey 

, . _ _ Mrs. Stone ..................... Phyllis Stuckey 

A play, m four acts, by THOMAS STIRLING Bo YD Miss Newman .................... Judith Fowler 

Presented by THE PLAY ACTORS Mrs. Beam ....................... Maud Jolliffe 

Tr _ rr _ Mr. Dermott .................... Franklin Dyall 

Rev. John Valley .............. Geoffrey Bevan Laura Pasqual e .................... Hilda Moore 

5t ie -A ..... : ................... M U * r LumJey C olin ........................... WiUiam Monk 

Mabel Carnegie ................... Dora Barton 

Alan Carnegie ................. Herbert Marshall Play produced by FRANKLIN DYALL 

Roger Heathcote ................. Cecil Trouncer _ 

A Police Officer ................... Hugh Higson VAUDEVILLE 

LiHan Melville ................. . .Muriel Barnby 21 FEBRUARY 1923 

Mr. Eldridge .................. Arthur Hamblmg * 

Sir James Walker Blain, K.C ...... Reginald Dance " RATS " 

^ Ir - J\ R> Seft n> K ' C ............. A i 1 ' 4?^" A '*' b y RONALD JEANS ; music by 

An Usher ........................ Alan Edmiston PHILIP BRAHAM 

Mr. Justice Worringham ........ Rothbury Evans PHILIP GRAHAM 

Mr. Haddon ................... Charles Maunsell Gertrude Lawrence Alfred Lester 

Clerk of the Assize ................. Alan Trotter Norah Blaney and Herbert Mundin 

Foreman of the Jury ................ H, Hughes Gwen Farrar Rex O'Malley 

Mr. Sernple ................... Raymond Massey Marjorie Spiers " Robert Hobbs 

Play produced by HENRY MILLAR ena alt 

PRINCE'S 

LYRIC, HAMMERSMITH 24 FEBRUARY, 1923 

18 FEBRUARY, 1923 "THE COUSIN FROM NOWHERE" 

THE MENTAL ATHLETES A musical comedVj in three acts? adapted by 

A comedy, in four acts, by GEORGES DUHAMEL FRED THOMPSON ; music by EDWARD KUNNEKE 

Translated by GRAHAM and TRISTAN RAWSON Julia Van Osten . ." ............... Helen Gilliland 

PreseBted by THB Srxo. SOC..TV ^Edam: '. '. '. '. '. '. '. 1 '. '. '. '. ! ! ! '.?^S?SddS 

Arnedee ........................... Roy Byford Wilhehnina .................... Stella St. Audrie 

Denis .......................... Freddie Peisley Adrian Van Piffel ................. Roy Royston 

Lea ........................ Herrnione Baddeley A Stranger .................... Walter Williams 

Mathilde ........................ Nadine March Another Stranger ................. John E. Coyle 

Madame Auboyer ................. Barbara Gott Carl ........................... Alec Johnstone 

Auboyer ........................ Brember Wills Jan .............................. Alec Lennox 



Aupiez ......................... J. Drew-Carran 

Michel Ch6ry ...................... Harold Scott 

M. Mondos ...................... J. Leslie Frith 

Van Schaff .................. Bert E. Evremonde 

Errand Boy .................... Patrick Harvey 

The Maid ........................... Olga Slade 

Photographer ................. , . .Howard Rose 

Head Waiter ...................... John Collins 

Play produced by ALLAN WADE 



25 FEBRUARY, 1923 

T AXTWWT\T?T? T anTirc 
LAVENDER LADIES 

A play, in four acts,by DAISY FISHER 

Presented by THE REPERTORY PLAYERS 

Anne Lavender .................... Cicely Gates 

Rose Lavender .................. Christine Silver 



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SYNOPSIS OF PLAYBILLS 



Alice May Kendal 

Tabitha Harrow Elspeth Dudgeon 

Mrs. Cress Laura Smithson 

John Giggs ,..,...,. Gerald Anderson 

April Clear Olga Lindo 

Peter Carr Henry Kendall 

Capper Aileen Simonsen 

Gay Morrison Isabel Jeans 

Hayward Clear Harvey Adams 

Play produced by LOUISE HAMPTON 



PRINCE OF WALES 

26 FEBRUARY, 1923 

" IAEFY " 

A Welsh comedy in three acts, by 
CARADOC EVANS 

Twmi Roy Byford 

Josi. J. Nelson Ramsay 

Essec Alec Thompson 

Rhys Reginald Bach 

Ben Watkin Ben Field 

Spurgeon Evans Lawrence Anderson 

Captain Shacob Ivor Barnard 

Ester Hannah Jones 

Marged Edith Evans 

Play produced by MILES MALLESON 

GARRICK 

28 FEBRUARY, 1923 
"PARTNERS AGAIN" 

A comedy, in four acts, by MONTAGUE GLASS and 
JULES ECKERT GOODMAN 

Marks Pasinsky Arthur Ewart 

First Workman Frank Snell 

Second Workman Lionel Williams 

Mawruss Perlmutter Robert Leonard 

Abe Potash Phillip White 

Dan Davis Edward Combermere 

Leon Sarnrnett Sidney C. Sinclair 

Mrs. Sammett .- Frances Clare 

Mozart Rabiner Naylor Crimson 

Officer Miller Guy Saunders 

Rosie Potash Lize Silbert 

Tillie Friedman Marie Ault 

Hattie Friedman Joyce Carey 

Gibbs Fred D. Daviss 

Bates Bertram Burleigh 

Schenckmann H. St. Barbe West 

Kennedy Harry Raynor 

Smith Melville Phillips 

Feldman D. A. Clarke-Smith 

U.S. Commissioner Wilfred E. Payne 

Play produced by BERTRAM HARRISON 

LYCEUM 

28 FEBRUARY, 1923 
"THE ORPHANS" 

Play, in four acts, from the French Lss Deux 

OypMines (" The Two Orphans "), by 

MM. D'ENNERY and CORMON 

Henrietta Colette O'Niel 

Louise Mary Merrall 

Countess de Limeres Nora Kerin 

Marianne Jessie Belmore 

Sister Genevieve Valerie Crespin 

Florette. Molly Vyvyan 

Julie Esme Shirley 



Jean Gladys Grey 

Francoise Evelyn Culver 

Gaston Chas. Stern 

M. Bonhomme Chas. Barrett 

Pierre Kenneth Kent 

Jacques Sam Livesey 

The Chevalier de Vaudrey . . .Dennis Neilson Terry 

Count de Limeres Alfred Goddard 

Picard Billie Owen 

Lafleur, Wingold Laurence 

Martin H. G. Wright 

Duval Percy Baverstock 

Marest Eric Lugg 

Marquis de Presles Albert Ward 

De Mailly Frank Elsworthy 

D'Estrees Frank Percy 

La Frochard Lady Tree 

Play produced by WALTER and FREDK. MELVILLE 



DUKE OF YORK'S 

1 MARCH, 1923 

* " THE MARRIAGE OF KITTY " 

A play, in three acts,from the French of 

MME. FRED. DE GRESAC and FRANCOIS DE CROISSET 

by COSMO GORDON LENNOX 

Sir Reginald Belsize, Bart Graham Browne 

John Travers Athole Stewart 

Norbury Norman Loring 

Hampton Frank Allanby 

Madame de Semiano Hilda Moore 

Rosalie Saba Raleigh 

Miss Katherine Silverton Marie Tempest 

Play produced by GRAHAM BROWNE 

COURT 

2 MARCH, 1923 

" CARTE BLANCHE " 

Revue by R. P. WESTON and BERT LEE 

Tubby Edlin Odette Myrtil 

The Two Bobs Billie Hill 

Reginald Palmer Mildred Nicholl 

Revue produced by DION TITHERADGE 

NEW 

3 MARCH, 1923 

" THE BAD MAN " 

A melodramatic comedy, in three acts, by 
PORTER EMERSON BROWNE 

Henry Smith H. O. Nicholson 

Gilbert Jones W. Boyd Davis 

Lucia Pell Florence Saunders 

Morgan Pell Alfred Drayton 

" Red " Giddings Dennis J. Hogan 

Jasper Hardy William E. Hallman 

Angela Hardy , .Elma Royton 

Pedro Clifton Boney 

Venustiano Fred Russell 

Alvarado Frank Vosper 

Sancho Reginald Gosse 

Pancho Lopez Matheson Lang 

A Mexican Cook Granville Darling 

Bradley A. W. Tyrer 

Blake, Walter Plinge 

Indian Tracker Horton Cooper 

Play produced by^ MATHESON LANG 



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SYNOPSIS OF PLAYBILLS 



KING'S HALL, COVENT GAEDEH 

4 MARCH, 1923 
** D3HERITANCE " 

A play, in three acts, by E. ALMAZ STOUT 
Presented by THE INTERLUDE PLAYERS 

Georgiana Elizabeth Arkell 

Hon. Edward Elliott Ronald Sinclair 

Eleanor Graham Haidee Gunn 

Sir John Main waring Lewis Broughton 

Molly Main waring Cicely Chance 

Gerald Richards Geoffrey Amedee 

Namie Kathleen Stuart 

Violet Vivian Ellen Hare 

Play produced by G. FORT BUCKLE 

BRIXTOH 

5 MARCH, 1923 
"A FAMILY AFFAIR" 

Play, in four acts, by AGNES BLAKE 

Rev. the Hon. John Mainwaring. .Reginald Dance 

Joe Mainwaring Antony Holies 

Rev. Lincoln Con way Jevan Brandon -Thomas 

Peter Bower William Holies 

Eric Bower Hubert Woodward 

Captain Henry Richards Jan Loveday 

Davies Aileen Wyse 

Mary Mainwaring Dorothy Peters 

Martha Mainwaring Edyth Goodall 

ST. MARTDPS 

6 MARCH 1923 
"THE GREAT BROXOPP" 

A comedy, in four acts, by A. A. MILNE 

Nancy Broxopp Mary Jerrold 

Mary Margaret Carter 

Broxopp Edmund Gwenn 

Benham J. H. Roberts 

Alice Gwen Hubbard 

Honoria Johns Marjorie Gabain 

Jack Broxopp Ian Hunter 

IrisTenterden Faith Celli 

Sir Roger Tenterden Dawson Milward 

NorahField Beatrix Thomson 

Ronny Derwent Richard Bird 

Play produced by BASIL DEAN 

KING'S, HAICMERSMITH 

12 MARCH, 1923 
** THE BORDERER " 

A romantic play, in four acts, by 
MADGE and LESLIE HOWARD GORDON 

Mary of Scots Julia Neilson 

Mary Seaton Elsie Shelton 

Mary Beaton Evelyn Stafford 

Mary Fleming Irene Arnold 

Mary Livingstone Grace Brodie 

Lady Argyle Stella Pearce 

Lady Stirling Madge Escombe 

Lady Carwood Grace Arnold 

Jean Mercer Caroline Keith 

Ronald Susan Richards 

Earl of Moray Frank Royde 

Lord Darnley Alfred Wild 

Lord Gordon Hugh F. S. Casson 

Lord Lindsay Cyril Cobb 



Captain Ramsey Frank Canello 

Maitland of Lethington W. H, Garbois 

Captain Mactarn Tom Roydan 

Captain Erskine Edmund Grogan 

Captain Faldonside A. Mayhew 

Riccio Barry Q'Neiil 

Ivan Mercer James Carter-Edwards 

Earl 01 Bothwell Fred Terry 

Play produced by FRED TERRY 

EVERYHAH 

12 MARCH, 1923 

"THE ALTER1ATIVE" 

A play, in three acts, by LUCY WILSON and 

ADRIAN ALINGTON 

Cynthia Agatha Kentish 

Ros Elizabeth Milner 

Mrs. Hare Lola Duncan 

Rev. James Hare Alec F. Thompson 

Ann Fen ton Lucy W r ilson 

Anthony Whitehead Percy Rhodes 

Geoffrey Fenton Gordon Bailey 

Hon. Freddy Gillingham Arthur Vezin 

Robert Mortimer J. J. Bartlett 

Play produced by GORDON BAILEY 

THE OLD VIC 

12 MARCH, 1923 

"ARTHUR" 

A play, in eight scenes, by LAURENCE BINYON 
Incidental music by SIR EDWARD ELGAR, O.M. 

Sir Bernard of Astolat John Garside 

Lavaine Guy Martineau 

Sir Torre John Laurie 

Sir Launcelot Douglas Burbidge 

Elaine Jane Bacon 

King Arthur Wilfrid Walter 

Sir Bedivere Kingsley Baker 

Queen Guenevere Florence Buckton 

Sir Gareth Hugh McNeill 

Sir Gaheris M. Francis 

Sir Mordred Rupert Harvey 

Sir Agravaine Hilton Edwards 

Sir Gawame Reyner Barton 

Sir Bors Maxwell Wray 

Sir Kay Sidney Scott 

Sir Colegravance Ernest Meads 

A Lad y-in- Waiting Nancy Barker 

Sir Lucan Ronald Nicholson 

Sir Patrice Robert Glennie 

Sir Mador Rolfe Davies 

Dumb Simon Henry Cohen 

1st Guard Douglas Mattinson 

Man-at-Arms Henry Cohen 

The Damsel of Peace Eileen Butler 

A Bishop Rolfe Davies 

Lynned, a Nun Ethel Harper 

Play produced by ROBERT ATKINS 

REGENT 

18 MARCH, 1923 

* "THE ALCHEMIST" 

A comedy by BEN JONSON 

Presented by THE PHCENIX SOCIETY 

Subtle Baliol Holloway 

Face , . , . .George Desmond 



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SYNOPSIS OF PLAYBILLS 



Dol. Common Margaret Yarde 

Dapper J. Leslie Frith 

Abel Drugger Andrew Leigh 

Love-Wit Orlando Barnett 

Epicure Mammon Frank Celiier 

Surly Rupert Harvey 

Tribulation H. R. Hignett 

Ananias Stanley Lathbury 

Kastril Charles Staite 

Dame Pliant Nell Carter 

Play produced by ALLAN* WADE 



ST. JAMES'S 

21 MARCH, 1923 

" THE INEVITABLE " 

A play, in three acts, by ISABEL JAY 

Marie Rosalind Wyn Weaver 

Parker H. Halladay Hope 

Mrs. Vince Ethel Coleridge 

Carlo Pascali Denier Warren 

Angela West Cecilia Cavendish 

Anne West Isabel Jay 

James Hathaway Frank Curzon 

Lady Greene Elizabeth Tanner 

Bobby Ponsonby -Arthur Eldred 

Henry K. Pollock Henry Caine 

Augustus Browne Howard Sturge 

Play produced by STANLEY BELL 



ALDWYCH 

23 MARCH, 1923 
" BELTANE MGHT" 

A play, in three acts, by VERA BERINGER 

Marjorie Abbott Joyce Carey 

Dennis Arrnigan John Williams 

Martin J. C. Buckstone 

Mrs. Timperley Mary Brpugh 

Janet Hargrove Esme Beringer 

Myrtle Deakyns Drusilla Wills 

Rose Deakyns Alice Wills 

Nigel Hargrove S. J. Warmington 

Dr. Rossiter Frank Moore 

Michael Armigan Sam Livesey 

Dr. Willoughby Frank Petley 

Play produced by W. G. FAY 



PLAYHOUSE 

24 MARCH, 1923 
* "MAGDA" 

A play, in three acts, by HERMANN SUDERMANN 
Translated by Louis N. PARKER 

Leopold Schwartz Franklin Dyall 

Magda Gladys Cooper 

Marie Lila Maravan 

Augusta Adela Measor 

Franziska von Wendlowski Mona Harrison 

Lieut. Max von Wendlowski Louis Goodrich 

Hefterdingk William Stack 

Doctor von Keller Gilbert Hare 

Frau von Klebs Florence Harwood 

Frau von Ellrich Francis Ruttledge 

Frau Schumann Edith Johnston 

Theresa ,,,,.,..,,.,,., .Cicely Chance 



STEAM) 
25 MARCH, 1923 
"THE LUBE" 

A play, in three acts, by " MAJOR " (James Sabben) 
Presented by THE REPERTORY PLAYERS 

William Rock Richard Bird 

Julian Cress well Tristan Rawson 

Dorothy Cresswell May Kendal 

Mr. Dane William Stack 

Clement Vascard Harvey Adams 

Merritt Reginald Bach 

Lady Lillian Waring Rita John 

Play produced by HUGH WAKEFIELD 



DRUKY LANE 

28 MARCH, 1923 

" ANGELO " 

A play, in prologue and three acts, founded on 

The Life of Hoffman by CARL MEINHARD and 

RUDOLF BERNAUER, by Louis N. PARKER ; music 

by E. N. REZNICEK 

Prologue 
Pietro ..................... Augustus Bowerman 

Silvestro ........................ Hector Abbas 

Cipriano ...................... Gerald Lawrence 

Vincenzo ........................ David Hodder 

Bruno ....................... Owen Roughwpod 

Luigi Lamberti .................... David Miller 

Deodato ........................ Jack Stephens 

Maestro Angelo ............. Maurice Moscovitch 



fJf} 

ignor Sa 



MacGill 

Signor Sammarco .............. Rothbury Evans 

Signora Sammarco ........... Beatrice Grosvenor 

Act I "GIULIA" 
Maestro Angelo ............. Maurice Moscovitch 

Undine ......................... Moyna MacGill 

Padre Ignazio ................. Gerald Lawrence 

Village Schoolmaster ............... Nat Madison 

Signor Sammarco .............. Rothbury Evans 

Signora Sammarco ........... Beatrice Grosvenor 

Giulia Sammarco ................ Moyna MacGill 

The Rich Man ................... Nathan Natoff 

Bruno ....................... Owen Roughwood 

A ct II "EUFEMIA" 
Grand Duke of Tuscany ......... Rothbury Evans 

Baron Delia Torre .......... Augustus Bowerman 

Bartoni ......................... David Hodder 

Marchesa Benzoni .................. Essex Dane 

H. E. Count Seconda .............. Vincent Clive 

Lord Chamberlain .............. Gerald Lawrence 

Eufemia ........................ Moyna MacGill 

Florio ............................ David Miller 

Footman ........................ Jack Stephens 

Maestro Angelo .............. Maurice Moscovitch 

Call-Boy ........................ Aubyn Bourne 

Bruno ....................... Owen Roughwood 

Bolla ........................... Hector Abbas 

Stage Manager ................... Frank Haylett 

Fisherman ....................... Teddie Barrie 

His Wife ....................... Gladys Erskine 

Fisher Boy ......................... Lilian May 

Act III "UNDINE" 
Pietro ..................... Augustus Bowerman 

Vincenzo ........................ David Hodder 

Cipriano ...................... Gerald Lawrence 

Silvestro ........................ Hector Abbas 

Luigi Lamberti .................... David Miller 



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0eodato Jack Stephens 

Bruao Owen Ro-aghwood 

Maestro Angeio Maurice Moscovitch 

Undine Moyna MacGill 

Ulbrando Edward Bartlett 

Berthalda Rosa Lilian 

Mario ^at Madison 

Play produced by ARTHUR COLLINS 



LONDON HIPPODROME 

28 MARCH, 1923 

"BRIGHTER LONDON" 

Revue by LAURI WYLIE ; music by HERMAN FINCK 



Lupino Lane 
Billy Merson 
Reginald Sliarland 
Charles Stone 
Bernard Dudley 



Annie Croft 
Elsie Prince 
Ruth French 
Lena Russell 
Eddie Jay 



PAUL WHITEMAN and his Band 
Produced by JULIAN WYLIE and Gus SOHLKE 

AMBASSADORS 

29 MARCH, 1923 
"MARRIAGE BY INSTALMENTS" 

A comedy, in three acts, by BERNARD MERIVALE 
and RICHARD BIRD 

John Wiltshire Henry Kendal 

Phyllis Wiltshire Muriel Alexander 

Mrs. Carlton Clare Greet 

Giovanni Zanetti George Hayes 

Babs Nadine March 

Mr. Gossage Frank Bertram 

Mr. McPherson Alec Hunter 

Mr, Weekes Windham Guise 

Brown Gerald Andersen 

Play produced by ANTHONY ELLIS 

CHELSEA PALACE 

31 MARCH, 1923 

"POLLY" 

Adapted from JOHN GAY'S opera by 

W. E. B. HENDERSON and R. B. SALISBURY ; 

music arranged and composed by HUBERT BATH 

Mrs. Trapes Violet Gould 

Mr. Ducat Alfred Clark 

Damaris Jean Aylwin 

Flimzy Dorothy James 

Polly Winifred O'Connor 

Mrs. Ducat Elizabeth Hay 

Capstern Haydn Hemery 

Hacker Sydney Elliot 

Cutlace Jerome Murphy 

Vanderbluff George Curzon 

Morano Foster Richardson 

Jenny Diver Phyllis Harding 

Pohetohee Jack Desmond 

Play produced by CHAS. B. WILLIAMS 

HAYMARKET 

31 MARCH, 1923 

"ISABEL, EDWARD, AND ANNE" 
A comedy, in three acts, by GERTRUDE JENNINGS 

The Hon. Edward Carew Allan Aynesworth 

Isabel Lilian Braithwaite 



Anne Margaret Bannennan 

Alice Joyce Kennedy 

Matthews .\V. \V. Palmer 

Stephen Audley Harold French 

Mrs. Bucket . ." Athene Seyier 

Lady Massingham Dorothy Overend 



KINGSWAY 

31 MARCH, 1923 

"LOVE INPAWH" 

A play, in iour acts, by ROY BORNIMAN 

Mrs. Luttrel Browne Annie Hill 

Captain Harry Yarborough J. Oliver Twiss 

Colonel Yarborough F. Kinsey Peile 

Rev. Henry Luttrel Fewlass Llewellyn 

Lilian Luttrel Doris Lloyd 

Maid Miss Newnham-Davis 

Lady Ingleby Vane Featherston 

Mr. Evan Jones Leo G. Carroll 

Samuel Levi Arthur Wontner 

Miss Tallant Muriel Cox 

Willoughby Heriot Brian Buchel 

Mr. Carhampton -L. Robin Irvine 

Solomon Levi Morris Rubin 

Rachel Levi Winifred Jzard 

Jacob Dacosta William Farren 

Sarah Levi Nora Kingsley 

Ike Levi Roger Livesey 

Play produced by ROY HORNIMAN and 
LEWIS SLODEN 



ROYALTY 

2 APRIL, 1923 

* "AT MES. BEAM'S" 

A comedy, in three acts, by C. K. MUNRO 

Miss Shoe Jean Cadell 

Mr. Durrows Fred O'Donovan 

Miss Cheezle Margaret Watson 

Mrs. Bebb Frances WetheraH 

James Bebb Raymond Massey 

Mrs. Stone Phyllis Stuckey 

Miss Newman Judith Fowler 

Mrs. Beam Maud Joliffe 

Mr. Dermott Dennis Eadie 

Laura Pasquale Adela Mavis 

Colin William Monk 

Play produced by FRANKLIN DYALL 

EVERYMAN 
2 APRIL, 1923 

* "THE DOCTOR'S DILEMMA" 
A comedy by BERNARD SHAW 

Redpenny Dirk Daniell 

Emmy Esme Hubbard 

Ridgeon " Reginald Bach 

Schutzmacher Michael Sherbrooke 

Sir Patrick Cullen Ivor Barnard 

Cutler Walpole Reginald Dance 

Sir R. B. Bonnington Brember Wills 

Blenkinson Harold Scott 

Mrs. Dubidat Cathleen Nesbitt 

Louis Dubidat Claude Rains 

Minnie Tinwell Madge Compton 

Newspaper Man Harold Scott 

Mr Danby Thurlow Finn 



Play produced by NORMAN MACDERMOTT 



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HIS MAJESTY'S 

3 APRIL, 1923 
* " THE GAY LORD QUEX " 

A comedy, in four acts by ARTHUR PINERO 

The Marquess of Quex George Grossmith 

Sir Chickester Frayne Nicholas Hannen 

Captain Bastling Alan Hollis 

" Valma " (otherwise Frank Pollitt) Malcolm Keen 

The Duchessof Strood Viola Tree 

Julia, Countess of Owbridge Rosina Filippi 

Mrs. Jack Eden Rosemary Corry 

Muriel Eden Nancy Atkin 

Sophy Fullgarney Irene Browne 

Miss Moon Norah. Robinson 

Miss Huddle Laura Wallis Mills 

Miss Claridge Nancy Pawley 

Miss Limbird Shiela Courtenay 

Play produced by BASIL DEAN 



STEANB 

10 APRIL, 1923 

"ANNA CHRISTIE" 

A play, in four acts, by EUGENE O'NEILL 

Johnny-the-Priest James C. Mack 

First Longshoreman G. O. Taylor 

Second Longshoreman Eddy Reed 

Larry Eugene Lincoln 

A Potnian Arthur Hurley 

Chris Christopherson George Marion 

Marthy Owen Mildred Beverly 

Anna Christopherson Pauline Lord 

Mat Burke Frank Shannon 

Johnson Ole Anderson 

C A. Reilly 
Three Sailors ] C. Hansen 

( and B. Kennedy 

Play produced by ARTHUR HOPKINS 

GLOBE 

10 APRIL, 1923 

"AREFT WE ALL?" 

A comedy, in three acts, by FREDERICK LONSDALE 

Morton E. Vivian Reynolds 

Hon. Willie Tatham Herbert Marshall 

Lady Frinton Ellis Jeffreys 

Arthur Wells Charles Hickman 

Martin Steele Patrick Cover 

Kitty Lake * "CylleneMoxon 

Lord Grenham Julian Royce 

Hon. Margot Tatham Marie Lohr 

Roberts E. A. Walker 

Angela Lynton Elizabeth Chesney 

Rev. Ernest Lynton EricLewis 

John Willocks Martin Lewis 

Play produced by STANLEY BELL 

PKOTCE OF WALES'S 

11 APRIL, 1923 

"SO !EHIS IS LONDON" 

A comedy, in three acts, by ARTHUR GOODRICH 

Hiram Draper Raymond Hackett 

The Hon. Elinor Worthing Dorothy Tetley 

Lady Amy Ducksworth Amy Brandon -Thomas 

Hiram Draper, senior Edward H.Robins 

Mrs. Hiram Draper Eleanor Woodruff 



A Waiter Donald Fergusson 

Lord Worthing Fred Kerr 

Lady Worthing Gertrude Sterroll 

Alfred Honeycutt A. S. Homewood 

Thomas George Ricketts 

Jennings Vincent Sternroyd 

Play produced by JOHN MEEHAN 

LYCEUM 
14 APRIL, 1923 

" A NIGHT OF TEMPTATION " 
A play in four acts, by PERCY GORDON HOLMES 

Paul Azario Deinis Neilson -Terry 

Countess Volumnia Lydia Mannington 

Madame Irma Casimir Molly Vyvyan 

Carlotta Willoughby Jessie Belmore 

Sir Bem'amin Graysdale Albert Ward 

Dick Riddle Bertie Wright 

Queen Catherine Violet Farebrother 

General Damaros Alfred Goddard 

Count Olif Eric Lugg 

Princess Viola (of Zavaria) Mary Merrall 

Susan Mary Booth 

Carlo Talti Percy Baverstock 

Maxine Violet Penule 

Hawkins Harry Hartley 

Prince Rudolph Frederick Leister 

Sergeant Arkadi Harry Wingate 

Gregory Branco Edmund Kennedy 

Severin Wingold Lawrence 

Lascaria Frank Elsworthy 

Bathori Fred Watson 

Play produced by 
WALTER and FREDERICK MELVILLE 

AMBASSADORS 

16 APRIL, 1923 
" TRESPASSES " 

A play, in four acts, by EDWARD PERCY 

Quintin Coomber Francis Lister 

Ovidius Thimblewick J. Sebastian Smith 

Andrew Grayling Lyn Harding 

Dora Grayling. ." Doris Lytton 

William Doufflas Webster 

Miles Grayling Reginald Denham 

Jeremy Bean weed George Mallett 

Patience Carey Jane Grahame 

Virginia Grayling Ethel Grimes 

Greatorex Boddy-Boddy George Goodwin 

Play produced by REGINALD DENHAM 

SHAFTESBURY 

17 APRIL, 1923 

" MERTON OF THE MOVIES ' 

HARRY LEON WILSON'S story dramatized by 
GEO. S. KAUFMAN and MARC CONNELLY 

Merton Gill Tom Douglas 

Amos G. Gashwiler W. T. Elworthy 

Tessie Kearns Evadne Price 

Elmer Huff Scott Harrold 

Casting Director Margaret Moffat 

Lester Montague J. H. Barnes 

The Montague Girl. Patiicia Collinge 

Sigmund Rosenblatt Clive Currie 

J. Sloane Henshaw Henry Wenman 

Weller Walter Brodie 

Jeff Baird James Carew 



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The Cross-eyed Mail Scott Harrold 

A Sheik . . . ". George Walsh 

Harold Parmalee Walter Sondes 

Beolafa Baxter Lilian Cavanagh 

Mrs. Patterson Mabel Youngc 

Mr. Patterson John \Vheatman 

The Man from Bigart Give Currie 

Felice Alton Goodrich 

Muriel Mercer Eve Eadon 

>lax Jacques de Bois 

A Mysterious Visitor Leslie Stiles 

Togo Percy Andrews 

Jimmy Edward Morgan 

Eddie Ronald Ward 

Play produced by HUGH FORD 



CRITERION 

18 APRIL, 1923 

* "JACK STRAW" 

A comedy by W. SOMERSET MAUGHAM 

Lady Wanley Helen Ha ye 

Ambrose Holland E. Holman Clark 

Jack Straw Charles Hawtrey 

Mrs. Withers Ella Milne 

Rev. Lewis Abbott Jack Raine 

Mrs. Abbott Christine Rayner 

Count Adrian von Brerner Clarence Blakiston 

Mrs. Parker Jennings Lottie Venue 

Mr. Parker Jennings David Miller 

Ethel Parker Jennings Olwen Roose 

Vincent Parker Jennings Jack Esmond 

Lord Serio Forrester Harvey 

Footman Walter Menpes 

Play produced by CHARLES HAWTREY 

KINGSWAY 

22 APRIL, 1923 

" THE? FIRST STILE " 

A comedy, in three acts, by ELSIE HAYES 
Presented by THE PLAY ACTORS 

Anthea Sherry Phyllis Stuckey 

Robin Sherry Ivan Samson 

Diana Leadbitter Winifred Evans 

Freddie Briggs Antony Holies 

Mrs. Farrol Marjorie Clarke- Jervoise 

Mr. Farrol Henry Walton 

Sybil Farrol Frances Clare 

Captain Leadbitter Sydney Paxton 

Audrey Smythe Peggy Evans 

Mabel Bateman Doris Scott 

Mr. Cator Charles Maunsell 

A Maid Lilie Garde 

Play produced by BEN WEBSTER 

ST. MARTIPS 
24 APRIL, 1923 

"R.U.R" 
(Rossum's Universal Robots) 

A fantastic melodrama by KAREL CAPEK 

Translated by PAUL SELVER adapted by 
NIGEL PLAYFAIR 

Harry Domain Basil Rathbone 

Sulla Beatrix Thomson 

Marius Gilbert Ritchie 

Helena Glory Frances Carson 

Dr. Gall Charles V. France 

Mr. Alquist Brember Wills 



Jacob Herman Clifford Molliscn 

Emma Ada King 

Radius Leslie Banks 

Helena Olgo Lindo 

Primus Ian Hunter 

{Austin Trevor 
Leslie Perrms 
Alan Rowland 

Play produced by BASIL DEAN 



GLOBE 

28 APRIL, 1923 
"THE VOICE OUTSIDE" 

A drama, in one act, by GERTRUDE E. JENNINGS 

Mary Protheroe Marie Lohr 

Evelyn Kerr Susan Claughton 

Alec Kerr Herbert Marshall 

KINGSWAY 

29 APRIL, 1923 

" SOUTH WIND " 

A play, in a prologue and two acts, by 
NORMAN DOUGLAS and ISABEL C. TIPPET 

Presented by THE REPERTORY PLAYERS 

Bill Harrison Reginald Denham 

Mrs. Harrison Mary Barton 

Mary Harrison Edith Smith 

Rev. Mr. Bruce Jevan Brandon -Thomas 

The Bishop Ben Webster 

Maid June Wyndham 

Peter Gerald Andersen 

Mrs. Cornish Doris Lloyd 

Arthur Cornish Frank Vosper 

Hugh Lawrence Tristan Rawson 

Italian Servant Noel Allinson 

Mr. Phillips Leo G. Carroll 

EVERYMAN 

30 APRIL, 1923 
"T'MAKSDENS" 

A comedy, in three acts by JAMES R. GREGSON 

Ezra Marsden Reginald Bach 

Olive Marsden Nadine March 

Cecil Ellis Frank Pettingell 

John Marsden : . . . . Ivor Bernard 

Ann Marsden Dora Barton 

Rev. Philip Moore Gordon McLeod 

Sim Umpleby Charles Groves 

Alex. Wright Edward Rigby 

A Boy Arthur Karnon 

Ethel Marsden Muriel Alexander 

Play produced by NORMAN MACDERMOTT 

REGENT 

5 MAY, 1923 

"THE INSECT PLAY" 

(*' And so ad inftnitum ") 

A play, in three acts, a prologue, and epilogue, by 

the BROTHERS CAPEK ; translated by PAUL SELVER ; 

freely adapted by NIGEL PLAYFAIR and 

CLIFFORD BAX 

Prologue 

The Tramp Edmund Willard 

Lepidopterist. -Claude Rains 



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A d I ' ' THE BUTTERFLIES ' ' 

Clytie . Anne Hyton 

Otto F. Kinsey Peile 

Felix John Gieigud 

Iris Xoelle Sonning 

Victor Algernon West 

Act II u CREEPERS AND CRAWLERS" 

Chrysalis Joan Maude 

Mr. Beetle A. Bromley-Davenport 

Mrs. Beetle Maire O'Neill 

Robber Beetle Algernon West 

Ichneumon Fly Ivan Berlyn 

Larva Elsa Lanchester 

Mr. Cricket Andrew Leigh 

Mrs. Cricket Angela Baddeley 

Parasite Claude Rain 

Act III "THE ANTS" 

Blind Timekeeper Geoffrey Wilkinson 

Chief Engineer Claude Rains 

Second Engineer Harvey Adams 

Inventor Ivan Berlyn 

1st Messenger W. M. Norgate 

2nd Messenger Brandon Philp 

Signal Officer R. Atholl-Douglas 

Flag Seller , Maire O'Neill 

Yellow Commander Harrison Maude 

Epilogue" DEATH AND- LIFE " 

1st Snail Geoffrey Wilkinson 

2nd Snail Andrew Leigh 

Woodcutter A. Bromley-Davenport 

Country Woman Anne Hyton 

A Girl Alice Mason 

A Boy George Aylward 

Play produced by NIGEL PLAYFAIR 



KIN6SWAY 

6 MAY, 1923 
"THE MACHINE-WRECKERS" 

A drama, in a prologue and eleven scenes, by 
ERNEST TOLLER 

Translated by ASHLEY DUKES 

Lord Chancellor of England John H. Moore 

Lord Byron George Hayes 

Lord Castlereagh Reginald Dance 

Jimmy Cobbett Herbert Marshall 

John Wibley Edward Rigby 

Albert Harold Scott 

Charles Stockwell Hawkins 

Ned Lud Tristan Rawson 

Pedlar A. Corney Grain 

A Beggar Michael Sherbrooke 

Bob Lud Raymond Massey 

William Arthur Vezin 

An Officer Matthew Forsyth 

Henry Cobbett Matthew Boulton 

His Mother Esrne" Hubbard 

Old Reaper H. R. Hignett 

Mary Wibley Muriel Pratt 

Mr. Ure Reginald Dance 

First Woman Esme" Hubbard 

Second Woman Elizabeth Arkell 

Margaret Lud Louise Hampton 

A Government Representative A. Corney Grain 

The Engineer George Hayes 

Play produced by NUGENT MONCK 



DUKE OP YOBK'S 

8 MAY, 1923 

"HEB TEMPOEARY HUSBAND" 

A farcical comedy, in three acts, by 

EDWARD A. PAULTON 

Dr. Gordon Spencer Edmond Breon 

Kate Tanner Ena Grossmith 

Judd George Elton 

Blanche Ingram Edna Best 

Tom Burton George Tully 

Clarence Topping A. E. Matthews 

Rev. T. Tuffit L. Frederic 

Play produced by RALPH LYNN 



DRTJKY LANE 

9 MAY, 1923 
* "NED KEAN OF OLD DRURY" 

A play, in four acts, by ARTHUR SHIRLEY 

Edmund Kean H. A. Saintsbury 

Mary Kean Louise Regnis 

Howard Kean Gabrielle Casartelli 

Charles Kean Violet Aubert 

Bob Clifford Thomas Pauncefort 

Dr. Drury William Farren 

The Earl of Essex Henry Hallatt 

Lord Byron Edward Cooper 

Mrs. David Gamck Haidee Wright 

Captain Gaskell Frank E. Petley 

Squire Willett Henry J. Twyford 

The Squire H. Halladay Hope 

Jennifer Fred J. Little 

Mrs. Pengelly Constance Robertson 

Miss Williams Margaret Yarde 

Play produced by ARTHUR COLLINS 



KINGSWAY 

13 MAY, 1923 

"HEY PRESTO!" 

A quaint adventure, in three acts, by 
WALTER R. MATTHEWS 

Presented by THE INTERLUDE PLAYERS 

Albert Presto Fred O'Donovan 

Mrs. Presto May Hallatt 

Nellie Presto Mildred Evelyn 

Fred Summers P. Perceval Clark 

William Alan Edmiston 

Montague Dorker Charles Dodd 

Miss Nixon Evelyn Griffiths 

Constance Bland Phyllis Joyce 

Victor Bland Albert Raynor 

Dudley Smart Guy Leigh-Pemberton 

Hon. Mrs. Musson Kathleen Stuart 

Geraldine Musson Nancy Pawley 

Bertie Hastings Claude Horton 

Miss Bellows Marjorie Young 

Mr. Rocksmith W. Wilson-Barrett 

Mrs. Rocksmith Grizel Lang 

Mr. Widdersley Henry Walton 

Eulalie B. Keroup Dorothy Leveson-Larie 

Mrs. Bosomworth Ella Dain court 

Play produced by FRED O'DONOVAN 



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SYNOPSIS OF PLAYBILLS 



AMBASSADORS 

14 MAY, 1923 

" THE PICCADILLY PUEITAH " 
A comedy, in four acts, by LECHMERE WORRALL 

Charles Langhome Burton 

Enid Alex. Frizcll 

Miss Marmenng Dorothy Hall 

Mrs Pa ynter Kate Carew 

Florence Rita Page 

Lord Batte James Lindsay 

Hostess Eileen Munro 

>Iaid Daisy Elston 

Xlice Dorothy Minto 

Play produced by NORMAN PAGE 



NEW 

23 MAY, 1923 

"A DISTURBER OF TBAFFIC " 
A comedy, in three acts, by HERBERT SWEARS 

Betty Daventry Lila Maravan 

Mrs. Amyot Mary Jerrold 

Lady Matravers Miriam Lewes 

Rayner Evelyn Dane 

Eilen Ann Lynton 

Hugh Warrington Tristan Rawson 

Lester Warwick Edmond Breon 

Peter Garth Vincent Clive 

Mr. Cambus Rothbury Evans 

Play produced by REGINALD DENHAH 



PALACE e HIS MAJESTY'S 

15 MAY, 1923 29 MAY, 1923 

" THE MUSIC BOX REVUE " " OLIVER CROMWELL " 

By IRVING BERLIN A play, in eight scenes, by JOHN DRINKWATER 

Gregory Stroud Ethelind Terry Mrs. Cromwell Irene Rooke 

Fred Duprez Three Brox Sisters Elizabeth Cromwell Clare Harris 

Solly Ward Renie Riano Bridget Cromwell Mary O'Farrell 

Joseph Santley Ivy Sawyer John Hampden Harcourt Williams 

Arthur Finn Henry Ireton Milton Rosmer 

Revue produced by HASSARD SHORT < Set^Tarmer^ M ?-rp m 7, 

Mr. Stanley Howard Rose 

DALY'S Sir Thomas Payne S. Alexander 

i o *r i QOO Amos Tanner Hayden Coffin 

19 MA\ , 1 92,3 A Member of Parliament Douglas Jefferies 

* ** TPTTC MERRY WIDOW " The Speaker of the House of Commons 

A musical play, in three acts (adapted from the Bassett Svdnev Bland 

Viennese) ; music by FRANZ LEHAR Th ; Mayo ; ' fEly. '.'.".'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'. '. W. E. Langley 

Baron Popoff George Graves General Fairfax Douglas Jefferies 

Prince Danilo Carl Brisson Colonel Staines J. Adrian Byrne 

Vicomte Camille de Jolidon Derek Oldham Colonel Pemberton H. Fisher White 

Nisch W. H. Rawlins Neal Alexander Sarner 

Marquis de Cascada Somers Bellamy Charles I William J. Rea 

M. de St. Brioche Claude GoodcMld play produced by the Author 

General Noviko\ich Clifford Seyler J r J 

M. Khadja Ronald Adair 

Head Waiter Edwin Dodds SHAFTESBURY 

Frou Frou Ivy Tresmand 

Natalie Nancie Lovat 30 MAY, 1923 

Prascovia Kate Welch STOP FLIRTING " 

Sonia Evelyn Laye 

Olga Cecily Saxe Wyndham A musical farce, m two acts, by FRED JACKSON ; 

Sylvaine Laurie Newton music by WILLIAM DALY and PAUL LANNIN 

Play produced by FRED J. BLACKMAN Perry Reynolds Jack Melford 

Vivian Marsden Marjorie Gordon 

Marjorie Leeds Mimi Crawford 

APOLLO ' Suzanne Hayden Adele Astaire 

9J. MA v i Q?q Count Spinagio George de Warfaz 

24 MAY, 1923 Teddy Lawrence Fred Asta ire 

* '* WHAT EVERY WOMAN KNOWS " Geo_ffrey Dangerfield H_enry Kendall 

A comedy, in four acts, by J. M. BARRIE 

David Wylie Norman Macpwan 

James Wylie. Frank Pettingell m 

Maggie Wylie Hilda Trevelyan DJ " ' 

The Hon. Mr. Venables Athole Stewart 31 MAY, 1923 

Mr. Feikie, of Glasgow John Kelt mm* OUTSIDER " 

Comtesse de la Briere Lady Tree 

Lady Sybil Tenterden Marie Hemingway A play, in three acts, by DOROTHY BRANDON 

Maid Mad S e Murra y Anton Ragatzy Leslie Faber 

Play produced by E. HOLMAN CLARK Jasper Sturdee, M.S Dawson Milward 

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Sir Montague x , 

Tollemache } ( E. Lyall Swete 

Sir Nathan Israel J.F.R.C.S. . 4 Randolph McLeod 
Vincent Helmore \ I Charles Kenyon 

Frederick Ladd * ^ Cecil Fowler 

Basil Owen Evan Thomas 

Madame Klost Stella Rao 

Pritchard Ruth Maitland 

Lalage Sturdee Isobel Elsom 

Play produced by LEON M. LION 



LONDON PAVILION 

31 MAY, 1923 
" DOVER STREET TO DIXIE " 

A revue by MORRIS HARVEY, HAROLD SIMPSON, 

and LAURI WYLIE ; music by HERMAN DAREWSKI, e 

NAT D. AYER, etc. 



Gordon Bailey 
Stanley Lupino 
Hugh Dempster 



Mabel Green 
Madge Cornpton 
Odette Myrtil 



Florence Mills 
Revue staged by FRANK COLLINS 

MEW OXFORD THEATRE 

4 JUNE, 1923 

"UN SUJET DE ROMAN" 
By SACHA GUITRY 

Theophile Levaille M, Lucien Guitry 

Jacques Bourny M. R. Maupre 

Ancelm M. Valbret 

Denis Guyot M. Hieronimus 

Un valet de chambre M. G. Lemaire 

Madame Levaille Mme. Grumbach 

Mademoiselle Levaille MHe. Y. Pierryl 

" COMMENT ON ECRIT L'HISTOIRE " 

By SACHA GUITRY 

Le Roi Jerome M. Lucien Guitry 

Le Prince Louis-Napoleon M. Sacha Guitry 

Jtfariette de Ronceray Mile. Yvonne Printemps 

Hippplyte. M. Valbret 

Jasmine Gueroult Mile. Betty Daussmond 

Victorin Gueroult M. Hieronimus 

Un Journalist M. Sacha Guitry 



AMBASSADORS 

5 JUNE, 1923 

** 'J'tp^ LILIES OF 'i'liJK] FIELD " 
A comedy, in three acts, by J. HASTINGS TURNER 

The Rev. John Head J. H. Roberts 

Ann Hilda Bruce-Potter 

Violet Gwynne Whitby 

Mrs. Rooke-Walter Gertrude Kingston 

Catherine Edna Best 

Elizabeth Meggie Albanesi 

Barnaby Haddon Austin Trevor 

Withers John Garside 

Bryan Ropes Clifford Mollison 

The Hon. Monica Flane Ruth Taylor 

Lady Susan Rocker Margaret Carter 

A Maidservant Nancie Parsons 

Play produced by BASIL DEAN 



LYCEUM 

6 JUNE. 1923 

"DAVID C03PPEEEJELD " 
Adapted by WALTER FREDERICK EVELYN 

Miss Betsy Trotvrood Minnie Watersford 

Mr. Wickfield Charles Leighton 

Agnes Ethel O'Shea 

David Copperfield Leslie Barrie 

Uriah Heep Fred E. Derrick 

Steerforth Frederick Keen 

Mr. Micawber Bransby Williams 

Mrs. Micawber Nellie Hook 

Mrs. Gummidge Grace Lester 

Emily Katharine Carlton 

Ham William Lorrimer 

Peggotty Bransby Williams 

Littimer Eric B. Williams 

Mrs. Crupp -Madeleine Temple 

Traddles Douglas Ives 

Servant Betty Booth 

Play produced by BRANSBY WILLIAMS 

NEW OXFORD 

7 JUNE, 1923 

* " LA DONNA DEL MARE " 

(" The Lady from the Sea ") 

By HENRIK IBSEN 

Dottor Wangel Alfredo Robert 

Ellida Wangel Eleonora Duse 

Bolette Enif Robert 

Hilde Letizia Bertramo 

Lyngstrand Gino Fantoni 

BaUested Calittp Bertramo 

Arnholm Giro Galvani 

Uno Stranlero Memo Benassi 



NEW 

9 JUNE, 1923 
* "CARNIVAL" 

A play, in three acts (adapted from the Italian), 
by H. C. M. HARDINGE and MATHESON LANG 

Silvio Steno Matheson Lang 

Count Andrea Scipione Dennis Neilson -Terry 

Ottavia, Baroness Delia Torre . . . .Margaret Damer 

Simonetta Mary Glynne 

Ettore, Baron Delia Torre Ernest Bodkin 

Nella Mary May 

Tomasso Cecil G. Calvert 

Colia Beity Beiloc 

Clelia Nona Wynne 

Dionigi George Walker 

Grazzo A. W. Tryer 

Sandro Reginald Gosse 

Cecco Alec S. Clunes 

Teresa Norma Varden 

A Doctor Alexander Denby 

Play produced by MATHESON LANG 

NEW OXFORD 

11 JUNE, 1923 

"LE VEILLEUR DE NtJIT" 
A comedy, in three acts, by SACHA GUITRY 

Monsieur M. Lucien Guitry 

Jean M. Sacha Guitry 



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iie Mile. Yvonne Prinlemps 

La bonne Mile. Betty Daussmond 

Gerard de Maubert M. R. Maupre 

Henri Martin M. Hieronimus 

Daval-Levy M. L. Keriy 

Marguerite des Champs Mile. Jeanne Veniat 

Violette de Parme. .". Mile. Yvette Pierry 



HEW OXFOED 
12 JUNE, 1923 



{" Ghosts ") 

By HENRIK IBSEN 

Mrs. Helen Alving ................ Elecnora Duse 

Oswald Alving ................... Memo Benassi 

Pastor Manders ................ Calls to Bertrami 

Jacob Engstrand ......... . ........ Giro Galvani 

Regina Engstrand ............. Letizia Bertramo 



SAVOY 

12 JUNE, 1923 

THE MAH WHO ATE THE POPOMACK " 

A tragi-comedy of love, in four acts, by 
W. J. TURNER 

Man about Town ............... J. Smith-Wright 

Old Man ........................ Wilfrid Walter 

A Woman .................... Margot Sieveking 

A Man ......................... Alistair Wright 

First Young Man ................. Percival Clark 

Second Young Man ............ Reginald Denham 

Muriel Raub ....................... Isabel Jeans 

Lord Belvoir .................. Herbert Marshall 

Lady Olivia ........................ Jean Cadell 

Sir Solomon Raub ................. Frank Royde 

Lady Phaoron .................. Ethel Coleridge 

Sir Philo Phaoron ................... Hay Petrie 

Harringham ...................... Alan Trotter 

Nosegay ........................... Leo Carroll 

Hon. Rupert Clavelly .............. Arthur Vezin 

Captain Anthony ................ Wilfrid W T alter 

Mandarin ........................ George Hayes 

Second Chinaman .................. Alfred Clark 

Play produced by REGINALD DENHAM 



"FATHER NOAH" 

A mystery of the Ark, by GEOFFREY WHITWORTH 

Noah Wilfrid Walter 

Rachel Joan Pitt-Chatham 

Shem Percy Parsons 

Ham Harold Scott 

Japhet Hilton Osbourne 

Play produced by JAMES WHALE 

NEW OXFORD 

14 JUNE, 1923 
"COSI SIA" 

By TOMMASO GALLARATI-SCOTTI 

The Mother Eleonora Duse 

The Father Calisto Bertramo 

The Doctor Alfredo Robert 

Angela Letizia Bertramo 

The Son. Memo Benassi 



DUKE OF YOEK'S 
14 JUNE, 1923 
"HA-HA! 

A play, in one act, by HUGH E. WRIGHT 

Cyril Carthews Donald Calthrop 

Dr. Mattinson Edmond Breon 

Peters . Arthur Hambling 

* "ELIZA COMES TO STAY" 
A comedy, in three acts, by H. V. ESMOND 

Hon. Sandy Verrall Donald Calthrop 

Alexander Stoop Verrall Charles Groves 

Montague Jordan John Devereli 

Herbert Arthur Hambling 

A Porter Henry HiUyard 

Lady Pennybroke Naomi Jacob 

Vera Laurence Rosemary Corry 

Mrs. Allaway Dora Gregory 

Dorothy Dorothy Mintb 

Play produced by ARTHUR HAMBLING 



KINGSWAY 
17 JUNE, 1923 
"THE K.C." 

A play, in three acts, by DION TITHERADGE 
Presented by THE INTERLUDE PLAYERS 

Sir Benjamin Qddington, K.C. . Jerrold Robertshaw 

Arthur Dawson Kenneth Kent 

David Hyslop J. Smith Wright 

Beagle ~ Sydney Paxton 

Inspector Hitchin Alan Stevenson 

Dorothea Oddington Elma Royton 

Lilian Alvin Olivia Burleigh 

Play produced by JERROLD ROBERTSHAW 
and EVELYN ROBERTS 



EVERYMAN 
IS JUNE. 1923 
* " CANDIDA " 

By BERNARD SHAW 

The Rev. James Mavor Morrell Allan Jeayes 

Proserpine Garnett Hazel Jones 

Ihe Rev. Alexander Mill Harold Scott 

Mr. Burgess Alfred Clark 

Candida Ellen O'Malley 

Eugene Marchbanks Frederick Cooper 



NEW OXFORD 

18 JUNE, 1923 

"NONO" 

By SACHA GUITRY 

Robert ChapeUe .M. Sacha Guitry 

Nono Mile. Yvonne Printemps 

Jacques Valois M. Hieronimus 

Jules M. L. Kerly 

Emile M. G. Lemaire 

Madame Weiss Mme. Jeanne Veniat 

Maria Mme. Yvette Pierryl 



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REGENT 

20 JUNE, 1923 

"EGBERT E. LEE" 

A play, in three parts and nine scenes, by 

JOHN DRINKWATER 

Major Perrin Harvey Adams 

An Orderly Geoffrey Wilkinson 

General Scott F. Kinsey Peile 

Robert E, Lee Felix Aylmer 

Tom Buchanan Tristan Rawson 

Ray Warrenton Harold Anstrather 

David Peel Claude Rains 

Dufi Penner Henry Caine 

John Stean Atholl Douglas 

A Girl Alice Mason 

Elizabeth Anne Hyton 

Mrs. Stean Margot Sieveking 

General J. E. B. Stuart Leo G. Carroll 

His Aide Geoffrey Wincott 

An Aide to General Lee John Gielgud 

A Sentry Frank Martin 

Captain Mason Atholl Douglas 

Captain Udall Maurice BraddeU 

General " Stonewall" Jackson. . .Edmund Willard 

Colonel Hewitt Harvey Adams 

Jefferson Davis Gordon Harker 

His Secretary Geoffrey Wilkinson 

Mrs Meadows Natalie Lynn 

Play produced by NIGEL PLAYFAIR and the Author 



HAYMARKET 

21 JUNE, 1923 

" SUCCESS " 

A play, in three acts, by A. A. MILNE 

The Right Hon, R. Selby Mannock, M.P. 

Charles Cherry 

Lady Jane Mannock .Grace Lane 

Arthur Mannock John Williams 

Freda Mannock Joyce Kennedy 

Digby Eugene Leahy 

Parlourmaid Mildred Barnes 

Edward Eversley Halliwell Hobbes 

Bertie Capp Reginald Owen 

John Reader Reginald Bach 

Lord Carchester Eric Stanley 

Nite Sydney Bromley 

Squier Lewis Shaw 

Buteus Maiden Rita Seymour 

Sally Moyna Macgill 



SHAFTESBURY 

24 JUNE, 1923 
* ** t*fmi FAITHFUL SHEPHERDESS " 

By JOHN FLETCHER. 
Presented by THE PHOENIX SOCIETY 

Perigot Harcourt Williams 

Thenot Murray Kinnell 

Daphnis Basil Howes 

Alexis Henry C. Hewitt 

God of a River Frederick Ranalow 

Satyr Harold Scott 

Priest Ben Webster 

Old Shepherd Frederick Harker 

A sullen Shepherd Edward Rigby 

Amoret ,,,,..,, , , , , , .Mary Merrall 



Clorin Nell Carter 

Amarillis Cathleen Nesbitt 

Cloe. Isabel Jeans 

A Singer Leonie Zifado 

Music arranged and conducted by 
SIR THOMAS BEECHAM 

Play produced by ETHEL CRAIG 



LYRIC 

28 JUNE, 1923 
** AIMER " 

By PAUL GERALDY 

Henri ........................... M. Alexandra 

Challenge ....................... M. Jean Herve 

Helene ........................... Mme. Pierat 

EEGENT 

29 JUNE, 1923 

* VOLPONE ; or, The Foxe " 

By BEN JONSON 
Presented by THE PHCENIX SOCIETY 

Volpone ....................... Baliol Holloway 

Mosca ......................... Rupert Harvey 

Voltore .................... D. Lewin Mannering 

Corbaccio ..... ............... Stanley Lathbury 

Corvino .......................... George Zucco 

Politique Would-Bee .............. Eugene Leahy 

Peregrine ..................... Charles Maunsell 

Bonario ........................ Murray Kinnell 

Fine Mada, Would-Bee .......... Margaret Yarde 

Celia ............................. Isabel Jeans 

/ Roy Byford 



\ Howard Rose 
Notario ...................... Matthew Forsyth 

Nano ......................... Edward Garrett 

Castrone ....................... Bruce Winston 

Play produced by ALLAN WADE 

WYNDHAM'S 

2 JULY, 1923 

"THE WRITING ON THE WALL" 
A play, in four acts, by W. J. HURLBUT 

Irving Lawrence ............... Edmund Willard 

Lincoln Schuyler ................. William Stack 

John Trainor ................... Tarver Penna 

Gordon Payne .................. Hugh Wakefield 

Harry ......................... Peter du Calion 

Barbara Lawrence .............. Olga Nethersole 

Stella Trainor .................. Madge Mclntosh 

Muriel Lawrence ................... Joyce Carey 

Maid ............................... Sybil Hale 

Doctor ......................... W. E. Langley 

Butler ....................... Alexander Sarner 

Play produced by SYDNEY BLAND 

NEW OXFORD 

2 JULY, 1923 

"LITTLE NELLIE KELLY" 
A song and dance show by GEORGE M. COHAN 

WeUesley ................... Clifford Heatherley 

Matilda ..................... Dorothy Monkmaii 



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SYNOPSIS OF PLAYBILLS 



Harold Westcott Arthur Denton 

Sidney Potter Sonnle Hale 

Jack Lloyd Roy Royston 

Francois'de Vere Henry de Bray 

Jean Marie Lee 

Nellie Kelly Miss June 

Mrs. Chesterfield Lan^ford Maidie Hope 

Marie Anita Elson 

Jerry Coaroy Ralph Whitehead 

Capt. John Kelly James B. Donovan 

Miss Spendington Constance Worth 

Ambrose Swift Frank Masters 

Play produced by FRANK COLLINS 



CRITERION 
4 JULY, 1923 

"SEND FOR DR. O'GRADY" 
A comedy, in three acts, by "GEORGE BIRMINGHAM" 

Lord Rathconnell Holman Clark 

Harding Clarence Blakiston 

Kerrigan Arthur Sinclair 

Lady Rathconnell Helen F^gers 

Sybil Mainwaring Margaret Bannerman 

Lucius O'Grady Charles Hawtrey 

Clark Edith Savile 

Mary Gallagher Ursula Tremayne 

Molly Kerrigan Sheila Maloney 

Mrs. Kerrigan Maire O'Neill 

Play produced by CHARLES HAWTREY 

ST. MARTIN'S 

10 JULY, 1923 

" MELLONEY HOLTSPUR ; 

or, The Pangs of Love " 

A fantasy, in four acts, by JOHN MASEFIELD 
Presented by THE PLAYBOX 

Kezia Spinfield Mary Jerrpld 

Bethia Parkins Ada King 

The Man in Armour Malcolm Keen 

Melloney Holtspur Laura Cowie 

Myrtle West Olga Lindo 

Lonny Copshrews S. Esme Percy 

Jake Holtspur Ivor Barnard 

Minnie Brackncll Hilda Bruce- Potter 

Aline Copshrews Fabia Drake 

Lady Men to Margaret Carter 

Bunny Mento Ian Hunter 

Jemima Jones Betty Hearn 

Peter Jones Master Neil O'Brien 

Susan Jones Gabrielle Casartelli 

Maria Jones Mimi Charpentier 

Lenda Copshrew* Meggie Albanesi 

Play produced by BASIL DEAN 

NEW 

10 JULY, 1923 
"COME THROUGH A CRANFORD DOOR" 

A play, in four acts, a prologue, and epilogue, by 
FRANK LIND and IRENE Ross 

The Spirit of Cranford (" Mrs. Gaskell ") 

Kathleen Rind 

Miss Matty Dora Gregory 

Miss Deborah Jenkyns Edith Clive 

Captain Brown Henry Hallett 

Miss Jessie Brown Sylvia Willoughby 

Miss Brown Mary Douglas 



Mary Hoggins Gwladys Evan Morris 

Fanny Shelley Calton 

The Rector Fewlass Llewellyn 

Thomas Hoibrook Rupert Harvey 

Peter Andrew Leigh 

Miss Pole Ethel Grifees 

Mrs. Forrester Lilian Tweed 

Mary Jane Bacon 

Martha Dorothy Holmes-Gore 

Sammy Ins Roberts 

Phosbe Alice Darch 

Jem Edward Cooper 

The Aga Jenkyns Norman V. Norman 

Dream Child.". Elsie Judge 

Play produced by BEATRICE WILSON 



ADELPffl 

13 JULY, 1923 

* "ROSALIND" 

A play, in one act, by J. M. BARRIE 

Mrs. Page Lilian Braithwaite 

Mrs. Quickly Dora Gregory 

Charles (her friend) Donald Calthrop 

* "THE YOUNG PERSON IN PINK" 

A comedy, in three acts, by GERTRUDE E. JENNINGS 

Emily de Voysey Pamela Cooper 

Penelope Norah Robinson 

Leonora Joyce Carey 

The Woman with Balloons Laura Smithson 

The Chair Man Arthur Hambling 

Mrs. Badger Sydney Fairbrother 

Ada Katherine Wilson 

Miss Winch Betty Ward 

Lord Stevenage Donald Calthrop 

Lady Tonbridge Kate Cutler 

Lady Sara Aldine Jessie Bateman 

Mrs. Courtenay- Millar Ormonde Wynne 

Louisa Mollie Hewitt 

Lady's Maid Dora Gregory 

Plays produced by DONALD CALTHROP 

KINGSWAY 
16 JULY, 1923 
"TANCRED" 

A play, in three acts, by EDITH MILLBANK ; 
adapted from DISRAELI'S novel 

Mrs. Cassilis Beresf ord Innes 

Mr. Ormsby Charles Dunbar 

Lord Fitzheron Charles Bennett 

Lord Valentine Basil Howes 

Club Servant Sidney T. Pease 

Lord Eskdale Frank MacRae 

Mons. Leander Dennis Esmonde 

Duchess of Bellamont Joy Chatwyn 

Duke of Bellamont C. F. Cooke 

Tancred Charles Carson 

The Bishop Orlando Barnett 

Lady Hampshire Phyllis Fabian 

Lady Bertie Hildegard Walker 

Lady Constance Rawleigh Daisy Cordell 

Katherine Mavis Thelma 

Eva Henzie Raeburn 

Besso Hector Abbas 

Fakredeen Lawrence Hanray 

Astarte Diana Bourbon 

Cypros Francis Cave 

Keferinis Orlando Bamett 

Play produced by M. J. LANDA 



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SYNOPSIS OF PLAYBILLS 



ST. JAMES'S 
17 JULY, 1923 

" THE COMIHG OF &&BBIELLE *' 
A comedy, in three acts, by GEORGE MOORE 

Lewis Davenant Leslie Faber 

Sebastian Dayne Nicholas Hannen 

Jim Godby Gerard Clifton 

Mr. Meyer CecilFowler 

Lord Carra Charles Maunsell 

Lady Letham Aimee de Burgh 

Martin Ruth Maitland 

GabrieUe Athene Seyler 

Play produced by LEON M. LIOK 



COMEDY 

31 JULY, 1923 

"PEACE AND QUIET" 

A play, in three acts, by HORACE HODGES 

Marniaduke Seaford Horace Hodges 

Grant Seaford Douglas Burbidge 

David Oaten Tom Reynolds 

.Mr. Simpson Franklyn Bellamy 

A Police-constable George Hewetsoa 

Mrs. Oaten Louise Hampton 

Margaret Oaten \\ inifred Izard 

Play produced by BEXRIMO 



GLOBE 

18 JULY, 1923 

" RECKLESS EEGGffi " 

A iarce, in three acts, by ERIC HUDSON 

Reggie Merral John Deverell 

Gerald Beaufort Austin Melford 

Sir George Weston E. Vivian Reynolds 

" Vasquez" William Luff 

Gregson E. A. Walker 

Kitty Merral Peggy Rush 

Margot Beaufort Mary Leigh 

Lady Weston Elizabeth Chesney 

" Juanita Vasquez " Kathleen Vincent 

Dr. Freda Richmond Tonie Bruce 

Rogers Kitty Gordon Lee 

Annie Ethel Coleridge 

Play produced by STANLEY BELL 

DUKE OP YOKE'S 

25 JULY, 1923 
*' (inriLIAN CLOTHES " 

A comedy, in three acts, "by THOMPSON BUCHANAN 

Billy Arkwright Martin Lewis 

Nora Amy Veness 

General Mclnerny Albert Ward 

Jack Rutherford Denys Blakelock 

Florence Lanham. Olwen Roose 

Mrs. Lanham Saba Raleigh 

Elizabeth Lanham Kathleen Cope 

Mr. Lanham Frank Adair 

Sam McGinnis. Thurston Hall 

Bessie Henderson Gladys Godwin 

Zack Hart William Devereux 

Mrs. Margaret Smythe* Gladys Webster 

McGinnis, Sen Sydney Compton 

Bell Boy Ernest Lindsay 

Play produced by THURSTON HALL 

EVERYMAN 

30 JULY, 1923 

* "MARY STUART" 

By JOHN DRINKWATER 

John Hunter Richard Bird 

Andrew Boyd .Ivor Barnard 

Mary Stuart Cecily Byrne 

Mary Beaton Clare Harris 

David Riccio Harold Scott 

Darnley. Harcourt Williams 

Thomas Randolph Douglas Jefieries 

Bothwell Milton Rosmer 



Play produced by the Author 



PLAYHOUSE 

2 AUGUST, 1923 
"ENHER HBI! " 

A play, in three acts (adapted from the French of 

ANDRE PICARD), by SYDNEY BLOW and* 

DOUGLAS HOARE 

Vi^pr Leroux Ivor Novello 

Baron Peron Paul Arthur 

Alphonse Buonuo Henry Wenman 

Charles Bonipard Jack Raine 

Henri Lamotte Geoffrey Hammond 

Dr. Benoit Drelincourt Odium 

Lucien Frank Verner 

Marie Hannah Jones 

Germaine Delpeche Madeline Seymour 

Juliette Daisy Elbstoa 

Anita Marie Nixon 

Lucie Eileen Earle 

Kiki Gladys Cooper 

NEW THEATRE 

8 AUGUST, 1923 
"THE EYE OF SIVA" 

A mystery play, in three acts, by SAX ROHMER 

Paul Harley Arthur Wontner 

Norris Clay Reginald Bach 

Captain Barton S. J. Warmington 

Bill Haversham Edmund Breon 

Rama Dass Malcolm Morley 

Ah Fu Forrester Harvey 

Inspector Wootton D. A. Clarke-Smith 

Bird Joseph Boddy 

His Boy Reginald Freeman 

Mrs. Marsh Kate Phillips 

Chris Haversham Agatha Kentish 

Hilda Norbury Cathleen Nesbitt 

Play produced by BENRIMO 



ST. MAETDTS 

15 AUGUST, 1923 

** fDjffe UKES OF HER " 

A play, in three acts, by CHARLES McEvoY 

Mrs. Small Barbara Gott 

Mrs. Kemp Olga Lindo 

Florrie Small Hennione Baddeley 

Mr. Bray Gilbert Ritchie 

Mrs. Pool Ada King 

Sally Winch Mary Clare 

Alfred Cope Leslie Banks 

Jim Sears Ian Hunter 

Samuel Bilson Ben Field 



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SYNOPSIS OF PLAYBILLS 



The Man In the Coffee House Alan Howland 

The Other Man in the Coffee House. .Francis Hope 

A Boy Charlie Rider 

Tea Small Ivor Barnard 

George Miles Allan Jeayes 

* "THE WILL" 
A play, In three scenes, by J. M. BARRIE 

Mr. Devizes Allan Jeayes 

Robert Devizes Clifford Mollison 

Snrtees Gilbert Ritchie 

Philip Ross Malcolm Keen 

Mrs. Ross Olga Lindo 

Sennett Robert Harris 

Creed Alan Howland 

Plays produced by ESME PERCY 



Colonel Sapt Allan Aynesworth 

Fritz von Tarlenheim Gerald Ames 

Captain Hentzau Eric Maturin 

D&ichard Eugene Leahy 

Marshall Strakenez Gordon Bailey 

Lorenz Teppich, Chancellor of Ruritania 

Frederick Volpe 

Franz Teppich Wilfred Fletcher 

Lord Topham, the English Ambassador 

Frederick de Lara 
Ludvig) 

Toni ) Retainers at Tarlenhein 
Josef } I HollidayAttlay 

Princess Flavia Fay Compton 

Antoinette de Mauban Stella Arbenina 

Frau Teppich Renee de Vaux 



(W-J 

ieim J N. G 

(Holl; 



W. J. Kemp 
N. Goodwin 



Play produced by Louis N. PARKER 



EVEKYMAH 

20 AUGUST, 1923 
* "MAGIC" 

A fantastic comedy, in a prelude and three acts, 
by G. K. CHESTERTON 

The Duke ....................... Brember Wills 

Dr. Grimthorpe .................. Milton Rosmer 

The Rev. Cyril Smith ........... Douglas Jefferies 

Morris Carleon .................... Richard Bird 

Hastings (the Duke's secretary) ...... Harold Scott 

The Stranger ................. Harcourt Williams 

Patricia Carleon .................... Clare Harris 

Play produced by HARCOURT WILLIAMS 

COURT 

21 AUGUST, 1923 

* "OMAR KHAYYAM" 

An Oriental fantasy by C. S. M. RAIKES 

Omar Khayyam ................. Edward Dykes 

Waving Cypress ...................... Lily Clare 

A Young Man ........... . ....... Edward Nichol 

Silverfoot ..................... Mary Armstrong 



A Phantom ................... Eileen Winterton 

Persian Rose ...................... Daphne Day 

Hunter of the East ........... Dorothy Shearwood 

Play produced by NORMAN CASTY 

HAYMABKET 

23 AUGUST, 1923 

* "THE PRISONER OF ZENDA" 

A romantic play, in a prologue and four acts 

(adapted from ANTHONY HOPE'S story), 

by EDWARD Ross 

Characters in the Prologue 
Prince Rudolf ................... Robert Loraine 

Duke Wolfgang .................. Franklin Dyall 

Gilbert, Earl of Rassendyll ........ Henry Wolston 

Horace Glyn ..................... Edgar Norfolk 

Jeffreys ......................... Gordon Bailey 

Giffen .............................. Alec Alves 

Amelia, Countess of Rassendyll ....... Peggy Rush 

Period of the Prologue: 1733 

Characters in the Play 
Rudolf V ....................... Robert Loraine 

Rudolf Rassendyll ............... Robert Loraine 

Michael, Duke of Streslau ......... Franklin Dyall 



COMEDY 

28 AUGUST, 1923 " 
" THJE ELOPEMElfT " 

A comedy, in three acts (from the French of 
ARMONT and GERBIDON), by ARTHUR WIMPERIS 

Gerald Freyel Ronald Squire 

Justin Fleury John Deverell 

Max Giverny John Astley 

Marcel Martin Hubert Harben 

Captain Fuseller Franklyn Bellamy 

A Sailor Mervyn Johns 

A Steward Terence Downing 

Simone Martin Edna Best 

Christiane Martin Helen Haye 

The Princess Origani Tonie Bruce 

Elsa Marie Ault 

Play produced by GEORGES DE WARFAZ 

SHAFTESBUEY 

30 AUGUST, 1923 
"KATIKKA" 

A musical play, in three acts, by 

OTTO HAUERBACH and BERTRAM DAVIS ; 

music by RUDOLF FRIML 

Varenka Irene Lister 

Petrov Philip Phillips 

Ivan Dimitri .- George Bishop 

Boris Strogofi Peter Gawthorne 

Katinka Helen Gilliland 

Tatiana Cissie Thompson 

Thaddeus T. Hopper Joseph Coyne 

M. Knopf Fred Wright 

Abdul Albert Chapman 

Arif Bey Dennis Hoey 

Halil Robert Lacey 

Olga (Nashan) Evelyn Drewe 

Mrs, Helen Hopper Binnie Hale 

A Spy Thomas Berry 

Pierre Richard Teasdale 

Play produced by TOM REYNOLDS 



GARRICK 

1 SEPTEMBER, 1923 

" AMBUSH " 
A play, in three acts, by ARTHUR RICHMAN 

Walter Nichols George Elton 

Harriett Nichols Auriol Lee 



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SYNOPSIS OF PLAYBILLS 



Harry Gleason Charles Courtneidge 

Margaret Nichols Madeleine Marshall 

Seymour Jennison James Carew 

Mrs. Jennison Muriel Dole 

A Chauffeur Fred Tnpp 

Alan Kraigne Frederick Keen 

Howard Kraigne Robert Minster 

George Lithridge Cyril Sworder 

Play produced by EDITH CRAIG 



DUKE OF YORK'S 

4 SEPTEMBER, 1923 
"LOHDON CALLING" 

Revue by RONALD JEANS and NOEL COWARD; 
lyrics and music by NOEL COWARD ; additional 
numbers by PHILIP BRAHAM, SISSLE, and BLAKE 

Tubby Edlin 
Noel Coward 
Billy Fry 
Tony Williams 
L. and W. Childs 



Maisie Gay 
Gertrude Lawrence 
Eileen Molyneux 
Sybil Wise* 
Winifred Satchell 



Rome staged by HERBERT MASON 



ADELPE1 

8 SEPTEMBER 1923 

" HEAD OVER HEELS ' 

A musical comedy, in two acts, by 

SEYMOUR HICKS ; lyrics by ADRIAN Ross and 

HARRY GRAHAM ; 
music by HAROLD FRASER-SIMSON 

Duke of Craigeilerkie Laurence Caird 

Dick Bythesea Arthur Pusey 

Hon. Montague Jephson Dennis Noble 

Vel\ r eteeni Bobbie Comber 

Margarine Ralph Roberts 

Chevalier Sanguinetti Marston Garcia 

Hurricane Harry Fred Vigay 

Gisardi Alfred Beers 

The Dwarf Edward Garratt 

Skeleton Dude Hugh Whitwam 

Bearded Lady Jennie Richards 

Alf. Wigg W. H. Berry 

Little Bounce Mabel Sealby 

Duchess of CraigeUerkie Helen Ferrers 

Lady Diana Oban Pamela Cooper 

Mrs. Wigg Pollie Emery 

Sylvia Scoop Cecile Stevens 

Spirit of the Circus DoreenShaw 

Jenny Mary Ellis 

Play produced by SEYMOUR HICKS 



WINTER GARDEN 

5 SEPTEMBER, 1923 

"THE BEAUTY PRIZE" 

A musical comedy, in three acts, by 

GEORGE GROSSMITH and P. G. WODEHOUSE 

Music by JEROME KERN 

Hon. Dud Wellington Peter Haddon 

Meadow Grahame Dorothy Field 

Mrs. Hexal Shiela Cqurtenay 

Shinny Fane Marjone Spiers 

Gypsy Lorrimole Dorothy Hurst 

Flutey Warboy George Grossmith 

John Brooke J ack Hobbs 

Hector Ernest Graham 

Kitty Wren".'.". Vera Lennox 

Carol Stuart Dorothy Dickson 

Lovey Toots Heather Thatcher 

Mr. Odo Philpotts Leslie Henson 

Quartermaster Leigh Ellis 

Marconi Boy Winifred Shotter 

Play produced by GEORGE GROSSMITH 



ST. JAMES'S 

6 SEPTEMBER, 1923 

THE GREEN GODDESS " 

A play, in four acts, by WILLIAM ARCHER 

The Raja of Rukh George Arliss 

Watkins Arthur Hatherton 

Major Antony Crespin Owen Roughwood 

Lucilla Isobel Elsom 

Dr. Basil Traherae George Relpn 

Lieut. Cardew C. Stafford Dickens 

The High Priest Campbell Gnllan 

The Temple Priest Giulio Bacchia 

An Ayah Helen Nowell 

Play produced by MAUDE T. HOWELL 



KINGSWAY 

9 SEPTEMBER, 1923 
"HARWOOD BLOOD" 

A play, in four acts, by FRANK A. RUSSELL 
Presented by THE REPERTORY PLAYERS 

Barton Reginald Gosse 

Polly Nell Carter 

Anderson Dick Dolman 

Mitza Doris Lloyd 

Bartender Reginald Bach 

John Harwood (alias Bill West) . . . .William Stack 

Sheriff George Morgan 

Jack Elliott Leo G. Carroll 

Zick Hales Raymond Massey 

Emily Harwood Marjorie Harwood 

Edward Harwood Fred O'Donovan 

Mrs. Gerdle Ethel Griffies 

Robert Gerd]e Harold Scott 

Jerry Richard Bird 

Alaric Harwood Reginald Denham 

Patricia Harwood Gwynne Whitby 

Dr. Shelley William Kershaw 

Mrs. Harwood Louise Hampton 

Play produced by FELIX AYLMER 



GLOBE 

12 SEPTEMBER, 1923 
"OUR BETTERS" 

A comedy, in three acts, by 
W. SOMERSET MAUGHAM 

Elizabeth Saunders Alice Mosley 

Pole E. A. Walker 

Lady George Grayston Margaret Bannerman 

Fleming Harvey Stuart Sage 

Thornton Clay Yorke Stephens 

Duchess de Surennes Constance Collier 

Gilbert Paxton Reginald Owen 



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SYNOPSIS OF PLAYBILLS 



Prmcipessa Delia Cercr-la Marion Terry 

Lord Bleane John Stuart 

\rthur Fen wick Alfred Drayton 

Ernest Henry Ford 

Play produced by STANLEY BELL 



EVERYMAN" 

17 SEPTEMBER, 1923 

"OUTWARD BOU1D" 

A fantasy, ia three acts, by SCTTON VANE 

Scrubby Stanley Lathbury 

Ana Diana Hamilton 

Henry William Stack 

Mr. Prior Frederick Cooper 

Mrs. Cliveden-Banks Gladys fiolliott 

The Rev. William Duke Frederick Leister 

3Irs. Midgett Clare Greet 

Mr. Lingley -Arthur Page 

The Rev. Frank Thomson Roy Byford 

Play produced by the Author 

NEW 

19 SEPTEMBER, 1923 

* "CYMBEUNE" 

Tragedy by WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE 

Cymbeline George R. Foss 

Queen Margaret Yarde 

Imogen Sybil Thorndike 

Cloten Lawrence Anderson 

Posthumus Leonatus Charles Carson 

Belarius Ashton Pearse 

Guiderius Ian Fleming 

Arviragus Lewis Casson 

Cains Lucius Victor Lewisohn 

Philario Lewis Casson 

lachimo Robert Farquharson 

Pisanio Beckett Bould 

Cornelius George Barran 

Helen Juliet Mansel 

A Singer Maud MacCarthy 

Court Steward Victor Lewisohn 

Chamberlain Chris Walker 

Lord-in-Waitingto Cloten Leonard Trollope 

^ A i e. XT. /* 4. ( Andrew Churchman 

Gentlemen of the Court . . . . J Alfred Farre u 

A Roman Captain Godfrey Baxter 

A Roman Senator Andrew Churchman 

A Frenchman Godfrey Baxter 

A Lady attending on the Queen .... Lilian Moubrey 

Play produced by LEWIS CASSON 

HIS MAJESTY'S 

20 SEPTEMBER 1923 
"HASSAN" 

A play, in five acts, by JAMES ELROY FLECKER 
arranged for stage production by BASIL DEAN 

Hassan Henry Ainley 

Selim S. Esme Percy 

Yasmin Cathleen Nesbitt 

A Porter Sydney Bland 

The Caliph Malcolm Keen 

Ishak Leon Quartermaine 

Jafar Frank Cochrane 

Masrur Edmund Willard 

Ran Basil Gill 

Alder Rita Page 

Willow Kitty McCoy 



Juniper .Maureen Dillon 

Tamarisk Eileen Raven 

The Chief of the Police Alfred Clark 

The Captain of the Military Tarver Penca 

Pervaneh Laura Cowie 

Ail Ivor Barnard 

Abdu Andrew Leish 

A Herald - - - .Douglas Burbidge 

Play produced by BASIL DEAN 



GAIETY 
22 SEPTEMBER, 1923 

*' CATHERINE " 

A musical play by REGINALD ARKELL and 

FRED DE GRESA'C ; music by TSCHAIKOWSKY 

selected by ROBERT EVETT and J. KLEIN 

Peter the Great Bertram Wallis 

Field-Marshal Menshikofi Robert Michaelis 

General Stepanovitch Mark Lester 

Count Wasili Bronin Billy Leonard 

Burgomaster of Marienburg Edward D'Arcy 

General Serge ff Saunders Warren 

A Sentry Walter Lindsay 

Sonya . " Amy Augarde 

Varinka Faith Bevan 

Gipsy Cressie Leonard 

Marta, afterwards Catharine Jose Collins 

Play produced by MATHESON LANG 

THE OLD VIC 

22 SEPTEMBER, 1923 

* "LOVE'S LABOUR'S LOST " 

A conaedy by WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE 

Ferdinand, King of Navarre Reyner Barton 

Biron Ion Swinley 

Longaville Ronald Nicholson 

Dumain Neil Curtis 

Bo yet Hilton Edwards 

Mercade Kingsley Baker 

Don Adriano de Armado George Hayes 

Sir Nathaniel John Laurie 

Holofernes Wilfrid Walter 

Dull Henry Cohen 

Costard D. Hay Petrie 

Moth Guy Martineau 

A Forester John Maclean 

The Princess of France Jane Bacon 

Rosaline Florence Saunders 

Mara Dorice Fordred 

Katharine Molly Francis 

Jaquenetta Ray Litvin 

Play produced by ROBERT ATKINS 



LYCEUM 

26 SEPTEMBER, 1923 

"WHAT MONEY CAN BUY" 

A drama, in four acts, by ARTHUR SHIRLEY 

and BEN LANDECK 

The Rev. Denzil Norton Dennis Neilson-Terry 

Stepehn Loriner Jefferson Gore 

Albert Hooper. Robert Gilbert 

Philip Dugdale Norman Howard 

Luigi Ferroni Fred Morgan 

Hoskins Charles Stern 

Mr. Weston Victor Lusk 

Mr. Politski, * ...,..,, Herbert Landed*. 



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SYNOPSIS OF PLAYBILLS 



Sal Rickets Sybil Arundaie 

Miranda Vane Ethel Warwick 

The Hon. Herbert-Lyne Bertie Wright 

Harry Hart J. T. MacMillan 

Inspector Griffiths Raymond Wood 

Stephanie Swish Joan Castle 

Grannie Mayhew Marjorie Battis 

Rhoda Pearson Jessie Belmore 

Sam Palmer Wingold Laurence 

Richards Frank Elsworthy 

Play produced by WALTER and FRED MELVILLE 



DRURY LAKE 

27 SEPTEMBER, 1923 

"GOOD LUCK" 

A sporting drama, in four acts, by SEYMOUR HICKS 
and IAN HAY 

Hon. Jane Ambledon Kathlyn Clifford 

Vivi Cannichael Edna Bellonini 

Hon. Mary Carstairs Joan Maude 

Hon. Anne Belben Carlito Ackroyd 

Capt. Travers Jevan Brandon -Thomas 

Hon. Hughie Weldon Alan Lister 

Strysson Sydney Benson 

Lady Larkhall Vivienne Whittaker 

Grieg Augustus Bowerman 

D*Arcy Bristowe Julian Royce 

Derek Vale, Earl of Trenton Claude Rains 

Lady Patricia Wolseley Ellis Jeffreys 

Rev. Godfrey Blount Henry Hallatt 

Mr. Maloney Arthur Mack 

Sir Anthony Wayne Langhorne Burton 

Leo Swinburne Edmund Gwenn 

Lewis Harris C. W. Somerset 

Rose Collett Dorothy Overend 

John Collett Gordon Harker 

Lady Angela Vale Joyce Carey 

Sir Percy Ford Arthur Treacher 

Belsey Rothbury Evans 

Play produced by ARTHUR COLLINS 



VAUDEVILLE 

29 SEPTEMBER, 1923 

"YES" 

Revue written and staged by DION TITHERADGE 
and DOUGLAS FURBER 



Norah Blaney 
Gwen Farrar 
Fay Cole 
Elspeth Dudgeon 



A. W. Basoomb 
Herbert Mundin 
George Hestor 
Robert Hobbs 



Ewart Scott 
Revue staged by HERBERT MASON 

LYRIC, HAMMERSMITH 

30 SEPTEMBER 1923 
* " THE WINTER'S TALE " 

By WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE 
Presented by THE FELLOWSHIP OF PLAYERS 

Leontes Frank Cellier 

Mamillius .Elsie Judge 

Camillo Arthur Ewart 

Antigonus. Tristan Rawson 

Officer Eugene Leahy 

Polixenes Maurice Colbourne 

Florizel Robert Harris 

An Old Shepherd, , ,, H. Tripp Edgar 



Clown George Howe 

Autolycus Baliol Holloway 

Time ._ Tom Heslewood 

Hemiione Lilian Braithwaite 

Perdita Joyce Carey 

Paulina Louise Hampton 

Play produced by BEN GREET 



EYERYMAN 

1 OCTOBER, 1923 

"AKCIENT LIGHTS" 

A comedy, in a prologue and three acts by 
EDWARD PERCY 

Agatha Blest Violet Gould 

Robert Blest Nicholas Hannen 

Annie Aileen Wyse 

Ambrose Blest Milton Rosmer 

Stella Langridge Irene Rooke 

Louisa Langridge Louise Holbrook 

Stephen Langridge Alfred Harris 

Kate Grainger Dorothy Peters 

Benton Douglas Jefferies 

Raoul Blest Walter Hudd 

Sir Bulwer Cymby-Tutt Reginald Dance 

Miss Wimple Laura Walker 

Play produced by MILTON ROSMER 

LITTLE 

2 OCTOBER, 1923 

** LITTLE REVUE STARTS AT 3OTE " 
By HARRY SIMPSON, REGINALD ARKELL. and 
DOUGLAS FURBER ; music by HERMAN FINCK 

Dollie Dolman 



Thomas Weguelin 
Harold French 
Jack Hulbert 
Bobbie Howes 



Mai Bacon 
Cicely Courtneidge 
Vesta Sylva 



Jack Waller 
Revue produced by JACK HULBERT 

KINGSWAY 

7 OCTOBER, 1923 

"NOT YET" 

A play, in three acts, by GEOFFREY WHITWORTH 

James Raymond Massey 

Barbara Lacy Susan Richmond 

Lady Muriel Spane Brenda Harvey 

Walter Pete George Morgan 

Sir Montague Rennart. William Stack 

Mrs. Pete Cicely Oates 

Mr. Bryant John Howell 

Maid -of -all-work Marjorie Harwood 

Play produced by HAROLD SCOTT 

PRINCE'S 

9 OCTOBER, 1923 

"THE RETURN OF SHERLOCK HOLMES" 

A drama, in four acts, by J. E. HAROLD TERRY 

and ARTHUR ROSE ; founded on the stories of 

SIR ARTHUR CONAN-DOYLE 

Sims E. Mervyn 

Cecilia Hilda Moore 

Mortimer Profennis Stafford Hilliard 

Lady Frances Carfax Molly Kerr 



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SYNOPSIS OF PLAYBILLS 



Rev. Dr. Shl.'S5:ii?er Arthur Gallic 

Charles A^ustus Mil verier: Eric Stanley 

Sherlock Holmes. Eilie Norwood 

Dr. Watscn ,, H. G. Stoker 

jenny Sarnders Ann Desmond 

Cart-wright Master Victor Evans 

Col. Sebastian Moran Lauderdale Maitland 

Old Meff LichSeid Owen 

Scottie C. Lander 

John Willie* Harley Mercia 

Pat J. S. Carre 

Froggle Jack Minster 

Ike - Edward Mervyn 

John Clay Geoffrey Bevan 

Hon. PMlip Green Noel Dainton 

M. Oscar Meunier J. S. Carre 

Det.-Insp. Lestrade Paul Gill 

Mrs. Hudson Esme Hubbard 

Play produced by EILLE NORWOOD 



CRITERION 

10 OCTOBER !93 

"TRUST EMILY" 

A farcical comedy, in three acts, by MAY EDGINTON 

Cyril Ambrose Trevor Grantharn 

Angela Lupton Laura Wailis Mills 

Steers Tom Reynolds 

Parks Edna Best 

Lady Hunter Helen Haye 

Mrs. Delaney Athene Seyler 

Gwen Lupton Nadine March 

Sir William Hunter Victor Stanley 

Arthur Netherby Hugh. Wakefield 

The Cook Connie Ediss 

Mrs. Stoker Ursula Tremayne 

Stoker Wilson Blake 

Play produced by SYDNEY BLOW 



THE OLD VIC 

8 OCTOBER, 1923 
* TITUS AM3SONICUS" 
By WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE 

Saturninus Ion Swinley 

Bassianus Hilton Edwards 

Titus Andronicus Wilfrid Walter 

Marcus Andronicus John Maclean 

Lucius Neil Curtis 

Quintius Guy Martineau 

Martius Ronald Nicholson 

Mutius Richard Blake 

Young Lucius Grace Keyte 

Publius Ronald Nicholson 

jEmilius Henry Cohen 

Alarbus M. Francis 

Demetrius Reyner Barton 

Chiron John Laurie 

Aaron George Hayes 

A Captain Robert Glennie 

Sempronius Edmund Frank 

Caius Richard Blake 

A Clown I . . .D. Hay Petrie 

1st Goth Hilton Edwards 

2nd Goth Kingsley Baker 

3rd Goth M. Francis 

Tamora Florence Saunders 

Lavinia Jane Bacon 

A Nurse Dorothy Druce 

Play produced by ROBERT ATKINS 



KING'S, HAMMERSMITH 

8 OCTOBER, 1923 

"DULCY" 

A comedy, in three acts, by GEORGE S. KAUFMAN 
and MARC CONELLY 

Dulcinea Renee Kelly 

Gordon Smith Hylton Allen 

William Parker Henry Caine 

C. Roger Forbes Morton Selten 

Mrs. Forbes Violet Campbell 

Angela Forbes Dorothy Manville 

Schuyler Van Dyck Algernon West 

Tom Sterrett. . ." Arthur Eldred 

Vincent Leach Ernest Milton 

Blair Patterson Arthur Vezin 

Henry P. H. Alexander 



Play produced by A, HYLTON ALLEN 



NEW 

13 OCTOBER, 1923 
"THE HE*' 

A play, in four acts, by HENRY ARTHUR JONES 

Sir Robert Shale, Bt O. B. Clarence 

Noll Dibdin Robert Horton 

Gerald Forster Lawrence Anderson 

Hamp Frank Bertram 

Dick Elsie Judge 

Elinor Shale Sybil Thorndike 

Lucy Shale Mary Merrall 

Miss Pinsent Margaret Yarde 

Gibbard Margaret Manning 

Mrs. Callard Lilian Moubrey 

Play produced by LEWIS CASSON 



GARRICK 

15 OCTOBER, 1923 
* "OUTWARD BOUND" 

A fantasy, in three acts, by SUTTON VANE 

Ann Diana Hamilton 

Scrubby Stanley Lathbury 

Henry William Stack 

Mr. Prior Leslie Faber 

Mrs. Cliveden-Banks Gladys Ffolliott 

Rev. William Duke John Howell 

Mrs.Midgett Clare Greet 

Mr. Lingley Arthur Page 

Rev. Frank Thompson E. Lyall Swete 

Play produced by LESLIE FABER 

EVERYMAN 

19 OCTOBER, 1923 

* "WHAT TEE PUBHC WANTS" 

A comedy, in three acts, by ARNOLD BENNETT 

Saul Kendrick Reginald Dance 

Sir Charles Worgan Milton Rosmer 

Francis Worgan Harold Anstruther 

Page Boy Roy Graham 

Simon Macquoid Douglas Jefferies 

Emily Vernon Irene Rooke 

Holt St. John Leonard Shepherd 

Mrs. Cleland Beatrice Smith 

Samuel Cleland Gerald Jerome 

Mrs. Downes Elizabeth Williams 

Annie Worgan .Laura Walker 



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SYNOPSIS OF PLAYBILLS 



John Worgan Douglas Jefferies 

Mrs. Worgan, Louise Holbrook 

James Brindley Reginald Dance 

Edward Brindley Richard Coke 

Play produced by MILTON ROSMER 



COMEDY 

24 OCTOBER, 1923 

"THE LAST WARNING" 

A play, in three acts, by THOMAS F. FALLON 

Revised for the English Stage by ARTHUR ROSE 

Josiah Bunce Joynseri Powell 

Gene Nancye Kenyon 

Robert Bunce D. A. Clarke-Smith 

McHugh Thurston Hall 

Quaile Franklyn Bellamy 

Tommy Wall Stanley Arthur 

Mike Brember Wills 

Evelynda Olive Sloane 

Dolly Lymken Frances Carson 

Carltoa Herbert Bolingbroke 

Wilkins J. Henry Twyfoid 

Barbara Nancy Atkin 

Mac J. R. Cunningham 

Jeffirys George Hewetson 

Play produced by EDWARD ROBINS 



ST. MARTIN'S 

1 NOVEMBER, 1923 
"FLEDGLINGS" 

Adapted by MARGUERITE REA from the French 
(" Les Noces d 1 Argent ") of PAUL GERALDY 

Presented by THE PLAYBOX 

Anna Cecily Gates 

Leontine Sybil Archdale 

A Shop Assistant Alan Howland 

A Waiter David Hallam 

Max Robert Harris 

Mme. Eveline (" Memee ") Marguerite Scialtiel 

Jeanne Hermione Baddeley 

Mme. Hamelin Mary Jerrold 

Suzanne Gwynne Whitby 

M. Hamelin Gilbert Ritchie 

Henri Lehrissier Austin Trevor 

A Workman Lawrence Baskcomb 

Another Workman Walter Hudd 

Louise Margaret Carter 

Play produced by ESME PERCY 



CRITERION 

1 NOVEMBER, 1923 
" THREE BIRDS " 

A farcical comedy, in three acts, by H. F. MALTBY 

Sir Thomas Parsons H. F. Maltby 

Sir Ralph Warne A. G. Poulton 

Clyde Rowland Leslie Perrins 

A Taxi Driver Edward Swinton 

Lady Parsons (" Sally ") Mabel Sealby 

Billie Bruce Bibi Delabere 

Mary Phyllis Black 

Play produced by the Author 



EINGSWAY 

3 NOVEMBER, 1923 

* "TWELFTH NIGHT" 

Comedy by WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE 

Urstno Ralph Truman 

Sebastian Bruce Belfrage 

Antonio S. J. Warmington 

A Sea Captain Andrew Churchman 

Valentine Harold Scott 

Curio Basil Cunard 

Sir Toby Belch Frank Cellier 

Sir Andrew Aguecheek Nicholas Hannen 

Malvolio Baliol Holloway 

Fabian B. A. Pittar 

Feste, a Clown Henry Caine 

Olivia Viola Tree 

Viola Dorothy Cheston 

Maria Sydney Fairbrother 

Play produced by DONALD CALTHROP 



SING'S HALL, COVENT GARDEN 

4 NOVEMBER, 1923 

* "THE TICKET-OF-LEAVE MAN" 
A drama, in four acts, by TOM TAYLOR 
Presented by THE INTERLUDE PLAYERS 

Robert Brierley Eric Lugg 

James Dalton Bryan Powley 

Melter Moss T. Ireby Cape 

John Hawkshaw Clive Currie 

Mr. Gibson A. Harding Steerman 

Sam Willoughby Eric Gray 

Mrs. Willoughby May Hallatt 

Emily St. Evremonde Kathleen Gordon 

May Edwards Lilian Cavanagh 

Green Jones Claude Horton 

Maltby George Cunningham 

Play produced by CLIVE CURRIE 



REGENT 

4 NOVEMBER, 1923 
"HAVOC" 

A play, in four acts, by HARRY WALL 
Presented by THE REPERTORY PLAYERS 

Bennett Kathleen Blake 

Mr. Stephens Jevan Brandon -Thomas 

Alice Derring Ethel Griffies 

Violet Derring Norah Robinson 

Tessie Dun ton Marie Royter 

Dick Chappell Henry KendaU 

Smithy William Kershaw 

Biddle Forrester Harvey 

Sergeant-Major Paley Alfred Clark 

The Babe Richard Bird 

Roddy Dunton John Howell 

Lance-Corporal Higgins Raymond Massey 

Private Jones Reginald Gosse 

Captain Taylor Claud AUister 

Battalion H. Q. Runner Noel Allinson 

Hospital Orderly F. Malcolm Rignold 

Play produced by LEO G. CARROLL 



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THE 



VIC. 






5 NOVEMBER, 1923 

* * !TROILUS AND CEESSIBA" 

Tragedy by WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE 

Joim Maclean 
...... :::::.':.'.V.'.V.'.V.V. Rupert Harvey 

...... ............... Ion Svnnley 

............. ...... Ronald Nicholson 

^s ...... ........... Douglas Mattinsou 

....... ........ Hilton Edwards 

'OT ............ ...... Oswaid S&ibeck 

e.cTK . . . ........... ....... Cohea 

. to Pa. is .......... - . ..... .. Bakgr 

V ................. .Edmmd Frank 



Ach 



Walter 
.George Hayes 



. 

.V. ......... Florence Sanders 

Play produced by ROBERT ATKINS 

QUEEN'S 

7 NOVEMBER, 1923 

* "TEE LITTLE MINISTER" 

A romance, in four acts, by J. M. BARRIE 

............... Walter Roy 

- - Edmund Beresiord 






The Eairi of "Rintoul'. ".*.'.* Allgi Jeayes 

^ ta ^et^ u :::::::::::::::: CF -^* 



Sergeant Davidson .'.". .V. . ." Paul Ashwell 

Andrew Mealmaker David Donaldson 

Siva Tosh Alec Hunter 

Thwaites '.'.".".V. .". Howard Sturge 

Felice Nancie Parsons 

Play produced by BASIL DEA.N 

EVERYMAN 

8 NOVEMBER, 1923 

" THE SECOND EOTJND " 

A play, in three acts, by HALCOTT GLOVER 

Captain Ardwick George Merritt 

Smith P et er Godfrey 

Barbara Hatteras Nan Marriott-Watson 

Professor Murgatroyd Reginald Dance 

Catherine Hatteras Louise Hampton 

Sam Livingstone Edward Rigby 

Father Bollard Granvjlle Darling 

Paul Hatteras Michael Sherbrooke 

Play produced by NORMAN MACDERMOTT 



K3NGSWAY 
IS NOVEMBER, 1923 
* A M3DSUMMEE BIGHT'S 

By WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE 

Theseus - Ralph Truman 

;gg eus Andrew Churchman 

Lx-sander .' .' . ." Bruce Belfrage 

Demetrius S. J. WarmiDgtcn 

Phzlostrate Caswell Garth 

Quince Frank Cellier 

Snug. .V B. A, Pit tar 

Bottom".".". .". Balioi Hollo way 

Flute John Hamilton 

Snout Cecil Calvert 

Starveling Harold Scott 

Hippolyta Joan Chard 

Hermia Joyce Carey 

Helena > ^la Tree 

Oberon Nicholas Hannen 

Titania Athene Seyler 

p uc k George Howe 

Play produced by DONALD CALTHROP 



COURT 

14 NOVEMBER, 1923 
"OUR OSTRICHES" 

A play, in two acts, by DR. MARIE STOPES 

Lady Carfon Ethel Royale 

Lord Reginald Simplex Harold Anstruther 

Brother Peter Roy Byford 

Evadne Carillon Dorothy Holmes-Gore 

Mrs Carillon Winifred Evans 

Dr. Verro Hodges Leo G. Carroll 

Mrs. Flinker Minnie Rayner 

Professor Beverley Black Fred. W. Pennain 

Bishop of Chelmgate Kinsey Peile 

Lady Highkno Ethel Griffies 

Sir Theodore Ravage Arthur Burne 

Bishop of Oxbridge William Kershaw 

Mrs. Sweetholm Katie Johnson 

Rev. Godfrey Pritchard Noel Shammon 

Mr. Nathaniel Facer Arthur Ewart 

Play produced by REGINALD BACH 

REGENT 

18 NOVEMBER, 1923 
* "EDWARD II" 

Tragedy by CHRISTOPHER MARLOWE 
Presented by THE PHOSNIX SOCIETY 

King Edward the Second Duncan Yarrow 

Prince Edward, his Son ) 

after wards KingV Guy Martineau 

Edward the Third ) 
Earl of Kent, Brother 1 

of King Edward the > Tristan Rawson 

Second j 

Piers Gaveston Ernest Thesiger 

Warwick Victor Lewisohn 

Lancaster Alexander Sarner 

Pembroke Douglas Burbidge 

Arundel Fred O'Docovan 

Leicester Talhot Homewood 

Berkeley A. Corney Grain 

Young Mortimer Edmund Wlllard 

Hugh Spencer Lawrence Anderson 

Baldock Harold Scott 

Lightborn Michael Sherbrooke 



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SYNOPSIS OF PLAYBILLS 



Queen Isabella Gwen Ffrangcon-Davies 

Margaret de Clare Clare Harris 

Mortimer, the Elder Talbot Homewood 

Spencer, the Elder A. Corney Grain 

Archbishop of Canterbury Fred O'Donovan 

Bishop of Coventry A. Corney Grain 

Bishop of Winchester John H. Moore 

Abbot of Neath Douglas Burbidge 

Beaumont John H. Moore 

Trussel Raymond Massey 

Gurney Alexander Garner 

Matrevis Victor Lewisohn 

Levune Cecil Melton 

Rice ap Howel Victor Lewisohn 

Herald Talbot Homewood 

James. Howard Cochran 

Mower Alexander Garner 

Champion Matthew Forsyth 

Play produced by ALLAN WADE 

THE OLD VIC 

19 NOVEMBER. 1923 

* "THE TWO GENTLEMEN OP VERONA" 
Comedy by WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE 

Duke of Milan Reyner Barton 

Valentine George Hayes 

Proteus Ion Swinley 

Antonio John Maclean 

Thurio Ronald Nicholson 

Eglamour Guy Martineau 

Host Henry Cohen 

1st Outlaw Hilton Edwards 

2nd Outlaw Robert Glennie 

3rd Outlaw Kingsley Baker 

Speed John Laurie 

Launce D, Hay Petrie 

Panthino Henry Cohen 

Julia Florence Saunders 

Silvia Jane Bacon 

Lucetta Dorice Fordred 

Play produced by ROBERT ATKINS 

CRITERION 

20 NOVEMBER, 1923 
* "DULCY" 

A comedy, in three acts, by GEORGE S. KAUFMAN 
and MARC CONELLY 

Dulcinea Renee Kelly 

Gordon Smith Hylton Allen 

William Parker Richard Bird 

C. Roger Forbes Morton Selten 

Mrs. Forbes Jessie Bateman 

Angela Forbes Norah Robinson 

Schulyer Van Dyck Algernon West 

Tom Sterrett Arthur Eldred 

Vincent Leach Ernest Milton 

Blair Patterson Arthur Vezin 

Henry P. H. Alexander 

Play produced by A. HYLTON ALLEN 



HAYMARKET 

21 NOVEMBER, 1923 

* "THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST" 
A trivial comedy for serious people by OSCAR WILDE 

Lane Douglas Jefferi.es 

Algernon Moncrieff John Deverell 

John Worthing, J.P Leslie Faber 



Lady Brackneil Margaret Scudamore 

Hon. Gwendoline Fairfax Doris Kendal 

Miss Prism Louise Hampton 

Cecily Cardew Nancy Atkin 

Rev. Canon Chasuble, D.D H. O. Nicholson 

Merriman Walton Palmer 

Maid Betty Sturgess 

Play produced by ALLAN AYNESWORTH 

COURT 

25 NOVEMBER, 1923 
" THISTLEDOWN " 

A romantic play, in three acts, by GEORGE WODEN 
Presented by THE PLAY ACTORS 

Cyril Marsh Lawrence Anderson 

Thomas Reid Campbell Gullan 

Henry Otherwood Fewlass Llewellyn 

Dreda Smith Mary Merrall 

Margaret Reid Dorothy Hal] 

Play produced by FRED O'DONOVAN 

EVERYMAN 

29 NOVEMBER, 1923 

"THE MORALS OF VANDA" 

A comedy, in three acts, by HAZEL MAY MARSHALL 

Binns Greville Darling 

Leonard Mortimer Cyril Nash 

Vanda Mortimer Cecily Byrne 

Joseph Mortimer George Merritt 

Elsmere Grant Julian Bainbridge 

1st Detective Alexander Field 

2nd Detective Ernest Haines 

Ellen Phyllis Morris 

Charles Alexander Field 

Leeson Edith Harley 

Dr. Carlyon Reginald Dance 

Lady Gruber Agnes Thomas 

Rev. Robert Checksfield Ernest Haines 

Elizabeth Checksfield Lilian Tweed 

Mr. Mather George Merritt 

Play produced by MILTON ROSMER 

REGENT 

2 DECEMBER, 1923 
* "RICHARD DI" 

Tragedy by WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE 
Presented by THE FELLOWSHIP OF PLAYERS 

King Edward IV Tom Heslewood 

Prince of Wales .Gwen Evans 

Duke of York Alice Darch 

Duke of Clarence Frank Darch 

Richard, Duke of Gloucester (Richard III) 

Baliol Holloway 

Richmond Edmund Willard 

Bishop of Ely A. Corney Grain 

Buckingham Douglas Burbidge 

Lord Stanley Frederick Harker 

Lord Lovell Cecil Trouncer 

Sir Richard Ratcliffe Bruce Belfrage 

Sir William Catesby Alfred A. Harris 

Sir Robert Brackenbury Tristan Rawson 

First Murderer Oliver Crombie 

Queen Elizabeth Mary Barton 

Queen Margaret Esm6 Beringer 

Duchess of York Rose Yule 

Lady Anne Dorothy Rundell 

Play produced by BALIOL HOLLOWAY 



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SYNOPSIS OF PLAYBILLS 



SHAJTESBURY 

3 DECEMBER, 1923 

"THE RISING GENERATION" 

A comedy, in three acts, by WYN WEAVER and 
LAURA LEYCESTER 

Emily Entwhistle Sybil Carlisle 

Puddif er Lawrence Hanray 

GeoSrey Entwhistle , Holman Clark 

Warwick Entwhistle Robin Irvine 

Winnie Entwhistle Elizabeth Arkell 

Vane Harpenden Joan Barry 

George Breese Lawrence Ireland 

Walter Morell J. Cranstoun Nevill 

Seliaa Morell Ena Grossmith 

Mrs. Doddrell Ethel Coleridge 

Felix Andrews J. Sebastian Smith 

John Morell Griffith Humphreys 

Mrs. Barrett Laura Graves 

Play produced by E. HOLMAN CLARK 

HEW 

9 DECEMBER, 1923 
"BINGO" 

A comedy, in four acts, by JOHN KENDALL 
Presented by THE REPERTORY PLAYERS 

First Flunkey William Stack 

Second Flunkey. Henry Kendall 

Edrys, Prince Regnant of Nuria Felix Aylmer 

Captain Gogar Reginald Gosse 

An Officer J. Phillips-Roberts 

Colonel Gregorien Tristan Rawson 

John Peard William Kershaw 

The Chancellor Frank Vosper 

The Prime Minister Campbell Gullan 

Princess Mira Olgo Lindo 

Emily Enid Revel! Reade 

Gladys Sebright Mary Barton 

Johnson Raymond Massey 

Peters Arthur Goullet 

Scroggins Leo G. Carroll 

Williams Peter Godfrey 

Miss Singleton Nora Nicholson 

Sir James Horden Fred O'Donovan 

Captain Heron Algernon West 

Leader of the Opposition Arthur Goullet 

Head of the " Council of Seven " . Raymond Massey 

Play produced by RICHARD BIRD 

HAYMARKET 

12 DECEMBER, 1923 
* "THE GOAL" 

A play, in one act, by HENRY ARTHUR JONES 

Sir Stephen Famariss Leslie Faber 

Daniel Famariss EugeneLeahy 

Adams Terence Downing 

Sir Lydden Crane, M.D H. O. Nicholson 

Peggie Lovel Stella Bonheur 

Nurse Clandon Louise Hampton 

THE PLAYHOUSE 

17 DECEMBER, 1923 

* "THE PRIVATE SECRETARY" 

A farcical comedy, in three acts, by 
CHARLES H. HAWTREY, adapted from the German 

Mr. Marsland Robert Chester 

Harry Marsland Harold Young 



Mr. Cattencole Frederick Volpe 

Douglas Cattermole Alec Finlaysoa 

The Rev. Robert Spaldmg Charles R. Walenn 

Mr. Sydney Gibson A. Comev Grain 

Jo&n W. EUythorne 

Knox George Field 

Edith Marsland Irene Wallace 

Eva Webster Xadine March 

Mrs. Stead Bertha Northam 

Miss Ashford Alice Beet 



COMEDY 

18 DECEMBER, 1923 

* "CHARLEY'S AOTT" 
A farcical comedy, in three acts, by 

BRANDON-THOMAS 

Colonel Sir Francis Chesney, Bart ...... Arthur Bell 

Stephen Spettigue ................ James E. Page 

Jack Chesney ..................... Henry Hoare 

Charles Wykeham ................. John Gielgud 

Lord Fancourt Baberley .......... Richard Cooper 

Brassett ............. '. . .Walter Hook-Raymond 

Donna Lucia d'Alvadorez ............. Rita John 

Kitty Verdun ................... Nora Robinson 

Ela Delahay ..................... Jane Grahame 

Amy Spettigue ............. Honor Aubrey-Smith 

REGENT 

19 DECEMBER, 1923 
* "BEHQJEHEM" 

A music drama by RUTLAND BOUGHTON 

The Virgin Mary ......... Gwen Ffrangcon-Davies 

Gabriel ......................... Colin Ashdown 

Joseph .................. W. Johnstons-Douglas 

i Herbert Simmonds 
The Three Shepherds ...... J H. Solly 

( Ewart Cooke 

$ Ruby Boughton 
-| Mary Bartlett 
Zarathustra .................... Arthur Cranmer 

Nubar ........................... Tom Goodey 

Merlin .................... Frederick Woodhouse 

w omen i Margaret Arnold 

Women .................... | Marjorie Bartlett 

Believer ....................... Nancie Williams 

Unbeliever ................... Herbert Simmons 

Calchas ............................ J. Creegan 

Herodias ..................... Dorothy D'Orsay 

Herod ......................... Frank Titterton 

Play produced by BARRY V. JACKSON 



19 DECEMBER, 1923 
* " THE ROSE AKB THE RING " 

By WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAY 

Adapted as a pantomime by HARRIS DEANS ; music 
by ROBERT Cox ; lyrics by DESMOND CARTER 

Fairy Blackstick ................. Marian Wilson 

Valoroso ........................ J. Leslie Frith 

Emma ......................... Minnie Rayner 

Princess Angelica ................. Evadne Price 

Prince Giglio .................. Charles Lascelles 

King Padella ................... Frank J. Arlton 

Prince Bulbo .................... Miles MaUeson 

Princess Rosalba .................. Rose Hignell 

Baron Glumboso ................. F. B. J. Sharp 

Jenkins Grufianufl .............. Johnny Danvers 



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SYNOPSIS OF PLAYBILLS 



Countess Gruff anuff Margaret Yarde 

Count Hedzoff StockweU Hawkins 

Count Hogginarmo Johnny Danvers 

Jones Raymond Masse y 

Smith Hugh Sinclair 

A Woodcutter Leonard Calvert 

His Wife Muriel Aked 

First Child Mabel Crosbie 

Second Child Edith Softly 

Third Child Lydia Craddock 

The Archbishop Leonard Calvert 

Footman , . . .F. J. Arlton 

First Clown Thomas Warner 

Second Clown Sam Pickles 

A Lion Guy Helbrough 

Play produced by LEWIS CASSON 



DALY'S 

20 DECEMBER, 1923 
"MADAME POMPADOUR" 

A musical play, in three acts, adapted by 

FREDERICK LONSDALE and HARRY GRAHAM from 

the Viennese ; music by LEO FALL 

Bang Louis XV Bertram WaUis 

Rene, Comte D'Estrades Derek Oldham 

Maurepas Leonard Mackay 

Poulard Leonard Russell 

Prunier Fred Pedgrift 

Coliin Edmund D. La Touche 

The Austrian Ambassador C. E. T. Harrison 

Lieutenant in Command of Guard . Donald Mather 

Boucher Noel Colne 

Tourelle Desmond Roberts 

Jacques Stanley Rendall 

Joseph Calicot Huntley Wright 

Madeleine Enid Stamp Taylor 

Mariette Kitty Attfield 

Madame Pompadour Evelyn Laye 

Play produced by FRED J. BLACKMAN 



ADELPHI 

20 DECEMBER, 1923 
* "PETER PAN" 
By J. M. BARRIE 

Peter Pan Gladys Cooper 

Jas. Hook Franklin Dyall 

Mr. Darling Jack Raine 

Mrs. Darling Stella Patrick Campbell 

Wendy Moira Angela Darling Lila Mara van 

John Napoleon Darling Patrick Harvey 

Michael Nicholas Darling John Seeker 

Nana Gordon Can- 
Tinker Bell Jenny Wren 

Tootles Joan Maude 

Nibs Jill Esmond-Moore 

Slightly Donald Searle 

Curly Diana Beaumont 

First Twin Sunday Wilshin 

Second Twin Nancy Burt 

Smee George Shelton 

Gentleman Starkey Charles Trevor 

Cookson Walter C. Lake 

Mullins F. Rawson Buckley 

Cecco William Luff 

Jukes James English 

Noodler John Kelt 

First Pirate S. Granville Darling 

Second Pirate Joseph Owen 



Black Pirate ................... Donald Walcott 

Great Big Little Panther .......... Robert Gilbert 

Tiger Lily ....................... Nancy Pawley 

C Stella Freeman 

Rosemary Bamber 

_.,. j Jill Sanders 

Bnues .................... 1 Hilda Russell 

Nancy Kirby 

[Joan Harrison 
Liza ............................ Violet Aubert 



Ostrich 



Joseph Owen 
Norman Phillips 
James Gilbert 
Leslie Dwyer 



Joseph D'Arcy 

Ba " " 



Pack of Wolves 

Basil Green 
Leonard Nibbs 
Philip Morgan 

The children in the play trained by 
Miss ITALIA CONTI 

Play produced by LICH FIELD OWEN 



EVERYMAN 

21 DECEMBER, 1923 

* "LOVE IN A VILLAGE" 

A comic opera by ISAAC BICKERSTAFFE, with 
music composed and selected by DR. ARNE 

The book and music arranged by JULIAN HERBAGE 

Rosetta Raymonde Colignon 

Lucinda Evelyn Roselle 

Young Meadows David Brynley 

Hawthorn Arthur Wynn 

Justice Woodcock Orlando Barnett 

Hodge Charles A. Staite 

Eustace Cyril Cunningham 

Deborah Woodcock Mrs. A. B. Tapping 

Margery Phoebe Hodgson 

Sir William Meadows Fred O'Donovan 

Play produced by HAROLD SCOTT 



LYRIC, HAMMERSMITH 

22 DECEMBER, 1923 
* "THE MERRY "WIVES OF WINDSOR" 

A comedy by WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE 

Sir John Falstaff Roy Byford 

Fenton George Manship 

Shallow Alfred Harris 

Slender Frank Darch 

Ford Randle Ayrton 

Page Wilfred Shine 

Sir Hugh Evans Reginald Bach 

Dr. Caius Muni Moncrieff 

Host of the " Garter Inn " Nigel Playfair 

Bardolph John Collins 

Pistol Seton Blackden 

Nym Arnold Pilbeam 

Robin Betty Scorer 

Simple Mark Turner 

Rugby Geoffrey Wincott 

Mistress Ford Dorothy Green 

Mistress Page Edith Evans 

Anne Page Phyllis Shannaw 

Mistress Quickly Elsie French 

Play produced by W. BRIDGES ADAMS 



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SYNOPSIS OF PLAYBILLS 



PALLADIUM 

24 DECEMBER, 192 t: ! 

"DICK WHITTESGTON " 

Dick Clarice Mayne 

Alice Hilda Glyder 

The Cook Nellie Wallace 

Idle Jack Harry Weldon 

The Captain Audrey Thacker 

Fairy Queen Xita Underwood 

Princess Alice Pollard 

Fiizwarren Gus Sharland 

The Cat Fred Whittaker 

Premiere Danseuse Delia de Meroda 

Produced by ALBERT DE COURVILLE 



GAERICK 

24 DECEMBER, 1923 

* "THE BLUE BIRD" 

By MAURICE MAETERLINCK 

Mummy Tyl Jane Kidner 

Daddy "Tyl Drew Mackintosh 

Tyltyi Joan Duan 

Mytyl Phyllys Jay 

The Fairy Berylune Annie Stalman 

Bread ." Herbert Russell 

Fire Dirk Daniell 

Tylo Ernest Hendrie 

Tylette Norman Page 

Water Noreena Feist 

Milk Nesta Woodall 

Sugar Ernest Leverett 

Light Maud Cressall 

GaSer Tyl Charles Aldred 

Granny Tyl Annie Stalman 

Night ." Nora Johnston 

Time Drew Mackintosh 

The Oak Charles Aldred 

Neighbour Berlingot Annie Stalman 

Neighbour Berlingot's little Daughter 

Prunella Page 

Play produced by NORMAN PAGE 



Dick .,,.,....... IMmurid Kennedy 

Abe Grey c. V. Wallace 

Harry. . . Roy Lenaoi 

Allan Harry Daub v 

JOVCH Grafcan> Stuart 

Hunter Alec Snowden 

Redrurb Claud Edn.cnus 

Mr. Arrow Ian McCarthy 

Supervisor Dance Percival Coyte 

Tip C. V. Wallace 

Joe Crossley Graham Stuart 

Play produced by JAMES BERNARD FAGAN 



ALDWYCH 

26 DECEMBER, 1923 

* "BLUEBELL IN FAIRYLAND" 

By SEYMOUR HICKS ; 
music by WALTER SLAUGHTER 

In the Play 

Dicky Geoffrey Saville 

Mr. Joplin George Zucco 

Will F. Owen Baxter 

Wont Vincent Lawson 

Mrs. Hearty Madge Mclntosh 

Peter the Cat Baron Salomons 

Mab Lorna Hubbard 

Winnie Doris Mason 

Bluebell Phyllis Black 

In the Dream 

The Reigning King George Zucco 

The Reigning Queen Madge Mclntosh 

Blib F. Owen Baxter 

Blob Vincent Lawson 

Peter the Cat Baron Salamons 

The Water-lily Lilian Granville 

Will o' the Wisp Lorna Hubbard 

The Yellow Dwarf R. S. Bailey 

The Owl J. Oliver Twiss 

Bluebell's Good Fairy Laura Wallis Mills 

Bluebell Phyllis Black 

The Sleepy King Geoffrey Saville 



STRAND 

24 DECEMBER, 1923 
* "TREASURE ISLAND" 

(Adapted from ROBERT Louis STEVENSON'S story 
by JAMES BERNARD FAGAN) 

Long John Silver Arthur Bourchier 

Captain Billy Bones Henry Wenman 

Pew Edmund Kennedy 

Black Dog Charles Groves 

Israel Hands D. Lewin Mannering 

Ben Gunn Charles Groves 

Squire Trelawney Bellenden Powell 

Dr. Livesey J. R. Tozer 

Captain Smollett Alice Chumley 

Mrs. Hawkins Maud Garth 

Jim (her Son) Frederick Peisley 

George Merry Frank E. Petley 

Tom Morgan Claude Edmonds 

Deadeye Christopher Steele 

Job Anderson James Arnold 

Johnny. F. Owen Chambers 

Dirk Cyril Jarvis 

O'Brien Percival Coyte 

Tom Watkins James Arnold 



NEW SCALA 
26 DECEMBER, 1923 
"ALMOND EYE" 

A musical play in three acts and ten scenes 

book and lyrics by FARREN SOUTAR and 

ARTHUR VEASEY ; music by FREDERICK ROSSE 

Abdul Kozan Ivan Berlyn 

Komari Hilda Antony 

Prince Moohan Howard Radleigh 

A Merchant W. Yeldham 

Amarak el Deeb Farren Soutar 

Knei-Shen G. Volaire 

Chiang-Tang Victor Oliver 

Ya-Mao Hubert Eisdell 

Cha-Ku Gracie Leigh 

Ta-Wei Thomas Pauncefort 

Princess Ai-Lien Lilian Davies 

Ho-Yeh Dorothy Lane 

Chi-Fu .Maureen Moore 

The Emperor Shu Ta-Chen Reginald Dane 

A Dancer Temple Bell 



Play produced by C. BARNARD MOORE 



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SYNOPSIS OF PLAYBILLS 



SAVOY 

26 DECEMBER, 1923 
* "PADDY THE KEXT BEST THING 

A comedy, in four acts, by 

GAYER MACKAY and ROBERT" ORD 

General Adair ................... Frank Atherley 

Dr. Davy Adair .................... Clive Currie 

Eileen Adair .................. Josephine Wilson 

Miss O'Hara ..................... Una O'Connor 



O'Hara ................ Moya O'Hara 

Jack O'Hara ..................... Brian Alierne 

Laurence Blake ................ Herbert Marshall 

Doreen Blake ................... Minnie Bla^den 

Gwendolin Carew ........... Rosaline Courtneidge 

Lord Sellaby .................. H. V. Tollemache 

Micky ........................ Ernest Plumpton 

Webb .......................... Ethel Callanan 

Mx*- Bi ngle ....................... Beatrice BeU 

Mrs. Putter ...................... Lindsay Gray 

Paddy ........................... Peggy O'Neil 

LYCEUM 

26 DECEMBER, 1923 

"JACK AMD TEE BEANSTALK" 

By LEEDHAM BANTOCK ; music by Guy JONES 

King Klondike ................. Dick Henderson 

Dame Dimple .................... Bertie Wright 



Demon Mischief Robert Woollard 

Fairy Sunstar May Carpenter 

Felix ."Jack Hurst 

Sir Percy Vere Winifred Yorke 

Sir Randolph Iris Field 

Mr. Hops Fred Savers 

Clara Stern and Austin 

Old Moore Chas. Wilton 

Poor Flo Betty Ray 

Horatio Fred'Stone 

Mrs. Pussyfoot Eileen Dagmar 

Sir Archi bald Harry Farmer 

Willie Watkyn Welks Bertram Dench 

Bill George Jackley 

'Erb Frank Attree 

Venus Miss Came 

Mercury Mr. Kellaway 

Mars Frank Lampton 

Spirit of the Moon Connie Wilde 

Cupid Baby Love 

Blunderbore Raymond Wood 

The Giant's Cooks The Boganny Troupe 

Officer Charles Sparrow 

The Giant's Juggler Master Kiddy King 

Bobby Peeler John Brown 

Pickles Percy Mead 

Princess Alice Sybil Coulthurst 

Jack Sybil Arundale 

Produced by WALTER and 
FREDERICK MELVILLE 



1924 



ST. MARTETS 
1 JANUARY, 1924 
"A MAGDALEN'S 

A play, in three acts, by MILTON ROSMER and 

EDWARD PERCY ; adapted from VINCENT BROWN'S 

novel 

Presented by THE PLAYBOX 

Roger Clifford Mollison 

Nicholas Draicott Robert Harris 

Janet Treeves Barbara Gott 

Joan Potten Moyna Macgill 

Martin Potten Malcolm Keen 

Effie Draicott Ada King 

Zeekel Draicott Ian Hunter 

Jim Anscombe Leslie Banks 

The Squire Ivor Barnard 

A Country Policeman Lawrence Baskcomb 

Play produced by BASIL DEAN 



VAUDEVILLE 

2 JANUARY, 1924 
"PUPPETS" 

Revue by DION TITHERADGE ; music by 
IVOR NOVELLO 



Stanley Lupino 
Arthur Chesney 
Paul England 



Binnie Hale 
Connie Emerald 
Fav Cole 



Nita Underwood 
Revue produced by DION TITHERADGE 



WYKDHAM'S 
7 JANUARY, 1924 
** THE FLAME " 

A play, in four acts, by CHARLES MERE ; 
Adapted into English by JAMES BERNARD FAGAN 

A Footman Gerald Cross 

Lord Blantyre Dawson Milward 

Cleo D'Aubigny Violet Vanbmgh 

Fanny Olive Sloane 

The Brazilian Tony de Lungo 

Mdme. Laura Rita Ricardo 

Auguste Gino Galvani 

Barman Stanley Groomy 

Victor Boussat Sam Livesey 

Middleton Ernest Leeman 

Hugo Blantyre Ralph Forbes 

Waiter Gerald Grose 

Chambermaid Jenny Miller 

Helen de Lys Prudence Vanbrugh 

Claire Astier Margaret Duff 

Jean de Lorges Maurice Braddell 

Henry Astier John Wise 

Maitre d'Hotel Tony de Lungo 

M. de Lys Albert E. Raynor 

Mdme. de Lys Annie Esmond 

A Gentleman Gordon Tompkins 

Play produced by NORMAN PAGE 

KINGSWAY 

11 JANUARY, 1924 

* "THE VERY IDEA1" 

A farce, in three acts, by WILLIAM LE BARON 

Gilbert Goodhue Donald Calthrop 

Edith Goodhue Noelle Sonning 



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SYXOPSIS OF PLAYBILLS 



Georae Green ..... 
Man5n Green 
Dorotbv Green 
' 



Baliol Holloway 
.Natahel-yim 

Monica 



................. 

o ' 'I'. ................ Waller Milliard 

\bc C ~ mp ...................... Percy Parsons 

Miss Duncan ................ Sydney Fairbrother 

Play produced by DONALD CALTHROP 



EVERYMAN 

12 JANUARY, 1924 
"THE PAINTED LADY" 

A farcical comedy, In three acts.byVER*. BERIXGER 
H'lg^ins ...................... Master Roy Rich 

Mr. Chapman ................... George Howard 

Ambrose ...................... Harry Hampson 

Sain Garden ..................... Jobn Williams 

Violet Borradaile ............... Dora Barton 

Professor Borrodaile ............. Ernest Thesiger 

\nnabe! ....................... Nora Nicholson 

pisker ......................... Frank Moore 

Petunia" Barton .................. Violet Graham 

Pussv Meadows ................... Pegsry Abbot 

John Barton .................. .Evelyn Roberts 

Trixie Carpenter .................. Daisy Cordell 

NEW 

13 JANUARY, 1924 
"THE STEPMOTHER" 

A pla}% in a prologue and three acts, by 

GlTHA SO WERE Y 

Presented by THE PLAY ACTOR? 

Charlotte Gaydort ................... Esme Duff 

Mary ........................ Dorothy Martin 

Eustace Gaydon ............... Campbell Gullan 

Monica ........ - ............. Griselda Hervey 

Betty .............................. Hilda Case 

Mr. Bennett .................... Hubert Harben 

Lois Relph ......................... Jean Cadell 

Cecil Bennett ............... Treven Grantham 

Peter Holland .................. Tristan Rawson 

Mrs. Geddes ..................... Renee de Vaux 

Butler ........................... Hugh Higson 

Play produced by CAMPBELL GULLAN 

HAYMARKET 
16 JANUARY, 1924 

* "HAVOC" 

A play, in four acts, by HARRY WALL 
Mr. Stephens ................. W. Walton Palmer 

Bennett ....................... Kathleen Blake 

Alice Derring ..................... Ethel Griffies 

Violet Derring .................. Frances Carson 

Tessie Dunton ................. Norah Robinson 

Dick Chappell ................ Henry Kendall 

Smithy ..................... William Kershaw 

Biddle ....................... Forrester Harvey 

Sergeant-Ma jor Paiey ........... Vincent Holman 

The Babe ........................ Richard Bird 

Roddy Dunton .................... Leslie Faber 

Lance-Corporal Higgins .......... Donovan Maule 

Private Jones ................ J. Phillips-Roberts 

Captain Taylor ____ . .............. Claud Allister 

Battalion H.Q. Runner ......... Malcolm Rignold 

Play produced by LESLIE FABER 



ST. MAKEDTS 

20 JANUARY, 1924 

The Piaybox Gala Perfonntanre 
"GRDACE" 

A play, in two scenes, by GORDON BOTTOMLEY 

Conan Felix Aylmer 

An Envoy. f Malcolm Keen 

Domnn?! Gilbert Ritchie 

First Serving Man Lawrence Baskcomb 

Second Serving Mail Clifford Mollison 

Boy Walter Hudd 

Morag Esme Beringer 

Fern Hilda Bruce Potter 

Gruach Sybil Thomdike 

Marget Olga Lindo 

First Serving Woman Sibell Archdale 

Second Serving Woman Gwynne Whitby 

Kitchen Girl Hermione Baddeley 

" PHCENIX * 

A tragic farce, in three acts, by 
LASCELLES ABERCROMTJIE 

First Soldier Tan Hunter 

Second Soldier Austin Trevor 

The Queen Barbara Gott 

Amyntor Leslie Banks 

Rhodope Mary Clare 

Phoenix Robert Harris 

Play produced by BA.SIL DEAN 



NEW 

20 JANUARY, 1924 
PROGRESS 

A play, in two parts, by C. K. MUNRO 
Presented by THE STAGE SOCIETY 

The Count Alfred Clark 

Bert Harold Scott 

Bole Dan F. Roe 

Boom Douglas Jefferies 

Slump Edward Rigby 

George Overton, Prime Minister. .Nicholas Hannen 

Lord Mang J. Fisher White 

Prime Minister's Secretary John H. Moore 

Rev. L. Soames Fred O'Donovan 

Mrs. Boom Martita Hunt 

Mrs. Slump Helena Millais 

Peacock Henry Ford 

Conductor of Choir Andrew Leigh 

Sergeant Matthew Forsyth 

Secretary of Kokol & Co Victor Lewisohn 

French Ambassador Orlando Barnett 

Mr. Armstrong Hubert Harben 

President of French Republic Charles Carson 

Mr. Rattner Michael Sherbrooke 

M. Hausse Milton Rosmer 

M. Dudos Andrew Leigh 

Play produced by ALLAN WADE 

GARRICK 

21 JANUARY, 1924 

* "BUNTY PULLS THE STRINGS" 

A comedy, in three acts, by GRAHAM MOFFAT 

Bunty Biggar WinifredMoffat 

Rab Biggar Gregory Whiteford 



Susie Simpson Mrs. Graham Mofiat 



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SYNOPSIS OF PLAYBILLS 



Tammas Biggar Graham Moffat 

Weelum Sprunt David Clyde 

Eelen Dunlop Jean Clyde 

Teenie Dunlop Xornia Fleming 

Jeems Gibb George W. Simes 

Maggie Mercer Nan Taylor 

Dan Birrell Jixnmie Lennie 

Play produced by GRAHAM MOFFAT 



COMEDY 
23 JANUARY, 1924 
* "ALICE SIT-BY-THE-FIBE " 
A comedy by J. M. BARRIE 

Mrs. Grey Marie Tempest 

Amy Elizabeth Irving 

Leonora Peggy Rush 

Richardson Helen Samtsbury 

Nurse Ada Palmer 

Colonel Grey Graham Browne 

Steve Rollo Herbert Marshall 

Esme Leslie R. French 

Fanny Doris Mansell 

Play produced by STANLEY BELL 



EMPIRE 

26 JANUARY, 1924 
"THE THREE GRACES" 

A musical play, in three acts, by BEN TRAVERS ; 
adapted from the Viennese. Music by FRANZ LEHAR 

A Walter Jack Pierce 

Sergeant of Police Harry Pringle 

Tonneau Ralph Roberts 

Count Pommery A. Scott Gatty 

Moustique Pope Stamper 

Petilleau Albert Warwick 

Tutu Vera Freeman 

Charlotte Sylvia Leslie 

Helene Winifred Barnes 

WiEem van Vuurwater Morris Harvey 

Charles, Duke of Nancy Thorpe Bates 

A Cabman Stephen Frayne 

Bouquet Johnny Dooley 

Play produced by TOM REYNOLDS 



COURT 

27 JANUARY, 1924 

" THREE DAYS " 

A play, in three acts, by C. E. OPENSHAW 
Presented by THE REPERTORY PLAYERS 

Constance Somersby Rita John 

Elsie Davenant Irene Holmes Kelly 

Guy Somersby Oliver Johnston 

Usher Donald R. Young 

William Doleford Arthur Goullet 

Archie Bickerstaffe H. G. Stoker 

Fanny Trevanion Nell Carter 

George Trevanion. Leo G. Carroll 

Mr. Montrose Frank Vosper 

Mr. Dixon Escot Robson 



Play produced by FRED O'DONOVAN 



STRAND 

28 JANUARY, 1924 
"THE DAREDEVIL" 

An entertainment, in three acts, by 
AUSTIN MELFORD 

Joyce Margot Barff 

Daisy Patricia Siems 

Paula Marcelle Roche 

Alexander Wilson Denis Cowles 

Audrey Bollington Todd Madge Stuart 

Gordon Bright Ivan Samson 

Mrs. Bollington Todd Margaret Scudamore 

Major Shorter J. J. Bartlett 

L. Walker-Farr Robert Cunningham 

Ann Pym Jean Cadell 

Krashoff Ivan Berlyn 

Baby Sorbo Betty de Laune 

Molly Sorbo Dorothy Daw 

Amelia Bright Helen Ferrers 

Bertram Bright A. W. Baskcomb 

Thompson Frederick Annerley 

Phillips Evelyn Moore 

Play produced by the Author 



ROYALTY 

29 JANUARY, 1924 

"THE ETERNAL SPRING" 

A comedy, in three acts, by PETER GAJILAND 

Stephen Gretton Dennis Eadie 

David Chauntrell Athole Stewart 

Pat Robert Andrews 

Nockles . .Reginald. Dance 

Mrs. Denniss Lilian Braithwaite 

Babs Ann Trevor 

Mary Faith Celli 

Play produced by ATHOLE STEWART 

THE PLAYHOUSE 

31 JANUARY, 1924 

"THE CAMEL'S BACK" 

A farce, in three acts, by 

W. SOMERSET MAUGHAM 

Hermione Madge Tltheradge 

Enid Lefevre Rosaline Courtneidge 

Mrs. Lefevre Nina BoucicauJt 

Sarah Olive Sloane 

Annie Betty Tanner 

Valentine Lefevre Frank Cellier 

Denis Armstrong Jack Hobbs 

Dr. Dickinson E. Holman Clark 

Play produced by H. F. MALTBY 



ALDWYCH 

1 FEBRUARY, 1924 
" IT PAYS TO ADVERTISE " 

A farce, in three acts, by Roi COOPER MEGRUE 
and WALTER HACKETT 

Mary Grayson Doris Kendal 

Johnson Martin Sands 

Comtesse de Beaunen Cecilia Gold 

Rodney Martin Ralph Lynn 

Sir Henry Martin Tom Walls 

Ambrose Peale Will Deniing 

Marie Alex Frizell 



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SYNOPSIS OF PLAYBILLS 



\Viiam Smith J- Rooer^scn Hare 

Miss Burke Jessica Jarvis 

George McChesenay Syiney Lyr.c 

E"'*rv Cl-rk ". Kenneth Kove 

George Broascn Sydney Seaward 

Play produced by TOM WALLS 

AMBASSADORS 

2 FEBRUARY, 1924 

"THE WAY THINGS HAPPEN" 

A play, in three acts, by CLEMESCE BASE 

Mrs. Farren Haidee Wright 

Shirley Pryde .Hilda Bayley 

Martin Farren Robert Harris 

Harness Cicely pates 

Muriel Hanburv Olea Lmdo 

Chussie Hare. /. Walter Hudd 

Bennett Lomax Leslie Banks 

Mrs. Hanbury Ada King 

Dr. Rodson Austin Trevor 

An Outside Porter Alan Rowland 

Play produced by BASIL. DEAN 

WYOTDHAM'S 

4 FEBRUARY, 1924 

"NOT IN OUR STARS" 

A play, in four acts, by DOROTHY MAS^IXGHAM ; 
adapted from MICHAEL MAURICE'S novel 

Felix Menzies Gerald du Manner 

Thorpe Savile Eric Maturin 

Dr. Toller Charles Carson 

Lord Ansterdale Nigel Bruce 

Parminter Frank Esmond 

Hetty Temple Cerily Byrne 

Lady Symster Una Venning 

Mrs. Temple Jes?ie Bateman 

Jennie Elizabeth Pollock 

F re da Patricia Wyndham 

Sylvia Mildred Barnes 

Cynthia Muriel Lawrence Kellie 

Play produced by GERALD DU MAURIER 

PRINCE'S 

4 FEBRUARY, 1924 
* "IOLANTHE" 

Fairy opera by W. S. GILBERT ; music by 
ARTHUR SULLIVAN 

The Lord Chancellor Henry A. Lytton 

Earl of Mountararat Darrell Fancourt 

Earl Tolioller Sidney Pointer 

Private Willis Leo Sheffield 

Strephon Sydney Granville 

Queen of the Fairies Bertha Lewis 

lolanthe Eileen Sharp 

Celia Kathleen Anderson 

Leila Renee Cadell 

Fleta Dorothy Gites 

Phyllis Winifred Lawson 

EVERYMAN 

5 FEBRUARY, 1924 
"THE MASK AND THE FACE" 

A comedy, in three acts, by C. B. FEKN&LD ; 
freely adapted from the Italian 

Pier Zanotti ,Erember Wills 

Ugo Praga George Merntt 



Delia Fambra Margaret Swallow 

Wanda Borelli Helen Spencer 

Georses Alrnaire Noel Daintcn 

Xiaa'Zanotti Dorothy Warren 

Lnigi Buxichi M'chael Sberbrooke 

Franco Spina Edrnond Brecn 

Savina Graaa Athene Seyler 

Coar.t .Mario Grazia Franklin Dyall 

Andrea Ernest Haines 

Teresa Esme Hubbard 

Tifo". '...'. Charles Thomas 

Plav produced by NORHAX MACDERMOTT 



APOLLO 

6 FEBRUARY, 1924 

" THE FAIRY TALE " 

A play, in a prologue and three acts, by 

M<VY EDGINTON 

Prologue 

Mrs. Star Mary Jerrold 

Alfred Star Colston Mansell 

John Star Lewis Shaw 

The Play 

John Star Godfrey Tearle 

Smlthers Rothbury Evans 

Sir Henry Stanley C. V. France 

Lord Lander Eugene Leahy 

Pollock Stanley Terence de Marney 

Bertram Hurst W. Cronin Wilson 

Morton J. Smith Wright 

Mrs. Star Mary Jerrold 

Lesley Stanley Moyna Macgili 

Lady Delph. " Lady Tree 

LYRIC, HAMMERSMITH 

7 FEBRUARY, 1&24 

* "THE WAY OF THE WORLD" 
Comedy by WILLIAM CONGREVE 

Fainall Harold Anstnither 

Mirabell Robert Lorame 

Witwoud Nigel Playfair 

Petulant Norman V. Norman 

Sir WilfuU Witwoud Scott Russell 

Waitwell, Servant to Mirabell Harold Scott 

Another Servant to Mirabell Arnold Pilbeam 

Servant to Lady Wishtort Geoffrey Wincott 

Lady Wishf ort Margaret Yarde 

Mrs. Millamant Edith Evans 

Mrs. Marwood Dorothy Green 

Mrs. Fainall Ruth Taylor 

Foible Hilda Sims 

Mincing Kathlyn Hilliard 

Peggy Elsa Lanchester 

Betty Miss Dixon 

Play produced by NIGEL PLAYFAIR 

STRAM) 

10 FEBRUARY, 1924 

* "MACBETH" 
Presented by THE FELLOWSHIP OF PLAYERS 

Duncan Tom Heslewood 

Malcolm Frank Darch 

Donalbain Frederick Peisley 

Macbeth Edmund Willard 

Banquo Shayle Gardner 

MacdufL Douglas Burbidge 



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SYNOPSIS OF PLAYBILLS 



Lennox Talbot Homewood 

Ross Eugene Leahy 

Fleance Sybil Hertz 

Siward Tristan Rawson 

Young Siward Douglas Hutchison 

Seyton Harvey Adams 

Boy Alice Daren 

A Doctor Frederick Marker 

A Sergeant Tristan Rawson 

A Porter J. Leslie Frith 

A Messenger Alan Trotter 

First Murderer Ronald Kerr 

Second Murderer Colin Ashdown 

Third Murderer George Howe 

Lady Macbeth Beatrice Wilson 

Lady Macduff May Kendal 

Gentlewoman Fabia Drake 

Hecate Marjorie Clarke Jervoise 

First Witch Elspeth Dudgeon 

Second Witch Grace Edwin 

Third Witch Madge Whiteman 

First Apparition Tristan Rawson 

Second Apparition Muriel de Castro 

Third Apparition Rosemary Clifford 

Play produced by ERNEST MILTON 



SAVOY 

12 FEBRUARY 1924 
"LORD 0' CREATION" 

A comedy, in three acts, by NORMAN MACOWAN 

Janet Gray Mona Harrison 

Mrs. Gray Lindsay Gray 

Petei Sloag E. H. Brooke 

Robert Gray Horace Hodges 

Frederick Mathison Frederick Leister 

John Alec Baird Ian Fleming 

Mrs. Baird Mary Jerrold 

Peggy Baird Helen Coram 

Mrs. Long Margaret Halstan 

Alan Maurice Ronald Simpson 

Lady Esther Prmgle Molly Tompkins 

Susan Paula Adair 

MacPherson Brian Buchell 

Lord Leithing Leon M. Lion 

Play produced by LEON M. LION 



REGENT 

17 FEBRUARY, 1924 

* "THE COUNTRY-WIFE" 

Comedy by WILLIAM WYCHERLEY 

Presented by THE PHCENIX SOCIETY 

Mr. Horner Baliol Holloway 

Mr. Harcourt Henry C. Hewitt 

Mr. Dorilant Douglas Burbidge 

Mr. Pinchwife Howard Rose 

Mr.Sparkish Ernest Thesiger 

Sir Jaspar Fidget Stanley Lathbury 

Mrs. Margery Pinchwife Isabel Jeans 

Mrs. Alithea Nell Carter 

My Lady Fidget Athene Seyler 

Mrs. Dainty Fidget Joan Vivien-Rees 

Mrs. Squeamish Colette O'Niel 

Old Lady Squeamish Louise Holbrooke 

Servant Frederick Peisley 

A Quack Orlando Barnett 

Lucy Theodora Birkbeck 



COURT 

18 FEBRUARY TO 22 FEBRUARY, 1924 

"BACK TO METHUSELAH" 
A play cycle, in five parts, by G. BERNARD SHAW 

" IX THE BEGINNING " 

18 FEBRUARY, 1924 

Adam Colin Keith- Johnston 

Eve Gwen Ffrangcon-Davies 

The Serpent Caroline Keith 

Cain Scott Sunderiand 

" THE GOSPEL OF THE BROTHERS 
BARNABAS " 

19 FEBRUARY, 1924 

Franklyn Barnabas Wallace Evennett 

Conrad Barnabas Frank Moore 

The Parlourmaid Margaret Chatwin 

The Rev. William Haslara Cedric Hardwicke 

Savvy Barnabas Eileen Beldon 

Joyce Burge Leo Carroll 

Lu'bin Osmund Willson 

" THE THING HAPPENS " 

20 FEBRUARY, 1924 

Burge-Lubin (President of British Isles) 

Terence O'Brien 

Barnabas ( Accountant-General) Frank Moore 

Voice of Telephone Operator Phyllis Shand 

Confucius (Chief Secretary) Paul Smythe 

Negress (Minister of Health) Chris Castor 

Archbishop of York Cedric Hardwicke 

Mrs. Lutestring (Domestic Minister) 

Margaret Chatwin 

"THE TRAGEDY OF AN ELDERLY 

GENTLEMAN " 

21 FEBRUARY, 1924 

The Eldeily Gentleman Scott Sunderiand 

Fusima Caroline Keith 

Zozim Albert Ingle 

Zoo Eileen Beldon 

General Aufsteig (Napoleon) Osmund Willson 

The Oracle Evelyn Hope 

Badger-Bluebin (The British Envoy) 

Melville Cooper 

Mrs. Badger-Bluebin Louise de Lacy 

Miss Badger-Bluebin Phyllis Shand 

" AS FAR AS THOUGHT CAN REACH " 

22 FEBRUARY, 1924 

Strephon Osmund Willson 

Chloe Yvette Pienne 

He-Ancient Cedric Hardwicke 

Acis Raymond Huntley 

She-Ancient Caroline Keith 

Amaryllis Gwen Ffrangcon-Davies 

Ecrasia Frances Doble 

Arjillax Albert Ingle 

Martellus Terence O'Brien 

Pygmalion Colin Keith- Johnston 

Ozymandias Scott Sunderiand 

Cleopatra-Semiramis Evelyn Hope 

Ghost of Adam Colin Keith- Johnston 

Ghost of Eve Gwen Ffrangcon-Davies 

Ghost of Cain Scott Sunderiand 

Ghost of the Serpent Caroline Keith 

Ghost of Lilith Margaret Chatwin 



Play produced by ALLAN WADE 



The whole produced by H. K. AYLIFF 



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SYNOPSIS OF PLAYBILLS 



PBfflCE'S 
IS FEBRUARY, 1924 
* "EUDDIGOBE" 

Opera by W. S. GILBERT ; music by 
ARTHUR SULLIVAN 

Sir Ruthven (disguised as Robin Oakapple) 

H. A. Lytton 

Richard Dauntless Charles Goulding 

Sir Despard Leo Sheffield 

A-Iam Goodheart Joseph Griffin 

Sir Roieric Darrell Fancourt 

Rose Alaybud Elsie Griffin 

Mad Margaret Eileen Sharp 

Dame Hannah Bertha Lewis 

Zorah Hilary Davies 

Ruth Kathleen Anderson 



CRITERION 

19 FEBRUARY, 1924 
"THE AUDACIOUS MR. SQUIRE" 

A plav, in thr^e acts, by SIDNEY BOWKETT and 

ELIOT STANNARD 

Tom Squire Bromley Challenor 

Morton Evelyn Roberts 

Bessie Smallwood Enid Cooper 

Stanley Pitt Raymond Massey 

Constance Smallwood Grizelda Hervey 

Henry Small wood, J.P C. M. Lowne 

John' Howard Fewlass Llewellyn 

Edgar Howard Hugh Sinclair 

Jupp Herbert Vyvyan 

Garbett Escott Robson 

Bates Jack H. Vyvyan 

Reynolds Andrew Churchman 

Play produced by REGINALD BACH 

THE OLD VIC 

20 FEBRUARY, 1924 

"FAUST" 

A new version of Goethe's tragedy by GRAHAM 
and TRISTAN RAWSON 

Raphael Wilfrid Walter 

Gabriel Molly Francis 

Michael John Laurie 

Mephistopheles George Hayes 

The Voice 

Faust Ion Swinley 

Wagner Reyner Barton 

A Young Peasant (with song) Robert Glennie 

An Old Peasant Victor Lewisohn 

AScholar D. Hay Petrie 

Frosch Hilton Edwards 

Siebel Henry Cohen 

Altmeyer John Maclean 

Brander Ernest Meads 

He-Ape Neil Curtis 

She-Ape Guy Martineau 

The Witch Ray Litvin 

Margaret Jane Bacon 

Martha Ethel Harper 

Elizabeth Dorice Fordred 

Valentine Wilfrid Walter 

Evil Spirit Jean Downs 

Ignis Fatuus D. Hay Petrie 

Lynceus Oswald Skilbeck 

A Wayfarer Victor Lewisohn 

First Mighty Comrade Kingsley Baker 

Want Grace Keyte 



Care jeacDcvvn 

Guilt Dorothy Druce 

Misery R a v Litvin 

First Lemur Hilton Edwards 



Penitents, 



C Doris Westwood 
. 4 Grace 



. _jace Keyte 
| Doris Kealy 
Mater Gloriosa Frances St. Barbe West 

Play produced by ROBERT ATKINS 

STRAND 

23 FEBRUARY, 1924 

* " MONSIEUR BEAUCAIRE " 

Romantic comedy, in four acts, by 
BOOTH TARKINGTON and MRS. E. G. SUTHERLAND 

Monsieur Beaucaire Gerald Lawrence 

The Duke of Winterset Philip Hewland 

Mr. Rakell Oliver Johnston 

Beau Nash J. Fisher White 

Major Molmeux Stanley Vine 

Lord Townbrake Clarence Hurst 

Mr. Bicksit George de Lara 

Mr. Bantison Gerald Saffery 

Captain Badger Charles Kean 

The Marquis de Mirepoix Geoffrey Chate 

Francois Geoffrey Chate 

Lucy Rellerton Anna Russell 

Lady Mary Carlisle Madge Compton 

Play produced by EDWARD RIGBY 

KCNGrSWAY 

25 FEBRUARY, 1924 

" KATE ; or, Love Will Find Out the Way " 

A fantastic ballad-opera in two acts ; 
lyrics selected and adapted by F. G, WESTON ; 
music arranged and composed by 
GERRARD WILLIAMS 

Kate Sylvester Marjorie Gordon 

Deborah Maydew Natalie Lynn 

Abigail Swayne Cyllene Moxon 

Hester Swayne Noelle Spnning 

Hannah Maydew Nellie Briercliffe 

Fanny Findon Sunday Wilshin 

Patty Frant Hilda Hoyes 

Sally Besom Louise Wmttock 

Ruth Maydew Marjorie Shoosmith 

The Ballad Singer Mavis Bennett 

Diana, Lady Bagstow Sydney Fairbrother 

Jack Manley Gregory Stroud 

Joe Gunnel Rupert Bruce 

Larry Lightfoot Newman Willis 

Timothy Maydew Sidney Groom 

The Constable Eric Lewis 

The Footman Jack E. Timrns 

Christopher Gunnel Monica Disney 

Martin Kelson Horace Witty 

Sir Gregory Galhouse, Bart Percy Parsons 

Jack-in-the-Green James Topping 

Simon Maydew Donald Osborne 

Ben Bobstay Frederick Ranalow 

ALDWYCH 

24 FEBRUARY, 1924 
"THE DAEK LITTLE PEOPLE" 

A comedy of the Welsh Tribes by 

JOHN OSWALD FRANCIS 
Presented by THE REPERTORY PLAYERS 

Seth Prilcliard Tristan Rawson 

Teleri Thomas Gipsy Ellis 



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John Pritchard Frank Vosper 

Rebecca Pritchard Elspeth Dudgeon 

Sarah Pritchard Xorah Nicholson 

Dai Williams Fred O'Donovan 

Mary Ellen Buena Bent 

Shenkin Morris George Morgan 

Dicky Bach DwI Harold Scott 

Rachael Parry Susan Ciaughtpn 

Powell Douglas Jeffries 

Olwen Evans Kathleen Blake 

Griff Hughes William Kershaw 

Dilys Davies June Wyndham 

Professor Hughes-Lewis Raymond Massey 

Play produced by GEORGE MORGAN 

GAKBICK 

2 MARCH, 1924 
"BIRDS OP PREY*' 

A play, in one act, by LYDDON SURRA.--E 
Presented by THE SUNDAY PLAYERS 

Snoop Frank Irish 

Angela Carrington Madge Brmdiey 

Gladys Ca> rington Beatrix Templeton 

Percy Meech Geoffrey \Vincott 

James Hodge Arthur Ewart 

Sarah Hodse Irene Sinclair 

Josiah Datchett Cedric Whyte 

Caroline Binstead .Mrs. A. E. Drinkwater 

Abel Penayweather J. Drew-Carran 

Play produced by ARTHUR EW-VRT 

"REPRISALS" 
A play, in three acts, by CHRISTOPHER ELMWAS 

Captain Tresbar Arthur Treacher 

JackFoster Robin Irvine 

Mrs. Woollett Dora Gregory 

Dr. Foster Frank E. Petley 

Sheila Sylvia Willoughby 

Simpson Margaret Nicholls 

A Maid Prudence Russell 

Vera D'Albery Madge Burbage 

Major Fortnee, V.C Gordon Richards 

Claire Plantaganet Mabel Twemlo vv 

Play produced by HENRY HALLATT 

PRINCE'S 

3 MARCH, 1924 

* "PRINCESS IDA" 

Opera by W. S. GILBERT : 
music by ARTHUR SULLIVAN 

King Hildebrand Joseph Griffin 

Hilarion Charles Goulding 

Cyril Loe Damton 

Florian Sydney Granville 

King Gama Henry A. Lytton 

Arac Darrell Fancourt 

Guron. Henry Blam 

Scynthius Charles Leslie 

Princess Ida Winiired Lawson 

Lady Blanche Bertha Lewis 

Lady Psyche Kathleen Anderson 

Melissa . .Eileen Sharp 

LYCEUM 

5 MARCH, 1924 

"UNDER HIS PROTECTION" 
A play, in four acts, by ANDREW EMM 

Don Delago , , Young Buffalo 

Father Pius , William Lugg 



Brother Andria Arnold Winters 

Juan A. Griffiths 

Don Lirgo? E. W. Bretton 

Don Daro Jefferson Gore 

Captain General Fred Morgan 

Don Mallistas Ray Wallace 

Carello Bert White 

Petro S. J. Chapman 

Valario Francesca Sylviaz 

Benito Jackie Montgomery 

Carmencita Dora Dare 

Floss Knight Sybil Artmdale 

Pablo Pete Simpson 

Jake Harry Elliston 

China Chink Bertie Wright 

Herska Waxnbai Chief Eagle Elk 

Pech-Necala Black Calf 

Sapa J. Frarusso 

Blue Sky Ca'aska 

Running'Stream Tan tana Wyossa 

Rubba Wamba Red Eagle 

Dawn By Himself 

Rose Deering Cynthia Gordon 

Play produced by WALTER and 
" FREDERICK MELVILLE. 



ST. MARTIN'S 
6 MARCH, 1924 

"THE FOREST" 
A play, in four acts, by JOHN GALSWORTHY 

Tregay Nicholas Hannen 

Farreil J. H. Roberts 

Adrian Bastaple Franklyn Dyall 

Lord Elderleigh A. Carlaw Grand 

Stanforth Campbell Gullan 

Paul Revers Felix Aylmer 

Robert Beton Edward Irwin 

Baron Zimbosch Edward Rigby 

John Strood Leslie Banks 

Samway William E. Hallman 

Herrick John HoweJl 

Amina Hermione Baddeley 

Sadig David Hallam 

Captain Lockyer Ian Hunter 

Dr. Franks H. R. Hignett 

James Collie Campbell Gullan 

Mahmoud Qwashie 

Samenda Felix Aylmer 

Play produced by BASIL DEAN 



ADELPHI 

8 MARCH, 1924 
* "DIPLOMACY" 

A play, in four acts, originally adapted by 

CLEMENT SCOTT and B. C. STEPHEKSON from 

VICTORIES SARDOU'S " Dora " 

Henry Beauclerc Dawson Milward 

Julian Beauclerc Owen Nares 

Count Orloff Boris Ranevsky 

Baron Stein Nonnan Forbes 

Algy Fairfax Muni Moncrieff 

Antoine. Tony Jowitt 

Sheppard Herbert Ross 

Lady Henry Fairfax Lady Tree 

Marquise de Rio Zares Annie Schletter 

Countess Zicka Irene Browne 

Mion Madge Snell 

Dora Gladys Cooper 



Play produced by GERALD DU MAURIER 



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GAERICK 
10 MARCH, 1924 

* "A SCEAPE 0' THE PEN" 

A comedy, in three acis, by GRAHAM MGFFATT 

Fbra M'Gilp Jean Clyde 

Epp;e Oliphant In-flis .Margaret Neescn 

Seeaie Ssot: Mattin MacLeilan 

Agaes Winifred Willard 

Mrs. Baikie Nan Taylor 

Geordie Pow Georse \V. Simes 

Hugh Meazies David Clyde 

Shepherd W. S. Stevenson 

Leezie Inglis Mrs. Graham Moffatt 

Mattha Inglis Graham iloSatt 

Jean Menzies Winifred Mofiatt 

Miss Pringle Belle Russell 

Peter Dalkeith Jimmie Lennie 

Taffy Knot Jean Wilson 

Alec* Inglis A. \\ . Thompson 

Play produced by GRAHAM MOFFATT 



APOLLO 
13 MARCH 1924 
"THE FAKE" 
A play In three acts, by FREDERICK LONSDALE 

Heskeih Pointer, M.P Rothbury Evans 

Sir Thomas Moorgate, M.D Hesketh Pearson 

Ernest Stan ton, M.P Allan Jeayes 

Clifford Hope Francis Lister 

Mrs. Besketh Pointer .Helen Have 

Mavis Muriel Alexander 

Mrs. Stanton Henrietta Watson 

The Hon. Gerrard Piilick Franklyn Bellamy 

Watkins J. Smith Wright 

Geoffrey Sands Godfrey Tearle 

A Parlourmaid Josephine Dixon 

A Waitress Una O'Connor 

Play produced by GODFREY TEARLE 
in association with MARLOWE, I TD. 



PRINCE'S 

10 MARCH, 1924 

* "THE GONDOLIERS" 

Comic opera by W. S. GILBLRT ; 

music by ARTHUR SULLIVAN 

Duke of Plaza Toro Henry A. Lytton 

Luiz - Henry Miilidge 

Don Alhambra Leo Sheffield 

Marco Sidney- Pointer 

Giuseppe Sydney Granville 

Antonio Ivan'J. Menzies 

Francesco Herbert Aitken 

Giorgio Charles Leslie 

Aanibalo T. Peary Hughes 

Duchess of Plaza 1 oro Bertha Lewis 

Casilda Winifred Lawson 

Gianetta Elsie Griffin 

Tessa Eileen Sharp 

Fiametta Kathleen Anderson 

Vittoria Renee Cadell 

Giulia Aileen Davies 

Ines Anna Bethel! 

COUET 

11 MARCH, 1924 
"THE FARMER'S WIFE" 

A comedy, in three acts, by EDEN PHILLFOTTS 

Churdles Ash Cedric Hardwicke 

Araminta Dench Evelyn Hope 

Thirza Tapper Maud Gill 

Samuel Sweetland Melville Cooper 

Sibley Sweetland Phyllis Shand 

George Smerdon Colin Keith -Johnston. 

Petronell Sweetland Eileen Beldon 

Richard Coaker Scott Sunderland 

Louisa Windeatt Margaret Chatwin 

Susan Maine Iris Kember 

Sarah Smerdon Amy Veness 

Sophie Smerdon Baby Love 

TeddySmerdon Evelyn Turner 

Valiant Dunnybrig Paul Smythe 

Dr. Rundle. . ." Frank Moore 

Mrs. Rundle Yvette Pienne 

Henry Coaker Wallace Evennett 

Mary Hearn Isabel Thornton 

The Rev. Septimus Tudor Raymond Huntley 

The Hon. Mrs. Tudor Frances Doble 



PALLADIUM 

14 MARCH, 1924 

"THE WHIRL OF THE WORLD " 

A revue by ALBERT DE COURVILLE, 

EDGAR WALLACE, and WILLIAM K. WELLS ; 

music by FREDERICK CHAPPELLE 

Billy Merson Nellie Wallace 

Walter Williams Norah Delaney 

Fred Groves Ethel Hook 

Neryo and Knox Nattova and Myrio 

Leslie Sarony Hilda Denton 

Revue produced by ALBERT DE COURVILLE 



STRAND 

16 MARCH, 1924 
"THE ADDING MACHINE" 

A play, in seven scenes, by ELMER L. RICE 
Presented by THE STAGE SOCIETY 

Mr. Zero Brember Wills 

Mrs. Zero Louise Hampton 

Daisy Diana Dorothea Devore Edith Evans 

The Boss Fewlass Llewellyn 

Mr. One Andrew Leigh 

Mrs. One Louise Holbrook 

Mr. Two J. Adrian Byrne 

Mrs. Two Margaret Manning 

Mr. Three Raymond Massey 

Mrs. Three Ann Desmond 

Mr. Four Lawrence Ireland 

Mrs. Four Juliet Mansel 

Mr. Five A. Corney Grain 

Mrs. Five Honor Bright 

Mr.Six Walter Schofield 

Mrs. Six Muriel Dole 

Policeman Bert Evremon.de 

JudyO'Grady Olive Sloane 

Young Man Raymond Massey 

Shrdlu Harold Scott 

A Head J. Adrian Byrne 

Lieutenant Charles Roy Byford 

Joe Andiew Leigh 

Play produced by A. E. FILMER 



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EVERYMAN 

17 MARCH. 1924 

"YOUNG EHESON" 

A comedy, in three acts, by JAMES R. GREGSON 

Kenneth Imeson Frank Freeman 

Lama Imeson Louise Hampton 

Harry Clough Philip Wade 

Joan Merrill. Dorothy Holmes-Gore 

Andrew Wetheredge James R. Gregson 

Asenath Wagstafi Margaret Watson 

Nathan Wagstafi George Merritt 

Joe Smith J. Hubert Leslie 

Bella Buckley Nadine March 

Jackson Pinnef ether Cecil Cameron 

Clifford Charles Rider 

Play produced by NORMAN MACDERMOTT 



IITTLE 

18 MARCH, 1924 
" SECOM) LITTLE REVUE STARTS AT HIKE " 

By HAROLD SIMPSON, REGINALD ARKELL, 
and DOUGLAS PURSER : music by SYDNEY BAYNES 



Jack Hulbert 
Thomas Weguelin 
Harold French 
Bobby Howes 
Herbert Darsey 



Cicely Courtneidge 
Nancy Atkin 
Marie Arnold 
Muriel Montrose 
Celia Glynn 



Revue produced by JACK HULBERT 

QUEEN'S 

19 MARCH, 1924 
''CONCfflTA" 

A romantic drama by EDWARD KNOBLOCK 

Lorenzo Miles Malleson 

Tio Miguel Charles Groves 

Ben Tristan Rawson 

Affrodita Barbara Gptt 

Don Pablo Lyn Harding 

Conchita Tallulah Bankhead 

La Rubia Mary Clare 

Pepito Clifford Mollison 

Play produced by BASIL DEAN 

LONDON HIPPODROME 

20 MARCH, 1924 
"LEAP YEAR" 

A revue by LAURI WYLIE : lyrics by 
CLIFFORD HARRIS ; music by HERMAN FINCK 

George Robey | Betty Chester 



Laddie Cliff ' 



Maud Fane 



Revue produced by JULIAN WYLIE 
and Gas SOHLKE 



SAVOY 

21 MARCH, 1924 
" BLINKERS " 

A comedy, in three acts, by 
HORACE ANNESLEY VACHELL and LEON M. LION 

Barbara Issell Alice O'Day 

Amos Sydney Murrey 

Adam Issell Horace I~ " 



Miles Purdie Tan Fleming 

Miianda Renee Kelly 

Ralph Somervell Ronald Simpson 

Mrs. Merrytree Mary Jerrold 

Emily Kathleen Cope 

Rev. Alfred Merrytree Cecil Fowler 

Col. Somervell. . ." C. V. France 

Mrs. Somervell Molly Tompkins 

Play produced by LEON M. LION 



ALDWYGE 

23 MARCH, 1924 

!EHE CONQUERING HERO" 

A play, in four acts, by ALLAN MONKHOUSE 

Presented by THE PLAY ACTORS 

Margaret Iredale Florence Buckton 

Helen Thorburn Joyce Kennedy 

Captain Francis Iredale Claud Allister 

Christopher Rokeby Nicholas Hannen 

Stephen Rokeby Perceval Clark 

Dakin Alan Stevenson 

Colonel Rokeby Reginald Dance 

Sir John Romer J. Smith Wright 

Lady Romer Isobel Ohmead 

A German Soldier % . . .Hugh Higson 

Megson Frank Allanby 

A Prussian Officer Alexander Sarner 

Perkins A. Corney Grain 

Play produced by MILTON ROSMER 



THE OLD VIC 

24 MARCH, 1924 
* "CORIOLANTJS" 

Tragedy by WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE 

Caius Marcius, afterwards Caius Marcus 
Coriolanus ...................... Ion Swinley 

Titus Lartius ..................... John Maclean 

Cominius ....................... Reyner Barton 

Menenius Agrippa ................ Wilfrid Walter 

Sicinius Velutus ................. . . .John Laurie 

Junius Brutus .................... Ernest Meads 

Young Marcius .................. Evelyn Neilson 

Tullus Aufidius ......... . ......... George Hayes 

( Ronald Nicholson 
Conspirators ................ K Hilton Edwards 

( Robert Glenn ie 
A Volscian Senator ............... Arthur Blanch 

1st Roman Citizen ................ D. Hay Petrie 

2nd Roman Citizen ........... Douglas Mattinson 

3rd Roman Citizen ................ Henry Cohen 

A Roman ^Edile .................. Michael Watts 

First Roman Officer ........... Kingsley Baker 

Second Roman Officer ............ Robert Glennie 

A Roman Senator, . ............... Claude Ricks 

First Volscian Serving-man ........... Neil Curtis 

Second Volscian Serving-man ...... Guy Martineau 

Third Volscian Serving-man ........ John Maclean 

Two Volscian Guards ......... 



Volumnia ....................... Hutin Britton 

Virgilia ...................... Florence Saunders 

Valeria ............................ Jane Bacon 

Gentlewoman .................. Doris Westwood 



Play produced by ROBERT ATKINS 



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PRINCE'S 

24 MARCH, 1924 

* "TRIAL BY JOEY" 

By W. S. GILBERT and ARTHUR SULLIVAN 

judge Leo Sheffield 

Counsel Henry Miliidge 

Defendant Leo Darnton 

Foreman Penry Hughes 

Usher Sydney Granville 

Associate " - Ivan Menzies 

Plaintiff Kathleen Anderson 

First Bridesmaid Aileen Davies 

* "THE PIRATES OF PENZANCE." 

Comic opera by W. S. GILBERT ; 
music by ARTHUR SULLIVAN 

Major-General Henry A. Lytton 

Pirate King Darrell Fancourt 

Samuel Joseph Griffin 

Frederic Charles Goulding 

Sergeant of Police Leo Sheffield 

Mabel Elsie Griffin 

Edith Aileen Davies 

Kate Renee Cadell 

Isabel Hilary Davies 

Ruth Bertha Lewis 



NEW 

26 MARCH, 1924 
" SAINT JOAN " 

A chronicle play, in six scenes and an epilogue, by 
G. BERNARD SHAW 

Robert de Baudricourt Shayle Gardner 

Steward Francis Hope 

Joan Sybil Thorndike 

Bertrand de Poulengy Victor Lewisohn 

Archbishop of Rheims Robert Cunningham 

La Tremouille, Constable of France. Bruce Winston 

Court Page Sam Pickles 

Gilles de Rais (Bluebeard) Milton Rosmer 

Captain La Hire Raymond Masse y 

The Dauphin (later Charles VII) . . .Ernest Thesiger 

The Duchesse de la Tremouille Beatrice Smith 

Dunois, Bastard of Orleans Robert Horton 

Dunois's Page Jack Hawkins 

Richard de Beauchamp, Earl of Warwick 

E. Lyall Swete 

Chaplain de Stogumber Lewis T. Casson 

Peter Cauchon, Bishop of Beauvais. Eugene Leahy 

Warwick's Page Sidney Bromley 

The Inquisitor O. B. Clarence 

D'Estivet, Canon of Bayeux Raymond Massey 

De Courcelles, Canon of Paris Francis Hope 

Brother Martin Ladvenu Lawrence Anderson 

The Executioner Victor Lewishon 

An English Soldier Kenneth Kent 

A Gentleman Matthew Forsyth 

Play produced by LEWIS CASSON 
under the direction of the Author 

COMEDY 

27 MARCH, 1924 
"FAR ABOVE RUBIES" 

A comedy, in three acts, by ALFRED SUTRO 

Clara Kitty Gordon Lee 

Ruth Tedcastle Marie L6hr 

Freda Fortnum Joyce Carey 



Sir Charles Haggerstcn A. Bromley-Davenport 

Lady Messilent Marie Tempest 

Benjamin Trevor, M.P Ralph Forbes 

Constantine Tedcastle Herbert Marshall 

Miss Tomlyn Grace \\ilson 

Richards Mervyn Johns 

Mr. Martindale E. Vivian Reynolds 

Sir Algernon Ambrose Robert Minster 

Parker Evelyn Roberts 

Play produced by STANLEY BELL 



REGENT 

30 MARCH, 1924 

* "KING LEAR" 

Tragedy by WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE 

Presented by THE PHCESLX SOCIETY 

Lear, King of Britain Hubert Carter 

King of France Charles Carson 

Duke of Burgundy Grcsvenor North 

Duke of Cornwall Eugene Leahy 

Duke of Albany Tristan Rawson 

Earl of Gloster Frank Cochrane 

Earl of Kent Frank Celn'er 

Edgar Duncan Yarrow 

Edmund Henry Oscar 

Curan Walter Schofield 

Doctor Orlando Barnett 

Fool Leon Quartermaine 

Steward to Goneril Alexander Sarner 

A Knight Fred O'Donovan 

Old Man A. Comey Grain 

Goneril Constance Robertson 

Regan Stella Arbenina 

Cordelia Gwen Ffrangcon-Davies 

Play produced by ALLAN WADE 

ALDWYCH 

30 MARCH, 1924 

"THE PUPPET SHOW" 

A play, in four acts, by HARRY WALL 

Presented by THE REPERTORY PLAYERS 

Maggie Hilton Elspeth Dudgeon 

Annie Wainwnght Minnie Rayner 

Thomas Wainwnght Campbell Gullan 

Teddy Hilton Gerald Andersen 

Dinah Hilton Dorothy Overend 

Emily Hilton Louise Hampton 

Bella Esme Hubbard 

Maurice Dean Claud Allister 

John Hilton Douglas Jeffries 

Wood Reginald Gosse 

Foster Leo G, Carroll 

Play produced by LEO G. CARROLL 



PRINCE'S 
31 MARCH, 1924 
* "PATIENCE" 

Comic opera by W. S. GILBERT ; 
music by ARTHUR SULLTVAN 

Colonel Calverley Darrell Fancourt 

Major Murgatroyd .- J. Ivan Menzies 

Lieut, the Duke of Dunstable Sidney Pointer 

Reginald Bunthorne Henry A. Lytton, 

Archibald Grosvenor Sydney Granville 

Mr. Bunthorne's Solicitor .Harry Arnold 



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The Lady Angela Eileen Sharp 

The Lady Saphir Renee Cadell 

The Lady Ella Elsie Griffin 

The Lady Jane Bertha Lewis 

Patience Winifred Lawson 



AMBASSADORS 

1 APRIL, 1924 
"COLLUSION" 

A comedy, in three acts, by J. E. HAROLD TERRY 

Heatly Mary Forrester 

Wing-Commander Ridgewell, D.S.O., D.F.C. 

Hugh Wakefield 

Major Wibley, M.C S. J. Wanmngton 

Owen Ffolliott Brian Gilmour 

Diana Ridgewell Iris Hoey 

Mr. Archer Allan Aynesworth 

Play produced by ALLAN AYNESWORTH 

(JAREICK 

2 APRIL, 1924 
"SUSIE KNOTS THE STRINGS" 

A play, in four acts, by GRAHAM MOFFATT 

Jeems Gibb Graham Moffatt 

Wull Todd Jimmie Lennie 

Tammas Biggar at age of 26 Geo. W. Simes 

Rev. Malcolm Hislop David Clyde 

Nannie Ormiston Winifred Moffatt 

George Dalrymple A. W. Thompson 

Susie Simpson Mrs. Graham Moffatt 

Lizanne Jean Clyde 

Bunty Biggar Margaret Neeson 

Sarah Glen Jean Wilson 

Play produced by GRAHAM MOFFATT 

QUEEN'S 

3 APRIL, 1924 

* " THE CONQUERING HERO " 

A play, in four acts, by ALLAN MONKHOUSE 

Margaret Iredale Florence Buckton 

Helen Thorburn Joyce Kennedy 

Captain Francis Iredale Austin Trevor 

Christopher Rokeby Nicholas Hannen 

Stephen Rokeby Perceval Clark 

Dakin Alan Stevenson 

Colonel Rokeby Frank Atherley 

Sir John Romer Edward Rigby 

Lady Romer Margaret Carter 

A German Soldier Hugh Higson 

Megson Frank Allanby 

A Prussian Officer Austin Trevor 

Perkins A. Corney Grain 

Play produced by MILTON ROSMER 

EVERYMAN 
4 APRIL, 1924 
"MONICA" 

A comedy, in three acts, by ERNEST CECIL 

Coleman Granville Darling 

Mary > Phyllis Morris 

Muriel Allenby Louise Hampton 

Madeline St. John Browne Maud Jolliffe 

Monica St. John Browne Dorothy Holmes-Gore 

The Earl of Dexter, , , Reginald Denham 



Philip Daneside, K.C., M.P Ivan Samson 

The Rev. Herbert Clegg George Merritt 

Arthur St. John Browne Brember Wills 

Head Alexander Field 

A Girl Nora Nicholson 

Play produced by NORMAN MACDERMOTT 



ROYALTY 

5 APRIL, 1924 

" POLLY PREFERRED " 

A play, in three acts, by GUY BOLTON 

Jimmie Eileen Wilson 

Waiter at the c> Automat " Owen Flower 

Polly Brown Justine Johnstone 

Joe Rutherford James Carew 

Bob Cooley Ted Trevor 

Mr. X E. Stwind 

Owen Kennedy Eddie Morris 

Pierre Jones Ernest Leeman 

Sophie Frances Doble 

Harold Nathan Nathan Natoff 

Morris David Burns 

Crawford Boswell Reginald Dane 

Baker Eddie Gilday 

Farelly Herbert Ballard 

Kito Ken Yanaguchi 

Play produced by DION TITHERADGE 



SHAFTESBURY 

10 APRIL, 1924 

" A PERFECT FIT " 

A play, in three acts, by ARTHUR WIMPERIS 
and HARRY M. VERNON 

(Freely adapted from the play by 
GABRIEL DREGELY) 

Thomas Gray Ernest Hendrie 

Sydney Arthur Cleave 

Stewart Alick Chumley 

Pettigrew Ernest Milton 

Mary Gray Dorothy Tetley 

Robert Bassett Francis Lister 

Wichelow Cyril Twyford 

Sir Albert Parvin Morton Selten 

Lady Parvin Rosemary Cony 

Mr. Cattestock Ernest Mainwaring 

Mrs. Cattestock Lydia Bilbrooke 

Stella Parvin Mabel Stewart 

Vane Edward Scott-Gatty 

Sir Rupert Gresley Terence Downing 

Col. Dudgeon George Elton 

Mr. Kettering James Lindsay 

Mrs. Armitage Isabel Jeans 

Matthew Cragg Tom Reynolds 

Doddles Beaumont Ewart Scott 

Footman J. Collins 

Parker Clifford Desboro 

Commissionaire Herbert Barrs 

Page Boy Willie Goodchild 

Williams J. Edward Martin 

Ex-Inspector Dane Sydney T. Pease 

McLean Alex. G. Hunter 

D'Arcy Thomas Pauncefort 



Play produced by FELIX EDWARDES 



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SAVOY 
12 APRIL, 1924 

* ^BREWSTEE'S MILLIONS " 

A comedy, in four acts, by BYRON ONGLEV 
and WINCHELL* SMITH 

Monty Brewster Percy Hutchison 

Joseph McCloud Frank Lacy 

Charlie Harrison R. Claude Pascoe 

Frank Bragdon Frank Henry 

Archie Gelding Ronald Simpson 

Tommy Smith Arthur Gouiietts 

Horace Pettingill A. Miller 

Rawles (Butler) The Lord Lyveden 

Mr. Grant (of Grant & Ripley) Walter H. Dibb 

Colonel Drew Gerard Clifton 

Office Boy Terence De Marney 

Swearengen Jones Edward Batt 

Mons. Bargie H. Saxon Snell 

Captain Perry Geo. Raven 

Mrs. Dan de Mille Lilias Earle 

Miss Janice Armstrong Kate Carew 

Miss Barbara Drew Eleanor Street 

Miss Trixie Clayton Nina Oidfield 

Miss Boynton . ". Joan Chaloner 

Miss Gray (Peggy) Betty Nelson 

Play produced by PERCY HUTCHISON 



STRAND 

13 APRIL, 1924 

* "MEASURE FOE MEASURE" 

Tragedy by WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE 

Presented by THE FELLOWSHIP OF PLAYERS 

Vincentio W. Earle Grey 

Angelo Ernest Milton 

Escalus Cecil Brooking 

Claudio Duncan Yarrow 

Lticio Baliol Holloway 

Provost Philip Desborough 

Elbow Wallace Evennett 

Froth J. Leslie Frith 

Pompey Andrew Leigh 

Barnardine Colin Ashdown 

Isabella Grizelda Hervey 

Mariana Mary Barton 

Juliet Nancy Harker 

Mistress Overdone Helena Millais 

Play produced by ANDREW LEIGH 



PRINCE'S 

14 APRIL, 1924 

* "THE MIKADO" 

Comic opera by W. S. GILBERT ; 
music by ARTHUR SULLIVAN 

The Mikado of Japan Darrell Fancourt 

Nanki-Poo Leo Darn ton 

Ko-Ko Henry A. Lytton 

Pooh-Bah Leo Sheffield 

Pish-Tush Sydney Granville 

Yum- Yum Winifred Lawson 

Pitti-Sing Eileen Sharp 

Peep-Bo Aileen Davies 

Katisha Bertha Lewis 



GAIETY 
16 APRIL, 1024 
"OUR NELL" 

A musical play, in three acts, by Louis N. PARKER 

and REGINALD ARKELL ; music by 
HAROLD FRASER-SIMSOK and IVOR NOVELLO ; 

lyrics by HARRY GRAHAM 

Charles II Arthur Wontner 

Tom Miles Robert Michaeiis 

Jericho Mardyke Walter Passrnore 

Timothy. ..." Miles Malleson 

Duke ol Buckingham Kingsley Lark 

Old Soldier Reginald Bach 

Ear! of Rochester Sanders Warren 

William Edward Darcy 

Irish Dancer Espmosa 

De Croissy Walter Lindsay 

Prudence Mardyke Amy Augarde 

Mary Faith Bevan 

Louise de Kerouailles Muriel Pope 

Rose Barbara Deane 

Daisy Kathleen Darcy 

Nell Gwynne Jose Collins 

Play produced by ARTHUR BOXJRCHIER 



LYCEUM 

17 APRIL, 1924 
"HER MARKET PRICE" 

Play, in three acts, by FRANCES NORDSTROM 

Vere Hamilton Lauderdale Maitland 

Anthony Davis Peter Upcher 

Richard Brooks Ivan Samson 

Harvey Durant D. A. Clarke-Smith 

Nancy Durant Jessie Winter 

Kitty Maynard Buena Bent 

Evans Richard Fonting 

Bernice Hamilton Phyllis Relph 

Claudia Barton Violet Graham 

Policeman Garry Grenville Darling 

Policeman Murphy E. Seymour 

Inspector Nolan Kenneth Carlisle 

Adams Henry Williams 

Sawyer Charles Moore 

Play produced by WALTER and 
FREDERICK MELVILLE 



CRITERION 

19 APRIL, 1924 
" CARTOONS " 

A revue by MORRIS HARVEY, HAROLD SIMPSON, 
and TOM WEBSTER ; music by NAT. D. AVER 



Morris Harvey 
Reginald Sharland 
Frank Hector 
Stafford Hilliard 



Cicely Debenham 
Greta Fayne 
Phyllis Harding 
Marion Peake 



Revue produced by DION TITHERADGE 

WINTER GARDEN 

21 APRIL, 1924 
* "TO-NIGHT'S THE NIGHT" 

A musical comedy, in two acts, by 
FRED THOMPSON ; music by PAUL A. RUBENS 

Lady Ridgmount Harry Hilliard 

Lady Pussy Preston Dorothy Field 



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Robin Carraway BasilFoster 

Perkins Dorothy Daw 

Angela Lovitt Lovitt SteUa St. Audrie 

Montague Lovitt Lovitt Roy Byford 

Beatrice Carraway Ethel Baird 

Henry Leslie Henson 

June Adrienne Brune 

Pedro Albert Brouett 

Hon. Dudley Mitten George Grossmith 

Victoria Heather Thatcher 

Alphonse Leigh Ellis 

Albert Guy Fane 

Daisy de Men the Sylvia Hawkes 

Policeman Ernest Graham 

Lady Ayice Carlton Molly Vere 

Lady Mimi Skeats Fay Carton 

Edith Tapiow Phyllis Swinburne 

The Hon. Baby Vereker Eileen Seymour 

Yvette La Plage LeliaFarmar 

Miss Pangbourne Monica Noyes 

Miss Canford Cliff Winifred Shotter 

Alice Dorothy Deane 

Play produced by MR. GEORGE GROSSMITH 



WYNDHAM'S 

22 APFIL, 1924 
"TO HAVE THE HONOUR" 

A comedy, in three acts, by A. A. MILNE 

Simon Battersby H. 0. Nicholson 

Angela Faith Celli 

Jennifer Madge Titheradge 

Parlourmaid Doris Cooper 

Captain Holt Basil Loder 

Ethel Holt Una Yenning 

Mrs. Faithfull Grace Lane 

Imogen Faithfull Joan Clement Scott 

Dr. AinsHe Eric Stanley 

Prince Michael Gerald du Maurier 

James Oliver George Penn 

Play produced by GERALD DU MAURIER 



EVERYMAN 

26 APRIL, 1924 

" IN AND OUT " 

A farce, in three acts, by BRANDON FLEMING 

Hercules P. Shooter George Merritt 

Mrs. Hercules P. Shooter Sybil Arundale 

Mr. Shutley Ernest Haines 

Hon. Horace Simminger Claude Beerbohm 

Abraham Lombard E. H. Brooke 

Percival Peregrine Custard Edmond Breon 

Professor Horatio Bowe Clifford Heatherley 

Smedley Alexander Field 

Lt.-Col. Laney Faitour Ben Webster 

Crystal Carey Cecily Byrne 

Mrs. L. Smythe-Smith Gnzelda Hervey 

Hamilton Fortesque Philip Wade 

Robin Hall Reginald Denham 

SirMaximus Leverton, K.C.B Leo G. Carroll 

Maud Leverton Emmie Arthur Williams 

Furniture Dealer's Man Alexander Field 

Archdeacon Milfew A. S. Homewood 

Police Inspector George Merritt 

Play produced by NORMAN MACDERMOTT 



PRINCE'S 

28 APRIL, 1924 

* "H.M.S. PINAFORE" 

Comic opera by W. S. GILBERT ; 

music by ARTHUR SULLIVAN 

SL Joseph Porter Henry A. Lyttc-n 

Captain Corcoran Leo Sheffield 

Ralph Rackstraw Sidney Pointer 

Dick Deadeye Darrell Fancoprt 

Bill Bobstay Sydney Granville 

Bob Beckett T. Penry Hughes 

Josephine Elsie Griffin 

Hebe Eileen Sharp 

Little Buttercup Bertha Lewis 



QUEEN'S 
1 MAY, 1924 

"COME IN" 

A revue by HARRY GRATTAN, with music by 
CLAY SMITH 



Clay Smith 
Reggie Purdell 
Reggie Dandy 
Bob Cory 
Gus MacNaughton 
Fred A. Leslie 



Lee White 
Betty Bolton 
Fayette Perry 
Ella Milne 
Billee Lockwood 
Mae Baird 



Revue produced by HARRY GRATTAN 



ROYAL ACADEMY OF 
DRAMATIC ART THEATRE 

4 MAY, 1924 
* "THE DISCOVERY" 

A comedy, in five acts, by FRANCES SHERIDAN ; 
revised by ALDOUS HUXLEY 

Presented by THE THREE HUNDRED CLUB 

Betty Val Hovenden 

Susan Joan Castle 

Lady Medway Dorothy Massingham 

Lord Medway Randle Ayrton 

Sir Harry Flutter Richard Bird 

Footman Ivan Samson 

Loisa Fay Yeatman 

Colonel Medway Andrew Shanks 

Creditor Harold Scott 

Lady Flutter Isabel Jeans 

Sir Anthony Branville Herbert Waring 

Mrs. Knightly Margaret Yarde 

Mrs. Richly Joyce Kennedy 

Play produced by NIGEL PLAYFAIR 



PRINCE'S 

5 MAY, 1924 
* " THE SORCERER " 

Comic opera by W. S. GILBERT ; 
music by ARTHUR SUILIVAN 

Sir Marmaduke Pointdextre Darrell Fancourt 

Alexis Charles Goulding 

Dr. Daly Leo Sheffield 

Notary Joseph Griffin 

John Wellington Wells Henry A. Lytton 

Lady Sangazure Bertha Lewis 

Aline Elsie Griffin 

Mrs. Partlet Anna Bethell 

Constance Eileen Sharp 



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SYNOPSIS OF PLAYBILLS 



DALY'S 

5 MAY, 1924 (mafar.&e} 
"BY CHANCE" 

A play, in one act, by LADY VIOLET GREVILLE 

Captain Chance Harold Anstratfaer 

Hudson Leo Carroll 

Taxi -driver Geoffrey Wrncott 

Peggy Agatha Kentish 

"THE SYBARITE" 

Play by F. KINSEY PEILE 

Carlos de Martinez Ernest Milton 

Major Hall Philip Desborougfa. 

Robert Buxton Arthur Chesney 

Gommissaire of Police Leo Carroll 

Countess Devereus Auriol Lee 

Rosemary Buxton Cecily Byrne 

Felice MarceUe Roche 



PRUfCE'S 

12 MAY, 1924 

* " TEE YEOMEN OP TEE GUARD ' 

Opera by W. S. GILBERT ; 
music by ARTHUR SULLIVAN 

Sir Richard Cholmondeiey Joseph Griffin 

Colonel Fairfax Sidney Pointer 

Sergt. Meryl! Darrell Fancourt 

Leonard Meryl! Leo Darnton 

Jack Point Henry A. Lytton 

Wilfred Shadbolt Leo Sheffield 

First Yeoman Herbert Aitken 

Second Yeoman Henry Millidge 

First Citizen J. Ivan Menzies 

Second Citizen Harry Arnold 

Elsie Maynard Winifred Lawson 

Phcebe Meryll Eileen Sharp 

Dame Carruthers Bertha Lewis 

Kate Elsie Griffin 



COMEDY 

7 MAY, 1924 
"THIS MARRIAGE" 

A play, in four acts, by 
ELIOT CRAWSHAY WILLIAMS 

Vera Farington Cathleen Nesbitt 

Christopher Maitland Herbert Marshall 

James Farington A. Bromley Davenport 

Yvonne Taylor Tallulah Bankhead 

Nan Courtfield Auriol Lee 

Goodson Tom Reynolds 

Play produced by E. HOLMAN CLARK 



SAVOY 

8 MAY, 1924 

* "THE LURE" 

A play in three acts by JAMES SABBEN 

William Roques Evan Thomas 

Philip Cresswell Garry Marsh 

Henry Dane Martin Lewis 

Clement Vascard Cecil Humphreys 

Merritt John McNally 

John Merritt E. Scott Gatty 

Dorothy Cresswell Nancye Kenyon 

Marie Edna Arnold 

Lady Jean Waring Hilda Bayley 

Play produced by THOMAS PAUNCEFORT 



ALDWYCH 

11 MAY, 1924 
A MARRIAGE OP mCONVENIENCE " 

A farcical comedy, in three acts, by HENRY LUSSAC 
Presented by THE REPERTORY PLAYERS 

Mummer Oliver Johnston 

Renee MarceUe Roche 

Walter Tredley Henry Kendall 

Ronnie Fulton Algernon West 

Lady Freebrook Ethel Grimes 

Sir John Freebrook Claud Allister 

Evelyn Tressington Isabel Jeans 

Chambermaid Violet Penule 

Night Porter Forrester Harvey 

Hotel Manager Guy Boulton 

Play produced by REGINALD DENHAM 



SHAJFTESBDRY 

12 MAY, 1924 

"TONI" 

A farcical musical comedy, in three acts, by 

DOUGLAS FURBER and HARRY GRAHAM ; 

music by HUGO HIRSCH 

Anthony Prince (known as Toni) . .Jack Buchanan 

Hector Bobby Blythe 

Tscharkeff Douglas Furber 

Von Koompf Charles Stone 

Prince Paul Fred Groves 

Col. Chance Noel Colne 

Lieut. Holer Edward Jones 

Bilch HastingsLynn 

Miss Andrews Ethel Stewart 

Miss Jamison Beryl Stackard 

Folly Elsie Randolph 

Carnille Veronica Brady 

Princess Stephanie June 

Play produced by HERBERT BRYAN 

THE PLAYHOUSE 

15 MAY, 1924 
"WHITE CARGO" 

A play, in three acts, by LEON GORDON 

The Doctor Horace Hodges 

Weston Franklin Dyall 

Ashley Templer Powell 

The Missionary Frank Lacy 

The Skipper William Matthews 

The Engineer George D. Ayre 

Langford Brian Aherne 

Tondeleyo Mary Clare 

Worthing Treven Grantham 

Jim Fish Chief Luale 

Play produced by IDA MOLESWORTH 

NEW 

18 MAY, 1924 
" MAN AND THE MASSES " 

A fragment of the Social Revolution, in seven 
pictures, by ERNST TOLLER ; translated by 
Louis UNTERMEYER 

Presented by THE STAGE SOCIETY 

First Workman Raymond Massey 

Second Workman Victor Lewisohn 



SYNOPSIS OF PLAYBILLS 



The Woman Sybil Thorndike 

The Man Milton Rosmer 

First Banker Chris. Walker 

Second Banker Fewlass Llewellyn 

Third Banker Bruce Winston 

The Guide Lewis Casson 

The Nameless One George Hayes 

Officer Shayle Gardner 

First Prisoner '. Marie Ault 

Second Prisoner Brasilia Wills 

Workmen, Farm Hands, Prisoners, Sentries etc. 
Play produced by LEWIS T. CASSON 



ALDWYCH 

20 MAY, 1924 (matinee) 
"BEFORE SUNSET" 

A play, in three acts, by NAN MARRIOTT-WATSON 

Bill Smith John McNally 

Rotoiti Lilian Tweed 

" Duke " Grey Frank Vosper 

Chloris Grey Nan Marriott-Watson 

Dr. Fayne Charles Mortimer 

James Garrett Frederick Leister 

Lady Josephine Wycombe Joan Castle 

Sir Cyril Medley. . ." Reginald Denham 

Leon Findlayson E. Watts-Phillips 

Lady Medley Vivienne Whitaker 

Johns Edward S. Petley 

Lord Wycombe Geoffrey Bevan 

Chloris Morgan Nan Marriott-Watson 

Play produced by REGINALD DENHAM 



DUKE OF YORK'S 

21 MAY, 1924 
4 THE PUNCH BOWL" 

A revue in three parts 



Alfred Letter 
Billy Leonard 
Sonnie Hale 



Hermione Baddeley 
iSorah Blaney 
Gwen Farrar" 



Marjorie Spiers 
Revue produced by ARCHIBALD DE BEAR 

BEGEM 

22 MAY, 1924 

"ROMEO AND JULIET" * 

Tragedy by WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE 

Escalus George Manship 

Paris Rex O'Malley 

Montague Grosvenor North 

Capulet Charles Vane 

Romeo John Gielgud 

Mercutio Scott Sunderland 

Benvolio Osmund Willson 

Tybalt Eric Lugg 

Friar Laurence Campbell Gullan 

Friar John Walter Schofield 

Peter Ernest G. Cove 

An Apothecary Eric H. Messiter 

Chorus Gerald Jerome 

Lady Montague Cicely Gates 

Lady Capulet Marie Housley 

Juliet Gwen Ffrangcon-Davies 

Nurse Barbara Gott 

Play produced by H. K. AYLIFF 



EVERYMAN 

23 MAY, 1924 

" TEE TROPIC LIKE " 

A play, in three acts, by NOEL SHAMMON 

Ronald Brandon Randolph McLeod 

Cynthia Warburton Celia Marlow 

Irene Maunsell Mary Forbes 

Jack Chumley Wilfrid Seagram 

Marie ' Doris Dean 

Sir Neville W T arburton Charles Quartermaine 

Lady Warburton Helen Ferrers 

Watkins Claude Graham 

Play produced by NOEL SHAMMON 

ALDWYCH 

25 MAY, 1924 
" TWO WOMEN AND A TELEPHONE " 

Playlet by RICA BROMLEY TAYLOR 
Presented by THE PLAY ACTORS 

Pauline Knight Irene Rooke 

Madge Ashley Sybil Thorndike 

" WIFE TO A FAMOUS MAN " 

An English verson, in two acts, by 
HELEN and HARLEY GRANVILLE-BARKER, 
of a Spanish play by G. MARTINEZ SIERRA 

Mariana Mary Clare 

Sekora Andrea Florence Wood 

The Apprentice Olivia Burleigh 

Carmen Molly Lumley 

Lola Henzie R^eburn 

Julieta Dorothy Hamilton 

Jose Maria Milton Rosmer 

Senor Ramon J. Sebastian Smith 

A Reporter H. R. Hignett 

Senor Julian J. Leslie Frith 

A Postman Douglas Ross 

A Neighbour Raymonde Amy 

Second Neighbour Georgette Thierry 

Plays produced by A. E. FILMER 

CRITERION 

27 MAY, 1924 

* ' THE MASK AND THE PACE " 

A farcical comedy, in three acts, adapted from 
the Italian by C. B. FERNALD 

Pier Zanotti Brember Wills 

The Judge George Merritt 

Delia Fambra Hope Tilden 

Wanda Borelli Jane Graham 

George Almaire Ivan Sampson 

Nina Zanotti Joan Hay 

Luigi Bunghi Michael Sherbrooke 

Franco Spina Leslie Banks 

Savina Grazia Athene Seyler 

Theresa Esme Hubbard 

Count Mario Grazia Frank Cellier 

Play produced by NORMAN MACDERMOTT 

LYCEUM 

28 MAY, 1924 

* "THE MERRY WIDOW" 

A musical comedy in three acts 
Lyrics by ADRIAN Ross ; music by FRANZ LEHAR 

Prince Danilo Carl Brisson 

Marquis de Cascada A. W. Russell 



SYNOPSIS OF PLAYBILLS 



M. de St. Brioche Claude GoodcMId 

General Novikovich Clifford Seyier 

M. Khadja William, Cavanash. 

Nisch W. H. Rawiins 

Walter at Maxim's Edwin Dodds 

Vicomte Canaille de Johdon James Hay 

Baron Popoff George Graves 

Natalie Pamela Baselow 

Olga Barbara Bradfield 

Sylvaine , M. Hier-Evans 

Loio Cecily Quids 

Praskovia Olga Chester 

From Frou Flora "Courtenay 

Sonia Xancie Lovat 

Play produced by FRED J. BLACKMAN 

REGENT 

1 JUNE, 1924 

* "THE OLD BACHELOR" 

Comedy by WILLIAM CONGREVE 
Presented by THE PHCENLX SOCIETY 

HeartweU William J. Rea 

Bellmour Esme Percy 

Vainlo ve Duncan Yarrow 

Sharper Charles Carson 

Sir Joseph Wittol Alfred Clark 

Captain Bluffe Roy Byford 

Fondlewife D, Hay Petrie 

Setter Leo G". Carroll 

Belinda Laura Cowie 

Araminta Cecily Byrne 

Latitia Isabel Jeans 

Silvia Stella Arbenina 

Lucy Gracie Leigh 

Play produced by ALLAN WADE 

ROYALTY 

2 JUNE, 1924 

" BACHELOR HUSBANDS " 

A comedy, in three acts, by AVERY HOPWOOD 

Tom Morgan Farren Soutar 

Sam Hargrave James Duncan 

Artie Lorimer Jack Hellier 

Billy Reynolds Henry Kendall 

Barker Doane Gardiner 

Grandma Sutton Daisy England 

Nina Hargrave Margaret Halstan 

Betty Lorimer Gladys Mason 

Sybil Sutton Stella Bonheur 

Doirs Ketcham Elsie Judge 

Marv Irene Barnett 

Fifi Morgan Betty Ross Clarke 

Play produced by NORMAN P\GE 

DRURY LANE 

3 JUNE, 1924 
"LONDON LIFE" 

Play, in three acts, by ARNOLD BENNETT 
and EDWARD KVOBLOCK 

Pidduck J. H. Roberts 

Scaife Clifford Mollison 

Simon Blackshaw Henry Ainley 

Doris Blackshaw (in 1913) Gabrielle Casartelli 

Maria Blackshaw Mary Jerrold 

Howard Nathan Frank Cochrane 

Stono Gordon Harker 

Hayward Arthur Page 

Georgie Dream Olive Sloaae 

A Barman D, A. Clarke-Smith 



Captain Maurice Oppletree Edmcad Breon 

Major the Hon.. Arthur Riggs-Faikiner 

(afterwards Lord Plinhmnion) , Graham Browne 

Oriana Oppletree Lilian Braithwaite 

Brunton G wynne Whitby 

Dons (in 1924} Helen Spencer 

Edgar Dart Ian Hunter 

Lady Coningsby Kate Phillips 

A Butler D. A. Clarke-Smith 

Holyoke Henry Vibart 

Marshall D. A. Clarke-Smith 

Miss Mountaspen Nancy Parsons 

Miss Lacey Gwynne Whitby 

Play produced by BASIL DEAN 

HAYMARKET 

5 JUNE, 1924 

* "THE GREAT ADVENTURE" 

A play of fancy, in four acts, by 
ARNOLD BENNETT 

Albert Shawn George Bellamy 

Ilam Carve Leslie Faber 

Dr. Pascoe Cecil Fowler 

Edward Horning W. W. Palmer 

Janet Cannot Hilda Trevelyan 

Cyrus Carve Hubert Harben 

Honoria Looe Dorothy Cheston 

Father Looe Acton Bond 

Peter Homing Ian Fleming 

A Waiter Alan Stevenson 

Ebag Lewin Mannering 

John Shawn Matthew Norgate 

James Shawn Ronald Simpson 

Mrs. Albert Shawn Dora Gregory 

Lord Leonard Alcar Felix Aylmer 

Texel CecilBrooking 

A Servant Edmund Gordon 

Play produced by LESLIE FABER 

ST. MARTIN'S 

6 JUNE, 1924 

"IN THE NEXT ROOM" 

A play, in three acts, by ELEANOR ROBSON and 
HARRIET FORD 

Parks Clifford Heatherley 

Lorna Webster Nora Swinburne 

Philip Vantm-e H. R. Hignett 

James Godfrey Francis Lister 

Rogers Gilbert Ritchie 

Felix Armand Nicholas Hannen 

Inspector Grady H. St. Barbe West 

Simrnonds ". Walter Hudd 

Morel Alan Howland 

Julia May Ward 

Madame de Charriere Stella Arbenina 

Colonel Piggott Nicholas Hannen 

Play produced by SEWELL COLLINS 

PRINCE OF WALES'S 
9 JUNE, 1924 
"THE RAT" 

A play, in three acts, by " DAVID L'ESTRANGE " 

America Dorothy St. John 

Mere Colline Hannah Jones 

Rose Jean Webster Brough 

Mou-Mou Kathleen Grace 

Detective-Inspector Cailliard James Lindsay 

Herman Stetz W. Cronin Wilson 

Odile Dorothy Batley 



SYNOPSIS OF PLAYBILLS 



Pierre Boucheron Ivor NoveUo 

ZeliedeChaumet Isabel Jeans 

Madeline Sornay Nancy Pawley 

Paul Maurice Braddell 

Therese (Zelie's maid) Kathleen Grace 

Play produced by CONSTANCE COLLIER 

NEW OXFORD 

9 JUKE 1924 
* " THfe TAMING OF THff SHREW " 

Comedy by WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE 

THE INDUCTION 

Hostess Ethel Harper 

Christopher Sly D. Hay Petrie 

A Lord Kingsley Baker 

1st Huntsman Douglas Mattinson 

2nd Huntsman John MacLean 

1st Servant Robert Glennie 

2nd Servant Claude Ricks 

3rd Servant Arthur Blanch 

Bartholomew Ronald Nicholson 

THE PLAY 

Lucentio Ion Swinley 

Tranio Neil Curtis 

Baptista Reyner Barton 

Gremio John Laurie 

Hprtensio Alan Watts 

Biondello Guy Martineau 

Petruchio George Hayes 

Grumlo Henry Cohen 

Curtis Claude Ricks 

A Pedant John MacLean 

A Tailor Arthur Blanch 

A Haberdasher Douglas Martinson 

Vincentio Robert Glennie 

Katherine Florence Saunders 

Bianca Dorice Fordred 

A Widow Molly Francis 

Play produced by ROBERT ATKINS 

COMEDY 

10 JUNE, 1924 
"PETER WESTON" 

A drama, in four scenes, by FRANK DAZEY 
and LEIGHTON OSMUN 

Isabella Weston Nora Johnston 

James Weston Richard Bird 

Jessie Weston Isobel Elsom 

The Maid Ivy Williams 

Peter Weston Norman McKinnel 

John Weston Henry Oscar 

Henry Vannard George Bealby 

Paul Vannard Wyndham Goldie 

Police Officer Stockwell Hawkins 

The Butler George Owen 

William Harris H. G. Stoker 

Play produced by LEWIS CASSON 

EINGSWAY 

11 JUNE, 1924 
" YOICKS 1 " 

A revue Edited by J. HASTINGS TURNER 

Donald Calthrop Marjorie Gordon 

Louis Goodrich Ruth Haitian d 

Mark Lester Mary Leigh 

Revite produced by DONALD CALTHROP 



NEW OXFORD 

16 JUNE 1924 
* "AS YOU TJKUl IT" 

Comedy by WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE 

Duke Reyner Barton 

Frederick John Laurie 

Jaques Rupert Harvey 

Le Beau Neil Curtis 

Charles Hubert Hine 

Oliver George Hayes 

Jaques Ronald Nicholson 

Orlando Ion Swinley 

Adam John MacLean 

Dennis Claude Ricks 

First Lord Kingsley Baker 

Amiens Robert Glennie 

Touchstone D. Hay Petrie 

Sir Oliver Martext Arthur Blanch 

Corin Henry Cohen 

Silvius Guy Martineau 

William Hubert Hine 

Rosalind Florence Saunders 

Celia Jane Bacon 

Phoebe Doris Kealy 

Audrey Frances St. Barbe-West 

p < Evelyn Neilson 

Fa es < Agnes Carter 

Play produced by ROBERT ATKINS 



COUET 

22 JUNE, 1924 
A BAG OF NUTS" 

A play, in one act, by CLIVE CURRIE 
Presented by THE INTERLUDE PLAYERS 

John Kent CliveCurric 

James HoUister P. Percival Clark 

Servant Kathleen Stuart 

Dolly Kent Dorothy Waring 

"PUNCHINELLO" 

Comedy by LAURA WILDIG 

Terence Denvers Campbell Gullan 

Bartholomew Bax Frederick Annerley 

Herbert Charles Cullum 

Jane Nancy Atkin 

Peggy Buena Bent 

Charwoman Dora Gregory 

Produced by CLIVE CURRIE 

NEW OXFORD 
23 JUNE, 1924 
* " HAMLET " 

Tragedy by WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE 

Claudius Rupert Harvey 

Hamlet Ion Swinley 

Polonius , Henry Cohen 

Horatio George Hayes 

Laertes Neil Curtis 

Voltimand Claude Ricks 

Cornelius M. Francis 

Rosencrantz John Laurie 

Guildenstem , Ronald Nicholson 

Osric Guy Martineau 

A Priest Claude Ricks 

Marcellus Robert Glennie 



SYNOPSIS OF PLAYBILLS 



Bernardo Douglas Mattiason 

Francisco Michael Watts 

First Player Arthur Blanch 

Second Player Claude Ricks 

Player Queen . , Ray Litvin 

First Gravedigger D. Hay Petrie 

Second Gravedigger John MacLean 

Fortinbras Kingsley Baker 

A Captain Michael Watts 

Gertrude Florence Saunders 

Ophelia Jane Bacon 

Ghost of Hamlet's Father Re yner Barton 

Play produced by ROBERT ATKINS 

EVERYILAN 

24 JUNE, 1924 

" HER DAUGHTER " 
A comedy, in three acts, by JOHN PETERSON 

Mathew Philip Wade 

Richard Bent William Kershaw 

Mrs. Wintonley Vivienne Whitaker 

Lady Hadley. " Irene Rooke 

Doris Xorah Robinson 

Captain Allister Algernon West 

Sir Robert Hadley Alfred Clark 

Thomson Ivor Barnard 

Irene Silver Margot Sieveking 

Play produced by REGINALD DENHAM 

GARRICK 

25 JUNE, 1924 
"THE OTHER MR. GIBBS" 

A farce, in three acts, by WILL EVANS 

and R. GUY REEVE 
Chairman (at the Eccentric Club) . .Frank Leonard 

Tippitt Arthur Stanley 

Henry Gibbs > Rob t H le 

Vernon Williams > 

Income-tax Man Bert Monks 

Amelia Gibbs Kate Cutler 

James George Barrett 

Marie Phyllis Beadon 

Mrs. Winkle Mary Brough 

Marguerite Wangle Pollie Emery 

Augustus Wangle Harry Taylor 

John Clutterbuck Eric Lewis 

Nora Williams Gladys Jennings 

Sharp Jack Durant 

Phipps Aubrey Fitzmaurice 

Green Julian Herbage 

Algy Bert Byrne 

Waiter Frank Leslie 

Robert Arthur Cooper 

Reception Clerk Winifred Nathan 

Manager Robert Green 

Play produced by RALPH LYNN and 
RONALD SQUIRE 

SAVOY 

26 JUNE, 1924 
"TIGER CATS" 

A play, in three acts (adapted from the French of 
MDME. KAREN BRAMSON), by MICHAEL ORME 

Andre Chaumont . , Robert Loraine 

Susanne Edith Evans 

Count Bernard de Vauzelle Nicholas Hannen 

Yvonne Nadine March 

Jacqueline Valerie Wyngate 



Clement .Charles Maunsell 

Marianne Rjacda S vinous 

Jules Claud Graham 

Henrietta Iris Derbyshire 

A Clerk to Clement H. A. H. Russell 

Play produced by LEON M. LION 

LYRIC 
27 JUNE, 1924 

** THE STREET SINGER " 

A musical play by FREDERICK LONSDALE ; 

music by H. FRASER-SIMSON 

Yvette Phyllis Dare 

Bonui Harry Weichman 

Francois A. W. Baskcomb 

Armand Henry Caine 

Marie Sylvia Leslie 

Violette Julie Hartley Milbum 

Levi Alfred Beers 

Estelle Kathlyn HiUiard 

Pierre Marcel de Haes 

Mile. Briant Dorothy Fane 

Mme. Rossignol Esme Biddle 

Andre Levaux Franklyn Ives 

Play produced by E. LYALL SWETE 

ST. PAUL'S CHURCH 

29 JUNE, 1924 

** THE CHASTENING " 

A play by CHARLES RANN KENNEDY 

A Carpenter Charles Rann Kennedy 

His \Vife Edith Wynne Matthison 

Her Son Margaret Gage 

REGENT 
29 JUNE, 1924 

" THE PLEASURE GARDEN " 

A play, in four acts, by BEATRICE MAYOR 

Presented by THE STAGE SOCIETY 

A Student D. Hay Petrie 

A Gentlewoman Mary Barton 

A Man Smoking Felix Aylmer 

A Woman Sewing Florence Saunders 

An Actor Stephen T. Ewart 

A Girl Ray Litvin 

A Wife Marjorie Gabain 

A Husband Charles Staite 

A Poet Raymond Massey 

A Rich Lady Margaret Yarde 

A Housemaid Elsa Lanchester 

A Young Man Richard Bird 

Topsy Athene Seyler 

A Clergyman's Wife Jean Cadell 

A Poet's Wife Doris Ormonde 

A Retired Major , Eugene Leahy 

A Girl with a Smile Winifred Oughton 

A Waitress .Drusilla Wills 

AMan in Black Raymond Huntley 

A Child Teresa Mayor 

A Girl with a Smile Winifred Oughton 

A Waitress Drusilla Wills 

A Tripper Raymond Huntley 

His Young Woman Margot Sieveking 

First Factory Girl Elsa Lanchester 

Second Factory Girl Marjorie Gabain 

The play produced by ALLAN WADE 



SYNOPSIS OF PLAYBILLS 



NEW OXFORD 

30 JUNE, 1924 
* " TWELFTH NIGHT " 

Comedy by WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE 

Orsino Ion Swinley 

Sebastian Ronald Nicholson 

Antonio Kingsley Baker 

A Sea-Captain John MacLean 

Valentine Rotert Glennie 

Curio Claude Ricks 

Sir Toby Belch Robert Atkins 

Sir Andrew Aguecheek D. Hay Petrie 

Malvolio Reyner Barton 

Fabian Guy Martineau 

Feste Jokfr Laurie 

A Priest Arthur Blanch 

Olivia Jane Bacon 

Viola Florence Saunders 

Maria Ethel Harper 

Play produced by ROBERT ATKINS 

LYRIC, HAMMERSMITH 

3 JULY, 1924 

" MIDSUMMER MADNESS " 

A comedy with music, in three acts, by 

CLIFFORD BAX ; composed by ARMSTRONG GIBBS 

Pat Nolan Frederick Ranalow 

Chloe Mobin Marjorie Dixon 

Harley Quinn Hubert Eisdell 

Mrs. Nolan Marie Tempest 

Play produced by NIGEL PLAYFAIR 

SAVOY 

4 JULY, 1924 

" IN THE SNARE " 

A romantic play, in three acts, by 

RAFAEL SABATINI and LEON M. LION 

Lieut. Richard Butler Cecil Cameron 

Count Jeronym. de Samoval Gerald Ames 

Countess of Valmaior Mona Harrison 

Captain Carruthers Archibald Batty 

Colonel Colquhoun Grant Hylton Allen 

Sir Terence O'Moy George Tully 

Lady O'Moy Renee Kelly 

Captain Edward Tremayne Wilfrid Seagram 

Diana Armytage .' Frances Doble 

Don Miguel Forjas Rudolph de Cordova 

Arthur Wellesley (Lord Wellington) .Clifton Boyne 

Major Swan Peter Gawthorne 

General Sir Harry Stapleton Peter Cresswell 

Sergeant Flynn Terence O'Brien 

MuUins Sydney Compton 

Corporal Bates Peter Baxter 

Colonel Fletcher H. A. H. Russell 

Captain Martin Alan Borthwick 

Hamilton Maurice Berkeley 

An Orderly Officer John C. Laurence 

Play produced by TOM WALLS 

COURT 

6 JULY, 1924 
" A COMEDY OF GOOD AND EVIL " 

By RICHARD HUGHES 
Presented by THE THREE HUNDRED CLUB 

The Rev. John Williams Leslie Banks 

Minnie Louise Hampton 



Gladys Hermione Baddeley 

Scraggy Evan the Post Raymond Huntley 

Owain Flatfish Eric Messiter 

Mari Jones Henzie Raeburn 

Mrs. Jones Bakehouse Amy Veness 

Timothy Ysgairnolwen . .Wilfred Fletcher 

Mr. Gas Jones Leslie Frith 

Mrs. Resurrection Jones Margaret Yarde 

REGENT 

6 JULY, 1924 
* " AS YOU LIKE IT " 

Comedy by WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE 
Presented by THE FELLOWSHIP OF PLAYERS 

Orlando Henry Kendall 

Jaques Milton Rosmer 

Touchstone Andrew Leigh 

Duke Tristan Rawson 

Frederick Douglas Ross 

Le Beau Wallace Evenett 

Charles Shayle Gardner 

Oliver de Bois W. Earle Grey 

Adam Arnold Pilbeam 

Dennis Edmund Gordon 

First Lord Kingsley Baker 

Amiens Ernest Butcher 

Sir Oliver Martext Harold Young 

Cprin A. Corney Grain 

Silvius Robert Harris 

William. V\ allace E\eriett 

Rosalind Sybil Thorndike 

Celia Joyce Carey 

Phosbe Verita Vivien 

Audrey Nellie Robscn 

Play produced by NORMAN V. NORMAN 

EVERYMAN 

9 JULY, 1924 

* " GETTING MARRIED 

A disquisitory play by BERNARD SHAW 

Mrs. Bridgenorth Irene Rooke 

Collins Aubrey Mather 

General Bridgenorth Frederick Me yes 

Lesbia Granthani Auriol Lee 

Reginald Bridgenorth Claud Allister 

Leo Beatrix Thomson 

The Bishop of Chelsea Campbell Gullan 

St. John Hotohkiss Claude Rains 

Cecil Sykes Harold Scott 

Edith Bridgenorth Margot Sieveking 

Soames (Father Anthony) W. Earle Grey 

The Beadle Thurlow Finn 

Mrs. George Collins Edith Evans 

Play produced by NORMAN MACDERMOTT 

AMBASSADORS 

13 JULY, 1924 
" TEE MAN IN THE NEXT ROOM" 

A play, in three acts, by 
ELIOT CRAWSHAY WILLIAMS 

Presented by THE INTERLUDE PLAYERS 

Sally Street Isobel Elsom 

Mrs. Street Joy Chatwyn 

Jim Street Roger Livesey 

Arthur Street Herbert Leonard 

Ralph Manners FelixAylmer 

A Waiter Edgar Dickeson 



SYNOPSIS OF PLAYBILLS 



A Society Girl Nancy Pawley 

A Society Youth Reginald Denfaam. 

A Pale Girl Gnzalda Hervey 

A Flufiy Girl Cherry Hardy 

A Provincial Gentleman Clive Currie 

His Wife Eva Brooke 

Eustace Brent P. Perceval Clark 

Freddy Marshall John Williams 

Edward Gribble Claud Morton 

Sir Stanley Morrison, K.C.B..A. Harding Steerman 

Play produced by REGINALD DENHAM 



VAUDEVILLE 

30 JULY, 1924 

THE ODD SPOT " 

A revue, in two acts, by DION TITHERADGE 
John Deverell 
Paul England 
Arthur Chesney 
Albert Wallace 
Jack Raine 

Revue produced by DION TITHERADGE 



Madge Stuart 
Vera Bryer 
Elsie Percival 
Binnie Hale 



COURT 

21 JULY, 1924 

" A SURPLUS MAN " 

A farce by SYLVIA EARL 

Mrs. Dawson Mary Brough 

Mary Facey Irene Rooke 

Fred Rattray Aubrey Mather 

Jack Vaughaa Claud Ailister 

Oswald Swan J. Smith- Wright 

Xinian Shelton Ernest Thesiger 

Vabntina Stella Arbenina 

Paul Kosloff Ernest Milton 

A Book-keeper Zillah Carter 

A Manicurist Edith Harley 

Play produced by MILTON ROSMER 



EVERYMAN 
"LOW TIDE" 
12 AUGUST, 1924 

A dramatic incident, in three acts, by 
ERNEST GEORGE 

Pat Donovan Claude Rains 

Nora Bailey Ethel Coleridge 

Mary Donovan Olive Sloane 

Dan Donovan Ivor Barnard 

Joe Briggs Gordon Harker 

A Policeman Aubrey Mather 

Father Doyle Granville Darling 

Detective Thurlow Finn 

Play produced by NORMAN MACDERMOTT 



COMEDY 

22 JULY, 1924 
"THE CREAKING CHAIR" 

A mystery play, in three acts, by 
ALLENE TUPPER WILKES 

Revised by ROLAND PERT-WEE 

Essaie Aissa J. Phillips Roberts 

Angus Holly Nigel Bruce 

Sir John Prestich, M.D., 

F.R.C.S C. Disney Roebuck 

Anita Latter Tallulah Bankhead 

Rose Emily Winch Olga Slade 

Edwin Latter C. Aubrey Smith 

Sylvia Latter Fabia Drake 

Mrs. Carruthers Rita John 

John Cutting EricMaturin 

Philip Speed Reginald Dance 

Oliver Hart Sam. Livesey 

Hsnley Matthew Boulton 

Jim Bates Joseph French 

Play produced by SIR GERALD Du MAURIER 



MARY WARD HALL 

30 JULY, 1924 

" THE ADMIRAL " 

A play by CHARLES RANN KENNEDY 

A Queen Edith Wynne Matthison 

A irl Margaret Gage 

A Sailor Charles Rann Kennedy 

Play produced by the Author 



AMBASSADORS 

13 AUGUST, 1924 

"STORM" 
A comedy, in three acts, by C. K. MUNRO 

Miss Gayler Jean Cadell 

Miss Kale Margaret Watson 

Mrs. Bolland Lindsay Gray 

Professor Bolland Alan Napier 

Hon. Arthur Blount Hugh Wakeneld 

Dennis Welch Arthur Pusey 

Storm Elissa Landi 

Mrs. Blount Joyce Kennedy 

Lord Early Ernest Mainwariag 

Mr. Newbury Alan Stevenson 

Mrs. Newbury Esme Duff 

Play produced by ALLAN WADE 



QUEEN'S 

16 AUGUST, 1924 

PANSY'S ARABIAN NIGHT " 

A play, in a prologue and three acts, by 
WALTER HACKETT 

Pansy Forde Marion Lome 

Argo Attawater J. H. Roberts 

The Woman Mary Clare 

Joaquin Sylvester Campbell Gullan 

Lystrom J. C. Aubrey 

The Butler Malcolm Keen 

Benton Clifford Mollison 

Captain Wallace Henry Wenman 

Chinese Charlie Edward Rigby 

Lady Milanenos Cecily Byrne 

Play produced by BASIL DEAN 



SYNOPSIS OF PLAYBILLS 



SAVOY 

1 SEPTEMBER, 1924 
* " THE BELLS " 

A play adapted from the French by 
LEOPOLD LEWIS 

Mathdas Henry Baynton 

Walter Oswald D. Roberts 

Hans Geoffrey Lovatt 

Christian Basil Howes 

Mesmerist Kenneth Wicksteed 

Dr. Zimmer Jack Twyman 

Notary Lionel Ridpath 

Judge of the Court Arthur Ridley 

Clerk of the Court William Houghton 

Ghost of the Jew Walter Plinge 

Ghost of Mathias John Tanner 

Catharine Isa Bowman 

Annette Dorothy Turner 

Sozel Tillia Goldberg 



* A COMEDY OP ERRORS " 

Comedy by WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE 

Solinus, Duke of Ephesus Geoffrey Lovatt 

Mg&on Oswald D. Roberts 

Antipholus of Syracuse Eric Portman 

Antipholus of Ephesus Basil Howes 

Dromio of Syracuse Kenneth Wicksteed 

Dromio of Ephesus John Tanner 

Balthazar Jack Twyman 

Angelo Arthur Ridley 

Pinch Lionel Ridpath 

Gaoler William Houghton 

JEmilia Sylvia Shaw 

Adriana Florence Saunders 

Luciana Lilian Temple 

Luce I Isa Bowman 

Courtezan Anne Featherstone 

Plays produced by HENRY BAYNTON 



BRIXTON 

1 SEPTEMBER, 1924 
" MARY, MARY, QUITE CONTRARY " 

A light comedy, in three acts, by 
ST. JOHN G. ERVINE 

Mrs.Considine Margaret Emden 

Sheila Juliet Mansell 

Geoffrey James Raglan 

Sir Henry Considine, K.C.M.G TomShelford 

Canon Peter Considine, M.A Edward Petley 

Mary Westlake Eva Moore 

Mr. Hobbs Frank Bertram 

Jenny Ella Daincourt 

Miss Mimms Lucie Evelyn 

Mr. Beeby George Child 

Play produced by MILTON ROSMER 



GAIETY 

4 SEPTEMBER, 1924 
" POPPY " 

A musical comedy, in three acts, by 

DOROTHY DONNELLY ; 
music by STEVEN JONES and ARTHUR SAMUELS 

Poppy Annie Croft 

Countess Vronski Helen Ferrers 



Sarah Tucker Mabel Durrani 

Bessie Zeiia Raye 

Sally \ ( Vesta Sylva 

Dora / J Terri Storri 

Molly f / Muriel Montrose 

Rose ) \ Cecile Maule-Cole 

Mary Lueila Gear 

William Herbert Reginald Sharland 

Mortimer Pottle Eddie Morris 

Sergeant Amos Sniff en Albert Le Fre 

Judge Delafield, J.P William Lugg 

Professor Eustace McGargle W. H. Berry 

Play produced by JULIAN ALFRED 



SAVOY 

9 SEPTEMBER, 1924 
"THE SPORT OF KINGS" 

A domestic comedy, in three acts, by IAN HAY 

Algernon Sprigge Basil Foster 

Sir Reginald Toothill, Bart Frank Denton 

Dulcie Primrose Rosaline Courtneidge 

Mrs. Purdie Mary Jerrold 

Amos Purdie, M.P E. Holman Clark 

Bates Hugh E. Wright 

Joe Purdie Robin Irvine 

Katie Purdie Ena Grossmith 

Tweeny Hilda Scarlett 

Jane Adele Dison 

Cook Minnie Rayner 

Albert Arthur Harding 

Panama Pete Griffith Humphreys 

A Barmaid Cecily Walper 

Police-sergeant W. T. Elworthy 

Play produced by ROBERT COTJRTNEIDGE 



COURT 

10 SEPTEMBER, 1924 
* BACK TO METHUSELAH " 

By G. BERNARD SHAW 
Parti. " IN THE BEGINNING " 

Adam Colin Keith- Johnston 

Eve Gwen Ffrangcon-Davies 

The Serpent Edith Evans 

Cain Scott Sunderland 



QUEEN'S 

11 SEPTEMBER, 1924 

"THE CLAMANT" 

A play, in three acts, by M. F. WATTS 

Steadman Clifford Mollison 

Charles Cleghorne Edmond Breon 

David Cleghorne Fewlass Llewellyn 

Lavender George Elton 

Diana Tunstall Fay Compton 

Mrs. W. Tunstall (Amelia) Marie "Wright 

Mrs. H. Tunstall (Anna) Ada King 

Edith Usherwood Margaret Carter 

Oswald Usherwood A. Bromley Davenport 

Lolita, Lady Tunstall GildaVaresi 

Roger Leon Quartermaine 

Footman Carleton Hobbs 

The Duchess of Penny Lottie Venne 

Play produced by BASII, DEAN 



SYNOPSIS OF PLAYBILLS 



EVERYMAN 

11 SEPTEMBER, 1924 

' FALSE VALUES " 

A serious comedy, in three acts, by 

LECHMERE WORRALL 

Mr. Smith C. J. Barber 

Mrs.Smith Louie Harvey-James 

Edna Smith Frances Clare 

Jane Smith Muriel Hewitt 

William Perkins Paige Lawrence 

Eric Dodd Mehan 

Captain Count Vulcan Guy Cooper 

Maisie Roberts Billy Casson 

Play produced by the Author 



WINTER GARDEN 

11 SEPTEMBER, 1924 

" PRIMROSE " 

A musical comedy in three acts 

Book by GEORGE GROSSMITH and GUY BOLTON ; 

Lyrics by DESMOND CARTER ; music by 

GEORGE GERSHWIN 

Jason Ernest Graham 

Freddie Falls , . .Claude Hulbert 

May Rooker Vera Lennox 

Sir Benjamin Falls Guy Fane 

Joan Margery Hicklin 

Hiliary Vane Percy Heming 

Toby Mopham Leslie Henson 

Michael Thomas Weguelin 

Manager of Hotel Harold Bradley 

Pinkie Peach (Mdme. Frazeline) . Heather Thatcher 

Lady Sophia Mopham Muriel Barnby 

Pritchard Sylvia Hawkes 

Play produced by GEORGE GROSSMITH 



COURT 

11 SEPTEMBER 1924 
* "BACK TO METHUSELAH" 

By G. BERNARD SHAW 

Part V. " AS FAR AS THOUGHT CAN REACH " 
The She-Ancient Edith Evans 

Remainder of cast as on original production 
22 February, 1924 (q.v.) 

AMBASSADORS 

15 SEPTEMBER, 1924 
"FATA MORGANA" 

A play, in three acts, by ERNEST VAJDA 

English version by J. L. A. BURRELL 
and PHILIP MOELLER 

George Tom Douglas 

His Mother Annie Esmond 

Annie Flora Robson 

His Father Reginald Bach 

Peter Guy Boulton 

Rosalie Ethel Coleridge 

Blazy Alfred Paumier 

Mrs. Blazy Dorothy Hall 

Therese. Lilian Oldland 

Katharine Violet Penule 

Henry Roger Livesey 



Franciska Audrey Cameron 

Charley Blazy Reginald Denhom 

Mathilde Fay Jeanne de Casalis 

Gabriel Fay Ion Swmle} 

Play produced by REGINALD DENHAM 



LITTLE 

15 SEPTEMBER, 1924 
" MORALS " 

A play, in three acts, by 
JULES ECKERT GOODMAN 

John Mowbray C. V. France 

Dick Herbert Marshall 

Harry Robert Andrews 

Maud Helen Haye 

Grace Marjorie Mars 

Jean Trowbridge Edna Best 

Play produced by MILES MALLESON 



ST. JAMES'S 
17 SEPTEMBER, 1924 
TB3J NERVOUS WRECK" 

A farcical adventure in the Far West, in three 
acts, by OWEN DAVIS 

(founded on a novel by E. J. RATH) 

Sally Morgan Mary Duncan 

Henry Williams Charles Lawrence 

Tim William Foran 

Chester Underwood William Phelps 

Jerome Underwood Alber Andruss 

Harriett Underwood Anne Lee 

Andy Nabb William Bearwald 

Mort J. Elmer Thompson 

Dan George Rou:nson 

Bob Wells Curtis Cooksey 

Jud Morgan Frank W. Taylor 

Play produced by ALBERT LEWIS 



APOLLO 

18 SEPTEMBER, 1924 
" THE FOOL 

A play, in four acts, by CHANNING POLLOCK 

Mrs. Henry Gilliam Dame May Whitty 

Mrs. Thornbury Cathleen MacCarthy 

" Dilly " Gilliam Joan Morgan 

Mr. Barnaby Arthur Grenville 

Mrs. Tice Clare Harris 

" Jerry" Goodkind Franklyn Bellamy 

Rev. Everett Wadham Morton Selten 

Clare Jewett Mary Merrall 

George F. Goodkind Julian Royce 

" Charlie " Benfield Edward Irwin 

Daniel Gilchrist Henry Ainley 

A Poor Man Frank Sylvester 

A Servant George Hewetson 

Max Stedtman Alex. Sarner 

Joe Hennig Ernest G. Cove 

Umanski Edmund Willard 

" Grubby " Arthur Grenville 

Mack Frank Sylvester 

Mary Margaret Sara Sothern 

Pearl Hennig Olga Lindo 

Play produced by the Author 



SYNOPSIS OF PLAYBILLS 



STRAND 

21 SEPTEMBER, 1924 

" IT DOESN'T MATTER WHICH " 

A farcical comedy, in three acts, by JAMES SABBEN 
Presented by THE REPERTORY PLAYERS 

Major Eustace Bird ................. Eric Cowley 

Corporal Goodman ............. Walter V. Tobias 

Captain William Jones .............. Philip Wade 

Lieut .-Co mmander Percy Bird ....... J. W. Austin 

Mattie Weyburn .................. Helena Pi card 

Mrs. Bird ....................... Katie Johnson 

Maud Bird ....................... Nadine March 

Winifred Bird .................... Dolores Deane 

Maggie ........................ Dorothy Clifton 

Play produced by CAMPBELL GULLAN 

GOLDER'S GREEN 

22 SEPTEMBER, 1924 
" ALF'S BUTTON 

An extra vanganza, in three acts, by 
W. A. DARLINGTON 

Private Bill Grant .............. Ambrose Thorne 

1st Territorial ..................... Charles Steel 

2nd Territorial ....................... H. Adams 

Lance-Corporal Greenstock ........... Fred Kemp 

3rd Territorial ....................... H. Phipps 

Sergeant Lees ........................ S. Stuart 

Private Alf. Higgins ............... Tubby Edlin 

Slave of the Button ............... S. L. Chapman 

Captain Richards ................ Emerton Court 

Lieut. Dsnis Allen ................. Chas. Cullum 

Orderly .............................. D. Scott 

Lady Isabel Fitz-Peter ............ Joan Clarkson 

Mrs. Rudd ...................... Frances White 

P.C. Arthur Jobling ................. Fred Baker 

Bobby Rudd .................... Teddy Brogden 

Liz Walker .................. Dorothy Monkman 

Rev. Julian Davies ................. Jack Denton 

Mrs. Davies ........................ Ada Palmer 

Mustapha .......................... Arthur Pitt 

Lord Dunwater ..................... Chas. Vane 

( H. Thomas 



OI 
Slaves 



I W. Bentley 



Play produced by MARTIN HENRY and E. DAGNALL 

GRAND, FTJLEAM 

22 SEPTEMBER, 1924 

** THE LETTER OF THE LAW " 

A play, in four acts, by KENNETH BARNES 

Presented by THE PARTNERSHIP PLAYERS 

Cynthia Ogilvy .............. Prudence Vanbrugh 

Guy Dissington .................. Brian Gilmour 

Gertrude .................. Georgette de Serville 

Miss Grey ..................... Frances Petersen 

Edith Ogilvy .................. Violet Vanbrugh 

Right Hon. Sir Simon Mallory, 

G.C.B ....................... Athole Stewart 

Hon. Penelope Foxglove ....... Marjorie MacLean 

Lionel Rivers .................. George Thirlwell 

Lady Oglivy ...................... Mary Forbes 

Cora, Lady Rorke .................. Nancy Price 

Sir Edward Tryon, K.C .......... J. Smith Wright 

Two Junior Counsel ............ ( * vyn 

The Examiner .................... J. Leslie Frith 

Reeves ......................... Philip Brandon 

James Sharman, K.C .............. Percival Clark 

Play produced by ANTHONY L. ELLIS 



PRINCE OF WALES'S 

23 SEPTEMBER, 1924 
" CHARLOT'S REVUE " 
Book by RONALD JEANS 

Morris Harvey j Maisie Gay 
Henry Kendall Phyllis Monkman 

Peter Haddon Queenie Thomas 

W. H. Senior Kitty Attfield 

Leonard Henry Sybil Wise 

Produced by DION TITHERADGE 
and LADDIE CLIFF 



EVERYMAN 

24 SEPTEMBER, 1924 

* " THE DEVIL'S DISCIPLE " 

A melodrama, in three acts, by BERNARD SHAW 

Mrs. Dudgeon Cicely Gates 

Essie Elizabeth Arkell 

Christopher Dudgeon Harold Scott 

The Rev. Anthony Anderson Campbell Gullan 

Judith Anderson Hazel Jones 

Lawyer Hawkins Ivor Barnard 

Uncle William Aubrey Mather 

Uncle Titus C. J. Barber 

Richard Dudgeon Claude Rains 

A Sergeant Aubrey Mather 

Major Swindon Frederick Moyes 

General Burgoyne W. Earle Grey 

Chaplain Brudenell Michael Hogan 

Play produced by NORMAN MACDERMOTT 

HIS MAJESTY'S 

27 SEPTEMBER, 1924 

" THE ROYAL VISITOR " 

A comedy in three acts 

Adapted from Le Roi by ROBERT DE FLERS 
and G. A. DE CAILLAVET 

Boudier Oscar Asche 

Rivelot Anew McMaster 

Suzette Zoe Palmer 

Marthe Yvonne Arnaud 

Sernin de Chamarande Denys Blakelock 

Cruchet Leonard Calvert 

Blond George Grossmith 

Marquis de Chamarande Fred Lewis 

Therese Marnix Diana Wilson 

William Donald Neville 

Langlois Gordon Harker 

King John IV of Kurdania Malcolm Keen 

Gabrier George Robins 

Cormsau Hubert Carter 

Francine Dorothy Field 

Angele Dorothy Seacombe 

Usher Vincent Clive 

The Prefect Charles R. Stone 

Play produced by OSCAR ASCHE 

STRAND 

28 SEPTEMBER, 1924 

* MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING " 

Comedy by WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE 
Presented by THE FELLOWSHIP OF PLAYERS 

Don Pedro Duncan Yarrow 

Don Jolin John Laurie 



SYNOPSIS OF PLAYBILLS 



Claalio Ivan Samson 

Benedick Nicholas Harnen 

Leonato Douglas Ross 

Antonio E. A. Walker 

Boraehio * E. Boddington 

Conra.de Victor Lewisohn 

Balthasar Geoffrey Wilkinson 

Sexton Cecil Trouncer 

Dogberry Alfred A. Harris 

Verges . .* Horace Sequeira 

Friar Francis A. Corney Grain 

Boy Sidney Bromley 

Two Watchmen | SSSST 

Messenger Tristan Rawson 

Hero Molly Veness 

Beatrice Athene Seyler 

Margaret Tonie Bruce 

Ursula Vera Lennox 

Play produced by BEATRICE WILSON 



VAUDEVILLE 

2 OCTOBER, 1924 
" THE LOOKING GLASS " 

A revue by ALBERT DE COURVILLE 
and EDGAR W T ALLACE ; 

music by FREDERICK CHAPPELLE 

Mark Lester 
D. Hay Petrie 
Fred Hearne 
Seymour Beard 
Harry Milliard 



Edith Kelly-Gould 
Mabel Green 
Clarice Hardwicke 
Enid Stamp-Taylor 
Connie Ediss 



Stanley and Birnes 
Revue produced by ALBERT DE COURVILLE 

NEW 

3 OCTOBER, 1924 

* THE TROJAN WOMEN " 

Tragedy by EURIPIDES 

Poseidon Lewis T. Casspn 

Pallas Athena Ray Litvin 

Hecuba Sybil Thorndike 

Talthybius Lewis T. Casson 

Cassandra Jane Wood 

Andromache Beatrice Wilson 

Menelaus Lawrence Anderson 

Helen Mary Grey 

Astyanax Ann Casson 

Play produced by LEWIS CASSON 



AIDWYCH 

5 OCTOBER, 1924 
THE OCTOPUS " 

A play, in four acts, by E. W. D. COLT-WILLIAMS 
Presented by THE INTERLUDE PLAYERS 

Dr. Eraser H. A. Saintsbury 

Lady Greatorex Gwladys Evan-Morris 

Johnson Percival Coyte 

Monica Marsh Dorothy Green 

Ronald Marsh H. Worrall-Thompson 

Arthur Herd D. A. Clarke-Smith 

Jacqueline Marie Dainton 

Amelia Montague Di Forbes 

Play produced by H. A. SAINTSBURY 



NEW OXFORD 

11 OCTOBER, 1924 

*' FRATRICIDE PUNISHED ; 

or HAMLET, PRINCE OP DENMARK " 

Elizabethan drama, produced for the first time 
in London 

Night (prologue) Florence Saitnders 

Ghost J .Fisher White 

Erico (brother to King) H. de Lange 

Hamlet Esme Percy 

Sigrie (Queen) Margaret Scudamore 

Horatio Orlando Baraett 

Corambus Michael Sherbrooke 

Leonhardus Andrew Leigh 

Ophelia (Columbine) Miss B. Livesey 

Phantasmo (Harlequin) Christine Rosslyn 

Francisco George E. Bancroft 

Jens (Pantaloon) Alison Maclaren 

Carl (Principal Actor) George S. Wray 

Corporal of the Guard Noel Allmson 

Play produced by WILLIAM POEL 



PRINCE'S 

11 OCTOBER, 1924 

" THE BLUE PETER " 

A play, in four acts, by E. TEMPLE THURSTON 

Edward Formby Charles Kenyon 

John H. Quashie 

Serakin Donko Aingo Barbahjaba 

David Hunter George Tully 

A Native Girl M. Bombabastii 

Harold Plevin Henry Oscar 

Richard Walmsley George Zucco 

Mrs. Hunter Mary Barton 

Emma Cathleen Nesbitt 

A Carrier's Man Arthur Byron 

A Barmaid Fanny Dowson 

James Callaghan Fred. O'Donovan 

Mr. Lucas Douglas Osborne 

A Street Girl Kathleen Blake 

Harry S. Victor Stanley 

Rosie Callaghan Dorothy Minto 

Mr. Murray John Woolford 

Play produced by F. REGINALD BACH 



WYNDHABFS 

18 OCTOBER, 1924 

* " THE WARE CASE " 

A play, in four acts, by GEORGE PLEYDELL 

Sir Hubert Ware, Bart Gerald du Maurier 

Sir Henry Egerton Robert Minster 

Michael Adye, K.C., M.P Eric Stanley 

Sir John Murless, K.C., M.P A. Scott-Gatty 

The Hon. Sir Richard Petworth. . . J. Fisher-White 

Marston Gurney - Basil Loder 

Eustace Ede Wilfred Fletcher 

Tommy Bold . : George Elton, 

A Doctor Guy Fletcher 

Rate George A. Brandram 

Footman J. PatricCurwen 

Celia Wilson Doris Lytton 

Lady Ware Marie Lo'hr 

Play produced by GERALJD DU MAURIER 



SYNOPSIS OF PLAYBILLS 



COURT 

19 OCTOBER, 1924 

IT HAPPENED IN ARDORA3? " 

A Scottish comedy, in three acts, by 
ANN STEPHENSON and ALLEN MACBETH 

Presented by THE REPERTORY PLAYERS 

Peggy Vor Dorothy Hall 

Colin Maclean Walter Hudd 

Morag Maclean Esme Hub bard 

Angus MacCormic Campbell Gullan 

Rev. Hamish Munro Aubrey Mather 

Kirsty Macintyre Olga Lindo 

Duncan Campbell Fred O'Donovan 

Sandy Machride Nigel Bruce 

Geordie Paterson Guy Boulton 

Play produced by CAMPBELL GULLAN 

AMBASSADORS 

20 OCTOBER, 1924 
" THE PELICAN " 

A play, in four acts, by F. TENNYSON JESSE 
and H. M. HARWOOD 

General Sir John Heriot, Bart Fred Kerr 

Lady Heriot Mabel Terry Lewis 

Hermione Blundell Elizabeth Pollock 

Beadon Stafford Hilliard 

Marcus Heriot Herbert Marshall 

Charles Cheriton Charles Cherry 

Wanda Heriot Josephine Victor 

Anna Rosina Filippi 

Paul Lauzun Nicholas Hannen 

Robin Robert Andrews 

Shaw Paul Gill 

Play produced by H. M. HARWOOD 

QUEEN'S 

20 OCTOBER, 1924 

** THIS? SHOW-OFF " 

A Comedy drama, in three acts, by GEORGE KELLY 

Clara Myrtle Tannehill 

Mrs. Fisher Clara Blandick 

Amy Ellis Baker 

Frank Hyland Graham Velsey 

Mr. Fisher Charles Martin 

Joe Frank Rowan 

Aubrey Piper Raymond Walburn 

Mr. Gill Myron Paulson 

Mr. Rogers George Warrington 

Play produced by the Author 

GRAND, FULEAM 

20 OCTOBER, 1924 

"ALL'S FAIR IN LOVE" 

A play, in three acts, by FREDERICK WITNEY 
Presented by THE PARTNERSHIP PLAYERS 

Delia Woodroffe Griselda Hervey 

Mrs. Woodroffe Sybil Arundale 

Basil Woodroffe George Tbirlwell 

Welby J. Leslie Frith 

Evan Meadow Brian Gilmour 

Sylvia Meadow Marjorie Maclean 

Melbury Chubb Philip Brandon 

Sir Joshua Meadow A. Bromley-Davenport 

.A Clerk Percival Clark 

.Play produced by ANTHONY L. ELLIS 



HAYMARKET 

21 OCTOBER, 1924 

"OLD ENGLISH" 

A play, in three acts, by JOHN GALSVQRTHY 

Sylvanus Heythorp ........... Norman McKinnel 

Gilbert Farney .................. Austin Trevor 

Bob Pillin ....................... Reginald Bach 

Charles Ventnor ............... Lawrence Hanray 

Mr. Brownbee .................... Charles Garry 

Rosamund Lame ................... Irene Rooke 

Phyllis ............................ Joan Maude 

Jock .............................. Lewis Shaw 

Joseph Pillin ..................... H. R. Hignett 

Adela Heythorp ................ Louise Hampton 



T ot i. e 

TwoClerks 



< Cecil Trouncer 
{Godfrey Wixm 
A Director ...................... Carteret Maule 

Mr. Westgate ................ A. Blundell Murray 

Mr. Winkley ................. W. Walton Palmer 

Mr. Budgen ..................... Gerald Jerome 

Mr. Appleby ............... A. Harding Steerman 

A Reporter .................... Charles Maunsell 

Letty ........................ Kitty Gordon-Lee 

Meller .......................... Cecil Brooking 

Molly ........................... Ethne Honan 

Play produced by E. LYALL SWETE 

LYRIC, HAMMER SMITH 

23 OCTOBER, 1924 
* THE DUENNA " 

A comic opera, in three acts, by 
RICHARD BRINSLEY SHERIDAN 

The music composed and arranged by 
ALFRED REYNOLDS (after Linley) 

Don Ferdinand .................... Michael Cole 

Don Jerome ..................... Nigel Playfair 

Don Antonio ...................... Denys Erlam 

Don Carlos ....................... Guy Lefeuvre 

Isaac Mendoza .................. Frank Cochrane 

Father Paul ...................... Scott Russell 

Lopez ........................... Alfred Harris 

Donna Louisa ................ .Elsa Macfarlane 

Donna Clara .................... Isobel McLaren 

The Duenna ...................... Elsie French 

Lewis ........................ Angela Baddeley 

Sancho ........................ Elsa Lanchester 

XT e < Joan Pitt Chatham 

Nuns ..................... I Marjorie Dixon 

First Dancer ..................... Rupert Doone 

Opera produced by NIGEL PLAYFAIR 

THE OLD VIC. 

25 OCTOBER, 1924 
* " OTHELLO " 

Tragedy by WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE 

Duke of Venice ................. Kingsley Baker 

Brabantio ..................... John Macfarlane 

Gratiano ......................... Henry Cohen 

Lodovico ......... . ................ John Laurie 

Othello ........................... Ion Swinley 

Cassio ............................. Neil Porter 

lago ............................ George Hayes 

Roderigo ......................... John Garside 

Montano ....................... Hilton Edwards 

First Officer ...................... Claude Ricks 

Second Officer ................ Ronald Nicholson 

Third Officer ........................ Neil Curtis 

Fourth Officer ................... Roy Ncwlands 



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SYNOPSIS OF PLAYBILLS 



Clown Andrew Leigh, 

Desdem-jna Marie Xey 

Emilia Olivia Burlei^li 

Bianca Dorice Fordred 

Play produced by ROBERT AT KISS 



ALDWYCH 
26 OCTOBER, 1924 

" THE HAYLOTG FAMILY 

A play, In three acts, by ALLAN MONKHOUSE 

Presented by THE PLAY ACTORS 

Godfrey Hayling Herbert Waring 

.Mrs. Hayling Edyth Olive 

John Hayling John Wyse 

Rhoda Hayling Valerie Taylor 

Bobby Hayling Frederick Cooper 

Felix Blair Eric Serle 

Dr. Grimston Reginald Dance 

Maid Kathleen Stuart 

Detective Noel Allinson 

Play produced by LEWIS T. CASSON 



EVEEYMAN 

27 OCTOBER, 1924 

* MISALLIANCE " 

A debate, in one sitting, by G. BERNARD SHAW 

Johnny Tarleton Frank Vosper 

Bentley Summerhays Ivor Barnard 

Hypatia Tarleton Leah Bateman 

Mrs. Tarleton Margaret Yarde 

Lord Summerhays Felix Aylmer 

Mr. Tarleton Alfred Clark 

Joey Percival Claude Rains 

Lina Szczepanowska Dorothy Green 

The Man Harold Scott 

Play produced by NORMAN MACDERMOTT 



NEW 

28 OCTOBER, 1924 
" THE HOTJK AND THE MAS " 

A drama of to-day, in four acts, by 
FRANK STAYTON 

Grassett F. G. Thurstans 

Sir Robert Goode Ernest Bodkin 

Lord Severn C. M. Lowne 

Lady Ruth Goode Dorothy Thomas 

Lucille Gracie Leigh 

Lord Launceston Henry Wolston 

The Hon. Archie Fortescue Walter Menpes 

LadySevern Mrs. Arthur Whitby 

Major Boyle Henry C. Hewitt 

The Hon. Muriel Fortescue Jessie Winter 

Sir John Faussett Rothbury Evans 

Julian Wear Matheson Lang 

Phillips Betty Belloc 

Club Waiter Arthur Bush 

Dowse A. S. Homewood 

Effie Nora Robinson 

Blagden Ernest Bodkin 

Fergusson Walter Plinge 

Play produced by MATHESON LANG 



HIS MAJESTY'S 

31 OCTOBER, 1924 

" PATEIdA " 

A comedy, with, music, in three acts, by 
DENIS MACKAIL, ARTHUR STANLEY, * 

and AUSTIN MELFORD ; 
music by GEOFFREY GWYTKER 

Humpherey Willie Warde 

Crabbe George Robins 

Augustus Wentworth Arthur Chesney 

Mrs. Wentworth Stella St. Audrie 

Elizabeth Mary Leigh 

Alexandra Park Fay Martin 

Primrose Hill Josephine Quest 

Miss Snaythe Cicely Debenham 

Peter Rumble Ambrose Manning 

Ogden Scales Billy Leonard 

Patricia Dorothy Dickson 

John Bradshaw Philip Simmons 

Henri Ducros Max Rivers 

Play produced by DION TITHERADGE 



HOLBOBN EMPIBE 
3 NOVEMBER, 1924 
HERACUUS " 

An historical play, in four acts, by 
T. E. ELLIS 

Heraclius Tristan Rawson 

Theodore Michael Hogan 

Martina Buena Bent 

Constantine (Act I) Ann Trevor 

Constantine (Act IV) Carol Reed 

Sergius Eugene Leahy 

Nicetas Victor Lewisohn 

Diagoras George Skillan 

Bonus Robert Glennie 

Ducas Alexander Field 

Antinadore Eric Albury 

Pyrrhus Osborne Adair 

Theophanes Duncan Yarrow 

Zeno CasweU Garth 

Cleisthenes Chris Walker 

Justin Carol Reed 

Simeon Walter WaUis 

Deucalion Henry Cass 

Persian Officer Alexander Field 

Messenger. Robert Glennie 

Mahomet ." Victor Lewisohn 

Characleia Beatrice Smith 

Play produced by BRUCE WINSTON 



FORTUNE 

8 NOVEMBER, 1924 

" SINNEKS" 
A play, in three acts, by LAURENCE COWEN 

Ellen Foster Cherry Hardy 

Martin Cornelius William Lorrimer 

George Foster Stephen T. Ewart 

Maggie Blanche Romney 

Joan Prudhoe Mary Buckingham 

Dr. Louis Kovalovitch H. A Saintsbury 

Rev. Aaron Watson Ivan Berlyn 

Harriet Cornelius Molly Veness 

Colonel Stephenson Harold Meade 

John Prudhoe George Cooke 

Mrs. Prudhoe Madge Flynn 



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STRAND 

9 NOVEMBER, 1924 

* "KING JOHN" 

Historical play by WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE 
Presented by THE FELLOWSHIP OF PLAYERS 

King John Ernest Milton 

PrinceHenry Alan Webb 

Prince Arthur Sidney Bromley 

William Marshall Graveley Edwards 

Geffrey Fitzpeter Gilbert Hudson 

William Longsword Raymond Massey 

Robert Bigot Alan Edmiston 

Hubert De Burgh Stanley Drewitt 

Robert Faulconbridge E. A. Walker 

Philip Faulconbridge Norman V. Norman 

Peter of Pomfret Horace Sequira 

Philip Austin Trevor 

Lewis Charles Carson 

Archduke of Austria Cecil Calvert 

Pandulph Tom Heslewood 

Melun Cecil Brooking 

Chatillon Arnold Pilbeam 

Elinor Barbara Gott 

Constance Esme Beringer 

Blanch Joan Hopegood 

Lady Faulconbridge Rose Yule 

Play produced by STANLEY DREWITT 



Gladys Smith Ruth Povafa 

Harry Firth Carlton Hobbs 

Joshua Wilson Terence O'Brien 

Play produced by NORMAN PAGE 



GRAND, PULHAM 

10 NOVEMBER, 1924 

"HUSBAND LOVE" 

A play in three acts, by GUY NEWALL 

Jim Valentine Guy Newall 

Sandy David Hawthorne 

Professor Budd A. Bromley-Davenport 

Bob Skitston John Alexander 

Paula Valentine Ivy Duke 

Tony Leslie Sparkes 

Maria Guiseppe Fred Raynham 

Bittista Signer Lorenzini 

Jellis Cecil Morton York 

Paula's Mother Mary Rorke 

Maid Helen Saintsbury 

Englishman Basil Cunard 

Englishwoman Rosamonde Down 

Play produced by GUY NEWALL 



NEW OXFORD 

10 NOVEMBER, 1924 
"THE FIRST EISS" 

A musical play, in two acts, 
adapted from the Spanish by BOYLE LAWRENCE 

Music by PABLO LUNA 

Mussulman Roy Deveraux 

The Caliph Clifton Alderson 

Prince Nurriden Gregory Stroud 

Mustafa Roy Emerton 

RaLfo V. Barrett-Lennard 

Carambo Dimitri Vetter 

Almond Eye Betty Bolton 

Maranda Carlito Ackroyd 

Fatima Aimee Bebb 

The Veiled One Lolita Hamilton 

Ali Mon Denier Warren 

Ben Ib-ben Courtice Pounds 

Pranza Gertrude McCoy 

Mariposa Desiree Ellinger 

Zu-f ar Percy Parsons 

Lola and Lula Dolores Sisters 

Play produced by WILLIAM J. WILSON 



EVERYMAN 

10 NOVEMBER, 1924 

CLOGS TO CLOGS 

A Lancashire comedy, in three acts, by 
JOHN WALTON 

Martha Simister Sydney Fairbrother 

William Simister Fewfass Llewellyn 

Charles Simister Clifford Mollison 

Mary Simister Evelyn Culver 

Fanny Simister Margaret Moffat 

Tom Simister F. B.Sharp 



REGENT 

16 NOVEMBER, 1924 
* " EPICCENE ; or, THE SILENT WOMAN " 

A comedy by BEN JONSON 
Presented by THE PHOENIX SOCIETY 

Morose Cedric Hardwicke 

Davp. Eugenie Raymond Massey 

Clerimont Henry C. Hewitt 

True-wit George Zucco 

Epicoene Godfrey Winn 

loh. Daw Melville Cooper 

Amorous La Foole Harold Scott 

Thorn : Otter Alfred Clark 

Cutberd Wallace Evennett 

Mute A. Corney Grain 

Mad. Haughty Ethel Lodge 

Mad. Centaure Hilda Sims 

Mrs. Mavis Winifred Evans 

Mrs. Otter Marion Lind 

Parson Adrian Byrne 

Page David Brynley 

Play produced by ALLAN WADE 



HOLBORN EMPIRE 

17 NOVEMBER, 1924 
"ANGEL GRAYCE" 

A play, in three acts, by BRUCE WINSTON 

" Sqwug " Higson Michael Hogan 

Thompson Victor Lewisohn 

Bryan Brett Duncan Yarrow 

Angel Grayce Beatrice Smith 

Bromley Browne Alexander Field 

The Cook Margaret Guinness 

Frank Frome Tristan Rawson 

Rene Brett Buena Bent 

Play produced by BRUCE WINSTON 



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THE OLD VIC 

17 NOVEMBER, 1924 

* * 6 A ffiDSUMMEB EIGHT'S DREAM " 
Comedy by WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE 

Theseus - Neil Porter 

E^eus John Macfarlane 

Lvsander John Laurie 

Demetrius Ronald Nicholson 

Hermia Dorice Fordred 

Helena Mary Ney 

Hippolyta Molly Francis 

Quince' John Garside 

Bottom George Hayes 

Flute Neil Curtis 

Snout Michael Watts 

Starveling Henry Cohen 

Snug David Mackane 

Qberon Ion Swinley 

Titania Frances St. Barbe West 

Puck Andrew Leigh 

Philostrate Kingsley Baker 

Cobweb Rosamond de Perinello 

Pease Blossom Iris Roberts 

Moth Myrtle Peters 

Mustard-seed Topsy Harris 

Play produced by ROBERT ATKINS 



AMBASSADORS 

18 NOVEMBER, 1924 

* "THE GRAIN OF MUSTARD SEED" 

A play in three acts, by H. M. HARWOOD 

Emily Corbett Dierdre Doyle 

Marjorie Corbett Cattdeen Nesbitt 

Jane Strood Mabel Terry Lewis 

Eric Thorburn Jack Hobbs 

George Corbett, M.P Stafford Hilliard 

Jerry Weston, M.P Nicholas Hannen 

Rt Hon. Lord Henry Markham, M.P Fred Kerr 

Captain Rivers * J. W. Austin 

Mr. Morris Harley Merica 

Mr. Cornthwaite. ., Paul Gill 

Tuck Henry Caine 

Mr. Salterthw ite Carleton" Hobbs 

John Garforth, M.P Fewlass Llewellyn 

Play produced by H. M. HARWOOD 



SCALA 

23 NOVEMBER, 1924 
"JUDAS ISCARIOT" 

A play in seven scenes, by E. TEMPLE THURSTON 
Presented by THE REPERTORY PLAYERS 

Simon Iscariot Frank Vosper 

Anna Louis Hampton 

1st Chaldean Raymond Massey 

2nd Chaldean Douglas Ross 

3rd Chaldean Oliver Johnston 

Lois Joyce Kennedy 

Judas Iscariot Campbell Gillian 

Huldah Nora Robinson 

Girl of Nain Violet Penule 

1st Man of Nain Oliver Johnston 

2nd Man of Nain Ro >er Livesey 

3rd Man of Nain Douglas Ross 

Boy of Nain Peter Godfrey 

Rabbi of Nain Fred O'Donovan 

Widow of Nain Margot Sieveking 

1st Man of Jerusalem Nigel Bruce 



2nd Man of Jerusalem Waiter Hurld 

3rd Man of Jerusalem. Guy PMIlips 

Girl of Jerusalem Alison Leggatt 

Priest of Sanhedrin Gordon Barker 

Maid Kathleen Blake 

Messenger F. V. Owen 

Play produced by E. TEMPLE THURSTON and 
CAMPBELL GULLAN 



GRAND, FDLHAM 

24 NOVEMBER, 1924 
" MARIGOLD " 

A romantic comedy, in prologue and three 

acts, by DAVID GILL 

Chase Oliver Johnston 

A Footman Philip Brandon 

Naomi Lucy Rosemary Corry 

Miss Patience Lowrie Mary Forbes 

Rose Joan Castle 

Revd. Peter Lowrie Basil Gill 

Miss Prudence Lowrie Georgette de Serville 

Miss Marigold O'Reilly Grizelda Hervey 

Tom Percival Clark 

Martin Lucy George Thirlwell 

Sir Thomas Overmoor Frederick Moyes 

Sir Eustace Warne Frederick Annerley 

Play produced by ANTHONY L, ELLIS 

UTTLE 

25 NOVEMBER, 1924 
"FALLING LEAVES" 

A play, in three acts, by SUTTON VANE 

Hammenvay Stanley Lathbury 

Sylva Diana Hamilton 

Piiilip Allan Jeayes 

Pennington Frank Vosper 

Lord Chalk Button Vane 

Play produced by WILLIAM ABINGDON 

EVERYMAN" 
25 NOVEMBER, 1924 
" THE VORTEX " 

A play, in three acts, by NOEL COWARD 

Preston Claire Keep 

Helen Saville Mary Robspn 

Pauncefort Quentin F. Kinsey Peile 

Clara Hibbert Millie Sim 

Florence Lancaster Lilian Braithwaite 

Tom Veryan Alan Hollis 

Nicky Lancaster Noel Coward 

David Lancaster Bromley Davenport 

Bunty Mainwaring Molly Kerr 

Bruce Fairlight Ivor Barnard 

Play rehearsed by the Author under the 
direction of NORMAN MACDERMOTT 



NEW 

26 NOVEMBER, 1924 
* " THE WANDERING JEW " 

A play, in four acts, by E. TEMPLE THURSTON 

Judith .......................... Hutin Britton 

Winifred Izard 



......................... 

Matatblas, the Jew ............. Matheson Lang 

Du Guesdin ................... Arthur Bush 



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Boemond, Prince of Tarentum. . .Henry C. Hewitt 
Godfrey, Duke of Normandy. R. Campbell Fletcher 

Pages Leslie Paine and Brian Hayes 

Raymond of Toulouse George SkiUan 

Issachar, an old Jew Ernest Bodkin 

Joanne de Beaudricourt Isobel Elsom 

The Unknown Knight Matheson Lang 

Phirous, a Man at Arms Donald Wolfit 

Mario, a Servant Hector Abbas 

Andrea Michelotti Leonard Shepherd 

Matteo Bottadio Matheson Lang 

Gianella Bottadio Jessie Winter 

Pietro Morelli George SkiUan 

Al Kazar Henry C. Hewitt 

Lazzaro Zapportas Hector Abbas 

Maria Zapportas Nona Wynne 

Arnaldo Xapportas Brian Hayes 

Matteos Battadios Matheson Lang 

Olalla Quintana Dorothy Holmes- Gore 

Gonzalez Ferara ."George SkiUan 

Alonzo Gastro Ernest Bodkin 

Juan de Texeda, 

Inquisitor General Leonard Shepherd 

Councillor Owen Cassidy 

Councillor Stephen Denby 

Officer of the Inquisition R. Campbell Fletcher 

Officer of the Inquisition Walter Menpes 

A Man at Arms Walter Plinge 

Play produced by MATHESON LANG 



SCALA 

30 NOVEMBER, 1924 
" DEAR FATHER " 

A comedy about nothing, in three acts, 
"by MICHAEL ARLEN 

Presented by THE PLAY ACTORS 

Minx H. R. Hignett 

James Berridge H. St. Barbe West 

Pamela Crawford Jane Grahame 

Captain Miles Winter Brian Gilmour 

George Crawford, M.P Herbert Marshall 

Mrs, Berridge Isabel Jeans 

Geoffrey Allen G. H. Mulcaster 

An Old Waiter Leonard Calvert 

A Woman Olga Slade 

Play produced by FRANKLIN DYALL 

CENTUEY 

30 NOVEMBER, 1924 
"BYEON" 

A play, in seven episodes, by ALICE LAW 

Byron Henry Oscar 

Lady Byron Esme Biddle 

Hobhouse A. Harding Steerman 

Thomas Moore Fred O'Donovan 

Madame Benzoai Marjorie Clarke- Jervoise 

Countess Guicioli Hazel Jones 

Count Gamba Douglas Osborn 

Prince Mavrocordato Tristan Rawson 

Dr. Bruno John Redmond 

Lieutenant Parry George Blackwood 

Fletcher Fred Piper 

Greek Admiral J. Hurnal 

Colonel Stanhope A. Harding Steerman 

Cox Pauline de Wet 

Zita Noel Allinson 

Suliot Officer Lawrence Olivier 

Play produced by HENRY OSCAR 



ST. MARTIN'S 

2 DECEMBER, 1924 
"NO MAN'S LAND" 

A play, in three acts, adipted from, the French, 
by ASHLEY DUKES 

Anna Marie Wright 

Pauline Parisot Haidee Wright 

Schreiner Derlincourt Odium 

Augusta Betty Ross-Clarke 

Captain Hartig Vincent Clive 

Paul Parisot Malcolm Keen 

Camille Kenneth Kent 

Play produced by REGINALD DENHAM 



QUEEN'S 

4 DECEMBER, 1924 
"ORANGE BLOSSOM" 

A comedy, in three acts, adapted from the 
French, by HARRY GRAHAM 

Raymond de Meri court Francis Lister 

Sacha Genia Ratmirova 

Madeleine Fay Compton 

Madame Vinet Helen Haye 

Monsieur Pidoux Henry Wen man 

Madame de Mrricourt Sybil Carlisle 

Monsieur de Mericourt Allan Aynesworth 

Mile. Renee Bonchamps Dorothy Tetley 

" " s Fougasse Marie Tempest 

Play produced by STANLEY BELL 



HEW 

7 DECEMBER, 1924 
" THE MAN WITH A LOAD OF MISCHIEF" 

A comedy, in three acts, by ASHLEY DUKES 
Presented by THE STAGE SOCIETY 

An Innkeeper Wallace Evennett 

His Wife Esme Hubbard 

A Lady Laura Cowie 

Her Maid Eileen Beldon 

A Nobleman Allan Jeayes 

His Man Leon Quartermain 

Play produced by A. E. FILMER 



REGENT 

8 DECEMBER, 1924 
" THE JEFFERSQNS " 

A comedy, in three acts, by VINCENT DOUGLASS 

Christopher Jefferson Wilfred Shine 

Helen Jefferson Edith Devonshire 

Rosie Jefferson Mary Anthony 

Stephen Anthony Fred Grove 

Joseph Forshaw Albert Williams 

Nathaniel Mosscrop George Dewhurst 

Geoffrey Mosscrop Dennis Renton 

Silas P. Mallinson John Rockey 

Elizabeth Dorothy Lawrence 

Play produced by WILFRED SHINE and 
AUBREY DEXTER 



SYNOPSIS OF PLAYBILLS 



GRAHD, FULHAM 

8 DECEMBER, 1924 

" THE HAN WHO CAME HOME " 

A play, in a prologue and three acts, by 

HENRY EDWARDS and EDWARD IRWIN 

Grosvenor Wentworth Henry Vibart 

Richard Wentworth Wilfred Caithness 

Mr. Tamplin Basil Dyne 

Hawkins Gordon Tomkins 

Monte Witchcombe Tom Ronald 

Bob Hatchett .Cecil Warwick 

Inspector of Police Alan Trewen 

Denis Trevor Henry Edwards 

Bella Hilda Bruce Potter 

Lady Macmichael Dulcima Glasby 

Lydia Macmichael Sarah Dartry 

Mary Lattimer Chrissie White 

Play produced by HENRY EDWARDS 



OLD VIC 

8 DECEMBER, 1924 
* "HAHNELE" 

A dream poem by GERHART HAUPTMANN 
Translated by WILLIAM ARCHER 

Tulpe Cecilia Nono 

Hedwig (Hete) Dorice Fordred 

Pleshke Neil Curtis 

Hanke Neil Porter 

Gottwald Ion Swinley 

Seidel Henry Cohen 

Harinele Evelyn Neilson 

Schmidt Sidney Buckman 

Berger. , John Laurie 

Dr. Wachler H. Fisher White 

Martha Marie Ney 

Mattern George Hayes 

A Figure Olivia Burleigh 

1st Angel Ursula Garvin 

2nd Angel Barbara Leake 

3rd Angel Margaret Smalden 

Black Angel Michael Watts 

Tailor Andrew Leigh 

A Boy Ernest Nichols 

Play produced by ROBERT ATKINS 



REGENT 

14 DECEMBER, 1924 
* " THE MERRY WIVES OF WMDSOR " 

A comedy by WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE 
Presented by THE FELLOWSHIP OF PLAYERS 

Sir John Falstaff Roy Byford 

Fen ton Philip Cunningham, Jun. 

Shallow Frederick Harker 

Slender J. Leslie Frith 

Ford Douglas Burbidge 

Page Tristan Rawson 

Sir Hugh Evans D. Hay Petrie 

Dr. Caius Cecil Brooking 

Host of the Garter Inn Oliver Crombie 

Bardolph Leonard Walker 

Kstol Percy Rhodes 

Nym Arnold Pilbeam 

Robin Peter Dean 



Simple Alan Edmiston 

Rugby R. Rathboae 

Mistress Ford Jean Cadell 

Mistress Page Margaret Scudamore 

Anne Page Sybil Faye 

Mistress Quickly Helena Millais 

Play produced by HUBERT HIKE 

COMEDY 

15 DECEMBER, 1924 

" JUST MARRIED " 

A farcical comedy, in taree acts, by 

ADELAIDE MATTHEWS and ANN NICHOLS 

Mrs. Johnnie Walker Leila Langley 

Second Steward Harry J. Schaefer 

Victoire Bertin Marcelle Carroll 

Ship's Officer Robert Peter Davis 

Mr. U. Makepeace Witter Willard Foster 

Mrs. U. Makepeace Witter Ruth Maitland 

First Steward Charles Hamilton 

Mrs. Jack Stanley Dorothy Mortimer 

Jack Stanley Jack Melford 

Percy Jones Bobby Blythe 

Robert Adams Lynne Overman 

Roberta Adams Vivian Martin 

Taxi Driver Arthur Page 

Play produced by CLIFFORD STORK 

FORTUNE 

15 DECEMBER, 1924 

* " WHEN KNIGHTS WERE BOLD " 
A farce, in three acts, by CHARLES MARLOWE 

Sir Guy de Vere Bromley Challenor 

Isaac Isaacson Charles F. Lloyd 

Hon. Charles Widdicom.be Frank Atkinson 

Rev. Peter Pottlebury, D.D George Child 

Sir Bryan Ballymote Richard Summers 

Wittle Reginald Tippett 

Barker Jack Fytche 

Herald James Craig 

Hon. Mrs. Waldegrave Violet Ellicott 

Miss Sarah Isaacson Gwen Llewellyn 

Lady MUlicent Egginton Helene Simon 

Lady Marjorie Egginton Lesly Birks 

Katie Pottlebury Sheila Birks 

Alice Barker Doris Francis 

Lady Rowena Egginton Enid Cooper 

Play produced by BROMLEY CHALLENOR 

EVERYlffiAN 

16 DECEMBER, 1924 

" THE Tm&NNY OP HOME " 

A domestic comedy, in three acts, by 
W. LEMON HALL 

Randal Fred O'Donovan 

Olive Weatherby Joan Vivian- Rees 

Rev. Bernard Weatherby Campbell Gullan 

Mrs. Glanville Clare Greet 

Winnie Glanville Beatrix Thomson 

Vera Burton Marie Dainton 

Mrs. Elphingham Margaret Carter 

Major Elphingham Eliot Makeham 

Andrew Cobb George Merritt 

Gerald Weatherby Frederick T. Cooper 

Cyril Durlston Cyril Nash 

Play produced by MILTON ROSMER 



SYNOPSIS OF PLAYBILLS 



ROYALTY 

16 DECEMBER, 1924 

* ** nto VORTEX " 

A play, in three acts, by NOEL COWARD 

Preston Kathleen Blake 

Helen Saville Mary Robson 

Pauncefort Quentin F. Kinsey Peile 

Clara Hibbert Millie Sim 

Florence Lancaster Lilian Braithwaite 

Tom Veryan Alan Hollis 

Nicky Lancaster Noel Coward 

David Lancaster Bromley Davenport 

Bunty Mainwaring Molly Kerr 

Bruce Fairlight Ivor Bernard 

Play produced by NORMAN MACDERMOTT 

SHAFTESBURY 

16 DECEMBER, 1924 
* "CHARLEY'S AONT" 

A farcical comedy, in three acts, by 
BRANDON THOMAS 

Col. Sir Francis Chesney Arthur P. Bell 

Stephen Spettigue James E. Page 

Jack Chesney Jevan Brandon -Thomas 

Charles Wykeham Malcolm Neville 

Lord Fancourt Babberley Richard Cooper 

Brassett Walter Dolphin 

Donna Lucia d'Alvadorez Margaret Murray 

Kitty Verdun Dorothy Barclay 

Ella Delahay Jane Graham 

Amy Spettigue Gwynne Whitby 

ADELPHI 

18 DECEMBER, 1924 

* "PETER PAN" 

Fairy play by SIR JAMES BARRIE 

Peter Pan Gladys Cooper 

Jf-^ook > lanHunter 

Mr. Darling 5 

Mrs. Darling Stella Patrick Campbell 

Wendy Moira Angela Darling. .Angela du Maurier 

John Napoleon Darling Gerald Andersen 

Michael Nicholas Darling Brian Glennie 

Nana Gordon Carr 

Tootles Audrey Lucas 

Nibs Jill Esmond-Moore 

Slightly Harold Scott 

Curly Diana Beaumont 

First Twin Phil Buchanan 

Second Twin Agatha Kentish 

Smee George Skelton 

Gentleman Starkie Charles Trevor 

Great Big Little Panther Francis L Sullivan 

Tiger Lily Nancy Pawley 

Liza Winifred Sutton 

Play produced by LICHFIELD OWEN 

ST. JAMES'S 

18 DECEMBER, 1924 
" POLLYANNA 

A glad play in three acts 

By CATHERINE CHISHOLM GUSHING 

Founded on the novel by ELEANOR H. PORTER 

Mrs. Cannody Alice Beet 

Miss Caroll Elizabeth Watson 

Mrs. Gregg Mary Brough 



Nancy Maire O'Xeill 

Polly Harrington Grace Lane 

Ppllyanna Whittier Joan Barry 

Jimmy Bean Hugh Dempster 

John Pendleton Lyn Harding 

Blinker Jones Tom. Reynolds 

Dr. Chilton Athole Stewart 

Play produced by REGINALD DENHAM 



HAYMARKET 

20 DECEMBER, 1924 

* "A KISS FOR CINDERELLA" 

A fancy, by J. M. BARRIE 

Mr. Bodie J. H. Roberts 

Policeman Norman McKinnel 

Cinderella Hilda Trevelyan 

A Coster Charles Maunsell 

Mrs. Maloney Cicely Gates 

A Gentleman A. Harding Steennan 

Marie Terese Marjorie Brook 

Gladys Ivy Raymond 

Delphine Lucia Jones 

Gretchen Olive Drew 

Godmother Madge Murray 

Page Victor Tunwell 

The Lord Mayor Charles Garry 

The Censor Cecil Trouncer 

The King Austin Trevor 

The Queen Lady Tree 

Penguin James Gilbert 

Cinderella's Rival Dorothie Thomas 

Ellen Ethne Honan 

Dr. Bodie Louis Hampton 

Danny Reginald Bach 

The Probationer Pamela Dartrey 

Play produced by CHARLES LA TROBE, under the 
personal direction of the Author 

GARRICK 

24 DECEMBER, 1924 
" SIX CYLINDER LOVE " 

A comedy, in three acts, by W. ANTONY 
McGuiRE 

Mr. Burton Sebastian Smith 

Mrs. Burton Sybil Arundale 

Phyllis Joyce Carey 

Mary Marcelle Roche 

Margaret Louise Prussing 

Bertram Ian Fleming 

Harold Joan Raglan 

Gilbert Stirling Bobby Howes 

Marylin Stirling Edna Best 

Donroy Ernest Leeman 

Mrs. Stapleton James Lindsay 

Smith John Collins 

Johnson Frank Leslie 

Play produced by JOHN COLLINS 

PRINCE'S 

24 DECEMBER, 1924 

" ALP'S BUTTON " 

An extravaganza by W. A. DARLINGTON 

Private Bill Grant Ambrose Thorne 

Lance-Corporal Greenstock Edward Ouston 

Sergeant Lees E. C. Hawken 

Private Alf Higgins ' .Tubby Edlin 

The Slave of the Button George F. Ida 

Captain Richards Emerton Court 



SYNOPSIS OF PLAYBILLS 



Lieutenant Deals Alien George Thirwell 

Lady Isabel FItz-Peter Jane Welsh 

Mustapha Arthur Pitt 

Liz Walker Hazel Jones 

Anis-al- Jalis (Lucy) Esme Fitz-Gibbon 

Zubaidah (Agnes) Doris Jolmstone 

Sitt-al-Hush (Dancer) Mile. Petreska 

Rev. Julian Davies James Carrali 

Mrs. Davies Ada Palmer 

Lord Dunwater Forbes Dawson. 

Play produced by HOLMAN CLARK and 
E. DAGNALL 



MEW OXFORD 

24 DECEMBER, 1924 

* ** DICK WHITTINGTON AND HIS CAT " 

King Rat (and the Native) George Crossley 

Fairy Bowbell Mary Douglas 

The Spirit of the Chimes Helen Cooney 

The Cat Fred Whittaker 

Bill (and Bo'sun) Seth Egbert 

Alf (and Mate) Albert Egbert 

Alderman Fitzwarren Alfred Wright 

The Captain Phyllis Heryet 

Alice - Vera Bryer 

Eliza Douglas Byng 

Dick Whittington Mabel Green 

Idle Jack Wilkie Bard 

Prima Ballerina Derra de Moroda 

The Emperor Roy Emerton 

The Princess Helen Cooney 

Children Terry's Juveniles 

Pantomime produced by ALBERT DE COURVILLE 



LYCEUM 

26 DECEMBER, 1924 
" THE' FORTY THIEVES " 

A pantomime by LEEDHAM BANTOCK 
Music by GUY JONES 

AM Baba (A Woodcutter) Stan Paskin 

Cogia (His Wife) Albert Letine 

Donald (His Donkey) Freddy Austin 

Ginger (His Dog) George Green 

Cassim (His Rich Brother) Rolf Slater 

Mrs. Cassim (His Wife) Will Richards 

Prince Hakki Eileen Dagmar 

Princess Hadgi Dorita Behnont 

Rtrano I Ba dad Police - - - Tiie Hengler Brothers 

Hassan (An Auctioneer) Louis Gaye 

Abdallah (Captain of Thieves) Doris Clayton 

Hassarac (Chief of Staff) George Jackley 

Cassarac (Second Chief) Archie McCaig 

The Caliph of Bagdad Robert Woollard 

Mustapha (A Cobbler) Harry Hartley 

Sesame (Genii of the Cave) Frank Elsworthy 

Spirit of Youth Baby Love 

Shahrazad (A Dancer) Connie Wilde 

Onyx Leon Kellaway 

Dubas (A Wazir of Bagdad) George Sparrow 

Kafur (A Magician) Zellini 

Morgiana (Slave of Cassim) Connie Browning 

Ganem (AH Baba's Son) Irene Shamrock 

Pantomime produced by WALTER and 
FREDERICK MELVILLE 



LONDON HIPPODROME 
26 DECEMBER, 1924 
" MOTHER GOOSE " 

Mother Goose .................. Shaun Glenville 

Jack ....................... Wee Georgie Wood 

Jill .............................. Isobel Eisom 

Maisie ....................... Clarice Hardwicke 

Squire Longacres ............... Bernard Dudley 

Viscount Discount ................ Tom E. Head 

Robbie ......................... Dorothy Ward 

The Golden Goose ............... Fred Conquest 

.............. Tte Shanks Bros. 



Fairy Heartsease ............. Florence Saunders 

Demon Discordo ............... St. John Medley 

The Duchess ...................... Mary Dibley 

A Witch .......................... May Norton 

Pantomime produced by JULIAN WYLIE 



STRAND 

26 DECEMBER, 1924 
* " TREASURE ISLAND " 

A play adapted from Robert Louis Stevenson's 
romance, by JAMES B. FAGAN 



-Arthur Bourchier 

James Carew 

Edmund Kennedy 
. . .Charles Groves 

James Carew 

.Claude Edmonds 

Harry Danby 

Edmund Kennedy 
. . . .James Arnold 
..William Dxeter 

Cyril Jarvis 

. . .Percival Coyte 
.Charles Groves 



Long John Silver 

Captain Billy Bones 

Pew 

Black Dog 

George Merry 

Tom Morgan 

Deadeye 

Israel Hands 

Job Anderson 

Johnny 

Dirk 

O'Brien 

Ben Gunn 

Tom Watkins James Arnold 

Dick Becket Bould 

Abe Gray Edward E. Silk 

Harry Leslie Norman 

Allan Eric Fowler 

Squire Trelawney Fred Lewis 

Joyce Graham Stuart 

Hunter Robert Haslam 

Redruth Claude Edmonds 

Dr. Liyesay S. A. Cookson 

Captain Smollett Alec Chumley 

Mr. Arrow Vincent Carlyle 

Supervisor Dance Percival Coyte 

Tiu Douglas Graham 

Joe Crossley Graham Stuart 

Mrs. Hawkins Mary Raby 

Jim Hawkins Terence de Marney 



DRURY LANE 
26 DECEMBER, 1924 
* " A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM " 

A comedy by WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE 

Theseus Allan Jeayes 

Egeus Brember Wills 

Lysander Leon Quartermaine 

Demetrius Frank Vosper 

Philostrate Douglas Burbidge 

Quince Frank Cellier 

Snug Alfred Clark 

Bottom Wilfrid Walter 

Flute Clifford Mollison 



SYNOPSIS OF PLAYBILLS 



Snout .......................... Miles Malleson 

Starveling ...................... H. 0. Nicholson 

Hippolyta .......................... Mary Clare 

Hermia ......................... Athene Seyler 

Helena ........................... Edith Evans 

Oberon ......................... Robert Harris 

Titania ................ Gwen Ffrangcon Davies 

Puck ........................... D. Hay Petrie 

First Fairy ..................... Lorna Hubbard 

Pease Blossom .................. Monica Disney 

Cobweb ......................... Peggy Livesey 

Moth ......................... Margaret Neason 

Mustard Seed ...... ........ Violet Aubert 

Singing Fairy ................. Sylva van Dyck 

Prepares Daaseuses 



Premier Danseur ................ Jack Renshaw 

Play produced by BASIL DEAN 

EVEKYMA3S 

26 DECEMBER, 1924 

* ft 'fH'W PHILAKDEEER " 

A comedy by G. BERNARD SHAW 

Leonard Charteris ................ Claude Rains 

Joseph, Cuthbertson ............ Fred O'Donovan 



Colonel Craven Stanley Drewitt 

Dr. Paramore Felix Aylmer 

Page George Waller 

Sylvia Craven Xadine March 

Julia Craven Dorothy Massingham 

Grace Tanfield Cecily Byrne 

Play rehearsed by MILTON ROSMER under the 
direction of NORMAN MACDERMOTT 



LITTLE 
30 DECEMBER, 1924 

" YOU AND I " 
A comedy, in three acts, by PHILIP BARRY 

Veronica Duane Nora Swinburne 

Roderick White Robert Mawdesley 

Nancy White Margaret Moflat 

Maitland White Gerald Ames 

Etta May Ward 

G. T. Warren Michael Sherbrooke 

Geoffrey Nicols Tristan Rawson 

Play produced by SEWELL COLLINS 



SYNOPSIS OF PLAYBILLS 



1925 



MEW 

4 JANUARY, 1925 
**THE FAIRWAY" 

A comedy, in three acts, from the French, by 
NOEL SCOTT and AURIOL LEE 

Presented by THE REPERTORY PLAYERS 

Hired Waiter Frank V. Leveson 

Madame Sezeres Olga Slade 

Arlette Muriel Alexander 

Jacqueline Nadine March 

Guest Ewart Scott 

Baronne de Claches .Margot Sieveking 

Baron de Claches Algernon West 

jfax Kenneth Kent 

Serge Raymond Massey 

Spadeili Guy Boulton 

Lady Guest Grizelda Hervey 

Journalist H. E. Stoker 

jean Aubrey Mather 

Pacome Oliver Johnston 

Play produced by GEORGES DE WARFAZ 

ST. JAMES'S 

6 JANUARY, 1925 
" MEDDLERS " 

A farce in three acts, by NORMAN S. PUGH 
and AGNES PLATT 

Dr Vivian Ashton Farren Soutar 

Enid Hastings Mimi Crawford 

Miss Bishop Gladys fiolliott 

Aloysius Longredge Edwin Greenwood 

Geoffrey Lee John Wyse 

Alice Wynne Margaret Swallow- 
Miss Twitter Buena Bent 

Annie. Honor Bright 

James Charles Vane 

Play produced by REGINALD BACH 

"NUMBER 24" 

A play, in one act, by DAVID AMHERST MINLORE 

Dr. Sir Parker Domville J. Henry Twyford 

Silent Sam Charles Vane 

Play produced by CHARLES VANE 

GLOBE 

7 JANUARY, 1925 

" CAMILLA STATES HER CASE " 

A play, in three acts, and an epilogue 
by GEORGE EGERTON 

Loaring E. A. Walker 

Ronald Lanchester George Relph 

Anne McCarthy Dora Gregory 

Major William Leighton George Tally 

Emmet N. Tandy William Phelps 

Violet Leighton Lilian Cavanagh 

Lady Sophie Dundas Mary Rorke 

Major-General Sir John Leighton, Bt. K.C.B., 

D.S.O C. M. Lowne 

Lady Leighton Margaret Bannerman 

Monty Gordon Ivan Berlyn 

Freeman Henry Vibart 

Play produced by STANLEY BELL 

(2140) 24 pp. C: 



CENTURY 
8 JANUARY, 1925 

** THE SHIP " 
A play, in three acts, by ST. JOHN G. ERVINE 

Old Mrs. Thurlow Lena Ashwell 

John Thurlow Frederick Leister 

Janet Katie Johnson 

Jack Clive Woods 

Hester Daphne Heard 

Captain Cornelius Philip Reeves 

George Norwood Geoffrey Dunlop 

Maid Joan Handfield 



** Q " THEATRE 

13 JANUARY, 1925 

* " A MESSAGE FROM MARS " 

A play, in three acts, by RICHARD GANTHONY 

Minnie Templar Dorothy Dix 

Aunt Martha Mrs. Arthur Whitby 

Horace Parker Terence O'Brien 

Bella Edith Harley 

Mr. Dicey Cyril Nash 

Tramp EHot Makeham 

Messenger from Mars H. A. Saintsbttry 

Policeman Robert Crosby 

Woman Outcast Pelia de Leon 

Mrs. Clarence Laura Walker 

Wounded Man Alexander Field 

Polly Beatrice Lewisohn 

Sir Edward Vivian Cecil Cameron 

Play produced by MILTON ROSMER 



REGENT 

14 JANUARY, 1925 

* ST JOAN" 
A play, in seven scenes, by G. BERNARD SHAW 

Robert de Baudricourt Shayle Gardner 

Steward Stockwell Hawkins 

j oan Sybil Thorndike 

Bertrand de Poulengey Victor Lewisohn 

The Archbishop of Rheims. . .Robert Cunningham 

La Tremouille Bruce Winston 

Court Page Godfrey Winn 

Gilles de Rais Milton Rosmer 

Captain La Hire Matthew Forsyth 

The Dauphin Ernest Thesiger 

The Duchesse de la Tremouille Beatrice Smith 

Dunois Robert Horton 

Dunois's Page Jack Hawkins 

Richard de Beauchamp E. Lyall Swete 

Chaplain de Stogumber Lewis T. Casson 

Peter Cauchon Eugene Leahy 

Warwick's Page Sidney Bromley 

The Inquisitor O. B. Clarence 

D'Estivet Raymond Massey 

De Courcelles Francis Hope 

Brother Martin Ladvenu Lawrence Anderson 

The Executioner Victor Lewisohn 

An English Soldier Stockwell Hawkins 

A Gentleman Osborne Adair 

Play produced by LEWIS T. CASSON 



SYNOPSIS OF PLAYBILLS 



EVEEYMAN 

20 JANUARY, 1925 

"HOME AFFAIRS" 

A comedy, in three acts, by LADISLAS FODQR 
English version by NORMAN MACDERMOTT 

Justin Frederick Moves 

Adolphe Harold B. Meade 

Brigitte Clair Keep 

Lionel d'Avencourt Claude Rains 

Susanne Hilda Bayley 

Jacques Morrell Felix Aylmer 

Duvert Mervyn Johns 

Poulin Andrew Wight 

Baron Martin Harold B. Meade 

Margot Latreux Nadine March 

Lucien Tirlemont Lauderdale Maitland 

Dechamps George Merritt 

Robert Charles Thomas 

Adrienne Elizabeth Arkell 

Vaubert William Bradford 

Play produced by NORMAN MACDERMOTT 



ST. JAMES'S 

21 JANUARY, 1925 

"GROUNDS FOE DIVORCE " 

A comedy, in three acts, by GUY BOLTON 
From the Hungaiian of ERNEST VAJDA 

Marte Pamela Carme 

Felix Roget Lawrence Grossmith 

Marianne Regnault Jane Wood 

Denise Sorbier Madge Titheradge 

Labelle '. Lawrence Hanray 

Maurice Sorbier Owen Nares 

Marie Roget Violet Graham 

Henriette Deschamps Alice O'Dea 

Marchese Guido Longoni Dino Galvani 

Play produced by E. HOLMAN CLARK 



APOLLO 

22 JANUARY, 1925 
"BY THE WAY" 

A revue by RONALD JEANS and HAROLD SIMPSON 

Lyrics by GRAHAM JOHN 

Music by VIVIAN ELLIS 

Betty Chester 



STB AND 
24 JANUARY, 1925 



Jack Hulbert 
Eddie Childs 
Harold French 
Winnie Meyeri 
Dorothy Hurst 



Cicely Courtneidge 
Babs Valerie 
Marie Arnold 
Celia Glynn 



Revue produced by JACK HULBERT 

VAUDEVILLE 

23 JANUARY, 1925 
"POSSESSIONS" 

A play, in three acts, by N. F. GRANT 

Sir William Jesmond, Bt., J.P., M.P..Sam Livesey 

Talbot Matthew Boulton 

David Arnott Ian Fleming 

Lady Jesmond Helen Haye 

Colonel Wedderburn, C.B., D.S.O. . C. Aubrey Smith 

Monica Jesmond .' Fabia Drake 

The Earl of Northallerton Ernest Main waring 

Mrs. Arnott Irene Rooke 



A play, in three acts, by HENRY BERNSTEIN 
Adapted by COSMO GORDON-LENNOX 

Richard Chelf ord .............. Arthur Bourchier 

Raymond Leyton ................. James Carew 

Harry Leyton ..................... Jack Hobbs 

Mr. Prothero .................... Alick Chumley 

Butler .......................... Beckett Bould 

Footman ....................... Robert Young 

Isabel Leyton ........... Stella Patrick Campbell 

Marise Chelford ................... Kyrle Bellew 

Play produced by NORMAN PAGE 

ALDWYCH 

25 JANUARY, 1925 

* ** THE ASSIGNATION " 

Comedy, by JOHN DRYDEN 

Presented by the PHOENIX SOCIETY 

Duke of Mantua ................. Charles Carson 

Prince Frederick ............... Charles Horderti 

Aurelian ......... . ............. Oliver Johnston 

Camillo ....................... RaymondMassey 

Mario ......................... Tristan Rawson 

Ascanio ...................... Frederick Peisley 

Benito ......................... Melville Cooper 

Valerio ....................... Matthew Forsyth 

Fabio .......................... John H. Moore 

A Captain .................... Campbell Fletcher 

Sophronia ..................... Margaret Carter 

Lucretia .................. Dorothy Massingham 

Hippolita ....................... Eileen Beldon 

Laura ............................ Vera Lennox 

Violetta .................... Hermione Baddeley 

Frontona .......................... Olga Slade 

Play produced by ALLAN WADE 

NEW OXFORD 

26 JANUARY, 1925 

" THE MONKEY HOUSE " 

A farce, in three acts, by WALTER W. ELLIS 

Stanley Cruikshank ............... David Miller 

Colonel Algernon Browne .......... Frank Arlton 

Doctor Hobson .................... Henry Ford 

Professor Hatchett .............. Denis J/Hogan 

Window Cleaner ................ Dundas Walker 

Julie Browne .................... Mimi Crawford 

Mary Cruikshank ................... Elsie Craig 

Saunders ....................... Elsie Goulding 

"Mrs. Widdicombe ................ Gladys ffolliott 

Little Mary ............... . ......... Ena Leger 

Play produced by the Author 

GRAND, FULHAM 

26 JANUARY, 1925 
" JITTA'S ATONEMENT " 

A tragi-comedy, in three acts, by S. TREBITSCH ; 
translated by G. BERNARD SHAW 

Professor Bruno Haldenstedt ....... Vincent Clive 

Agnes Haldenstedt ................. Nancy Price 

Edith Haldenstedt ........... Prudence Vanbrugh 

Professor Alfred Lenkheim ....... J. Leslie Frith 

Jitta Lenkheim ................ Violet Vanbrugh 

Doctor Ernest Fessler ............ Leonard Upton 

Mrs. Billiter .................... Muriel Johnston 

Girl from the Florists ........... , Margaret Davey 



SYNOPSIS OF PLAYBILLS 



SHAFTBSBUBY 

27 JANUARY, 1925 

"IIGHTNIF" 

A play, In a prologue and three acts, 
by WINCHELL SMITH and FRANK BACON* 

Lightnin' Bill Jones Horace Hodges 

John Marvin Donald Foster 

Raymond Thomas Owen Rough-wood 

Lemuel Townsend Charles Evans 

Rodney Harper Walter Pearce 

Everett Hammond Louis Goodrich 

Nevin Blodgett George Zucco 

Oscar Nelsen. Henry Carlisle 

Fred Peters David Hallam 

Walter Lennon Gus Wheatman 

Zeb Crothers E. H. Paterson 

Teddy P. Cunningham., Jun. 

Liveryman Donald Fergusson 

Mildred Buckley Nora Robinson 

Mrs. Jones Ruth Chester 

Margaret Davis Diana Wilson 

Mrs. Harper Kay Thomas 

Freda Dora Travers 

Emily Jarvis Sarah Dartrey 

Mrs. Moore Eileen Munro 

Mrs. Jordan Mabel Gower 

Mrs. Preston Adelaide Grace 

Mrs. Starr Doreen Whitten 

Mrs. Cogshall Lenore Caulfeild 

Play produced by WINCHELL SMITH 



QUEEN'S 
28 JANUARY, 1925 

" SILENCE " 
A melodrama, in three acts, by MAX MARGIN 

Deputy Warden Mallory G. Clifton Boyne 

Prison Guard Wilson Gunning 

Andrew Pritchard A. S. Homewood 

Jim Warren Godfrey Tearle 

District Attorney Clarke Clayton Greene 

Priest F, Booth Conway 

Mollie Burke Mary Clare 

Mamie Josephine Dixon 

Rose Catherine Drago 

Phyllis Pamela Williams 

Francine Joan Garstin 

Harry Silvers Alexander Sarner 

Nolan Rothbury Evans 

Policeman Wilson Gunning 

Nonna Powers > Helen Spencer 

Norma Drake $ 

Phil Powers H. St. Barbe West 

Dr. Thorpe George Hewetson 

Alderman Connors Vincent Holman 

Arthur Lawrence James Raglan 

Cora Part Buchanan 

Father Ryan Rothbury Evans 

Play produced by the Author 



Lady Jaae Walton Dorothie Pidcock 

Archie Wells. Edmund Brecon 

Bobby Williams Dertys Blakelock 

Coanie Gillies Xancie Parsons 

Willie Somers H. G. Stoker 

Richard Sones Ian Hunter 

Mona Cathlen Nesbitt 

Play produced by BASEL DEAN 

SCA1A 

I FEBRUARY, 1925 

"PETER AND PAUL" 

A play, in three acts, by H. F. RUBINSTEIN 

Presented by THE PLAY ACTORS 

Peter J. H. Roberts 

His Mother Lucy Milner 

Ruth Molly Lumley 

Tom Cecil Trouncer 

Edith Ann Desmond 

Paul Franklin Dyall 

Eva Hilda Moore 

Gerda (as child) Marjorie Brooke 

The Same (as adult) Hilda Moore 

A Landlady Winifred Oughton 

A Nurse Margaret Carter 

A Reporter Walter Hudd 

A Housekeeper Adah Barton 

A Pianist Doreen Enroll 

f Matthew Forsyth 

I J. H. Roberts 
Voices J Brember Wills 

1 John Wyse 
Franklin Dyall 

I Mary Barton 

An Angel Evelyn Dane 

Play produced by FRANKLIN DYALL 



FORTUNE 

2 FEBRUARY, 1925 

* "ARE YOU A MASON?" 

A farcical comedy, in three acts 
(adapted from the German) 

Amos Bloodgood ....... . ..... Bromley Challenor 

Frank Perry ..................... Martin Lewis 

George Fisher ................... Richard Cooper 

Ernest Morrison ....... Derek Bromley Challenor 

Hamilton Travers ................ Arthur Jenner 

John Halton ...................... J- J. Stadden 

P.c. X.X.X ........................ James Craig 

Caroline Bloodgood ............... Muriel Kidner 

Eva Perry ..................... Elizabeth Arkell 



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ST. MABTDTS 

29 JANUARY, 1925 
"SPRING CLEANING" 

A comedy, in three acts, by 
FREDERICK LONSDALE 

Margaret Sones Cecily Byrne 

Ernest Steele Ronald Squire 

Walters Claude Graham 

Fay Collen , , -Edna Best 

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Fanchon Annitage ............... Doris Francis 

Mrs. Halton ................... Florence Trevor 

Lottie ........................... Maire O'Neill 

Play produced by BROMLEY CHALLENOR 

LYRIC 

2 FEBRUARY, 1925 

* "CTE LADY PROM THE SEA" 

A drama, in five acts, by HENRIK IBSEN ; 

translated by WILLIAM ARCHER 

Presented by THE INDEPENDENT PLAYERS 

Ballested ...................... Malcolm Morley 

Boletta ...................... Josephine Wilson 

Lyngstrand ...................... Ernest Miltoa 



SYNOPSIS OF PLAYBILLS 



Hilda Fanny Dowson 

Doctor Wangei Arthur Wontner 

Arnholm George Skillan 

Ellida Wangei Lillebil Ibsen 

A Stranger Cyril Hardingham 

Play produced by ERNEST MILTON 

DALY'S 

4 FEBRUARY, 1925 
* " THE DOLLAR PRINCESS " 

A muscial play, in two acts, 

adapted by BASIL HOOD ; lyrics by ADRIAN Ross ; 

music by LEO FALL 

Harry Q. Conder Carl Brisson 

Freddy Fairfax Paul England 

John Earl of Quorn Horace Percival 

Dick Coningsby Brierley 

Sir James McGregor Edmund D. La louche 

Bulger Edward D'Arcy 

Duke of Stonehenge Fred Pedgrift 

Olga Mai Bacon 

Daisy Mary Leigh 

Alice Evelyn Laye 

Play produced by FRED J. BLACKMAN 

VAUDEVILLE 

4 FEBRUARY, 1925 
" SOMETIME " 

A musical comedy, in two acts, by 
RITA JOHNSON YOUNG 

Music by RUDOLF FRIML 

Mabel Yvonne Mertens 

Betty Hilda Cowley 

Ailsa Miriam Sabbage 

Sonia Joan Carroll 

Stella- \ Dolores Sisters 

Aiiets y 

Phyllis Grey Josephine Earle 

Mamie Dean Bibi Delabere 

Hank Vaughan J. Farren Soutar 

Frank Frank Tinney 

April-May Carlotta Ackroyd 

Enid Vaughan Desiree Ellinger 

AUegretti Albert Goodwin 

Mazetti Jack Frost 

Sylvia Sardona Joan Hay 

Dick Carter Robert Chisholm 

Fanny Verita Vivien 

Derry Geoffrey Startin 

Apthorp Franklin Davies 

Risco Dodd A. Mehan 

Larky Leslie Benson 

Mr. Jones William Parry 

Play produced by WILLIAM J. WILSON 



GAERICK 

5 FEBRUARY, 1925 
* "OLD HEIDELBERG" 

A play, in four acts, by 

WILHELM MEYER-FORSTER ; 

adapted by RUDOLF BLEICHMANN 

Von Metzing Robert Haslam 

Von Breitenberg Charles Hordern 

Scholermann ) ( Ronald Simpson 

Glanz V Footmen 4 Peter Barrie 

Reuter ) ( Frederick Moreton 

Von Haugk Ashton Pearse 

Von Passarge A. E. Raynor 



Lutz Ernest Benham 

Dr. Juttner E. W. Thomas 

Karl Heinrich Ivor Novello 

Ruder Tatten Hall 

Frau Ruder Hannah Jones 

Frau Dorffel Betty Sturgess 

Kathie Dorothy Batlev 

Biltz William Kendall 

Engelbrecht Charles Hordern 

Von Asterberg Alexander Onslow 

Kellermann Ian O. Will 

Von Wedell Basil Howes 

Play produced by ERNEST BENHAM 



PRINCE OF WALES'S 

6 FEBRUARY, 1925 
"CHARLOT'S REVUE" 

A new version 

Laddie Cliff Claire Romaine 

Henry Kendall Phyllis Monkman 

Morris Harvey Nellie Bowman 

Peter Haddon Queenie Thomas 

ADELPHI 

6 FEBRUARY, 1925 
"LOVE'S PRISONER" 

A musical play, in three acts, written and composed 
by REGINALD HARGREAVES 

Black George Tregonning Russell Macaulay 

Abel Polperro Fred Withers 

Uncle Willy Pen worthy Albert Hayzen 

Jennifer Kathleen Beldon 

Joe Miskin John E. Coyle 

Susan Dorothy Lane 

Lurgan E. Percy Parsons 

Lieutenant Quorn, R.N W. F. Hall 

Ephraim Bunkle Fred Vigay 

Licette Betty Faire 

Sir Barnaby Breeze Ewart Scott 

Barbara Helen Gilliland 

Sir RogerTrevannion, Bart James Lindsay 

Gaston de Senlis Harry Welchman 

Screed Dimitre Vitter 

Lord Broadwater Henry Crocker 

Captain Gascoigne Con way Dixon 

Cornet Streatley Grant Maclean 

Play produced by the Author 

NEW 

7 FEBRUARY, 1925 
* " CARNIVAL " 

A play, in three acts, by H. C. M. HARDINGE 
and MATHESON LANG 

Guiseppe Leonard Shepherd 

Lelio Walter Menpes 

Nino Elsie Judge 

Camilla Dorothy Fane 

The Porter Arthur Bush 

Count Andra Scipione Dennis Neilson -Terry 

Silvio Steno Henry Hewitt 

Ottavia Ethel Carrington 

Simonetta Mary Glynne 

Ettore Ernest Bodkin 

Nella Winifred Izard 

Tomasso Donald Wolfit 

Colia Betty Belloc 

Clelia Nona Wynne 

Dionigi '. George Walker 

Grazzo A. W. Tyrer 



SYNOPSIS OF PLAYBILLS 



Sandro Owen Cassidy 

Cecco Alec S. Cluaes 

Teresa Nbrma Varden 

The Call Boy Horatio Gorringe 

A Doctor Alexander Denby 

Play produced by MATHESON LANG 



ALDWYCH 

8 FEBRUARY, 1925 
" TBTR BROBjEST THREAD ** 

A play, in three acts, by NOEL SCOTT 
Presented by THE REPERTORY PLAYERS 

Alice Esme Hubbard 

Mark Caradean Frank Vosper 

Dr. David Maxwell George Morgan 

Helen Esther Whitehouse 

" Bidge " Barr Raymond Massey 

Billy Fairfax Reginald Gardiner 

William. George Harker 

John Fairfax, K.C., M.P Austin Trevor 

Marjorie Bartlett Helen Gosse 

Play produced by HENRY KENDALL and 
RAYMOND MASSEY 



REGENT 

8 FEBRUARY 1925, 
* " KING HENRY IV " (Part H) 

Historical play by WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE 
Presented by THE FELLOWSHIP OF PLAYERS 

Rumour the Presenter Madge Whiteman 

King Henry the Fourth Edmund Willard 

Prince Henry Robert Harris 

Prince John of Lancaster Godfrey Kenton 

Humphrey of Gloucester Patrick Gover 

Thomas of Clarence Lawrence Olivier 

Northumberland Douglas Burbidge 

Warwicke Graveley Ed wards 

Westmorland Frederick Burtwell 

Surrey Harrison Lawson 

Gowre Herbert Whitman 

Lord Chiefe Justice Eugene Leahy 

Pointz Michael Hogan 

Falstaffe Alfred Clark 

Bardolfe Ernest Meads 

Pistol! Tristan Rawson 

Page Audrey Cameron 

Shallow Horace Sequeira 

Silence D. Hay Petrie 

Dauie. Roger Livesey 

Mouldie Roger Livesey 

Shadow Godfrey Kenton 

Wart Peter Ridgeway 

Feeble Hubert Woodward 

BuHcalfe Noel AUinson 

Lord Bardolfe Robert Glennie 

Travers Godfrey Kenton 

Morton Patrick Gover 

Peto Herbert Whitman 

Phang Leonard Calvert 

Snare Lawrence Olivier 

Northumberland's Wife Flora Grey 

Percie's Widow Mariam Rathbone 

Hostesse Quickly Dora Gregory 

Doll Teare-Sheete Dorothy Green 

Epilogue Muriel de Castro 

Play produced by L. E. BERMAN 



" Q " TfflSATBE 

9 FEBRUARY, 1925 
" THE FRAUD ' 

A play, in three acts, by LEONARD MERRICK 
and MICHAEL MORTON 

Charlie Owen Gerald Ames 

Mary Fenton Dorothy Dix 

A Waiter Cecil Cameron 

Valet Don Gemmell 

Mrs. Fowler Buena Bent 

Chambermaid Edith Harley 

Mrs. Walford Aida Jenoure 

Mr, Walford. Morton Selten 

Blake Walford Edmund Willard 

Dodswell Constance Foljambe 

Mr. Hampton Donald Young 

Mrs. Owen Viola Roache 

Play produced by MILTON ROSMER 

EVERYMAN 

10 FEBRUARY, 1925 
" YVELLE" 

A play, in three acts, outlined by 

MARGARET CLEMENT-SCOTT 
and elaborated by C. B. FERNALD 

Thomas Herrick Charles Carson 

John Landfield Stephen Ewart 

Willis Farnbam Ernest Mainwaring 

Prince Yakovieff Boris Ranevsky 

Charlie Kountz Albert Brouett 

Jules Randolph McLeod 

Gervaise Nancye Kenyon 

Dollie Chaleuray Phyllis Stuckey 

Tillie Kountz Clare Harris 

Bella Farnham Lettice Fairfax 

Patricia Landfield Diana Hamilton 

Yvelle ' Stella Arbenina 



ALDWYCH 

15 FEBRUARY, 1925 
** THE BRIGHT ISLAND " 

A comedy, in three acts, by ARNOLD BENNETT 
Presented by THE STAGE SOCIETY 

Susan Maddox Isabel Jeans 

James Maddox Frederick Lloyd 

Capitan Felix Aylmer 

Doctor Michael Sherbrooke 

Harlequin Alan Trotter 

Pierrot Arthur Pusey 

Columbine Dorothy Holmes-Gore 

Pantaloon Brember Wills 

Isabella Jeanne de Casalis 

Play produced by THEODORE KOMISARJEVSKY 

HAYMARBET 

19 FEBRUARY, 1925 
* "HAMLET" 

A tragedy by WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE 

Claudius Malcolm Keen 

Hamlet , . .John Barrympre 

Polonius Herbert Waring 

Horatio George Relph 

Laertes Ian Fleming 

Rosencrantz Jevan Brandon-Thomas 

Guildenstern Michael Hogan 

Osric Frederick Cooper 

A Priest .Harding Steerman 



SYNOPSIS OF PLAYBILLS 



A Messenger ................... Stanley Roberts Leander Billoroff ................. Gene Gerrard 

A Gentleman ..... ..... ........ Edmund Gordon Katja Karina .................... Lilian. Davies 

Bernardo ......................... Roy Travers Ivo ............................ . .Dennis Hoey 

Marcellus ........................ John Michael Bpscart ....................... Vincent Dawson 

Francisco ........................ A. E. Ppuiton Simon ......................... Leonard Russell 

Player King .............. E. Harcourt Williams Detective ........................ Jack Livesey 

Player Qaeen .................... Arnold Bowen Police Inspector ................... Roger Head 

Player King ................... Burnel Lundbec Andre ........................ Norman Leyland 

Player Queen ...................... Byazn Shaw 

The Poisoner ................... Vadim Uraneff Hay produced by FRED J. BLACKMAN 

First Grave Digger ................... Ben Field 

Second Grai r e Digger ..... Michael Martin-Harvey 

Fortinbras ..................... Sbayle Gardner COURT 

Ghost ....................... Courtenay Thorpe _ - 00 _ 

Gertrude ..................... Constance Collier 22 FEBRUARY, 192o 

Ophelia .......................... Fay Compton SMARAGDA'S LOVER " 

Gentlewoman .............. .... .Peggy Webster A dramatic phantasmagoria by w . j. TURNER 

Play produced by JOHN BARRYMORE Presented by THE THREE HUNDRED CLUB 

Voice of Smaragda's Lover ........ Ernest Milton 

_ Sir Edward Leo Meyer ......... Alexander Sarner 

CENTUKY Dumbell ...................... Osmund Willson 

TO WWBOTTAWV 109* Arthur Medulla ................. Melville Cooper 

19 FEBRUARY, 192o percy parsons ...................... Cyril Vane 

"FIVE MINiniBS FAST " Mr. Fortnight-Taylor ............. Cecil Brooking 

A plav, in three acts, by MICHAEL MORTON JJrs. Fortnight-Taylor ........... . Amy Veness 

^ * ' ' J Mr. Pilbeiy Fkwer .............. John H. Moore 

Miss Harry Cave-Orme, O.B.E ...... Esme Church Lady Torrent .................. Madge Mclntosh 

Kerwin ..... . .................... Eileen Leslie Miss Maud Torrent ............ Elizabeth Pollock 

Mrs. Cave-Orme ................. Katie Johnson Sylvester Snodgrass ............... Godfrey Winn 

Clementina Compton ........... Mercia Cameron bliss Smaragda Snodgrass ........... Mary Kellas 

Caryl Cave-Orme .............. Paula Trevanion Mr. A. de Bomph ................ S. Esm6 Percy 

Osborne .................. Edith Barker- Bennett Lord Simon Snodgrass ....... D. A, Clarke-Smith 

Billy Compton ................ Frederick Leister Sebastian Snodgrass .............. Peter Creswell 

Richard Cave-Orme ............... Dan F. Rowe The Prime Minister ............... Harold Scott 

Produced by FREDERICK LEISTER P^Y produced by A. E. FILMER /" 

Under the direction of the Author ,+* 



GLOBE 

20 FEBRUARY, 1925 
"THE GRAND DUCHESS " 

A romantic farcical-comedy, in three acts, 

adapted by HARRY GRAHAM 
From the French of ALFRED SAVOIR 

Albert Lawrence Anderson 

Matard E. Vivian Reynolds 

Princess Zelia Margaret Bannerman 

Prince Paul Alfred Drayton 

Countess Avaloff Enid Sass 

Prince Peter Arthur Wellesley 

Cloche E. A. Walker 

President Hess Herbert Ross 

Henriette Mercia Swinburne 

Baron Stahler Cyril Cunningham 

Count Basoulin Norman Loring 

Baroness Stahler Lilian Cavanagh 

Nanette Lois Carruthers 

Play produced by STANLEY BELL 



GAIETY 

21 FEBRUARY, 1925 
* KATJA, THE DANCER" 

A musical comedy, in three acts, adapted by 

FREDERICK LONSDALE and HARRY GRAHAM ; 

lyrics by HARRY GRAHAM ; music by 

JEAN GILBERT 

Prince Carl of Koruja Gregory Stroud 

Count Orpitch Bobbie Comber 

Patricia Ivy Tresmand 

Maud Rene Mallory 



FORTUNE 

5 MARCH, 1925 
"L.S.D." 

A rarue by EVE KELLAND ; music by 
TOMMY ATKINSON 



George Mozart 
Michael Martin-Harvey 
Harry Helmsley 
Junior Espinosa 
Bernard Wells 



Vesta Sylva 
Yvette 

Olive Handley 
Noreen Bush 



Revue produced by ESPINOSA 

LYRIC, HAMMEESMITH 

5 MARCH, 1925 
* THE RIVALS " 

A comedy by RICHARD BRINSLEY SHERIDAN 

Sir Anthony Absolute Norman V. Norman 

Captain Absolute Douglas Burbidge 

Faulkland Claude Rains 

Acres Nigel Playfair 

Sir Lucius O' Trigger Guy Lefeuvre 

Fag Geoffrey Wincott 

David Miles MaUeson 

Thomas Scott Russell 

Mrs. Malaprop Dorothy Green 

Lydia Languish Isabel Jeans 

Julia Beatrix Thomson 

Lucy Angela Baddeley 

Play produced by NIGEL PLAYFAIR 



SYNOPSIS OF PLAYBILLS 



PRINCE'S 
8 MARCH, 1925 
"TUNNEL 3!RENCH" 

A play, In three acts, by HUBERT GRIFFITH 
Presented by THE REPERTORY PLAYERS 

Major Redfern Nigel Bruce 

Captain Carrington Richard Cooper 

Captain Sandys Austin Trevor 

Captain Fox. " Oliver Johnston 

Lieut. St. Aubyn Henry Kendall 

Lieut. Smith James Raglan 

Lieut. Gaythorne Raymond Masse y 

2nd Lieut. Roberts Reginald Gardiner 

Lieut. O'Brien Leonard Thompson 

Lieut. Evelyn Roger Livesey 

Private Grace Guy Pelharo Boulton 

Private Williams Gordon Marker 

Private St. Aubyn Kenneth Kent 

Private Torrins Robertson Hare 

Private Leatham Walter Hudd 

An Elderly German Private Henry Oscar 

A Young German Private William Kendall 

Lieut.-General Mallory Aubrey Mather 

Brig.-General Llovd Felix Aylmer 

Major Digby. . . . ." H. G. Stoker 

Captain Perris Algernon West 

Play produced by RAYMOND MASSEY 

EMPIRE 

10 MARCH, 1925 
BOODLE " 

A musical farce, in three acts, adapted from " The 

Xew Clown," by SYDNEY BLOW and DOUGLAS 

HOARE ; lyrics by DOUGLAS FURBER ; music by 

PHILIP BRAHAM and MAX DAREWSKI 

Lord Algernon Kenilworth, " Boodle " 

Jack Buchanan 

Bino Marchont Denis Co\vles 

Chips Rickaby Russell Gorton 

Jorkins Hastings Lynn 

Alfred Frank Attree 

Baker Sam Wilkinson 

Dixon Douglas Ferber 

Daphne Drew June 

Clematis Drew Elsie Randolph 

Matilda Veronica Brady 

Rosie Ethel Stewart 

Georgette Willy Zaalberg 

Play produced by SYDNEY BLOW 

PALACE 

11 MARCH, 1925 
"NO, NO, NANETEE" 

A musical comedy, in three acts, adapted from 

** His Lady Friends " 

Book and lyrics by FRANK MANDEL, OTTO 
HARBACH, and IRVING CAESAR ; 
music by VINCENT YOUMANS 

Pauline Gracie Leigh 

Sue Smith Marie Hemingway 

Billy Early George Grossmith 

Lucille Irene Browne 

Nanette Binnie Hale 

Tom Trainor Seymour Beard 

Jimmy Smith Joseph Coyne 

Betty Joan Barry 

Winnie Florence Bayfield 

Flora Vera Pearce 

Play produced by WILLIAM MOLLISON 
Dances and ensembles by P. A. LEONARD 



AMBASSADORS 

12 MARCH, 1925 

"ANYHOUSE" 

A play, in three acts by F. TENNYSON JESSE 

Jenny Doris Scott 

Postman Harley Merica 

Milkman Carlejon Hobbs 

Torquil Blaize Tom Xesbitt 

Agatha Blaize Dora Gregory 

Simon Blaize Fewlass Llewe lyn 

Maidie Blaize Hilda Moore 

Rupert Blaize Lewis Shaw 

Professor Amber Rudolph de Cordova 

Cook Laura Smithson 

Lizzie Olive Sloane 

JuUa Lamotte Margaret Scudamore 

Benjamin Madder Walter Hudd 

Michael Ivor Bernard 

Edward Waters E. Percival Clarke 

A Woman Barbara Hannay 

Play produced by H. M. HARWOOD 



LITTLE 

13 MARCH, 1925 
"PERSEVERING PAT" 

Irish comedy, in four acts, by LYNN DOYLE 

Widow Dougherty Maire O'Neill 

Mary O'Connor Kathleen O'Regan 

Rose Dorrian Ethel O'Shea 

Pat Murphy Arthur Sinclair 

Peter O'Hare Fred O'Donovan 

Brian O'Connor Sydney Morgan 

Thomas Dorrian Grenville Darling 

Billy Rourke David Morris 

Hughey Rogan Christopher Steele 

Play produced by ARTHUR SINCLAIR 

WYNDHAM'S 

14 MARCH, 1925 

" A MAN WITH A HEART " 
A play, in four acts, by ALFRED SUTRO 

Wilberforce East Gerald du Maurier 

Captain Christopher Evesham. . .Dawson Milward 

Sir Harvey Greyshott George Elton 

Dr. Rock G. A. Brandram 

Charles Jkn Burton 

Nancy Last Marie Lohr 

Mrs. Hambledon Athene Seyler 

Lady Greyshott (Gisele) Louise Prussing 

Mrs. Treyman Janette Steer 

EVERYMAN 

16 MARCH, 1925 

"THE PAINTED SWAN" 

A play, in three acts, by ELIZABETH BIBESCO 

Thompson Harold B. Meade 

Lord William Cathcart Felix Aylmer 

Selina Elissa Landi 

Mrs Martineau , Muriel Pope 

Mr. Molyneux Clifford Mollison 

Timothy Carstairs Robert Harris 

Philip Jordan Allan Jeayes 

Ladv Emily Cathcart Margaret Carter 

Anr f y Edith Evans 

Ninian". '/.'.".".".'."".".". Frank Cellier 



Play produced by NORMAN MACDERMOTT 



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SYNOPSIS OF PLAYBILLS 



** Q " THEATRE 

16 MARCH, 1925 

"THE BOOTD TABLE" 

A ** comic tragedy," in three acts, by 
LENNOX ROBINSON 

Mis. Drennan ...................... Clare Greet 

De Courcy Drennan .............. Philip Cressweil 

Daisy Drennan .................... Dorothy DIx 

Bee Drennan ................ Beatrice Lewisohn 

Jonty Drennan ..................... John Wyse 

Christopiier Pegum ............... Austin Trevor 

Mrs. Pegum. ..... , ................ Aida Jenoure 

Miss Pegum ....................... Buena Bent 

Miss Williams- Williams ........... Laura Walker 

Philip FlaMve .................. Eliot Makeham 

Fan Franks ..................... Edith Harley 

A Woman ...................... Delia Delvina 

Tom Breen ---- . ................ Donald Young 

'' 



T TO Middle-Aged Iba 



An Elderly Woman. . . ...... Constance Foljambe 

Railway Porter .................. Don Gemmell 

Play produced by MILTON KOSHER 



QUEEN'S 

17 MARCH, 1925 

" DANCING MOTHERS " 

A play in four acts, by EDGAR SELWYN and 
EDMUND GOCJLDING 

Andrew Rothbury Evans 

Mrs. Zola Massarene Lucile Watson 

Ethel Westcourt Gertrude EUiot 

Catherine (Kittens) Westcourt 

Jean Forbes-Robertson 

Kenneth Cobb Walter Butler 

Hugh Westcourt Godfrey Tearle 

A Young Woman Sybilla Stuart 

A Young Man E. Scott Gatty 

McGuire Vincent Holman 

Blondy Phyllis Black 

Irma Raymond Elsie Lawson 

Charley Albert Brouett 

Mrs. Barnes Vivienne Whitaker 

Mr. Williams Reginald Dane 

Second Waiter George Hewetson 

Gerald Naughton Leslie Faber 

Second Young Woman Daisy Cordell 

Second Young Man Gerald Cross 

Clarence Houston Robert Haslam 

Third Young Woman Esme Fitzgibbon 

Third Young Man Felix Irwua 

Davis Edmund Gordon 

Play produced by EDGAR SELWYN 

NEW 

18 MARCH, 1925 
** ^tjtk TYRANT** 

A romantic play, in four acts, by 
RAFAEL SABATINI 

Panthasilea Degli Speranzoni Isobel Elsom 

Giulia Nona Wynne 

Count Guide Degli Speranzoni Wilfred Walter 

Santafiora Douglas Ross 

D'Aldi A. W. Tyrer 

Gianluca Delia Pieve Frank Vosper 

Del Campo Ernest Bodkin 

Paviano Anderson Melrose 

Feranl. Oliver Moore 

Morando J. H. Murray 



Seneschal of Solignola D. Morrison 

Prince Ercoie Sinibaldi Edmund Willard 

Mariano Walter Lake 

Ferranti R. Elmson-Reed 

Capello Ernest Bodkin 

Xiccolo Macchiavelli Leonard Shepherd 

A Swiss Soldier Donald Wolfit 

Sinibaldi' s Page Hugh Williams 

Ramirez Henry C. Hewitt 

Scipione Owen Cassidy 

A Chamberlain Walter Menpes 

Giacopo Edmund Clowes 

Tolomeo Wallace Bosco 

Cardinal Remolino William Magiil Martin 

Gasparo Henry James 

A Courier Arnold Rooke 

Michelletto Do Coralla R. Campbell Fletcher 

Agabito Gherardi Cecil Cameron 

Cesare Borgia Matheson Lang 

Giovanni Alec. S. Chines 

Play produced by MATHESON LANG 

LONDON HIPPODROME 

19 MARCH, 1925 
** BETTER DAYS" 

A revue, book by LAURZ WYLIE ; lyrics by 

CLIFFORD HARRIS ; 
music by HERMAN FINCK 

Stanley Lupino Maisie Gay 

Bertram Dench Madge Elliott 

George Baker Connie Emerald 

Bernard Dudley Ruth French 

Anatole Wiltzac Phil Phillips 

Revue produced by JULIAN WYLEE 

DRTJRY LANE 

20 MARCH, 1925 
** ROSE MARIE " 

A romance of the Canadian Rockies, in two acts ; 
book and lyrics by OTTO HARBACH and 

OSCAR HAMMERSTEIN 2nd ; 
music by RUDOLF FRIML and HERBERT STOTHART 

Sergeant Malone John Diinsmure 

Lady Jane Clarice Hardwicke 

Black Eagle Percy Parsons 

Edward Hawley Brian Gilmour 

Emile La Flamme Michael Cole 

Wanda Mira Nirska 

Hard-Boiled Herman Billy Merson 

Jim Kenyon Derek Oldham 

Rose-Marie La Flamme Edith Day 

Ethel Brander Marjorie Chard 

Dances arranged by J. KATHRYN SCOTT 
Play produced by FELIX EDWARDES 



ADELPHJ 

21 MARCH, 1925 
* "IRIS" 

A play, in four acts, by AJRTHUR PINERO 

Frederick Maldonado Henry Ainley 

Laurence Trenwith Anew McMascer 

Crocker Harrington Norman Forbes 

Archibald Kaye. Gerald Ames 

Colonel Wynning C. Disney Roebuck 

Servant at Mrs. Bellamy's, Kensington, George Ide 

Servant at the Villa Prigno J. Smith Wright 

Iris Bellamy. Gladys Cooper 



SYNOPSIS OF PLAYBILLS 



Fanny Svl vain Winnie Griffiths 

Aiirea Vyss Joan Maude 

Sirs. WvTining Barbara Dearse 

kiss Plf.sent. 1 ". Violet Campbell 

Woman Servant at the Villa Prigno 

Hannah Kello^ 
Woman Servant at Park Lane . . . Gwendoline Floyd 

GAERICK 

23 MARCH, 1925 
* "POSSESSIONS" 

A play, ia three acts, by NEIL F. GRANT 

Sir William Jesmond, St., J.P., M.P. 

Norman McKinnel 

Talbot J. Phillips Roberts 

David Arnott Ian Fleming 

Lady Jesmond Grace Lane 

Colonel Wedderburn, C.B., D.S.O. . C. Aubrey Smith 

Monica Jesmond Fabia Drake 

The Earl of Northallerton Ernest Main waring 

Mrs. Arnott Irene Rooke 

WIMBLED03ST 

23 MARCH, 1925 

" THE MAELBOROUGHS " 

A romantic play in four acts, by P. F. W. RYAN 

Earl of Marlborotigh Fred Terry 

Robert Harley Alfred Kendrick 

Captain St. John Frank Royde 

Colonel Parke Hugh F, S. Casson 

Captain Masham Robert Gilbert 

Jack Churchill Roy Raynor 

Henry St. John Frank Cariello 

Tony James Carter-Edwards 

Abigail Hill Madge Escolme 

Queen Anne Gwendoline Jesson 

Mary Churchill Irene Arnold 

Sarah, Countess of Marlborough Julia Neilson 

Play produced by FRED TERRY 

HIS MAJESTY'S 

24 MARCH, 1925 
"THE BAMBOULA" 

A musical play, in three acts, by 
H. M. VERNON and GUY BOI.TON 

Lyrics by DOUGLAS FURBER and IRVING CAESAR 
Music by ALBERT SIRMAY and HARRY ROSENTHAL 

Schmaltz James B. Carson 

Donna Juanita Da Costa Dorothy Shale 

Oliver J. Oosenberry Frank Lalor 

Charles Vincent Clive 

Sadie Oosenberry Mimi Crawford 

Larry Wyndham Billy Leonard 

Jimmy Roberts Harry Welchman 

Prince Robert W. H, Berry 

Prince Ivor Tom Barratt 

Prince Noel Gerald Kent 

Prince Francis Roy Leaker 

Prince Michael K. Stewart 

Prince Olgar Leslie Benson 

Prince Tahloof Gordon Baskerville 

Larranaga Roy Byford 

Morales. Arthur Argent 

Princess Muria Beppie de Vries 

Madura Harry Pringle 

Marsuma Ivy Booker 

Prince Nestor George Bishop 

Play produced by WILLIAM J. WILSON 
Dances and ensembles by J. W. JACKSON 

EA (2140) cx 



EEGEHT 

29 MARCH, 1925 
*' THE VEB0E " 

A play, ia three acts, by SUSAN GLASPELL 
Presented by THE PIONEER PLAYERS 

Anthony 0. B. Clarence 

Harry Archer Charles Carson 

Hattie Margaret Manning 

Claire Sybil Thorndike 

Dick Kenneth Kent 

Tom Edgeworthy Lewis T. Casson 

Elizabeth '. Ruth Bower 

Adelaide Gertrude Kingston 

Dr. Emmons Osborne Adair 

Play produced by EDITH CRAIG 

PALLADIUM 

30 MARCH, 1925 
" SKY HIGH " 

A revue by ALBERT DE COURVILLE, 
HAROLD SIMPSON, and PAUL GERARD SMITH 

Lyrics by ADRIAN Ross 
Music by FREDERICK W. CHAPELLE, etc. 

George Robey Nellie Wallace 

Robert Chisholm Marie Blanche 

Gordon Keith Lorna Pounds 

Natavo and Myrio Toots Pounds 

Revue produced by ALBERT DE COURVILLE 

PBINCE OF WALES 

30 MARCH, 1925 
" CHABLOT'S REVUE " 

(As played in America) 

Herbert Mundin ] Gertrude Lawrence 

Peter Haddon J Beatrice Lillie 

Robert Hobbs | Hazel Wynne 

AMBASSADORS 

30 MARCH, 1925 
* "A COMEDY OF GOOD AND EVIL " 

A play, in three acts, by RICHARD HUGHES 

Rev. John Williams Allan Napier 

Minnie Mary Grey 

Gladys Gemima Fagan 

Scraggy Evan R. S. Smith 

Owain Flatfish Richard Goolden 

Mari Jones Gwendolen Evans 

Mrs. Jones Bakehouse Kathleen Moseley 

Timothy Ysgairnolwen Herbert Lugg 

Mr. Gas Jones James Whale 

Mrs. Resurrection Jones Virginia Isham 

Play produced by J, B. FAGAN 

VAUDEVILLE 

30 MARCH, 1925 
" TARNISH " 

A play, in three acts, by GILBERT EMERY 

Josephine Lee Tevis Grace Edwin 

Lizzie Healey Ine Cameron 

Apolline Stutts Ethel Coleridge 

Joan Lee Tevis Nora Swinburne 

Emmet Can* Francis Lister 

Adolph Lee Tevis Aubrey Mather 

Nettie Dark Olga Lindo 

Aggie Christine Silver 

Play produced by REGINALD BACH 



SYNOPSIS OF PLAYBILLS 



** Q " THEATRE 

30 MARCH, 1925 
"ADAM AND EVA r 

A comedy, In three acts, by GEORGE MIDHLETON 
and GUY BOLTON 

Mr. Kin? H. St. Barbe West 

Adam Smith Alick Chumley 

Mrs. Bertram Aida Jerioure 

Clinton Dewitt Hubert Woodward 

Julia Dewitt Nancy Pawley 

Eva Kins; Nadine March 

Aunt Sofie Martita Hunt 

Dr. Larimer Douglas Je Series 

Uncle Horace Sebastian Smith 

Hon. Andrew Gordon Eliot Makeham 

Play produced by MILTON ROSMER 

STRAND 

31 MARCH, 1925 

** TH'-R SEA URCHIN " 

A comedy, in three acts, by 
JOHN HASTINGS TURNER 

Mary Wynchebek Helen Have 

Minnie Wynchebek Margaret Watson 

The Rev. Richard Penny Arthur Bawtr^e 

Polpert Lena Haihday 

Guy Trebarrow Arthur Pus^y 

Fay Peggy O'Xeii 

Sir'Trevor Trebarrow Athole" Stewart 

Augustus Sullivan Clifford Heatherley 

Beach Marcus Baron 

A Maid Rosalind Russell 

PLay produced by JOHN HASTINGS TURNER 

FORTUNE 

2 APRIL, 1925 
* "YETTA POLOWSKI" 

A play, in three acts, by F. C. MONTAGU 

Sir Herbert Symonds, M.P Eille Norwood 

Lady Symonds Ruth Mackay 

Arthur Symonds Philip Easton 

Reuben Polowski Hector Abbas 

Yetta Polowsk: Hilda Bayley 

Babs Kimber Jane Graham 

George Radio ra Edward O'Neill 

Cecil Stanton J. H. Roberts 

Miss Burke Susan Novak 

Albert Caring Tom Reynolds 

Smith A. Henderson Storie 

Play produced by EILLE NORWOOD 

ALDWYCH 

5 APRIL, 1925 

"THE COLONNADE" 

A play, in four acts, by STARK YOUNG 

Presented by THE STAGE SOCIETY 

Major Dandridge Reginald Dance 

Mr. Stedman A. Harding Steerman 

Oscar James Dyrenforth 

Miss Ellen Dandridge Jean Cadell 

Miss Mary Dandridge Dora Gregory 

Mr. Bobo R. S. Smith 

Cousin Tom H. R. Hignett 

John Dandridge Henry Oscar 

Evelyn Dandridge Veronica Turleigh 

Play produced by REGINALD DENHAM 



CEM'UKY 

6 APRIL, 1925 

* " GOOD FBEDAY " 

A clr.oru, in three acts, by JOHN MASEFIELD 

Pilate ........................... Philip Reeves 

Procula .......................... Esme Church 

Longinus ....................... Robert Gl^nnie 

Joseph of Anmathea ............. A. Corney Grain 

The Madman .................... Brember Wills 

Chief Citizen .................... Harold Gibson 

Herod ............................ John Killner 

Sentry ........................ Frederick Leister 

First Ciiiz?n .................... Harold Pay ton 

Second Citizen .................. F. Napier Jones 

Third Citizen ..................... Olive Walter 

A Woman ..................... Mereia Cameron 

A Voice ...................... Colin A. Gorman 

Pilate's Servant .................... Alan Webb 

Play produced by BEATRICE WILSON 

NEW OXFORD 

8 APRIL, 1925 

* "KISMET" 

A play, in three acts, by EDWARD KNOBLOCK 



Ha j j ............................. Sam Livesey 

The Muezzin ................... Buchanan Wake 

The Imam Mahmud .............. Ernest Ruston 

A Mufti ........................... C. E. Cooke 

The Guide Nasir .................... Neil Curtis 

The Sheikh Jawan ................ A. V. Bramble 

The Beggar Kasim .............. Wilson Gunning 

Amru ............................. Fred Vigav 

Zayd ........................ J. Henry Twyford 

The Caliph Abdaliah ............. Robert Harris 

The Wazir Abu Bakr ............. Patric Curwen 

The Wazir Mansur ........... Herbert Grimwood 

Kafur ....................... Dennis Wyndham 

Afif e .......................... Wilson Gunning 

Captain of the Watch .............. C. F. Cooke 

An Attendant of Mansur .......... James Arnold 

A Chamberlain of the Caliph ...... Henry le Grand 

The Gaoler Kutayt ................. Fred Vigay 

WOMEN 
Marsinah ......................... Elissa Landi 

Narjis .......................... Lena Maitland 

Kabirah ......................... Pollie Emery 

The Almah .................... Barbara Roberts 

Miskah .......................... Benita Hume 

Kut-al-Kulub ...................... Mary Clare 

BEFORE THE CURTAIN 
The Man ......................... Dodda Mehan 

The Woman .................... Nayan Ardayne 

The Story Teller ................. Patric Curwen 

The Juggler ................... Edward Swinton 

The Dancer ......................... Pola Belas 

Play produced by the Author 

EVERYMAN 
11 APRIL, 1925 
'* OVERTURE " 

A play, in four acts, by SUTTON VANE 

Lady Jasmine Dell ............. Diana Hamilton 

Mrs.' Bagleigh ..................... Nancy Price 

A Cockney ........................ Cicely Gates 

Miss Prudence ..................... Clare Harris 

Grace ............................. Madge Snell 

Elsie Bagleigh .................. Dorothea Seton 

Rosie ......................... Nancye Ken yon 



SYNOPSIS OF PLAYBILLS 



youth ...................... Betty Maude Princess of France .................. Jane Bacon 

Mr Justice Plush ................. Allan Jeayes Rosaline ............... Marjone Clarke Jervoise 

t,-.y . . . . ~ ................. James Raglan Maria ....................... Rosemary Clifford 

Mr.'SmdaiV.V.". V. ."..." ........ Randolph McLeod Katharine ............. . ....... Norman Varden 

Another Cocknev ................ Gordon Harker Jaquenetta ........................ Viola Lewis 

Sir William Fravne ............. Douglas JeSeries p lav pro duced bv GEORGE R. Fosa 

O on r e ........ ' ............... Harold B. Meade ' F 

jilkes" ! ....................... Ronald Simpson Q THEATRE 

Mr. James Bagleigh ............. .. Edwin Morton 

Rev Walter Land .............. Douglas Jefienes 20 APRIL, I92 

Mr.Greyfield ...................... Roy Graham * BELTANE NIGHT" 

\riinr Clavton ............. Charles A. Straite _. 

\\liS. . .. ."- ....... ........ Harold B. Meade A play, in three acts, by VERA BERINGER 

Hoiman ........................ Edwin Morton Dennis Armigan ...... - ......... Malcolm Neville 

Footnnn ......................... Roy Graham Marjorie Abbott .................. Lila Maravan 

Mr, Charon, Junior ............. Clifford Moliison Martin ......................... Gerald Jerome 

Play produced by the Author Mrs. Timperley .................. Marie Ault 

3 r Janet Hargrove .................. Esme Bennger 

WVWTO&TVP* M > Ttle Deakyn* .................. Drusilla Wills 

WYKBHAM S Rose D ea k yns ...................... Alice Wills 

15 APRIL 1925 Nigel Hargrove ............... P. Perceval Clark 

-lOOX MISS BLTOBEAED" %^^""\\"\\\\"^&%v 

A comedy, in three acts, by AVERY HOPWOOD Dr. Willougfaby ................... Charles Vane 

Larry Charters ............... Arthur Margetson Play produced by W. G. FAY 

F va \Vinthrot) ..... - ........ Oss. Marsh 

Mihers. :::.::. . . . . ......... George Elton AMBASSADORS 

Sir John Barstow ................. C. M. Lowne 20 APRIL 1925 

Sb T5i e dge M : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : :^^ml - THE TORCH BEABEBS 

Colette ...................... Irene Bprdom A pl in three acts, by GEORGE KELLY 

Gloria Talmadge ............ ^orThflDebeSm Mr. Frederick Towers ........ W. Graham Browne 

**'**>*: .................... Burton Bro S^ a uiaowers\\\\\v:::::. D TuSJi^nd e n r 

_ _ Mrs. J. Duro Pampinelli .......... Marie Tempest 

R.AJD.A. Mr. Spindler ..................... Frank Allenby 

19 APRIL, 1925 Mrs. Nelly Fell ................... Athene Seyler 

"THE NATURE OF THE EVIDENCE" T^dy^peaWg^.^?f^\\\\\\'c^iVCu:oi^^m 

A. ulav in three acts, bv HOWARD PEACHY Miss Florence Corbett .......... Phyllis Shannaw 

* - ' J T , _. . , Ralph Twiller ................... Norman Loring 

Ted Hewitt ..................... . John Gielgud Mr< Stage Manager .............. George Bellamy 

George Haviland ................. Noel Goodwin Mrs> Clara sheppard ............... Hope Tilden 

pS aSSLa: :::::::::::::: .-f^wSl **? ** 

Robert Haviland ................ Michael Hogan 

Agnes Ha\iland .................. Flora Robson 

Dr. Pumphreys ................. Osmund Wilson 20 APRIL, 1925 

Mexican Maid .................. Dorothy Hughes (t mTTRTm 

Harold Xorcrof t ................. Algernon West COURTING 

Mexican Clerk ..................... Ronald Kerr A comedy, in three acts, by 

Hospital Nurse ................. Marjorie Collett A. KENWARD MATTHEWS 

Play produced by GUY PELHAM BOULTON Mrs. Grant ....................... Lindsay Gray 

Elsie Furgerson ................ Marjorie Graeme 

APOLLO Kenneth Grant ................... Angus Adams 

79 APRIL 192S Andrew Grant ................ J. Nelson Ramsay 

it* APRIL, lyzo Rev ^ Kilmarnock ................. j ohn Duncan 

* " LOVE'S LABOUR'S LOST " Jeannie Grant ...................... Jean Clyde 

Comedy bv WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Maggie Houston ......... . . . . . . . . Denzil Mather 

Presented by THE FELLOWSHIP OF PLAYERS Robert Lmdsey ......... Jevan Brandon-Thomas 

Ferdinand ....." ................ Duncan Yarrow Pla > r produced by ARCHIBALD FORBES 

Biron ........................... Frank Vosper fl-LnBF 

LongaviUe ................... Harold Anstruther UiAJai^ 

Dumain ....................... Hubert Langley 21 APRIL, 1925 

Sde:::::::::::::::::::::::::-^n w ce^u s l -FAi^H^aELS" 

Don Adriano de Armado .......... George Zucco A comedy, in three acts, by NOEL COWARD 

Sir Nathaniel ................... HoraceSequeira sterroll. . ." ............. Tallulah Bankhead 

Hdofemes ...................... .Alfred Hams ^ redericksterroll ............... Arthur WeUesley 

* 1 " ......................... Saunders ....................... Mona Harrison 

.................. 

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Second Lord ..................... Donald Wolfit Play produced by STANLEY BELL 



SYNOPSIS OF PLAYBILLS 



E33TCSWAY 

21 APRIL, 1925 

* " CAESAB AM) CLEOPATRA " 

A play, in a prologue and nine scenes 
By BERNARD SHAW 

The Great God Ra. LHWIH il-armerinjj 

Belzanpr. Reginald Desant 

A Persian ."Eric Messiter 

A Nubian Sentinel J. A. Bentham 

Bel Affns Philip Desborough 

Ftatateeta Florence Marriott Watson 

Cleopatra. Gwen Ffrangcon-Dayies 

Caesar. Cedrlc Hardwicke 

Centurion Terence O'Brien 

Potbinus Stanley Lathbury 

Ptolemy. Gerald Anderson 

Theodoras Oriando Barnett 

Achillas Paul Smythe 

Woman Official Agnes Imlay 

Rufio Frank Moore 

Britannus Scott Simderiand 

Lucius Septirmiis Howieson Culfi 

Wounded Roman Soldier Harold Wright 

Roman Sentinel Donald Finlay 

Apollodonis George Hayes 

First Porter J. E. Martin 

Boatman Paul Smythe 

Charmian Helen Saintsbury 

Iras May Ward 

Musician Eric Messiter 

Major Domo Charles Leighton 

Play produced by H. K. AYLIFF 

HAYMABKET 

22 APRIL, 1925 

** T'RR THREE ROGFOES " 

A morality, in one act, by IAN CQLVIN 

Simeon H. R. Hignett 

Johannes Austin Trevor 

Pedro Reginald Bach 

Roderigo Frank Cellier 

" ARIADNE ; or BUSINESS FIEST " 

A comedy, in three acts, by A. A. MILNE 

Ariadne Winter Fay Compton 

John Winter Ion Swinley 

Mary Barbara Everest 

Hector Chadwick John Deverell 

Hester Chadwick Louise Hampton 

Janet Inglaby Joyce Kennedy 

Horace Meldrum Allan Aynesworth 

Plays produced by E. LYALL SWETE 



PRINCE'S 

23 APRIL, 192.5 
"FSASQUITA" 

A new musical comedy, in three acts, by 
FRED DE GRESAC ; lyrics by REGINALD ARKELL ; 
music by FRANZ LEHAR 

General Girot Spencer Trevor 

Dolly Ethel Baird 

Armand Thorpe Bates 

Hippolyte Gallipot Edmund Gwenn 

Sebastiano Charles Quartennaine 

Luisa Amy Augarde 

Juan Sanders Warren 

Sancho. Wallis Walters 

Pedro . LindseU Stuart 



Paolo Emiie de Vellen 

Auguste George Hayes 

Franc-' ni Walter Lindsay 

Inez. Phyllis Xt-al 

Andrea* Derek Water lew 

Frasquita Jose Collins 

Play produced by OSCAR ASCHE 

ALDWYCH 

26 APRIL, 1925 

"THE PASSIONAL ADVENTUEE" 

A plav, in three acts, by FRANK STAVTON 
Presented by THE INTERLUDE PLAYERS 

Adrian St. Clair Charles Ken yon 

Brasilia St. Clair Barbara Everest 

Pamela Xancy Atkin 

Sir Felix Sladen Percy Rhodes 

Emmett Geoffrey Clarke 

Lady Rolls Cherry Hardy 

Vicky Norah Robinson 

Julia* Mary Xewnham-DAvis 

Bill Roger Livesey 

Herbert Harris Brian Powley 

Play produced by FRED O f DONOVAN 

** Q " TEEATRE 

27 APRIL, 1925 
"MAGIC HOUBS" 

A play, in four acts, by HOWARD PEACHEY 

Captain Wray J. Fisher White 

Tom lumber Milton Rosmer 

Harry Fenton Lawrence Anderson 

Chow Kit Ivor Bernard 

Ah Meng Julian D'Albie 

Barbara Mercia Swinburne 

Colonel Buckmaster Reginald Dance 

Mr. Joyce Julian D'Albie 

Play produced by MILTON ROSMER 

LONDON PAVILION 

30 APRIL, 1925 
" ON WITH THE DANCE " 

A revue by NOEL COWARD 
Music by PHILIP BRAHAM and NOEL COWARD 

Nigel Bruce Alice Delysia 

Ernest Thesiger Eleonora Maria 

Leonide Massine Hermione Baddeley 

Douglas Byng Betty Shale 

Revue produced by FRANK COLLINS 

BARNES 

2 MAY, 1925 
" FATHERHOOD " 

A play, in four acts, by HAROLD OWEN 

Claude Burton Anthony Holies 

Brenda Burton Dorothy Peters 

Kathy Burton Esther Whitehouse 

Millie Edyth Goodall 

Summers Hazel Jones 

Bradenham James Lindsay 

Burton Sam Livesey 

Romer Patric Curwen 

A Waiter Russell Sedgwick 

Sturgis Jack H. Bligh 

Lady Shoreham Lilian Christine 

Ray produced by WILFRED EATON, in association 
with the Author 



SYNOPSIS OF PLAYBILLS 



STRAHD 

3 MAY, 1925 

"NATHAN THE WISE" 

A play, In four acts, by 

GOTTHOLD EPHRAIM LESSIXG 

T-dZSJated from the German by R. DILLO* BOYLAS 

""Arranged for the stage by M. J. LANDA 

Presented by the JEWISH DRAMA LEAGUE 

n a ;a .............. Dora Landau 

Xaa : ' " " ". .................... Wilfrid Walter 

Recha*. ........................... AM ? reV ? r 

Al-Hafi ........................... M - J- Lail ^ a 

The Templar .................... Walter Butler 

Tb Frar .................. Frederic De Lara 

Sittah" ........... . ......... Margaret Halstan 

Saladln ................... ____ Edmund \\ illar 

A Slave ........................... Chief Luale 

The Patriarch ................ Fewlass Llewellyn 

Play produced by FRANKLIN DYALL 



3 MAY, 1925 
" SO UTHEKNWOOD " 

A comedy, in three acts, by HARRY WALL 
Presented by THE REPERTORY PLAYERS 

Mary Smith .................... Mary O'Farrell 

Miss" BeHa Melladew ............. Katie Johnson 

Miss Melladew .................... Dorothy Hall 

Annie ............................. Buena Bent 

Emily Baxter ................ Winifred Oughton 

Philip Smith ................. Reginald Gardiner 

Daphne Jerrold ................... Fabia Drake 

Alec Temple .................. Douglas Jefferies 

Dick Jerrold .................. E. Watts- Phillips 

Play produced by NORMAN PAGE 

KEGrENT 

3 MAY, 1925 
"OT33 SIGN IN TEE SUN" 

A play, in three acts, by VERE SULLIVAN 
Presented by THE CATHOLIC PLAY SOCIETY 

Duchess of Slough ............... Sybil Amndale 

Jakes ......................... S. VictorStanley 

Colonel Boromore ................ Sydney Bland 

Lady Jane Staniforth ............ Francesca Hall 

Montague Duke .................. Douglas Ross 

Hon. Lilah Cresswell ............... Esme Biddle 

Major Reginald Bailey ........... William Home 

George Cresswell ................... R. S. Smith 

Billy Welby ...................... Francis Hope 

Nick Harvey ...................... Henry Oscar 

Viscount Gaisford (" Pips") ..... Ronald Simpson 

Father Lacey ............. Brenchley Wightwick 

Capt. Harold Staniforth ........... Howard Rose 

An Angel ........................ Winston Ross 

Archangel ...................... Sebastian Shaw 

Play produced by HENRY OSCAR 

SCAIA 

3 MAY, 1925 
" FORBIDDEN FLUIDS " 

A comedy, in three acts, and a prologue, by 

RUSSELL G. JONES 
Presented by THE INTERLUDE PLAYERS 

Shorty ........................ Albert E. Turner 

Al Foreman ................... J. Smith Wright 

Slim ........................... Heather Evans 

Gene Anderson .................. William Daunt 



Dad Lara bet Charles Wirivlijrrnere 

Tillie Weemi Yolande Xoble 

Abe Jones Philip Brandcr; 

Marv Carson -Stella Florance 

Jeff Weems Roland Culver 

The Sheriff C. Disnev-Rcebuck 

Whalen. Albert E. Turner 

Mrs. Livingstone Joaa Wellman 

HenrvSharkby A. Corney Grain 

Rev. Mr. Daniels - Frederick Burtwell 

John Doe Alan Rowland 

Play produced by SYDNEY WALLACE 

VAUDEVILLE 

4 MAY, 1925 
" SUN-DP " 

A play, in three acts, by LULA VOLLMER 

Widow Castle Lucille La Verne 

Pap Todd Owen Meech 

Emmy Sara Haden 

Bud William Edwards 

Sheriff Weeks Ed. H. Loeffler 

Rufe Cagle Kevett Allen 

Preacher Charles Macdonald 

The Stranger Glen Burdette 

Bob Murray Bennett 

Play produced by HENRY STILLMAX 

STRAND 

4 MAY, 1925 
"THE SIGNAL" 

A mystery play, in three acts, by 
ROLAND DANIEL 

The Yokel H. Humberston Wright 

Herbert Bronson Fewlass Llewellyn 

Edna Darling Hilda Bayley 

alary Amy Fanchette 

Harry Harding John Hamilton 

Hilda Harding Olwen Roose 

Jim Baxter Martin Lewis 

Edith Baxter Kitty de Legh 

Roberts Grant Edwards 

Play produced by MARTIN LEWIS 

LYRIC 

5 MAY, 1925 
"JUST A E3N6" 

A comedy, in four acts, by CYRIL HARCOURT 
(Founded on a story by FRANK STAYTON) 

The King of Purgatrania Langhorne Burton 

Prince Borigo A. Bromley-Davenport 

Prince Turpsera Charles Cullum 

Baron Ora Percy Rhodes 

Carlo Hertz Arthur Layland 

Verbnigger Brian Powley 

Jimmy Burke Alec. F. Thompson 

Brunton Chas. Leveson-Lane 

Waterfield J. J. Bartlett 

Quaritch F G. Thurstans 

Ferguson EricCowley 

Ambassador Julian Wyn thorp 

1 st Officer of the Guard ". . . . Peter Varelst 

2nd Officer of the Guard Fred Hewetson 

Waiter Stanley Groome 

Val Chantess Mary OTarrell 

Madge Dorothy Leveson-Lane 

Kitty Buena Bent 

Baroness Ora Violet Blyth Pratt 

Princess Borigo Cynthia Fane 

Play produced by REGINALD BACH 



SYNOPSIS OF PLAYBILLS 



EVERYMAN 

8 MAY, 1925 

** THE SWALLOW " 

A play, in thr-e acts, by VIOL*. TREE 

The He::. Dilys Hape-Surbit-y. . Barbara T. *.]>rrruii 

L'idy Snrbiton Margaret Carter 

John Shattering Basil Loder 

Warwick Phyllis Morris 

SIddcns Peiz^y Carter 

Lord Sarbitoii A. Scott-Gatty 

Joseph Elw'trs , Tristan Rawson 

Mary Elwos Hilda Moore 

Doctor Murray Gerber George Elton 

Simone D-anti Leslie Banks 

Xannie Margaret Yarde 

Emma Una Vermin? 

Gilda , Audrey Garten 

Mario Eric Lug % 

Cesare Reginald Gardiner 

Rossi William Kendall 

A Fascist Leader A. Bettini 

Clock Winder Victor H. Leslie 

QUEESTS 
7 MAY, 1925 

" BEGGAR ON" HOBSEBACK " 

A play, in two parts, by GEORGE S. KAUFMAN and 

MARC CONNELLY ; music by DEEMS TAYLOR 

Dr. Albert Rice Frederick Lloyd 

Cynthia Mason Dorothy Tetfey 

Xeil MacRae A. E. Matthews 

Mr. Cady Martin Adeson 

Mrs. Cady. Laura Smithson 

Gladys Cady Olive Sloane 

Homer Cady Eric Maturin 

A Butler. . .* J. C. K. Harbord 

Jerri,* W. 0. Fazan 

Check Boy W. Ashley Sinclair 

A Business Man Charles Denman 

Miss Hey Nora Howard 

Miss YOB Doris Scott 

A Waiter Robert Easton 

A Dancing Teacher H. H. Matthews 

A Reporter T. Duff 

A Juror W. Hyde White 

A Sightseer W. G. Mann 

A Novelist Alick Crane 

A Song Writer L. Mitchell 

An Artist Allan Blakelock 

A Poet John Wyse 

THE PANTOMIME 

H.R.H. the Crown Prince of Xanadu. Kim Peacock 
H.R.H.the Crown Princess of Xanadu KyraAlanova 

First Lady in Waiting Norah Howard 

First Lord of the Bedchamber. . . . Lewis Broughton 

A Lamplighter M. G. Barton 

A Policeman W. D. Fazan 

Play produced by WINTHROP AMES 

SCALA 

10 MAY, 1925 
"BY RIGHT OF CONQUEST" 

A play, in three acts, by MICHAEL MORTON 

and PETER TRAILL 
Presented by THE PLAY ACTORS 

Ronald Short Nicholas Hannen 

Madge Ellis Dora Barton 

Irene Short Mary Merrall 

Doctor Brassey Martin Sands 



Annie - - - L'na O'Connor 

Dick Rist >n . . . . . - Brian Gilmnur 

Mr. Setort-D.ivk'5. - Reginald Dar.ee 

Plav pr-'luo.'d by ATHOLE STEWART 

ALDWYCH 

10 MAY, 1925 

* " THE OBFHAM " 

A tragedy by THOMAS OTWAV 

Preseziled by THE PHOENIX SGCIETV 

Acasto , Melville Cooper 

Castalio John Gielgud 

Polydcre Henry C. Hewitt 

Cfaamoiint Douglas Burbidge 

Ernesto - Mark Turner 

Paulino Ronald Kerr 

Cordelio Peggy Livesay 

Chaplain A. Comey Grain 

Momma Ray Litvin 

Serina Hazel Jones 

Florella Eileen Beldon 

Play produced by ALLAN* WADE 

WYNDHAM'S 

11 MAY, 1925 

* "THE BOUND TABLE" 
A play, in three acts, by LENXOX ROBI.VSON 

Mrs. Drcnnrm Clare Greet 

De Courcy Br^nnan Arthur Hambling 

Daisy Dre'nnan Sybil Thomdike 

Bee Drennan Winifred Qughton 

Jonty Drennen Raymond Massey 

Christopher Pegum Henry Caine 

Mrs. Pegum Henrietta Leverett 

Miss Pegum Ann Howse 

Miss Williams- Williams Ada King 

Philip Flahive Eliot Makeham 

Fan Franks Vere Shepstone 

A Woman Beatrice Smith 

T^.D^ e co CT ( StockweU Hawkins 

Two Passengers J 3^^ T _ Casson 

An Elderly Woman Elsa Palmer 

A Railway Porter Thomas Warner 

Play produced by Lewis T. Casson 
With acknowledgments to Mr. Milton Rosmer's 
Production at the " Q " Theatre. 

REGENT 

11 MAY, 1925 

EDUCATIHG A HUSBAND " 

A comedy, in three acts, by EDITH CARTER 

Sir Philip Wortlcy Garrett HoUick 

Cynthia Canfield Elizabeth Grayson 

Mrs. Carnaby Lottie Venne 

Philip Wort ley Garry Marsh 

Rosemary. ..." Muriel Martin Harvey 

Mason . . " Tom Dowson 

Saunders Yarrow J. Oliver Twiss 

GARBICK 

12 MAY, 1925 
"KAIN" 

A play, in three acts, by JOHN COLTON and 

CLEMENCE RANDOLPH 
(From the story by W. SOMERSET MAUGHAM) 

Native Girl Mariamna Karelina 

Native Policeman Papai 



SYNOPSIS OF PLAYBILLS 



( Fred Kia Judee of the City Court ....... .... Julian D'AIbie 

Tiree Xat: VPS .................. -' W. Kamoka Bailiff ......... ' .................. Don Genunel! 

f Polaali Mrs. \V,sI .... ................ ... Viola Conipton 

Ste a GVi ??5 ::::::::::::::::jaml a &ort" <*. *. 

Corporal Hcdgeson ................ John Rockey Play produced by \V. G. FAY 

S-rseact O'Hara ................... Stuart Sage 

lofcn Horn ......................... Shep Camp PLAYHOUSE 

Mrs. McPhail ................ Hilda Brace-Potter . fi ,, iqo . 

Dr. McPhail ..................... J. H. Roberts 1S MA *' iy ~ s 

."Irs. Davidson .................... Marda Vanne " THE EIGHT AGE TO MAERY " 

^arterpiaster Bites ............. Gilbert Ritchie A comed in three act b H F _ MxLTBy 

Sadie Thompson .................... Olga Lmdo - ' ' J 

Rev. Alired'Davidson ............ Malcolm Keen Lamas Ramsden ................. Terence Byron 

, i i. , r> , T T^T, . v. Ellen Marburv .................. Jessie Belmore 

Piay produced by BASIL DE A.N Qara ....... ; .................. J Vlo}et M ff at 

Stephen Burton .............. Douglas Hutchison 

T?nvAT Hnv George Xodell ................... Watson Hume 

EOYALTY Jack Adams ........................ T. H. Solly 

13 MAY, 1925 Bob Ingrem .................... George Mitchell 

" TAfWR'Q I ATVIWR Esther Surra v ................... Victoria Marsh 

IAC50B S LADDEE M Carlisle.' ........................ Enid Sass 

A play, in four acts, by NORMAN MAcOwAN Major Locke .................... A. \V. Chappell 

David Maston .................... Dennis Eadie ^ ob Tetle y .................... Henry Eglmgton 

Captain Pet_er Blazeby ........... Robert Morton Play produced by TERENCE BYRON 

Tommy Whistler ............... Rothbury Evans 

Mr. Do'rrincourt ................ Sebastian Smith STEAND 

Lord Xevern .................. Frederick Leister . 

Esther ..................... ... .Elizabeth Colls 19 MAY 192 

Barnes ........................... Helen Green ** OEDEAL " 

-^ ethea .......... " ............ Madame Ed ^ na A play, in three acts, by DALE COLLIXS 

Ted Steward ...................... Lyn Hardins.' 

SCALA Lady Daley ..................... Ha/dee Wright 

17 MAY, 1925 \lola Thorpe ................. Madeline Seymour 

- , !*. ..... , ^^,, ., Dorothy Dalev ..................... Toan Welsh 

* " THE MAID'S TBAGEDY -' p au l Thorpe. .' .................... Felix Aylmer 

A tragedy by JOHN FLETCHER Petersen ........................... Arnold Bell 

Presented bv THE'RE.VAISSANCE THEATRE Murphy ........................ Joseph French 

Ambrose ......................... Yves Renaud 

^ng ............. , .............. George Zucco Elijah ......................... Donald Walcot 

Lisippus ...................... Henry C. Hewitt Vasey Howard .................. George Curzon 

Amintor .......................... Ion Swinlev , , 

Evadne .......................... Edith Evans Pla >" Produced by ATHOLE STEWART 

Melantius ...................... Baliol Holloway -^ . 

Diphilus ........................ Duncan Yarrow COMEDY 

Aspatia ........................... Rose Quong 20 MAY, 1925 

Callianas ..................... Stanley Lathbury ., mywt fm ^^^ nrr , n ^^^ 

Cleon .......................... Michael Hogan THE CBOOKED FEEDAY " 

Strato ........................... Charles Staite A play, in a prologue and three acts, by 

Diagoras ...................... A. Corney Grain MONCKTON HOFFE 

Aniiphila ......................... Clare Harris . . j^.^ T T _ _ T . 

Olimpias ....................... Beatrix Filmer Alexander Tristan ......... . . John R. TurnbuJl 

Dula ............................ Marda Vanne ^ Ild p T .................... Master Brian Glennie 

< Fne-pnp T^ahv Bagley ......................... Cecil Brooking 

Gentlemen ................... ) iSSh TraMoSi Michael Tristan ............. Dennis Neilson-Terry 

Lady ............... , ........ : . . . . Paula Kemp Howard Lampeter ............... .Morten Selten 

Amin tor's Servant ............. Matthew Forsyth Charles Lampeter .............. Kenneth Kent 

* Roger Petermore .............. Alexander Sarner 

Play produced by FRANK CELLIER Felix ....................... Terence de Marney 

A Deputy Inspector ........... John R. TurnbulJ 

*' O THEATRE A Police Officer .......... Albert Chevalier, Jun. 

^ Second Police Officer ............ William Arnold 

18 MAY, 1925 A Servant ..................... Ronald Buchanan 

" COMMON CLAY " Friday ........................... Mary Glynne 

A drama, in four acts, by CLEVES KINKEAD Ha y produced by DENNIS NEILSON-TERRY 

Edwards ........................ Julian D'Albie BARNES 

Mrs. Fullerton ............... Mrs. Arthur Whitbv 01 ,, , no . 

Richard FuUerton ............... Charles Carson 21 MAY 192 

Anne Fullerton ............... Beatrice Lewisohn " THE LAVENDER GARDEN " 

Ellen Neal ..................... Frances Carson . , 

Arthur Coakley ................... Ivor Barnard A P la ^- ij ?, three ^ ct ^ a Prologue, and an 

HughFullerton ................. Malcolm Neville epilogue, by GERALD LAKE 

Judge Samuel Filson ......... H. St. Barbe West Marjorie Dale .................. Agatha Kentish 

Miss Warren ............... Constance Foljarabe Edward Tupping ................... Dan F. Roe 

W. H. Yates .................. Victor Lewisohn Betty ........................... Mary Lincoln 

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SYNOPSIS OF PLAYBILLS 



Dan Meriilian .Arthur Wontner 

Michael Tremiyr.c .Antony Holies 

Susan. ". Xincy de Syhv 

Lavender Prescott. D- re thy Peter? 

Mrs. MerJIian Gertrude "Sterro'l 

Janet Prescott. Dora Barton 

Xixcn H. B. Mead* 

Anderson Jack H. Bligh 

Hester. Nancy Burl 

Play produced by WILFRED EATON 



LYEIC, HAMMERSMITH 

25 MAY, 1925 
* ** THE CHEERY OBCHASD " 

A comedy, In four acts, by ANTON TCHEHOV 
(Translated by GEORGE CALDERON) 

Madame Racevsky Mary Grey 

Anya Gwendolen. Evans 

Barbara Virginia Isham 

Leonid Gave! Alan Xapier 

LopakMn Fred O'Donovan 

Peter Trophimof John Gielgnd 

Simeonof-Hshtchik R. S. Smith 

Charlotte Jane Ellis 

Ephikhodof Jaraes Whale 

Dunyasha Kathleen Moseley 

Firs O. B. Clarence 

Yasha Byam Shaw 

Tramp Herbert Lugg 

Play produced by J. B. PAGAN 



" Q, " THEATRE 

25 MAY, 1925 
"IDLE HANDS" 

A satirical comedy, in three acts, by 
FREDERICK WITNEY 

Miss Rita Clough Martita Hunt 

Mrs. Rossiter Aida Jenoure 

Arthur Rossiter, Esq., J.P Alfred Clark 

Sally Hazel Jones 

A Parlourmaid Constance Foljambe 

John Humphrey Pringle Lawrence Anderson 

Harry Latton Neville Brooke 

Isobel Latton Jeannette Sherwin 

Mr. Rogers Victor Lewisohn 

Mr. Scott- Robinson .Douglas Jefferies 

Mr. Wilkins Easten Pickering 

Play produced by MILTON ROSMER 



HOLDER'S GREEN, HIPPODROME 

25 MAY, 1925 
* " SLEEPING PARTNERS" 

A comedy, in three acts, adapted from the 
French by SEYMOUR HICKS 

He Seymour Hicks 

She Eilaline Terriss 

The Husband Vincent W. Lawson 

The Servant. . , Lawrence Caird 

Play produced by SEYMOUR HICKS 



WINTER GABBEH 

26 MAY, 1925 

** TELL ME HOEE ^ 

A ruuidal comedy, in two acts 

Jiock I,-" FRED THOMPSON and WM. K. WELLS 

Music by GEORSE GERSHWIN 

Lyrics by B. G. DE SYLVA DESMOND CARTER 

and IRA GERSHWIN 

Gertrad'"- - - . - .Dorothy Flel 1 

Harry. George Hamilto;: 

Kenneth Dcnniscn Arthur Margetson 

Billy , Claude Hulbert 

Peggy Van de Leur .Elsa Macfarlane 

Bonnie Reeves Vera Lennox 

Estelle .- Bubbles Ryan 

Lucy. Oueenie Ash ton 

Marmot Beryl Murray 

Toots Phyllis Garton 

Brenda Geraldme Aylmer 

Susan Phyllis Swinburne 

Miss Cleveland ." .Marjorie Hall 

Miss Parke Winifred Shorter 

Miss Ames Margot St. Leger 

Miss Hines Margaret Moore 

Mrs. Pennyfeather Ada Palmer 

A Doorman Edward Arundell 

Monty Sipkin Leslie Benson 

Molyaeux Master James Croome 

Miss" Knight Betty Schuster 

A Customer Yvonne O'Beare 

Jane Wallace Heather Thatcher 

Mamie Sylvia Hawkes 

Mrs. Wallace Muriel Barnby 

Cyrus P. Tyler Ernest Graham 

Cerise ". George de Warf az 

Patsy Pavola Peggy Beaty 

A Waiter William Alexander 

George B. Wallace Guy Fane 

Play produced by FELIX EDWARDES 



PRINCE OP WALES'S 

24 MAY, 1925 
** HAMLET " 

Tragedy by WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE 
Presented by THE FELLOWSHIP OF PLAYERS 

Hamlet Godfrey Tearle 

Claudius Charles Carson 

Fortinbras Herbert Whitman 

Horatio Tristan Rawson 

Polonius Alfred Harris 

Laertes Robert Glennie 

Voltimand Ronald Kerr 

Cornelius Donald Wolfit 

Francisco Herbert Whitman 

Norwegian Captain Noel AUinson 

Rosen crantz Geoffrey Wilkinson 

Guildenstern Sir Timothy Eden 

Reynaldo Noel AUenson 

Osric Reginald Denham 

A Priest Michael Raghan 

Marcellus Philip Reeves 

Bernardo Michael Raghan 

1st Gravedigger Tom Reynolds 

2nd Gravedigger Roger Uvesey 

A Player Duncan Yarrow 

An Attendant Anthony Clark 

A Sailor Donald Wolfit 

Ghost. John Howell 

Gertrude Beatrice Wilson 

Ophelia Evelyn Dane 

Play produced by L. E. BERMAN 



SYNOPSIS OF PLAYBILLS 



WXBDBAJTS 

30 MAY, 1925 

* "THE HE" 

A play, in four acts, by HENRY ARTHUR JONES 

Sir Robert Shale, Bart Lawrence Hanray 

Noil Dibdin - Robert Horton 

Gerald Forster Lawrence Anderson 

Haxap Stockwell Hawkins 

Mck Ivy Rayment 

Elinor Shale Sybil Thorndite 

Lacy Shale, . . . . Vere Shepstone 

Miss Pensent Winifred Oughton 

Gibbard Margaret Manning 

Mrs. Cattard Lilian Moubrey 

Play produced by LEWIS T. CASSQK 



!CHE " OLD "VIC * 
1925 



OF 



WELLS * 



A play, in four acts, by ARTHUR PIKERO 

THEATRICAL FOLK 
James Telfer .................... Robert Atkins 

Mrs, Telfer ..................... Olivia Burleigh 

Augustas Colpoys ................ Andrew Leigh 

Ferdinand Gadd .................... Neil Porter 

Tom Wrench .................... Ernest Milton 

Avoaia Bunn ................... Dorice Fordred 

Rose Trelawny ...................... Marie Ney 

Imogen Parrott .................. Katharine Pole 

OTDwyer ......... - ............ Charles Marford 

NON-THEATRICAL FOLK 

Vice-Chancellor Sir William Gower, Knt, 

John Garside 
Miss Trafalgar Gower ........ Elizabeth Addyman 

Arthur Gower .............. Hilary Fisher- White 

Clara de Foenix .................... Joy Spring 

Captain de Foenix ............. Ronald Nicholson 

Mrs. Mossop ........................ Dora Hole 

Mr. Ablett ....................... Henry Cohen 

Charles ...... , .................. Michael Watts 

Sarah ............................. Doris Kealy 

Play produced by ROBERT ATKINS 



DALY'S 

2 Jmre, 1925 
"dJBOPATRA" 

A musical comedy, in three acts, adapted by 

JOHN HASTINGS TURNER 

Lyrics by HARRY GRAHAM 

Music by OSCAR STRAITS 

Additional numbers by ARTHUR WOOD 

Victorian Silvius Alec. Fraser 

Prince Beladonis John E. Coyle 

Mark Antony , Shayle Gardner 

Nephros Henry Hallatt 

Aa Egyptian Soldier Draper Kendall 

A Roman Soldier Alan Dale 

Pamphylos Jay Laurier 

Charmian Neta Underwood 

Iras Ninon Zaria 

Lalage - Laurie Newton 

Phryne Peggie Lovat 

Lais Alma Lee 

Slave to Cleopatra. Marjorie Blareau 

Cleopatra Evelyn Laye 



Play produced by OSCAR ASCHE 



ST. 

2 JUKE, 1925 
*fHE RIVER" 

A play, in three acts, by PATRICK HASTINGS 

Digby Grant Eric Stanley 

Snowball ,E, Moses 

William Clifford Mollison 

Silvera William Hailman 

John Carew Leslie Faber 

Mrs. Francis Helen Ferrers 

Anthony Walford Owen Nares 

Mary Jessie Winter 

Theodore Messeli D. Lewin Mannering 

Cecil Graham Ewart Scott 

Servant J. Yorke 

Soldier David Hawthorne 

Doctor Cecil Fowler 

Sergeant Henry Hoare 

Play produced by LESLIE FABER 

BINGr'S HAMMEBSMKH 

3 JUNE, 1925 
"THE DANCE OF HFE" 

A play, in nine scenes, by HERMON OULB 

Mrs. Harrowfield Muriel Aked 

Olga Heath Mary Merrali 

Beresford Harrowfield Charles Koop 

Mr. Harrowfield WilMam Page 

Maggie Mary Kellas 

Harry Wickthorpe Douglas Jefferies 

Carrington Oliver Crocobie 

Mrs. Brendle Reba Inglis 

Mr. Fletcher J. Rice-Cassidy 

Plain-clothes Policeman Ronald N. Sinclair 

George Brendle D. A. Clarice-Smith 

A Warder Stewart Kern 

The Piper Ralph de Rohan 

The Bobbed-Hair Girl Gwen Kinross 

Hannah Ethel Lodge 

Play produced by MADGE MC!NTOSH 

GRAND, FCTLHAM 

3 JUXE, 1925 
"THE "ADVENTUROUS AGE" 

A farcical comedy, in three acts, by 
FREDERICK C, WITNEY 

Leonard Rivers Herbert Thomas 

Barbara Rivers Betty Moore 

Nicholas Rivers Onniston Miller 

Mavis Gore Catherine Lacey 

Dr. Hamish Melhuish David Clyde 

Hodder, Walter Fitzgerald 

Adela Rivers Mrs. Patrick Campbell 

BARNES 

6 JUNE, 1925 

"MAKE YOUR FORTUNE" 

A farcical comedy, in three acts, by 

ELIZABETH RAE 

Dick Wyatt Antony Holies 

Mary Wyatt Mary Royter 

Agatha Sutton Nancye Kenyon 

Jim Treherne Atholl Fleming 

Franklyn Bates H. B. Meade 

Anne... Dorothy Peters 

Richards Phyllis Manners 

Humphrey Wyatt I>aa F. Roe 



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SYNOPSIS OF PLAYBILLS 



Mrs. Bates .Mary Lincoln 

Maggie Irene Barnett 

Matthew Lyster. Cecil G. Calvert 

Williams Bernard Glasson 

Wilson Claude Green 

Florence Nancy Burt 

Lady Chevening Gertrude Sterroll 



Broker's Men 



< M. R. Ward 
Ellis Dee 

Play produced by PHILIP RIDGEWAY and 
CECIL G. CALVERT 

WYTOHAJffS 

7 JUNE, 1925 
" KALEIGH " 

A play, In four acts, by D. A. BARKER 
Presented by THE STAGE SOCIETY 

Lady Raleigh. . . .................. Evelyn Hope 

Mad Tom ........................ Harold Scott 

Sir Walter Raleigh ............ Nicholas Hannen 

Henry, Prince of Wales ............ Walter Hudd 

Sir Nicholas Carew ............... Brember Wills 

Meg Raleigh .................. Gwendolen Evans 

Richard Carew ..... . ............... John Wyse 

Wat Raleigh ..... . .............. Alan Rowland 

Keymis ...................... Frederick Leister 

Trenchard ....................... Charles Staite 

Thornis ........................ Tristan Rawscra 

Parker .................. . ____ Matthew Forsyth 

Fortune ........................ Leah Bateman 

Fame .......................... Moyna MacGill 

Play produced by ALLAN WADE 

AMBASSADORS 

8 JUNE, 1925 
"HAY FEVER" 

A comedy, in three acts, by NOEL COWARD 

Jttdeth Bliss .................... Marie Tempest 

David Bliss .................... Graham Browne 

Sprel Bliss ....................... Helen Spencer 

Simon Bliss .................. Robert Andrews 

Myra Arundel ..................... Hilda Moore 

Richard Greatham ............... Athole Stewart 

Jackie Coryon ............. , ....... Ann Trevor 

Sandy Tyrell ................... Patrick Susands 

Clara ---- . ..................... Minnie Raynor 

Play produced by the Author 

SHAFTESBURY 

9 JUNE? 1925 



"CLO-CLO" 

A farcical musical comedy, in three acts, by 
DOUGLAS FERBER and HARRY GRAHAM 

Music by FRANZ LEHAR ; 
additional numbers by MAX DAREWSKI 

Clo-Clo ....................... Cicely Debenham 

Melousine .................. Sydney Fairbrother 

Briggtta .......................... Glory Edgar 

Tricolet ........................ Reginald Dane 

Flipeur ......................... Frank Lawtob. 

Mazzagran .......................... W. Mason 

Commissioner of Police ............. Ellis Holland 

Petitpouf .......................... Harry Cole 

Chablis ......................... Robert Nainby 

Maxime ......................... Paul England 

William ......................... Billy Leonard 

Severin ....................... A. W. Baskcomb 

Play produced by CLIFFORD SEYLER 



9 JUKE, 1925 
** MfXEOD DOUBLES " 

A farcical comedy, in three acts, by 
FRANK "STAYTON 

Barrett. Matthew Boulton 

Rev. Arthur Escott, M.A Ernest Main waring 

Sir John Dorle, Bt C. Aubrey Smith 

Lady Dorle Yvonne Arnaud 

Rose Honor Aubrey Smith. 

Reggie Irvine George Tully 

Lady Audrey Irvine Faith Celli 

Howell James Guy Newali 

Ian McConochie Ian Fleming 

Play produced by MARTIN SABINE 



HAYMARKET 

11 JUNE, 1925 

* " THE HAH W.i'i'H A LOAD OF MISCHIEF ** 

A comedy, in three acts, by ASHLEY DUKES 

An Innkeeper Alfred Clark 

His Wife Clare Greet 

A Lady Fay Compton 

Her Maid Joyce Kennedy 

A Nobleman Frank Celtier 

His Man Leon Cjuartermaine 

Play produced by E. LYALL SWETE 



**Q" THEATRE 

12 JUNE, 1925 
** SOUTH OF TH.fr' LINE! " 

A play in a prologue, and three acts, by 
RALPH STOCK 

James Everett Victor Lewisohn 

Amy Everett Martita Hunt 

Daniel Everett Milton Rosmer 

Higgins Raymond Massey 

Punkah Boy J. Hubert Leslie 

A Customer Irene Howe 

Felissi Delia Dellvina 

Ronald Leslie Perrins 

Dorothy Allitsen Violet Penule 

Lady Violet Taunton Dame May Whitty 

Play produced by MILTON ROSMER and 
RAYMOND MASSEY 



EVERYMAN" 

12 JUNE, 1925 



A play, in two acts, by EUGENE O'NEILL 

Emma Crosby ..................... Jean Cadell 

Caleb Williams ..................... Ion Swinley 

Jack Crosby ..................... Roger Livesey 

Harriet Williams ................ Margaret Carter 

Alfred Rogers. . . ............... Leslie J. Banks 

Mrs. Crosby ...................... Alda Jenoure 

Captain Crosby .................. George Merritt 

Benny Rogers .......... , ....... Leslie J. Banks 



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SYNOPSIS OF PLAYBILLS 



** THE LQ1TC VOYAGE HOME " 
A play, in one act, by EUGEXE O'NEILL 

F-t Toe George Herritt 

xtck.?!,' '.'. .Alexander Field 

-,rr " " Margaret Carter 

gu^n Leslie J. Banks 

Drlsco'lL.; I.!.... Felix Aylmer 

Cocky Harold Scott 

l vaa Roger Livesey 

j a e " " " " Gwendolen Hill 

Freda.".' ".'.".""" Dorothy Hope 

Plays produced by NORMAN MACDERMOTT 



** PRDf CE!*S 

14 JUNE, 1925 
"HAHGO ISLAM) " 

A drama of the Pacific, in three acts, by 

REGINALD BERKELEY 
Presented by THE REPERTORY PLAYERS 

Safairas William Kendall 

A Vegetable Seller Donald Neville 

A Native Woman Kate Aitken 

Another Native Woman Kathleen Rackstraw 

John Harman Edmund Willard 

Amos Leonard Thompson 

Father Emmanuel Gaspard Brember Wills 

Nora Harman Ellen Hare 

Charles Sefton, C.M.G Aubrey Mather 

Peter Annitage Frank Vosper 

Davis Claude Horton 

Tiorji Woodgate Guy Pelham Boulton 

Henderson. Robertson Hare 

Mrs. Sefton Alex Frizeli 

Saiiosi E. St. Lo 

Therese Lenoir Mary Newnham-Davies 

Sergeant of Police Gordon Richards 

Lopez George Hamilton 

Cooic Robertson Hare 

Play produced by HENRY OSCAR 



SAVOY 

16 JUNE, 1925 

* "MARY, MARY, QUITE CONTRARY" 
A light comedy, in three acts, by ST. JOHN ERVINE 

Mrs. Considine Margaret Emden 

Sheila Jill Esmond Moore 

Geoffrey James Raglan. 

Sir Henry Considine Evelyn Roberts 

Rev. Canon Peter Considine Edward Petley 

Mary Westlake Eva Moore 

Mr. Hobbs Frank Bertram 

Jenny Ella Daincourt 

Miss Minims Lucy Evelyn 

Mr. Beeby George Child 

Play produced by MILTON ROSMER 



BARNES 

18 JUNE, 1925 
"JUNGLE LAW" 

A play, in three acts, by I. A. R. WYLIE 

Mrs. Janes Pollie Emery 

Mops Margaret Swallow 

Geoffrey Faraell Leslie Perrins 



Mr. Hardcastle Alfred Paumler 

Wallace Douglas Phillips 

Bell , . . . , Reginald Gosse 

Lord Ross-Fa yne Sydney Compton 

Reynolds. . . .'. Cecil G. Calvert 

Lady Eleanor Ross-Fayue Clare Harris 

Commissionaire . . , . M, R. Ward 

Play produced by PHILIP RIDGEWAY and 
CECIL G, CAL.VERT 



ST. JAMES'S 

20 JUKE, 1&25 

"THE GUARDSMAN" 

A play, in three acts, by FRANZ MOLNAR ; 
translated by GRACE I. COLBRON and 

HANS BARTSCH 

The Actor Seymour Hicks 

The Actress Madge Titheradge 

The Critic Morton Selten 

" Mama " Margaret Yarde 

liesl Betty Seymour Hicks 

A Creditor Willie Warde 

An Usher Adela Measor 

Play produced by SEYMOUR HICKS 



"Q" THEATRE 

22 JUNE, 1925 
" THE CZARINA " 

A romantic comedy, in three acts, by 
MELCHOIR LENGYEL and LUDWIG BIRD 

Yvonne Edith Harley 

Marie. Beatrix Thomson 

Annie Jashikofi Beatrice Lewisohn 

Lieut. Nicholas Jashikoff Cyril Nash 

Prince Sortikoff William Devereux 

Vicomte de Roncourt Ivan Samson 

Baron Dymov Victor Lewisohn 

Colonel Ronsky Alexander Sarner 

Captain Kaschumowsky Peter Godfrey 

Count Alexei Czerny Henry Kendall 

The Czarina Dorothy Dix 

General Malakoff Frederick de Lara 

Play produced by REGINALD BENHAM 



ALDWYCH 

22 JUNE, 1925 
** THE VERDICT " 
A play, in. three acts, by OLIVE LETHBRIDGE 

Lady Lornchester Netta Westcott 

The Gay Girl Griselda Harvey 

The Young Man Walter Butler 

Parker .Noel Goodwin 

Mrs. de Coursy- Jones Minnie Rayner 

Miss de Coursy- Jones Marie Slade 

Major Molyneux Hugh Higson 

Hon. Philip Hallerton , Walter Hudd 

Mrs. Merrivale Margaret Halstan 

Sir John Verney .Herbert Marshall 

Caroline, Duchess of Cheltenham. . .Marie Wright 

Lady June Westerby Joan Maude 

Peters ". A. Harding Steerman 

Ronald Bevilleville Major Browning 

Dr, Adamson A. Corney Gram 

Play produced by A. B. IMESON 



SYNOPSIS OF PLAYBILLS 



LITTLE 

22 JUKE, 1925 

** MARCH HARES '* 

A fantastic satire, in three acts, by 
HARRY WAGSTAFF GRIBBLE 

Mrs. Janet Rodney Dame May Whitty 

Ethel .Millicent Hope 

Edgar Fuller Ronald Simpson 

Geoffrey Wareham Alexander Onslow 

Oliver William Kendall 

Janet Rodney Adrienne Morrison 

Claudia Kitts Millie Sim 

The Cook Nellie Griffin 

Mr. Brown Robert Metcalfe 



LYRIC, HAMMERSMITH 

23 Jura, 1925 
* "THE BEGGAR'S OPERA" 

by MR, GAY 

The music arranged and composed by 
FREDERIC AUSTIN 

Captain Macheath Frederick Ranalow 

Peachum -Scott Russell 

Polly Peadium Kathlyn Hi'liard 

LocMt Arthur Wynn 

Filch Miles Malleson 

The Beggar Arnold Pilbeam 

Mrs. Peachum , . -Sara Allgood 

Lucy LocMt Fedora Bernard 

Diana Trapes Beryl Freeman 

Jenny Diver Nonny Lock 

Opera produced by NIGEL PLAYFAIR 



QUEE3TS 

24 JUNE, 1925 

"SALOHY JANE" 

A play, in four acts, by PAUL ARMSTRONG 

Colonel Starbottle Alan Jeayes 

Low Eugene Leahy 

Yuba Bill Tom Reynolds 

Willie Smith Lewis Shaw 

Mary Ann Heath Peggy Livesey 

Anna May Heath Becky Woolf 

Salomy Jane Clay Dorothy Seacombe 

Rufe Waters Franklyn Bellamy 

Jack Marbury Claude Rains 

Larrabee Gordon Harker 

Madison Clay H. St. Barbe-West 

A Man Godfrey Tearle 

Lize Heath Miriam Lewes 

Red Pete Heath Edward O'Neill 

Play produced by GODFREY TEARLE 



R.AJXA. THEATRE 

28 JUNE, 1925 
"THE GOLDEN BALLOT" 

A Eght-hearted comedy, in three acts, by 
C. DAVID STELLING 

Susan Linacre Jane Bacon 

Nathan Beggs Douglas Phair 

Fred O^way Alan Stevenson 

Dick Campion Hilary Fisher White 

Sir Francis Campion, Bt Alex. Scott Gatty 



Huntington K. Da vie John Rockey 

Rosaline van Tromp. Violet Campbell 

Vicomte de la Panne Howieson CuHff 

Hon. Bertie Ciarges Reginald Gardner 

Mrs, Shoemaker Gipsy Ellis 

Hodder Kenneth Webb 

Play produced by MARGARET YARBE 



SCALA 

28 JUKE, 1925 
* "BULK A WIPE AMD HAVE A WIPE" 

A comedy by FRANCIS BEAUMONT and 

JOHN FLETCHER 
Play presented by THE RENAISSAKCE THEATRE 

Leon Henry Oscar 

Michael Perez Baliol Hoiloway 

Duke of Medina Ernest Thesiger 

Cacafogo D. Hay Petrie 

Don Juan de Castro Eugene Leahy 

Sanchio Ralph Truman 

Alonzo Reginald Jarman 

Margarita Jeanne de CasaHs 

Estifania Muriel Pratt 

f Lilian Cavanagh 

Three Old Ladies 1 Margaret Carter 

( Marie Ault 

An Old Woman Margaret Yarde 

Altea Nell Carter 

Clara Clare Harris 

Maid Hilda Sims 

Ladies f Beatrice Fiinaer 

in { Paula Kemp 

Attendance ( Brenda Harvey 

Lorenzo Anthony Clark 

Servant W. Hyde White 

Play produced by FRANK CELLIER 



KINGSWAY 

29 JUNE, 1925 
* "THE NEW MORALITY" 

A comedy, in three acts, by HAROLD CHAPIN 

Betty Jones Gwen Ffrangcon-Davies 

Lesceline Louise de Lacy 

Alice Meyne Francis Clare 

Colonel Ivor Jones Scott Sunderland 

E. Wallace Wister Wallace Evennett 

Wooton Cedric Hardwicke 

Geoffrey Belasis, K.C Edgar Norfolk 

Play produced by H. K. AYLIFF 



DUKE OF YORK'S 

29 JUNE, 1925 
* " BUBBLY" 

A revue by JOHN HASTINGS TURNER 
Music by PHILIP BRAHAM 

Edmund Gwenn Laura Cowie 

Reginald Bach Nellie Bowman 

Cyril Ritchard Poppy Redgrove 

Ralph Coram Teddie Gerrard 

George Pughe Madge Elliott 

Revue produced by J. HASTINGS TURNER 
and HERBERT MASON 



SYNOPSIS OF PLAYBILLS 



EVEBYJffAlf 

30 Juxa, 1925 

* **DBDS WHD DTTGK** 

A plav, in four acts, by HENHIK IBSEN 

Petterson..' J- Hubert Leslie 

O'd Etaial . - .Brember \\ills 

Mrs. SSrby - Mary Robson 

Councillor Flor Charles A. Staite 

Councillor Balle Harold Scott 

Councillor Kaspersen Victor H. Leslie 

Wcrle George Merritt 

Gregers \Verle Ion Swinley 

Hialmsr Milton Rosmer 

Giua Ekdai Sybil Arundale 

Hedvig Angela Baddeley 

Dr, Rellig Sydney Bland 

Molvik Harold Scott 

Play produced by SYDNEY BLAND 

HEW OXFORD 

30 JL-SB, 1925 

"THE GORILLA" 

A play, in three acts, by RALPH SPENCE 

Jeiferson Lee Kate Busby 

CyrtisStevens Henry Wolston 

Alice Denby Mimi Crawford 

Arthur Marsden G. H. Mulcaster 

Mr. Mulligan Harry O'Neal 

Mr! Garrity Lew Kelly 

" Simmons Dennis Dennison 

Hie Stranger .Wilfred Payne 

A Sailor Fenner Irving 

Shakespeare Edward Siliward 

Dr. Wilner Vincent W. Lawson 

Play produced by DONALD GALLAHER 

ST, MARTDPS 

1 JULY, 1925 
"THE SHOW" 

A drama, in three acts, by JOHN GALSWORTHY 

Anne Morecombe Molly Kerr 

A Maid Eileen Sliarp 

A Detective. Leslie Banks 

A Divisional Surgeon Marcus Barren 

A Cook Una O'Connor 

Daisy Odiham Hermione Baddeley 

A Reporter Clifford Mollison 

Colonel Roland Felix Aylmer 

Geofirey Darrel Ian Hunter 

An Editor Aubrey Mather 

A Secretary Ethne Honan 

A News Editor . .Eliot Makeham 

Lady Morecombe Haidee Wright 

Mr. Odiham Ben Field 

A Coroner's Clerk Lawrence Baskcomb 

Lieut. Oswald, R.N Robert Harris 

Foreman of the Jury Bryan Powley 

A Lady Mary Forbes 

Officer of the Air Ministry Eliot Makeham 

Press Association Reporter Vere Bennett 

Play produced by BASIL DEAN 

AIDWYCH 

2 JULY, 1925 

** AT THE SAM?. TIME w 
A play, in three acts, by A. P. HERBERT 

David Grange Alexander Onslow 

Mary Heather Angela Baddeley 

Page Girl Ann Trevor 



Sam Drew Frank Ailanby 

Joirn Sturdy Dawson Milwara 

Sir Anthony Fairfield Norman V. Norman 

Alderman Albert Banks Scott Russell 

Marian Sturdy Athene Seyler 

Stisaa Sheena Campbell 

Bert Arnold Pilbeam 

James Moon Claud Rains 

Timothy Spratt J, Leslie Frith 

Mr. Well-Beloved Harold Scott 

Miss Potts Minnie Blagden 

Miss Quilt. Frances Vine 

Mr. Harrow Julian Browne 

Play produced by NIGEL PLAYFAIR 



COMEBST 

2 JULY, 1925 

"THE GENTIiESIAN IN WAITING" 
A comedy, in three acts, by HARRISON OWEN 

Felicia Lyons Olwen Roose 

Elsie Dorothy Leveson Lane 

Margaret Lindsay Kitty de Legh 

Clementine Moore .Jane Wood 

Marion Collingwood Gwenda Wren 

Lyle Gordona Cecil Humphreys 

David Neilson C. Leveson Lane 

James Mortimer Moore Brie Blore 

Greig H. Saxon-Snell 

Play produced by GERARD CLIFTON 



2 JtmY, 1925 
* "BEGGAR ON HORSEBACK" 

A play, in two parts, by GEORGE S. KAUFMAN 

and MAS.C CONNELLY 
Music by DEEMS TAYLOR 

Dr. Albert Rice Frederick Lloyd 

Cynthia Mason Norai Howard 

Neil McRae. A. E. Matthews 

Mr. Cady Martin Adeson 

Mrs. Cady. Laura Smithson 

Gladys Cady Olive Sloane 

Homer Cady .Eric Maturin 

A. Butler J. C. K. Harbord 

jerry W. D. Fazan 

Check Boy W. Ashley Sinclair 

A Business Man Charles Penman 

isl^SJ EtaaRoytcn 

A Waiter Robert Easton 

A Dancing Teacher Alick Crane 

A Reporter T. Duff 

A Juror W. Hyde-White 

A Sightseer W, G. Mann 

A Novelist Alick Crane 

A Song Writer L. Mitchell 

An Artist Alban. Blakelock 

A Poet John Wyse 

H.S.H. The Crown Prince of Xanadu. Kim Peacock 
H.S.H. The Crown Princess of Xanadu 

Kyra Alanova 

1st Lady in Waiting Luna Lisle 

1st Lord of the Bedchamber Lewis Broughton 

A Lamplighter Gerard Barton 

A Policeman W. D. Fazan 

Caesar M. Hughes 

Pompey It. 'Bell 

Play produced by WJNTHKOP AMES 



SYNOPSIS OF PLAYBILLS 



COUET 

5 JULY, 1925 

"HBI&OMERS OF WAS" 

A play, In three acts, by J. R. ACXERLEY 

Presented by THE THREE HUNDRED CLUB 

Second Lieutenant Grayle Robert Harris 

Lieutenant Tetford. ....... .Colin Keith- Johnson 

Captain Rickmin Raymond Massey 

Marie Joan Pitt-Chatham 

Lieutenant Adelby Ivor Bernard 

Captain Conrad George Hayes 

Jeilertoa James Whale 

Mrs. Preadergast Marie Ault 

Madame Louis Leah Bateman 

Dr. Croz Eliot Makeham 

Play produced by FRANK BIRCH 



6OIJ>EE*S GREES HEPPOBEOME 

6 JULY, 1925 

W IHE GHOSf TB&IH ** 

A " non-stop " thriller, in three acts, 

by ARNOLD RIDLEY 

Saul HodgMn Hugh E. Wright 

Richard Winthrop Haddon Mason 

Elsie Edith Saviie 

Charles Murdock Basil Howes 

Peggy Murdock Beatrice Quennell 

Miss "Bourne - Florence Harwood 

Teddy DeaMn Antony Holies 

Julia Prince Ruby Miller 

Herbert Price J- W. Austin 

John Sterling Vincent Holman 

Jackson H. B, Meade 

Smith , Aiick Pape 

Play produced by E. HOLMAN CLARK 



REGENT 

5 JULY, 1925 

* " THE REHEARSAL** 

A comedy by GEORGE VILLIERS, Duke of 

Buckingham 
Presented by THE PHOENIX SOCIETY 

Bayes Melville Cooper 

Johnson. Fred O'Douovan 

Smith Alfred Clark 

Drawcansir Keith, Pyott 

~ * Y% x* ^ < Harold Scott 

Two Kings of Brentford | Ewart Sc o tt 

Prince Prettyman Godfrey Winn 

Prince Volsdus Patrick Gpver 

Pallas - Beatrice Wilson 

Amaryllis Vera Lennox 

Cloris Gwendolen Evans 

Partfafinope ) Angela Baddeley 

Lightning 5 

Thunder Tristan Rawson 

Sun Charles Staite 

Moon Etea Lanchester 

Earth. Eileen Beldon 

Physician Wallace Evennett 

General Douglas Ross 

Lieutenant-General Tristan Rawson 

Cordelie Stephen Jack 

Tom Thimble Alfred Ayre 

Play produced by ALLAN WADE 



**Q" THEATRE 

6 JULY, 1925 
"COMFORT" 

A comedy, in three acts, by MARION BOWER 

Creazie Cutts Edith Harley 

Beulah Pashler Louise Hampton 

Comfort Tuke Cathleen MacCarthy 

Nat Tuke Lawrence Anderson 

Davy Rhyes Cyril Nash 

Mrs. Vidal Leah Bateman 

Lady Chantiston Winifred Oughton 

Bennett Mollie Tyson 

Sir Brooke Wickham Victor Lewisohn 

Play produced by MATTHEW FORSYTH 



HEW 

7 JULY, 1925 
"WE MODERNS" 

A comedy, in three movements, by 
ISRAEL ZANGWILL 

Robert Sundale, K.C Hubert Harben 

Katherine Sundale Mary Jerrpld 

Beamish Stockwell Hawkins 

John Ashlar Vernon Sylvaine 

Richard Sundale Walter Hudd 

Mary Sundale Olga Jocelyn 

DoUy Wimple Jane Welsh 

Joanna Herzberg Dora Gregory- 
Oscar Pleat Robert Holmes 

Madame Moskowski May Agate 

Sir William Wimple, Bart Frederick Culley 

Play produced by ROBERT ATKINS 



LITTLE 

8 JULY, 1925 
"TEDS 9-11 REVUE" 

Revue by HAROLD SIMPSON and MORRIS HARVEY 
Music by HERMAN FINCK 



Morris Harvey 
Olin Howland 
Frank Hector 
John Clifford 

Revue produced by FRANK COLLINS ; 
dances by JACK HULBERT 



Julie Hartley-Milburn 
Josephine Quest 
Phyllis Harding 
Wyn Clare 



SCALA 

12 JITLY, 1925 
"THE SON OF HEAVEN" 

A tragic melodrama, in three acts, by 
LYTTON STRACHEY 

Li Denis Robertson 

Wang Fu Geoffrey Webb 

Prince Tuan G. G. Tomlin 

Duke Lan Hilary Waddington 

Jung Lu T. Marshall 

The Empress Dowager Gertrude Kingston 

The Emperor of China Dennis Arundell 

Ta-he Miss B. Howe 

Li Hung Chang A. Davidson 



SYNOPSIS OF PLAYBILLS 



EVERYMAN 
15 JULY, 1925 
"HEHEY IV" 

% tragedy. In three acts, by LUIGI PIRANDELLO ; 
"translated by EDWARD STORER 

' Hear\- I V " Ernest Milton 

Baron Tito Belcredi Frank Vosper 

Doctor Dion ysius Genoni Stanley La thbury 

The Marchioness Matilda Spina Nancy Price 

Fjicfa Beatrice Filmer 

L-indolpii (Lolo) Grosvenor North 

0. dulph (Momo) Godfrey Winn 

Harold (Franco) Robert Gletmie 

Bertfaold (Fino) Geoffrey Wincott 

loisB Geoffrey Dunlop 

Marquis Charles Di-Nolli Ronald Nicholson 

, , < Herbert Anstey 

Attendants J Dennis Hosking 

Play produced by A. E. FILMER 



LYCEUM 

15 JULY, 1925 

* ** THK; FAKE " 

A play, in four acts, by FREDERICK LONSDALE 

Hesketh Pointer, M.P Edward O'Neill 

Sir Tfaos. Moorgate, M.D Hesketh Pearson 

Ernest Stan ton, M.P Allan jeayes 

Clifford Hope John Williams 

Mrs. Hesketh Pointer Louise Pmssing 

Mavis Dorothy Seacombe 

Mrs. Stanton Miriam Lewes 

The Hon. Gerrard Pillick Franklyn Bellamy 

Watkins Wilson Gunning 

Geoffrey Sands Godfrey Tearle 

A Parlourmaid Josephine Dixon 

A Waitress Una Connor 

Play produced by GODFREY TEARLE 



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WHO'S WHO IN THE 
THEATRE 



ABE; 

A critic ; b. 

\ Ashton-on-Mersey, 9 Jan., 1881 ; 

e. Malvern College and Manchester 
University ; Is adviser and reader of 
plays to" the Lii-erpool Repertory 
theatre ; lias written several books of 
verse and some short plays ; notablv 
"The Adder/* 1913; "The End of 
the World/* 1914; " The Staircase/* 
; " Phoenix/' 1923, Address : 
Rvton, Dymock, Gloucestershire. 

ACTON-BOXD, Aeton, Hon. R.A.M., 

actor ; b. Toronto, Canada ; m. Eve M. 
Donne : made his first appearance 
on the stage at the St. James's 
Theatre, in 1887, In " Lady Clan- 
cart v " ; toured with Osmond Tearle 
for a year, and with Mrs. Band- 
Tnann Palmer in " Tares " ; in 
1889, toured as Wilfred Denver in 
" The Silver King " ; appeared at 
Drury Lane, May, 1890, in " Paul 
Kauvar " ; toured in "A Man's 
Shadow/' 1S90-1 ; appeared at the 
Globe, 1891, In " The Bookmaker" ; 
appeared at Lyceum, Jan., 1892, in 
** King Henry VIII/' also in " King 
Lear/* " Richelieu/' " Becket," 
"' Louis XI " ; at the Opera Comique, 
1893, played lead in " A Question of 
Memory " ; at Terry's, 1895, in " A 
Modern Hvpatia " ; at the Gaiety, 
1896, with'Olga Nethersole in "Car- 
men " ; at the Lyceum, 6 Feb., 1899, 
was the original Marquis d'Evrenionde 
in tl The Only Way " ; at the Court, 
1903-4, played lead in " The Tempest/' 
" The Two Gentlemen of Verona," etc. ; 
at the Garrick, 1906, played in " Mac- 
beth " ; during 1908 toured as " Clan- 
carty " ; at His Majesty's, 1910, played 

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[ACT 

Antonio in " The Merchant of Venice " ; 
at the Globe, 1910, appeared as Joseph 
Brideau in ** Parasites " ; at His 
Majesty's, Sept., 1910, played the 
Surveyor to Buckingham, in " Henry 
VIII " ; appeared at the Kingsway, 
Mar., 1913, as Father Looe in " The 
Great Adventure " ; hon. genera! 
director of the British Empire Shake- 
speare Society ; joint author of " Pilate 
and Ovid's Daughter/' " A Lunatic at 
Large/' etc., etc. ; was organiser and 
secretary of the Ellen Terry Jubilee 
Benefit Matinee at Drury Lane, 1906 ; 
in 1905, produced " The Courage of 
Silence," for the Hon. Mrs. Henniker, 
at King's, Hammersmith ; in 1908, 

E reduced " Lanval/' at the Playhouse, 
)r Lord Howard de Walden ; at 
Stratford-on-Avon, has produced 
st The Merchant of Venice," 1907 ; 
" Twelfth Night/' 1908 ; and " Much 
Ado About Nothing/' 1909; at the 
Court, 1911-2, produced "The Win- 
ter's Tale " and " A Midsummer 
Night's Dream " ; at the Kingsway, 
Mar., 1913, played Father Looe in 
" The Great Adventure " ; at His 
Majesty's, 5 July, 1915, the Surveyor 
to Buckingham in the " all-star " 
revival of " King Henry VIII/* given 
in aid of King George's Actors* Pension 
Fund ; in 1916, was Hon. Sec. and 
Organiser, with the Lord Mayor 
(Sir Charles Wakefield), of the Shake- 
speare Festival of Mercy, to celebrate 
the Tercentenary ; during 1918-19 
gave performances of " Henry VIII " 
and " The Merchant of Venice " to 
the troops in London, and in Hut and 
Camp ; in 1919 toured in France and 
Belgium with a similar object ; 



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1920, produced " Hamlet " at the 
Strand Theatre with a cast composed 
entirely of ladies, his wife appearing 
as Hamlet; at the Court Theatre, 
Feb., 1922, appeared as the Judge in 
" Justice " ; in 1923, was the first to 
" I Broadcast " Shakespeare, on Apr. 
23rd, the Birthday celebration ; at 
the Hay market, June, 1924, again 
played Father Looe in " The Great 
Adventure " ; in 1912 was appointed 
a Professor of the Royal Academy of 
Music, and Director of the Dramatic 
performances ; granted the diploma 
of Hon. R.A.M. in 1915, being the first 
person, not a professional musician, 
to gain the distinction ; Chairman of 
the After-Dinner Club, from 1922 ; 
Member of the Executive Committee, 
National Theatre, Shakespeare Mem- 
orial. Hobbies : Golf, punting, swim- 
ming, cycling. Address: Avon House, 
King Henry's Road, N.W.3. Tele- 
phone : 6775 Hampstead. Chibs : 
Green Room, Neasden and Stage 
Golfing Society. 

ADAMS, Ida, actress ; made her 
first appearance in New York, at the 
Knickerbocker Theatre, 27 April, 1909, 
as Miss Glick in " The Candy Shop " ; 
during the same year toured in " Three 
Twins " ; at the New Amsterdam, 
New York, Mar., 1911, played Desiree 
in "The Pink Lady," subsequently 
touring in the same part ; at the 
Moulin Rouge, New York, Apr., 1912, 
played Tony in " A Winsome Widow," 
and Oct., 1912, appeared there in 
" The Ziegfeld Follies of 1912 " ; made 
her first appearance in London at the 
London Hippodrome 1915 ; appeared 
at the Comedy, May, 1916, in " Half- 
Past Eight " ; at the St. Martin's 
Theatre, Nov., 1916, played Ada Eve 
in " Houp-La ! " ; at the Apollo, May, 
1917, appeared as Jane Gerson in 
" Inside the Lines." 

ADAMS, Maude (Kiskadden) , actress ; 
6. at Salt Lake City, Utah, U.S.A., 
11 Nov., 1872; d. of James Adams, 
actor, and Annie Adams, a celebrated 
actress in the United States ; made 
her first appearance on the stage as 
a baby in arms at the age of nine 
months, in her native city, in " The 
Lost Child 1 ' ; as a child she made a 



o-reat success as Little Schneider in 
^' Fritz " with the late J. K. Emmett, 
1877 ; slie was a * so ni nl y successful 
iri *' A Woman of the People," " Little 
Susie ," " Tne Stepmother," and as the 
child' Adrienne in "A Celebrated 
Case "*' made her first appearance 
on' the' "'\ Tew York sta e at the Star 

Theatre," i? S^" 1888 > as Mo ^ na 
Sullivan in\^ The Paymaster ; at 

the Grand Op^ H US ,?v1 Feb ;;. 1 f 89 ; 
played Louisa V n J hC R ^ llQ ^ 
Bidder," and during t] f same week, 
Jessie Dean in " L vord Chumley ; 
was next engaged for trt e Bij ou Theatre 
where she appeared on ^ ^ Mar r v 1889, 
as Dot Bradbury in " :\ Midnight 
BeU"; at Proctor's,Twenty-tiX rd *?* 
Theatre, New York, 8 Sept./^J 8 , 
she played Evangeline in " All ^Jr 6 
Comforts of a Home," and on 21 Oq*?-' 
1890, appeared as Dora in " Men an^ 
Women/' by H. C. De Mille and 
David Belasco ; on 16 Nov., 1891, 
she played Nell in " The Lost Para- 
dise " ; was next engaged at Palmer's 
Theatre, New York, as leading lady 
with John Drew, and made her first 
appearance in that capacity on 3 Oct., 
1892, when she made a great hit in 
the part of Suzanne in " The Masked 
Ball " ; she continued to play lead 
with John Drew, under the manage- 
ment of Charles Frohman, until 
1897 ; during that period she played 
the following parts : Miriam in 
" Butterflies " (Palmer's, 5 Feb., 
1894) ; Jessie Keber in " The Bauble 
Shop" "(Empire, 11 Sept., 1894); 
Marion in " That Imprudent Young 
Couple" (Empire, 23 Sept., 1895)"; 
Dora in " Christopher, Jun." (Em- 
pire, 7 Oct., 1895) ; Dorothy in 
"Rosemary" (Empire, 31 Aug., 
1896) ; and on 9 Dec., 1896, she 
played in " Too Happy by Half " ; 
she was promoted to the rank of 
" star " by Charles Frohman in 1897, 
and made her first appearance in New 
York in that capacity at the Empire 
on 27 Sept., 1897, when she appeared 
as Lady Babbie in " The Little 
Minister " ; she has since played that 
part several hundreds of times ; at 
the Knickerbocker Theatre, on 3 Dec., 
1897, she played Mrs. Hilary in " Mrs. 
Hilary Regrets " with John Drew ; 
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appeared for the first time as Juliet 
in " Romeo and Juliet " with great 
success ; at the Knickerbocker 
Theatre, 22 Oct., 1900, she appeared 
as the Duke of Reichstadt in " I/ 
Aiglon," and 11 Nov., 1901, as Phcebe 
Throssell in " Quality Street " ; at the 
Empire, New York, 10 Nov., 1903, 
she played Pepita in " The Pretty 
Sister of Jose"; and 6 Feb., 1905, 
Amanda Affleck in " 'Op o' Me 
Thumb " ; 6 Nov., 1905, at the same 
Theatre she appeared as Peter Pan 
in Barrie's play of that name, with 
such success that the piece was 
played throughout the New York 
season of 1905-6 ; the play also formed 
the chief attraction for her season of 
1906-7, though she also gave a few 
performances of " Quality Street," 
" L' Aiglon/' "The Little Minister," 
etc. ; in Sept., 1907, commenced 
another tour with " Peter Pan " ; 
appeared at the Empire, New York, 
Jan., 1908, as Rene in " The Jesters" ; 
at Cambridge, Conn., 3 June, 1908, 
appeared for the first time as Viola 
in a special performance of " Twelfth 
Night"; in Oct., 1908, appeared at 
Atlantic City, as Maggie Wylie in 
" What Every Woman Knows " ; 
after touring in the same play, ap- 
peared in it at the Empire Theatre, 
New York, Dec., 1908 ; at the Harvard 
Stadium, 21 Jun., 1909, she played Joan 
of Arc in a version of Schiller's play ; 
during season of 1909-10 continued 
to play " What Every Woman 
Knows " ; at the Greek Theatre, 
Berkeley, Cal., 6 June, 1910, appeared 
as Rosalind in " As You Like It " ; 
at the Knickerbocker Theatre, 23 Jan., 
1911, appeared as Chantecler in Louis 
N. Parker's version of Rostand's 
romantic play; during 1911, toured 
in the same part, subsequently reap- 
pearing in " Peter Pan," with which 
she toured throughout 1912-3 ; at the 
Empire Theatre, New York, 5 Jan., 
1914, played Leonora in " The Legend 
of Leonora " ; at Rochester, N.Y., 
Oct., 1914, played Rosalind in Barrie's 
play of that name, subsequently called 
" The Ladies' Shakespeare," at the 
Empire, New York, 11 Jan., 1916, 
reappeared as Lady Babbie in " The 
Little Minister"; 25 Dec., 1916, 
played Miss Thing in "A Kiss for 



Cinderella " ; subsequently, 1917-18, 
toured in the same part. Favourite 
recreation : Riding. Address : Sandy 
Garth, Ronkonkoma, Long Island", 
New York. 

ADAMS, W. Bridges (see BRIDGES- 
ADAMS, W.). 



ADE, Oeorge, American dramatist ; 
b. Kentland, Indiana, U.S.A., 9 Feb., 
1866 ; was engaged on the staff of 
the Chicago Record from 1890 to 
1900 ; has written the following 
plays : " The Sultan of Sum," 
" On his Uppers " (adapted from 
"Fables in Slang"), "Peggy from 
Paris," " The County Chairman," 
"The Sho-Gun," "The College 
Widow," " The Night of the Fourth/' 
" The Bad Samaritan," " Just Out of 
College," " Marse Covington," " Mrs. 
Peckharn's Carouse," " Artie," 
" Father and the Boys," " The Fair 
Co-Ed.," "The Old" Town," "U.S. 
Minister Bedloe," " The Slim Princess," 
" Speaking to Father," " Nettie " ; 
visited London in 1906 ; has written 
works on American slang and argot ; 
also " Pink Marsh," " Doc Home," 
" The Girl Proposition," " People You 
Know/' " Breaking into Society," and 
" True Bills." Address : Hazelden 
Farm, near Brook, Ind., U.S.A. 

ABLER, Jacob P., actor ; b. Odessa, 
Russia, 1855 ; was for a time in the 
Russian Civil Service, and subse- 
quently was a journalist ; is probably 
the best known exponent of the 
Yiddish drama in the world ; has 
played in Rumania, Germany, 
Russia, the United States of America, 
and England ; at the American 
Theatre, New York, May, 1903, 
played Shy lock in " The Merchant of 
Venice," with an English company ; 
appeared at the Pavilion Theatre, 
London, in 1906 ; and again in Aug., 
1908, when he appeared in " Met- 
uroff," " The Jewish King Lear/' 
" Uriel Acosta," " Solomon the Wise," 
"Broken Hearts," and "The Wild 
Man " ; after a further tour in the 
United States, 1909-11, again appeared 
at the Pavilion Theatre, Aug., 1911, in 
several plays ; again appeared there 
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" Elisha Ben Abuyah." Was for some 
years manager of the Grand Theatre, 
New York City. Address : Thalia 
Theatre, New York City, U.S.A. 

AGAR, Ban, actor ; b. Birmingham, 
4 Oct., 1881 ; s. of Susan (Andrews) and 
Edwin Davis ; e. King Edward's 
Grammar School, Birmingham ; m. 
Irene Bagot ; was formerly engaged 
in his father's printing business and 
as a professional footballer ; made his 
first appearance on the stage at the 
Town Hall, Redcar, 16 June, 1898, 
as Weary Marsden in " From Scotland 
Yard " ; for several years toured in 
drama and musical comedy ; under the 
management of Robert Courtneidge 
toured from July, 1907, to May, 1915, 
as Sam Brudenell in " The Dairy- 
maids," Simplicitas in " The Arca- 
dians/' Alphonse in " Oh 1 Oh ! 
Delphine," Jecks in " The Pearl Girl " ; 
made his first appearance on the 
London stage at the Shaftesbury 
Theatre, 20 May 1915,, as Simplicitas 
in " The Arcadians " ; appeared at 
the Alhambra, Oct., 1916, in ''The 
Bing Boys are Here " ; July, 1917, in 
" Round the Map " ; Feb., 1918, in 
" The Bing Boys on Broadway " ; 
went to Australia in 1919, where he 
appeared in " The Bing Boys on 
Broadway/' and " The Passing Show 
of 1920." Favourite pavt : Simplicitas 
in *' The Arcadians." Recreations : 
Football and all sports. 

AGATE, James Evershed, dramatic 

critic and author ; 6. 11 Sept., 1877 ; 
formerly dramatic critic on The 
Manchester Guardian ; dramatic critic 
of The Saturday Review, 1920-22 ; 
Sunday Times since 1923 ; author of 
"L. of C." ("Lines of Communication") ; 
" Buzz-Buzz " (criticism), 1918 ; " Re- 
sponsibility " (novel), 1919 ; " Alar- 
ums and Excursions " (criticism), 1920; 
" Half-Past-Eight " (criticism), 1921 ; 
" Fantasies and Impromptus " (criti- 
cism), 1922 ; " White Horse and Red 
Lion/' 1923 ; " On an English Screen/' 
1924 ; " Blessed are the Rich " 
(novel), 1924 ; " The Contemporary 
Theatre/' 1924 ; is a member of the 
Council of the Critics' Circle. Club : 
Savage. Address : 55 Doughty Street, 
W.C.I. 



AINLEY, Henry, actor ; 6. Morley, 
near Leeds, 21 Aug., 1879 ; was origin- 
ally a bank accountant ; m. (I) Suzanne 
Sheldon (mar. dis.), (2) Elaine Titus 
Fearon ; meeting George Alexander 
in a northern town, he walked on 
with, his company as an amateur, 
subsequently adopting the stage as 
a profession ; he joined F. R. Benson, 
with whom he remained for two 
years ; his first London appearance 
was at the Lyceum 15 Feb., 1900, 
as Glo'ster in " Henry V " ; he was 
next engaged by George Alexander to 
play Paolo in " Paolo and Francesca/' 
6 Mar., 1902, for which part he was 
physically and otherwise admirably 
suited ; he next appeared at the same 
theatre as Noel le Solys in " If I Were 
King," 30 Aug., 1902, also playing 
Fran9ois Villon during a part of the 
run of the same piece; at the same 
theatre, Mar., 1903, played Von 
Wedell in " Old Heidelberg " ; at the 
Imperial, 8 June, 1903, for the Stage 
Society, played the First Student in 
" The Golden Rose/' and at His 
Majesty's Theatre, on the same date, 
appeared as Donald Grey in " Flodden 
Field " ; he then went to America, 
and made his first appearance in New 
York, at the Empire Theatre, 10 Nov., 
1903, under the management of Charles 
Frohman, playing the part of Sebastian 
in " The Pretty Sister of Jose/' as 
leading man with Maude Adams, and 
he also played the Rev. Gavin Dishart 
in " The Little Minister " ; returning 
to England in 1904, he appeared at 
the Duke of York's, Sept., 1904, 
as Lancelot in " Merely Mary Ann " ; 
at His Majesty's, Nov., 1904, played* 
Little Billee in " Trilby," revived for 
the Actors' Benevolent Fund ; at 
Terry's, Mar., 1905, played Bassanio 
in " The Merchant of Venice " ; at 
the Shaftesbury, Apr., 1905, Cassio 
in " Othello " ; at the Adelphi, July, 
1905, played the Creature in " Aylmer's 
Secret" ; at the Comedy, Aug., 1905, 
Paul Martin in " The Duffer " ; at 
the Scala Theatre, Sept., 1905, Sir 
Beavise of Degrevant in " The Con- 
queror"; Nov., 1905, Constantine 
Brancomir in " For the Crown " ; 
Nov., 1905, Jack Broxton in " Dodo" ; 
at the St James's, Dec., 1905, Lord Hay 
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paid a flying visit to Paris, Dec., 1905, 
to appear at the Opera Comique, as 
Romeo in the balcony scene from 
"Romeo and Juliet"; at the St. 
James's, Jan., 1906, appeared as 
Orlando in "As You Like It" ; at 
the Scala, Jan., 1906, as Nils Lykke 
in " Lady Inger of Ostrat " ; at the 
Court, under Vedrenne and Barker, 
Feb., 1906, played Neanias in " Pan 
and the Young Shepherd " ; Mar., 

1906, Orestes in " The Electra " of 
Euripides ; Mar., 1906, Hippolytus 
in " Hippolytus " of Euripides ; then 
joined Miss Lena Ashwell, as leading 
man, at the Savoy, Apr., 1906, playing 
the Chevalier de Bellorme in " The 
Bond of Ninon," and May, 1906, 
Robert Waring in " The Shulamite " ; 
at the Lyric, May, 1906, appeared as 
Cassio in the "all-star" revival of 
" Othello," given by Lewis Waller ; 
at the Court, July, 1906, appeared as 
Valentine in " You Never Can Tell " ; 
at Drury Lane, Sept., 1906, as Michael 
Sunlocks in " The Bondman " ; at 
the Comedy, Dec., 1906, succeeded 
Gerald Du Maurier as Raffles in the 
play of that name ; at the Duke of 
York's, Mar., 1907, played Captain 
Roger Crisenoy in " The Great Con- 
spiracy" ; May, 1907, Prince Victor Con- 
stantine in "A Royal Family " ; at the 
St. James's, July, 1907, Rupert Trevor 
in " The Eighteenth Century " ; Sept., 

1907, Joseph Surface in " The School 
for Scandal " ; at His Majesty's, with 
Oscar Asche and Lily Braytoii, Oct., 
1907, Orlando in " As You Like It " ; 
at the Queen's, Feb., 1908, played 
Greville Dare in " Stingaree " ; at 
the Playhouse, Mar., 1908, the Vis- 
comte de Selac in " Marjory Strode " ; 
at the Haymarket, May, 1908, the 
Bishop of Chelsea in " Getting 
Married"; June, 1908, Tikipu in 
" The Chinese Lantern " ; at His 
Majesty's, Sept., 1908, Faust in Sir 
Herbert Tree's production of that 
play ; Dec., 1908, Gottwald and the 
Stranger in " Hannele " ; Jan., 1909, 
Bashville in " The Admirable Bash- 
ville" ; at the Criterion, Feb., 1909, 
Hugh Graham in " The Real Woman "; 
at the Aldwych, May, 1909, Dudley 
Keppel in " One of the Best " ; at 
His Majesty's, May, 1909, Fritz 
Lobheimer in " Light o' Love " ; at 



the Adelphi, June, 1909, Don Julian 
in " The World and his Wife " ; at 
Stratford-on-Avon, June, 1909, Shy- 
lock in " The Merchant of Venice " ; 
at the Hicks Theatre, July, 1909, 
Basil Delaine, K.C., in " His Borrowed 
Plumes"; rejoined Tree at His 
Majesty's, Sept., 1909, to play Satni 
in " False Gods " ; Nov., 1909, again 
played Little Billee in " Trilby " ; 
Nov. 1909, Anton Schindler in " Beet- 
hoven," and Paul Vanoff in " A 
Russian Tragedy " ; at the Hippo- 
drome, Dec., 1909, appeared as Mr. 
Vane in " Kiddie " ; at His Majesty's, 
Feb., 1910, played the Earl of Sedge- 
mouth in " The O'Flynn " ; during the 
Shakespearean Festival at that theatre, 
Mar.- Apr., 1910, played Fenton in 
" The Merry Wives of "Windsor," 
Cassius in " Julius Caesar," the 
Clown in " Twelfth Night," Laertes 
in " Hamlet," Bassanio in " The 
Merchant of Venice," and John 
of Gaunt in " King Richard II "; at 
the Garrick, May, 1910, played 
Dandy in " The Dawn of a To- 
Morrow " ; at His Majesty's, Sept., 
1910, Buckingham in " King Henry 
VIII " ; at the Aldwych, Jan., 1911, 
played Talma in " The Passing of 
Talma " ; at the Lyceum, Mar., 1911, 
Rudolf in " The Prisoner of Zenda " ; 
at the Comedy, Jun., 1911, Mark 
Melstrode in " The Crucible " ; at the 
Duke of York's, Aug., 1911, played 
Gabor Arany in " The Concert " ; at 
the Aldwych, Mar., 1912, played 
Neil Mac Alpine in " Proud Maisie " ; 
at the Lyric, May, 1912, David in 
" The Five Frankforters " ; he next 
appeared at the Savoy, Sept., 1912, 
when he played Leontes in " The 
Winter's Tale"; in Nov., 1912, 
scored a success as Malvolio in 
" Twelfth Night " ; in Mar., 1913, 
at the Kingsway Theatre, made a 
further success, when he played Ham 
Carve in " The Great Adventure " ; 
at the St. James's, 27 June, 1913, 
appeared as Max Harkaway in the 
" all-star " revival of " London 
Assurance," given in aid of King 
George's Actors' Pension Fund ; at 
His Majesty's, 22 May, 1914, played 
Samuel Baxter in the " all-star " 
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Nov., 1914, played Philip in "Philip 
the King " ; at the Kingsway, Nov., 
1914, appeared as the Reader in 
" The Dynasts " ; at Covent Garden, 
2 Feb., 1915, as Joseph Surface in the 
" all-star " revival of " The School for 
Scandal, 1 ' given in aid of The Actors' 
Benevolent Fund ; at the Kingsway, 
Feb., 1915, as Juggins in " Fanny's 
First Play " ; at the Haymarket, 
Apr., 1915, as Joseph Quinney in 
" Quinney J s " ; at His Majesty's, 
5 July, 1915, as the Earl of Surrey in 
the " all-star " revival of " King 
Henry VIII," given in aid of King 
George's Actors* Pension Fund ; 
July, 1915, as Colonel Ibbetson in 
" Peter Ibbetson " ; at the Haymarket, 
Dec., 1915, played Mr. Parker in 
" Who is He ? " ; Apr., 1916, Major 
Solomon Hymen Toogood in "The 
Mayor of Troy " ; at Drury Lane, 
2 May, 1916, on the occasion of the 
Shakespearean Tercentenary perform- 
ance, played Mark Antony in the 
" all-star " cast of " Julius Caesar " ; 
at the Haymarket, May, 1916, played 
Benoni Fishpingle in " Fishpingle " ; 
at the Coliseum and London Opera 
House, June, 1916, appeared asThomas 
in the " all-star " cast of " The Admir- 
able Crichton " ; Sept., 1916, joined 
the Army, obtaining a Commission 
in the R.G.A., he served in England, 
France, and Italy ; demobilized, Feb., 
1919 ; in Mar., 1919, commenced a 
tour with his own company, as Edward 
Graham in " Uncle Ned " ; in Aug., 

1919, toured as Fedya in " Reparation"; 
returning to London, in conjunction 
with Gilbert Miller, assumed the 
management of the St. James's 
Theatre, opening on 26 Sept., 1919, 
as Fedya in " Reparation " ; Jan., 

1920, played Mark Antony in a revival 
of " Julius Caesar " ; Mar., 1920, 
Edward Graham in " "Uncle Ned " ; 
at Wimbledon, Aug., 1920, played 
Neri in " The Jest," subsequently 
touring in the same part ; at the St. 
James's, Dec., 1920, played Mr. 
Darling and Captain Hook in " Peter 
Pan ' ' ; he then terminated his con- 
nection with the St. James's ; at the 
Aldwych, Feb., 1921, played Prospero 
in " The Tempest " ; at the Ambassa- 
dors', May, 1921, appeared as John 
Beal in " If " ; at the Haymarket, 



June, 1922, played Mr. Latimer in 
" The Dover Road " ; at His Majesty's, 
May, 1923, under his own management, 
produced John Drinkwater's " Oliver 
Cromwell/' in which he played the 
title-role ; at the same theatre, Sept., 

1923, appeared in the title-role in 
" Hassan " ; at Drury Lane, June, 

1924, played Simon Blackshaw in 
" London Life " ; in July, 1924, 
toured in variety theatres in" Snobs " ; 
at the Apollo, Sept., 1924, in conjunc- 
tion with Frank Curzon, produced 
" The Fool," in which he appeared as 
Daniel Gilchrist ; at the outset of his 
career and for many years, one of the 
most capable and successful of our 
" juvenile " actors, for some four 
years, 1912-16, he devoted himself to 
r ' character " parts, and developed into 
one of our soundest " character " 
actors. Recreations : Cricket and golf. 
Address : Chart Lodge, Seal Chart, 
near Sevenoaks, Kent. Telephone No. : 
Kemsing, Iy3. 

AKINS, Zoe, dramatic author and 
novelist ; b. Humansville, Missouri, 
U.S.A., 30 Oct., 1886 ; d. of Thomas J. 
Akins and his wife Elizabeth (Green) ; 
e. privately and at Hosmer Hall, St. 
Louis ; is "the author of the following 
plays : " Papa," 1919 ; " The Magical 
City," 1919 ; " Declasee," 1919 ; 
" Foot-Loose " (011 " Forget-Me-Not "), 

1920 ; " Daddy's Gone-a-Hunting," 

1921 ; " The Varying Shore," 1921 ; 
" The Texas Nightingale," 1922 ; " A 
Royal Fandango," 1923 ; " The Moon- 
Flower " (from the Hungarian), 1924 ; 
has also written poems, and " Cake 
Upon the Waters," novel, 1919. Ad- 
dress : 20 Fifth Avenue, New York 
City, U.S.A. 

ALBERT, William, business mana- 
ger ; b. Kingston, Jamaica, 4 Mar., 
1863 ; s, of Janet (Scott) and Joseph 
Pennell Wakeford ; e, Falmouth Aca- 
demy, Falmouth, Jamaica, and Rich- 
mond House College, Margate ; was 
formerly a sailor on a sailing vessel, 
and subsequently employed in a 
wholesale drapery warehouse ; his first 
engagement as business manager was 
with the late Dan Leno, for a tour of 
" Orlando Dando " in 1900 ; was sub- 
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Mrs. Langtry, and Haldane Crichton ; 
was manager for Mrs. Lewis Waller 
and Mrs. Langtry on their South 
African tours ; business manager for 
"The Follies" for over ten years; 
has also held similar appointments at 
the Globe, Prince of Wales's, St. 
Martin's, and other West End theatres. 
Recreation : In, on, or by the sea. Club : 
Royal Automobile and Country Club, 
Epsom. Address : 15 Selby Road, 
Anerley, S.E.20. 

ALBERT, Bronson, manager ; 6. 
Greenhithe, Kent, 6 Mar., 1881 ; s. 
of the late James Albery and his wife 
Mary (Moore) ; e. Uppingham and 
Balliol College, Oxford ; m. Una G. 
Rolleston ; was formerly a barrister- 
at-law ; his first venture as a manager 
was made in conjunction with Allan 
Aynesworth at the Criterion, Feb., 
1914, with " A Pair of Silk Stockings " ; 
subsequently produced " An Indian 
Summer " at Prince of Wales's, 1914 ; 
"From 9 to 11," Wyndham's, 1914; 
" The Knight of the Burning Pestle/' 
Kingsway, 1920; "David Garrick " 
(musical version), Queen's, 1922; in 
Jan., 1923, entered into partnership with 
Lewis Casson and Sybil Thorndike, 
since which date they have produced 
" Advertising April/' Criterion, 1923 ; 
" Cymbeline," New, 1923 ; " The 
Lie/' New, 1923 ; " The Rose and the 
Ring," Wyndham's 1923 ; " Saint 
Joan," New, 1924 ; is joint managing 
director with Howard Wyndham, of 
the Wyndham Theatres, Limited, 
controlling the interests of the late Sir 
Charles Wyndham's trustees, and Miss 
Mary Moore, in respect of the New, 
Wyndham's and Criterion theatres ; 
representative of the Society of West 
End Theatre Managers on the Execu- 
tive Committee of the Entertainment 
National Industrial Council, 1920-1. 
Recreations : Lawn tennis, chess. Club: 
Garrick. Address : New Theatre, St. 
Martin's Lane, W.C.2. Telephone No.: 
Regent 284. 

AIDERSON, Clifton, actor; b. 
Stockton-on-Tees, 13 Aug., 1864 ; s, 
of Thomas Alderson and his wife. 
Elizabeth ; e. Gateshead ; m. Maxine 
Hinton ; made his first appearance 



on the stage at the Prince's Theatre, 
Manchester, 1882, as a Waiter in the 
old farce, " Sudden Thoughts " ; sub- 
sequently engaged at the Opera House, 
Leicester, under Eliot Galer, and at the 
Theatre Royal, Birmingham ; toured 
in Osmond Dearie's company for some 
time, and in 1883, at Stratford-on- 
Avon, appeared with William Creswick 
in the Memorial performances of " King 
Henry IV" (part I), " Macbeth," and 
'* Richelieu " ; toured for some time 
as Captain Holcroft in " In the Ranks/' 
Ned Drayton in the same play, and 
Jack Medway in " The Union Jack " ; 
made his first appearance in London 
at the old Pavilion Theatre, Mile End, 
with Frederick Wright's company, 
with whom he played a " stock " 
season ; in 1892, proceeded to Austra- 
lia, making his first appearance there 
at the Theatre Royal, Melbourne, 
25 July, 1891, as the Duke of Guisebery 
in " The Dancing Girl " ; subsequently 
appeared as Herre Lorance in " Proof/' 
Job Armroyd in " Lost in London/' 
Wilfred Denver in " The Silver King/' 
etc. ; on his return to England, toured 
the English provinces in the last- 
mentioned part ; returned to Australia 
in 1894, playing in (C The New Boy/' 
"The Foundling," "A Night Off," 
" Joseph in Canaan," etc. ; returned 
to England, 1896, and at the Princess's, 
4 Apr., 1896, appeared as Captain 
Stanmore in " The Star of India " ; 
subsequently toured as James a Ralston 
in " Jim the Penman," Mark Cross in 
" The Idler/' Mr. Owen in " Liberty 
Hall " ; toured with his own company 
in " A Soldier and a Man," 1898 ; at 
Drury Lane, Apr., 1902, played Hor- 
tator in " Ben Hur " ; appeared at the 
Queen's, Manchester, 1907, as lago in 
" Othello," and 1908, as Jaques in 
" As You Like It " ; at the Gaiety, 
Manchester, played John Anthony in 
" Strife " ; at the Criterion, Jan., 1910, 
played Isaacson in " When Knights 
Were Bold " ; at the Savoy, June, 
1911, appeared as Dombey in " Dom- 
bey and Son/' and Dec., 1911, as the 
Dragon King in " Where the Rainbow 
Ends " ; at Drury Lane, Apr., 1912, 
played Balthazar in " Ben Hur " ; 
at the Criterion, May, 1913, Jacques 
Laverdet in " Oh, I Say i " ; at Drury 
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" Sealed Orders " ; at the Court, 
Jan., 1914, and Queen's, Feb., 1914, 
Herr Pappelmeister in " The Melting 
Pot"; at the Little Theatre, Feb., 

1914, M. Lochesin " Damaged Goods"; 
at the Comedy, May, 1914, Sir John 
Archmundham in " Plaster Saints " ; 
at the Maxine Elliott Theatre, New 
York, Oct., 1914, Holman in " Mr. 
Wu " ; at the Lyric, London, Apr., 

1915, Gerald Trask in " On Trial." 
Spent two seasons in America, with 
Henry W. Savage, Comstock and Gest, 
and in 1916, joined the Charles Froh- 
man (Inc.) Company, and took part 
in revivals of Sir J. M. Barrie's plays ; 
returning to London, appeared at the 
Gaiety, May, 1918, as John Gordon in 
" Going Up " ; at the Globe, Nov., 

1918, played Prince Mettternich in 
" L'Aiglon" ; at the Garrick, July, 

1919, Dr. Randall in "Nobody's 
Boy " ; at the Kingsway, May, 1920, 
Inspector Burke in" Within the Law" ; 
at the Apollo, Dec., 1920, produced 
" Where the Rainbow Ends/' and 
played the Dragon King, for the eighth 
season ; at the Prince of Wales's, 
May, 1921, was business manager for 
the production of " The Gipsy 
Princess " ; at the New Oxford, Nov", 
1924, appeared as The Caliph in " The 
First Kiss." Favourite part : lago. 
Recreations : Punting and golf. Club : 
Yorick, Address : 3 Hurlingham 
Court Mansions, Hurlingham Road, 
S.W. . 

ALEXANDEB, Janet, actress; b. 
Ewell ; d. of Charles D. Alexander ; 
e. London ; m. Lauderdale Maitland ; 
was for some time a pupil at St. John's 
Wood Art Schools ; prepared for the 
stage at Neville's Dramatic Studio : 
made her first appearance profession- 
ally at the Queen's Opera House, 
Crouch End, 1898, in " The Prisoner 
of Zenda " ; spent the next three 
years in various touring and " stock " 
companies ; made her first appearance 
in -file West End at the Imperial 
Theatre, 21 Aug.,1901 , as KateMeredith 
in " A Man of His Word " ; appeared 
at Terry's, 1902, as Maud Chesterton 
in *' The New Clown " ; Avenue, 
1902, as Lucy Brandon in "The 
Little French Milliner " ; Criterion, 
Mar., 1903, as Mary Pinner in " The 



Altar of Friendship " ; Terry's, Jan., 
1904, as Lady Eileen in " Love in a 
Cottage " ; Court, Mar., 1904, as 
Eulalia in "A Soul's Tragedy " ; 
Criterion, June, 1905, as Mary Brooke 
in " Brooke of Brazenose '* ; subse- 
quently toured as Pierre in " Geoffrey 
Stirling " ; at the Waldorf Theatre, 
Mar., 1906, played Caroline Dormer in 
"The Heir-at-Law" ; Criterion, July, 
1906, Claudia in " The Prince Chap " ; 
Duke of York's, Mar., 1907, Hortense 
in " The Great Conspiracy " ; in 1909 
toured as the Countess von Szalras 
in " An Unpardonable Sin " ; at the 
Prince's, Feb., 1912, played Mary 
Andrews in " B Woman and Wine " ; 
at the Lyceum, Feb., 1913, Lady 
Amberley in " Nell Gwynne " ; July, 

1913, Nancy in " Oliver Twist " ; at 
the Aldwych, Sept., 1913, May in 
" The Ever-Open Door " ; at the same 
theatre, Apr., 1914, Hetty Preene in 
"The Lights o' London"; in July, 

1914, toured as Lady Gerania in 
" Dr. Wake's Patient"" ; in 1915 
toured in a sketch, " The Contemptible 
Little Army " ; since 1916, has mainly 
devoted herself to the cinema stage. 

Address : 3 Rivercourt Road, W.6. 
Telephone No. : Riverside 2814. 

ALEXANDER, Muriel (nee Marsh), 
b. Dublin, 12 Sept., 1898 ; e. Lowther 
College; m. Dr. J. Reid-Banks; was 
a student at the Royal Academy of 
Dramatic Art prior to making her 
first appearance on the stage at Belfast 
in 1916, in " My America " ; subse- 
quently toured in " Julyann," " A 
Kiss or Two," " Peg o' My Heart," 
" Under Cover," and " The Odd Man 
Out " ; made her first appearance in 
London, at the St. Martin's Theatre, 
Feb., 1920, as Dot Carringtxm in 
" Over Sunday " ; subsequently under- 
studied Mary Clare and Meggie 
Albanesi in " The Skin Game " ; was 
then engaged by J. E. Vedrenne for 
the Haymarket, where she understudied 
Fay Compton in " The Circle," Mar., 
1921 ; at the Haymarket, Aug., 1921, 
played Fanny Willoughby in " Quality 
Street " ; at the Comedy, Mar., 1922 
(for the Repertory Players) , played Liz 
Rysing in " If Four Walls Told " ; at 
the Apollo, Sept., 1922, Margaret Veitel 
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Edwin in " Devil Dick " ; at the 
Ambassadors 1 , Mar., 1923, Phyllis 
Wiltshire in " Marriage By Instal- 
ments " ; at the Everyman, Apr., 
1923, Ethel Marsden in " T'Marsdens " ; 
next toured with Matheson Lang in 
" The Bad Man " and " The Phantom 
Ship " ; at the Apollo, Mar., 1924, 
played Muriel in " The Fake." Favour- 
ite parts : Peg in " Peg o* My 
Heart " and Lisbeth Rysing in " If 
Four Walls Told." Recreations : 
Swimming and riding. Address : 31 
Bridge Avenue, W.8. Telephone No. : 
Riverside 898. 

ALLAN, Maud, classical dancer ; b. 
Toronto, Canada ; originally intended 
to be a pianist, and studied at San 
Francisco, Berlin, and Vienna ; made 
her debut as a dancer at Vienna, 
1903 ; subsequently appeared at many 
of the leading Continental cities ; 
first appeared in London at the Palace 
Theatre, Mar., 1908, and created a 
sensation with her famous " Vision 
of Salome " and various other 
classical dances ; appeared at the 
Palace without a break until Nov., 
1908 ; subsequently toured in the 
provinces and during 1909 appeared 
with great success at St. Petersburg 
and Moscow ; in Jan., 1910, proceeded 
to America, making her first appear- 
ance at the Carnegie Hall, New York, 
20 Jan., 1910 ; reappeared at the 
Palace Theatre, Feb., 1911 ; subse- 
quently visited South Africa ; visited 
India in 1913, opening at Bombay 
Nov., 1913, and proceeding thence 
to Calcutta ; subsequently visited the 
Malay States, Burmah, China, Manila, 
Australia, New Zealand, Tasmania, 
and United States, returning to Eng- 
land in 1916 ; in 1916-17, again toured 
in the United States ; appeared at 
the St. Martin's Theatre, Oct., 1917 ; 
at the Court Theatre, 12 Apr., 1918, 
appeared as Salome in Oscar "Wilde's 
play of that name ; in May, 1918, 
appeared at the London Pavilion ; 
toured in provinces 1918-19; again 
toured in America, 1919-20, and 
visited Argentine, Chili, and Brazil ; 
returned to England, Oct., 1920 ; 
toured the British Isles until Apr., 
1923 ; visited the Near East, Apr.-May, 
1923 ; appeared in Paris, Dec., 1924. 



Address : West Wing, Outer Circle, 
Regent's Par-k, N.W.I. Telephone 
No. : Paddington, 788. 

ALLEN, A. Hylton, actor; b. Pul- 
borough, Sussex, 25 Oct., 1879 ; s. of 
Alfred Allen and his wife Ellen (Ham- 
mond) ; e. King's College School and 
Brighton Grammar School ; m. Renee 
Kelly ; made his first appearance on 
the stage, at the Theatre Royal, 
Tyldesley, Lanes, in " Work and 
Wages," 1899 ; after several years' 
touring joined Edward Terry in 1902, 
and for three years toured with him in 
South Africa, United States, etc., as 
Clement Hale in " Sweet Lavender," 
and other juvenile parts ,* at the 
Avenue, Feb., 1904, played in " A Man 
of Honour " ; at the Comedy, Apr., 
1904, appeared as Abbot in " Sunday "; 
during 1905, toured with Ellen Terry 
as Cosmo in " Alice Sit-by-the-Fire " ; 
was then engaged by Nat Goodwin 
and at the Shaftesbury, Feb., 1906, 
played Jack Duval in "A Gilded 
Fool," and Otto Stroble in "An 
American Citizen " ; at the Comedy, 
Apr., 1906, appeared as Stewart in 
" The Drums of Oude " ; then joined 
Forbes - Robertson's company, and 
toured as Lorenzo in " The Merchant 
of Venice," Appollodorus in " Caesar 
and Cleopatra," etc., accompanying 
him to the United States in the same 
year ; at the Savoy Theatre, New York, 
Mar., 1908, played Freddy Gunner in 
" Toddles " ; subsequently, 1908-9, 
toured with Ben Greet in the United 
States, in Shakespearean and old 
comedy repertory ; at the Lyric, New 
York, Oct., 1909, appeared as Aristo- 
bulus in " Herod " ; at the Comedy, 
New York, Oct., 1910, as Paul Lowell 
in " Keeping up Appearances " ; at 
the Hackett Theatre, Dec., 1910, as 
Paul Hammond in " Daddy Dufard " ; 
at the Bijou, Sept., 1911, played 
Howard Elliot in " Modern Marriage "; 
at the Lyric, New York, Nov., 1911, 
Lyngstrand in " The Lady from the 
Sea," and Mr. Denyear in " The 
Thunderbolt " ; appeared at the Cri- 
terion, London, June, 1912, as Billy 
Lloyd in " Ann " ; at the Fulton, New 
York, Sept., 1912, as Frederick H. 
Hollis, jun., in " June Madness " ; 
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" Man and Superman " ; at the Court, 
London, Sept., 1913, played Reginald 
Huntingdon in " The Fugitive " ; at 
Maxine Elliott's Theatre, New York, 
Jan., 1914, Will Cannon in " Don't 
Weaken"; at Toledo, Dec., 1914, 
Jimrnie McBride in " Daddy Long- 
Legs," and appeared in the same part 
in the United States, 1915-16, prior to 
producing the play for Gilbert Miller 
at the Duke of York's, London, May, 
1916, when he appeared in the same 
part; at the Globe, July, 1920, 
played Captain Harry Glenister in 
" French Leave " ; at the Kingsway, 
Mar., 1921, in conjunction with J. 
Herbert Jay, produced " The Heart 
of a Child " ; subsequently toured as 
Frederick Fellowes in the last-men- 
tioned play ; at the King's Hammer- 
smith, Oct., 1923, played Gordon 
Smith in " Dulcy," and the same part 
at the Criterion' Nov., 1923 ; at the 
Savoy, July, 1924, appeared as 
Colonel Colquhoun Grant in " In the 
Snare " ; in Oct., 1924, went to South 
Africa, with Leon M. Lion's company, 
playing in " The Chinese Puzzle," 
" Tiger Cats," " Outward Bound," 
and ** The Mask and the Face." 
Club : Green Room. Address : HE 
Hyde Park Mansions, N.W.I. Tele- 
phone No. : Padd. 7748. 

ALLEN, H. Marsh, actor ; b. Lanca- 
shire; made his first appearance on 
the stage in Aug., 1895, at the Prince 
of Wales's Theatre, Blackpool, in 
" Vanity Fair," with Miss Kate 
Santley ; made his first appearance in 
London, at the Adelphi Theatre, 5Aug., 
1897, as Wilfred Varney in " Secret 
Service " ; at Terry's, in 1898, played 
Clement Hale in " Sweet Lavender " ; 
at the Court, 1899, appeared as Father 
Anselm in " A Royal Family," sub- 
sequently playing Prince Victor Con- 
stantine in the same play ; at the 
Criterion, Feb., 1900, played Captain 
Carew in " His Excellency the 
Governor*'; at the St. James's, 
Sept., 1900, as Philip Graham in " A 
Debt of Honour " ; at the Comedy, 
Apr., 1901, Lieut. Von Vazelberg in 
" Count Tezrna " ; at the Great Queen 
Street Theatre, June, 1901, Lord 
Gerald in " A Lady from Texas " ; 
at the Shaftesbury, Sept., 1901, Frank 



Perry in " Are You a Mason ? " ; at 
the Haymarket, Aug., 1902, appeared 
as Henri de Flavigueul in " There's 
Many a Slip " ; accompanied Mrs. 
Langtry on her American tour, 1903, 
playing Jimmy Foster in *' Mrs. 
Dering's Divorce " ; at the New 
Theatre, Aug., 1904, appeared in 
" Beauty and the Barge " ; at the 
Criterion, Aug., 1905, in " Lucky Miss 
Dean " ; at the Comedy, Nov., 1905, 
in " The Mountain Climber " ; at the 
Scala, Dec., 1905, played in "The 
Firefly"; during 1906 toured in "'A 
Waste of Time " and " His Excellency 
the Governor " ; at the Royalty, Nov", 
1906, played in " The Electric Man " ; 
at the Duke of York's, Dec., 1906, 
played Mr. Darling in " Peter Pan " ; 
during 1907, appeared at the Hay- 
market, in Apr., as Peter Dove in 
" The Palace of Puck," and in May, 
as Rene Falandres in " My Wife " ; 
and at the Apollo and Haymarket, 
Oct. and Nov., as Harry Fairfax in 
" The Education of Elizabeth " ; at 
the Haymarket, Jan., 1908, played 
Frank Morris in " Her Father " ; 
at the St. James's, Sept., 1908, played 
Christopher Penny in " The Passing 
of the Third Floor Back " ; at Wynd- 
ham's, Sept., 1909, played Gerald 
Boyle in " The Best People " ; at 
the Queen's, Jan., 1910, appeared as 
James Wellaby in " Dr. Jekyll and 
Mr. Hyde " ; at Wyndham's, 1910-11, 
played Bernard Darrell in " The 
Naked Truth " ; Will Lennard in 
" Nobody's Daughter," and Lord 
Peter Wildmore iii " Mr. Jarvis " ; 
subsequently appeared at various 
music halls in " And it Happened in 
Sagonia " ; at the Globe Theatre, 
Nov., 1911, played Maurice Polignac 
in " The Glad Eye " ; appeared at the 
Empire, Mar., 1913, as Guy Ren wick 
in " Thirteen " ; at the Comedy, Aug., 
1913, as Jack Ho well in " The Scarlet 
Band " ; at the Oxford, July, 1914, as 
Edgar Bannister in " Dinner Together " ; 
at the Strand, Oct., 1914, as Maurice 
in a revival of " The Glad Eye " ; at 
the Prince of Wales's, Dec., 1914, as 
Jack Chesney in "Charley's Aunt"; 
subsequently toured in various variety 
theatres, as He in " A Bridal Suite " ; 
at the Apollo, May, 1915, played Jack 
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Theatre, Oct., 1915, appeared as 
James Cluney in " Stop Thief " ; at 
the Playhouse, 1916, succeeded Charles 
Hawtrey, for a time, as Richard 
Trotter in " Please Help Emily " ; 
at the Garrick, Sept., 1916, played M. 
Davigny in " The Girl from Giro's " ; 
at the Apollo, Apr., 1917, Piet Van- 
derdarn in *' Double Dutch " ; at the 
Ambassadors', Apr., 1918, Thomas 
Broadley in " Too Much Money " ; 
at the Playhouse, 1918, succeeded 
Charles Hawtrey as Hilary Farrington 
in " The Naughty Wife " ; in 1919, 
toured as Steve Crawley in " Asking 
for Trouble" ; at the Bijou Theatre, 
New York, Oct., 1920, played Mr. 
Hillcrist in " The Skin Game " ; at 
the Princess, New York, Dec., 1921, 
Henry Matthewson in " The Married 
Woman " ; at the Ritz, New York, 
Feb., 1922, Ferdinand Brochot in 
'" Madame Pierre " ; at the Times 
'Square, New York, Sept., 1922, Hilary 
Rand in " The Exciters " ; at the 
Comedy, New York, Nov., 1922, Mr. 
JKnowle in " The Romantic Age." Ad- 
.dress : Green Room Club, W.C. 

ALLEN, Viola, actress; d. of C. 
Leslie Allen ; b. Huntsville, Ala., 27 
Oct., 1869 ; e. at Boston, Wykham 
House, Toronto, and boarding school 
at New York ; m. Peter Duryea ; made 
her first appearance on the stage at the 
Madison Square Theatre, 4 July, 1882, 
when she succeeded Annie Russell in 
the title-rdle of " Esmeralda " ; in 1884 
appeared with the late John McCul- 
loughin "Virginius," "The Gladiator," 
" Othello," and " Richard III " ; she 
was next seen in " Alpine Roses," and 
as Pompon in " La Charbonnie're " ; 
she was leading lady for a time with 
W. E. Sheridan; at the Star, New 
York, 10 May, 1884, she played Lucy 
Golden in " The Pulse of New York " ; 
at the Lyceum, New York, 7 Apr., 
1885, she appeared as Madeleine in 
" Dakolar " ; during 1886 she played 
lead with Tomasso Salvini ; at the 
Grand Opera House, New York, 19 
Mar., 1888, she played Nance and 
Jess in " Hoodman Blind " ; and at 
the Star, New York, 9 Sept., 1889, 
she created the part of Gertrude 
Ellingham in " Shenandoah " ; she 
next played Lydia Languish in " The 



Rivals," with the late Joseph Jefferson 
and \V. J . Florence, and also appeared 
in the same company as Cicely Home- 
spun in " The Heir-at-Law " ; in 
1891 she appeared in " The Merchant " 
at Madison Square, and in 1892 was 
in the cast of " Aristocracy " at 
Palmer's ; in 1893 she joined the 
famous Empire Stock Company, 
under Charles Frohman, where she 
appeared hi the following plays in 
all the leading parts : " Liberty 
Hall," " The Younger Son," " The 
Councillor's Wife," " Sowing, the 
Wind," " Gudgeons," " The " Mas- 
queraders," " John-a-Dreams," " The 
Importance of Being Earnest," 
" Michael and His Lost Angel," " A 
Woman's Reason," " Marriage," 
" Bohemia," " The Highwayman," 
" Under the Red Robe," " A Man and 
His Wife," and " The Conquerors " ; 
her long connection with the Empire 
Company came to a conclusion in 
1898, and in Sept. of that year she 
started her career as a " star," when 
she appeared at Albany, New York, 
as Glory Quayle in " The Chris- 
tian " ; since that date she has 
" starred " in the following plays : 
" In the Palace of the King," " The 
Hunchback," " The Eternal City," 
" Twelfth Night," " The Winter's 
Tale," " The Toast of the Town," 
" Cymbeline," and " As You Like 
It " ; at Buffalo, New York, in 
Feb., 1907, she appeared for the 
first time as Sylvia in " Love in 
Livery " and Jeanne in " The Coun- 
tess Jeanne " ; again passed under 
the management of Liebler and Co., 
in the autumn of 1907 ; opened her 
season at Baltimore on 30 Dec., 1907, 
as Irene Wycherley in the play of that 
name ; appearing at the Astor Theatre, 
New York, Jan., 1908, in the same 
part ; at Chicago, Apr., 1908, ap- 
peared in " Illusions " ; during 1909- 
11, toured in "The White Sister," 
in which play she appeared at Daly's, 
New York, 27 Sept., 1909, playing the 
part of Sister Giovanna ; at the Metro- 
politan Opera House, New York, 27 
Feb., 1911, played in "The Woman 
and the Sheriff " ; at Daly's, New 
York, 21 Nov., 1911, played Lady 
Dorothea in " The Lady of Coventry " ; 
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Herfords " ; at the Century Theatre, 
12 Oct., 1912, played the title-rdle in 
" The Daughter of Heaven " ; during 
1915-16, toured with J. K. Hackett, 
as Lady Macbeth ; at the Criterion, 
New York, Feb., 1916, played this 
part, and Mar., 1916, appeared as 
Mistress Ford in " The Merry Wives of 
Windsor " ; at the New Amsterdam, 
Dec., 1918, played Margaret Russell in 
" When a Feller Needs a Friend." 
Recreations : Riding, driving, and 
collection of old books. 

ALLGOOI), Sara, actress; b. 
Dublin, 31 Oct., 1883 ; d. of Margaret 
(Harold) and George Allgood ; e. at 
Marlborough Street Training College, 
Dublin ; m. Gerald Henson (d. Nov., 
1918) ; prepared for the stage by Frank 
J. Fay ; made her first appearance on 
the stage at the Molesworth Hall, 
Dublin, Feb., 1904, as a member of 
the Irish National Theatre Society, 
in a one-act play, entitled " Twenty- 
five " ; made her first appearance on 
the London Stage, with this company, 
at the Royalty Theatre, 26 Mar., 
1904, as Bridget in " Broken Soil/' 
appearing on the same evening as 
Cathleen in " Riders to the Sea," 
and Princess Buan in " The King's 
Threshold " ; at the opening of the 
Society at the Abbey Theatre, Dublin, 
27 Dec., 1904, appeared as a Young 
King in " On Baile's Strand " and 
Mrs. Fallon in " Spreading the News " ; 
since then has appeared in nearly all the 
principal plays produced under the 
auspices of the Society at the Abbey 
Theatre, and at various London 
Theatres during the annual season of 
performances which are given ; among 
these may be mentioned Molly Byrne 
in "The Well of the Saints," 1905; 
Sheila O'Dwyer in " The Building 
Fund," 1905 ; Mrs. Catherine Dempsey 
in "The Eloquent Dempsey," 1906; 
Mrs. Delane in " Hyacinth Halvey," 
1906; Deirdre, 1906; Widow Quin 
in "The Playboy of the Western 
World," 1907; The Angel in "The 
Hour Glass," 1907 ; Julia Shea in 
" The Country Dressmaker," 1907 ; 
Dervorgilla, 1907 ; Kate Moore in 
" An Imaginary Conversation," 1909 ; 
Feemy Evans in " The Shewing-up 
of Blanco Posnet," 1909 ; Ellen 



McCarthy in " The Cross Roads," 
1909 ; Mary Coppinger in " The 
Images," 1909 ; Lavarcham in 
" Deirdre of the Sorrows," 1910 ; 
Emer in " The Green Helmet," 1910 ; 
Mildred in "Harvest," 1910; Mrs. 
Broderick in " The Full Moon," 1910 ; 
Queen Athurlia in " King Argimines 
and the Unknown Warrior," 1911 ; 
Betty Cronin in " The Love Charm," 
1911; Mrs. Rainey in "Mixed 
Marriage," 1911 ; Ann Nugent in 
"Patriots," 1912; Ellen Harte in 
" Maurice Harte," 1912 ; Delia Hessian 
in " Darner's Gold," 1912 ; Maggie 
Gather in " The Magnanimous Lover," 
Kathleen in " Kathleen Ni Houli- 
han," 1913 ; joined the company 
of the Liverpool Repertory Theatre, 
Feb., 1914, and appeared there 
as Miss Vaughan in " The Riot 
Act," Nan Pargetter in " Nan," 
Mrs. Burden in " Love and What 
Then ? " Beatrice Ebernoe in " The 
Liars," Mrs. Bryce in " Profit and 
Loss " ; she has also played with Mrs. 
Patrick Campbell, at the New Theatre, 
Nov., 1908, the First Musician in 
" Deirdre," and Chrysothemis in 
" Electra," at the Hicks Theatre, July, 
1909, Lady Mary Trianon in " Her 
Borrowed Plumes " ; at the Duke of 
York's, Sept., 1914, Nannie Webster 
in " The Little Minister " ; at the 
opening of Miss Horniman's repertory 
company at Manchester, Isabella in 
" Measure for Measure," and the same 
part at the Shakespearean Festival 
at Stratford-on-Avon ; in Aug., 1913, 
went on tour, playing Janet Cannot in 
" The Great Adventure," and July, 
1915, Peg in "Peg o' My Heart," 
went to Australia, 1916, and toured as 
Peg in " Peg o' My Heart " ; in 1917, 
as 'Aunted Annie in " Out There " ; 
in 1919 as Angy in " Old Lady 31 "; 
returned to England, July, 1920 ; at 
the Ambassadors' Theatre, Sept., 1920, 
played Mrs. Geoghegan in " The White 
Headed Boy " ; at the Lyric, Hammer- 
smith, Dec., 1920, Mrs. O'Flaherty in 
" O'Flaherty, V.C. " ; in 1921, toured 
in " The White Headed Boy " ; 
at the Court, July, 1921, played 
Widow Quin in " The Playboy of the 
Western World " ; at the Everyman 
Theatre, Jan., 1922, appeared as Mrs. 
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Aldwych, Apr., 1922, Aunt Ellen in 
" The White Headed Boy " ; at the 
Abbey, Dublin, Sept., 1924, played 
Irish Nannie in " Nannie's Night Out/' 
and Ellen Keegan in " Autumn Fire." 
Favourite part : Mrs. Rainey in 
"Mixed Marriage." Recreations: 
Music, singing, dancing, reading, walk- 
ing, cycling, swimming, and golfing. 
Address : 28 Claude Road, Drum- 
condra, Dublin, and 34 Walpole Street, 
S.W.3. 

ALT, Natalie, actress and vocalist ; 
b. "New York ; 'studied singing at the 
Metropolitan Opera School, New York; 
made her first appearance on the stage 
at the New Amsterdam Theatre, New 
York, 20 Oct., 1908, in " Little Nemo "; 
at the New York Theatre, Mar., 1911, 
appeared as Elsie Buchanan in " Jump- 
ing Jupiter " ; at the Liberty Theatre, 
11 Sept., 1911, appeared as Ivy Tracy 
in " Fascinating Flora " ; she then 
understudied Ina Claire as Prudence in 
" The Quaker Girl," at Park Theatre, 
1911, occasionally playing the part, 
and in the following year toured as 
Prudence; at the Forty-fourth Street 
Roof Garden, June, 1913, played 
Carmen in " All Aboard " ; at the 
Longacre Theatre, Aug., 1913, ap- 
peared as Adele in the musical comedy 
of that name, and made a great success 
in the part ; at the Columbia Theatre, 
Washington, Jan., 1915, played Cora 
Dale in " The Girl of Girls " ; at the 
Forty-eighth Street Theatre, New 
York, Apr.-May, 1915, appeared as 
Elsie Maynard in " The Yeomen of 
the Guard/' Yum- Yum in " The 
Mikado," and Aline in " The Sor- 
cerer " ; at the Lyric, New York, 
Aug., 1915, appeared as Marie in " The 
Girl Who Smiles " ; at the Maxine 
Elliott Theatre, Apr., 1916, played 
Madeleine D'Orsay in " Come to 
Bohemia/' and at the Liberty Theatre, 
Dec., 1917, appeared as Denise in 
" The Grass Widow." 

AMBIENT, Mark, dramatic author ; 
b. Rastrick, 20 June, 1860 ; e.s. (Harold) 
of the late Rev. Robert Harley, M.A. 
(Oxon), F.R.S., and his wife Sara 
(Stroyan) ; e. Mill Hill, University 
College, London, and King's College, 
Cambridge (B.A. Math, honours) ; 



m. Evelyn Cole ; Vice-President, Cam- 
bridge Union, 1883 ; studied elocution 
and voice production under Hermann 
Vezin and Emil Behnke ; made Ms 
first appearance on the stage at the 
Princess's, London, 10 Dec., 1883, in 
" Claudian " under the late Wilson 
Barrett ; created the part of Johnny 
Twite in " Hoodman Blind," Princess's 
Aug., 1885 ; appeared as Bernardo 
Cenci in Shelley's " Cenci," Grand, 
Islington, May, 1886 ; Lecturer on 
the Art of Speaking at the Man- 
chester New College (University Hall, 
London), 1886-7; Ms first play, 
" Christina" (drama, in collaboration 
with Percy Lynwood), was produced 
at the Prince of Wales's, London, 
22 Apr., 1887, and was revived at 
the Olympic, Mar., 1888 ; since that 
date, has written the following, among 
other plays, either alone or in collab- 
oration " The Anonymous Letter/' 
Lyric, 1891 ; " Baron Golosh," comic 
opera, Trafalgar Square, 1895 ; " Oh ! 
Susannah/' Royalty, 1897 ; " A Little 
Ray of Sunshine/' Royalty, 1898; 
" A Snug Little Kingdom/' Royalty, 
1903 ; " The Arcadians/' Shaftes- 
bury, 1909 (which ran for over two 
years in London) ; " The Light Blues," 
Prince of Wales's, Birmingham, Sept., 
1915, and Shaftesbury, Sept., 1916; 
" The Net," Scala, 1919; is the author 
of many well-known songs including 
" The Old Soldier " (Fred Bevan) ; 
" Chorus, Gentlemen ! " (Hermann 
Lohr) and " Love's Return " (Sir 
Paolo Tosti), etc. Recreations : Golf, 
Badminton, and Lawn Tennis, 
Address : 87 Buckingham Road, 
Brighton. Telephone No. : Brighton, 
4668. 

AMES, Gerald, actor ; m. Mary 
Dibley ; made his first appearance 
on the stage in 1905, at Stratford-on- 
Avon, in Sir Frank Benson's company, 
with which he remained for two and a 
half years ; in 1907, toured as Valborne 
in " My Wife " ; made Ms first appear- 
ance in London, at Terry's Theatre, 26 
Feb., 1908, as Jervis in " The Lord 
of Latimer Street," and in Apr., 1908, 
appeared at the same theatre as 
Richard in " The Marriage of William 
Ashe " ; he then toured for eighteen 
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touring company in " The Thief," and 
" The Builder of Bridges " ; appeared 
at the St. James's, May, 1910, as John 
Worthing in " The Importance of Being 
Earnest," and played the part for six 
months ; appeared at the same theatre, 
Sept., 1910, as Tripp in " D'Arcy 
of the Guards/' and Nov., 1910, 
as Winton in " The Eccentric Lord 
Comberdene " ; at the Prince of 
Wales's, Mar., 1911, played Morange 
in " Inconstant George/' and Apr., 
1911, Brevannes in " Better Not 
Enquire " ; appeared at the Lyceum, 
Nov., 1911, as Buckingham in "The 
Three Musketeers " ; at the New 
Theatre, May, 1912, as James Risby 
in " Mrs. Dane's Defence " ; at the 
St. James's, Feb., 1913, again played 
John Worthing in " The Importance 
of Being Earnest " ; at the Comedy, 
Apr., 1913, played in " The Inferior 
Sex/* and in May, 1913, appeared at 
His Majesty's, as the Fencing Master 
in " Ariadne in Naxos " ; at Drury 
Lane, Sept., 1913, played Cecil 
Drummond in " Sealed Orders " ; at 
the Royalty, Sept., 1916, appeared 
as Richard Phillimore in " The Hawk" ; 
for nearly seven years appeared mainly 
in " motion pictures " ; returned to 
the London stage, at the Haymarket, 
Aug., 1923, when he played Fritz Von 
Tarlenheim in the revival of " The 
Prisoner of Zenda " ; in Jan., 1^24, 
toured as Tony and the Earl of Chievely 
in '* The Dancers " ; at the Savoy, 
July, 1924, played Count de Samoval in 
" In the Snare " ; in Aug., 1924, 
toured as Geoffrey Sands in " The 
Fake " ; at the Little Theatre, Dec., 
1924, played Maitland White in " You 
and I " ; was for some time hon, sec. 
of the Foil Club. Address : 19 Grey- 
coat Gardens, Westminster, S.W.I. 
Club : Savage. Telephone No. : 
Victoria 5031. 

AMES, Robert, actor ; b. Hartford, 
Conn, U.S.A., 1893 ; m. Vivienne 
Segal ; gained his first experience with 
the Hunter-Bradford " stock " com- 
pany at Hartford, and next toured in 
" The Great Divide " ; spent three years 
with the Municipal Company at 
Northampton, Mass. ; made his first 
success in New York at the Cohan 
Theatre, 23 Oct., 1916, when he played 



Charles Daingerfield in " Come Out of 
the Kitchen," with Ruth Chatterton, 
and played this throughout 1917 ; 
at the Henry Miller, Apr., 1918, played 
Jack Forsythe in " The Fountain of 
Youth " ; at the Criterion, New York, 
Jan., 1919, Keith Oliphant, Jun., in 
" Pietro " ; subsequently toured with 
Otis Skinner in " Mister Antonio " ; at 
the Klaw Theatre, Mar., 1921, played 
Billy Wade in " Nice People " ; at 
the Longacre, Mar., 1921, Oswald Lane 
in " The Hero/' and the same part at 
the Belmont, when the play was 
revived in Sept., 1921 ; at the Vander- 
bilt, Aug., 1922, Egbert Winslow in 
" Lights Out " ; at the Sam H. Harris, 
Sept., 1922, Chester Blake in " It's a 
Boy ! " ; Feb., 1923, Ben Jordan in 
" Icebound " ; at the Playhouse, New 
York, Aug., 1923, David" Farnum in 
" We've Got to have Money " ; at 
the Longacre, Nov., 1924, Randolph 
Conway in " The Desert Flower." 

AMES, Winthrop, manager ; b. 
North Easton, Massachusetts, 25 Nov., 
1871 ; s. of Oakes Angier Ames, and 
his wife Catherine (Hobart) ; e. Har- 
vard University ; m. Lucy Fuller ; 
originally engaged in editorial work in 
connection with art and architecture ; 
in 1904, took over the management 
of the Castle Square Opera House, 
Boston ; was appointed managing 
director of the New Theatre, New 
York, 1908, where he made numerous 
productions, notably, " Antony and 
Cleopatra," " The Castle in the Air/' 
"The School for Scandal/' "The 
Winter's Tale/ 1 "Vanity Fair/' 
"Strife," "Twelfth Night," "The 
Merry Wives of Windsor/' " The 
Thunderbolt," " Old Heidelberg/' 
" Don," " The Blue Bird," etc. ; 
built the Little and the Booth Theatres, 
New York, both of which he manages, 
and where he made several notable pro- 
ductions, among which may be men- 
tioned, "Prunella," "Pierrot the Prodi- 
gal," " The Pigeon," " Children of 
Earth, " " Truth, " " Hush/ ' " The Green 
Goddess," etc. Address : 244 West 
44th Street, New York City, U.S.A. 

ANDERSON, John Murray, pro- 
ducer, author, and lyricist ; 6. St. 
John's, Newfoundland, 20 Sept., 1886 ; 



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s. of the Hon. John Anderson and his 
wife Amelia (Murray) ; e. Edinburgh 
Academy and Lausanne University ; 
m. Gene vie ve Lyon (dec.) ; was 
formerly engaged "as an art dealer ; 
his first production was " The Green- 
wich Village Follies/' at the Greenwich 
Village Theatre, New York, July, 1919, 
and has written and produced a new 
version of the " Follies " each year 
since ; wrote and produced " What's 
in a Name ? ", Maxine Elliot, 1920 ; 
produced " Jack and Jill," Globe, New 
York, 1923 ; " Music Box Revue," 
Music Box, 1924 ; wrote and pro- 
duced " The League of Notions " at 
the New Oxford, London, Jan., 1921. 
Recreation : Fishing. Address : 15 
Park Avenue, New York City, U.S.A. 

ANDERSON, Lawrence, actor ; &. 
Hampstead, 1893 ; a nephew of Miss 
Mary Anderson ; made his first appear- 
ance on the stage at the Globe Theatre, 
walking on, in 1910 ; at the Playhouse, 
May, 1912, played Ian Lindsay in 
" Love and What Then ? " ; Sept., 
1912, Oliver in " The Little Cafe " ; at 
the Court, Dec., 1912, Victor Karenin 
in " The Man Who Was Dead " ; 
during 1913-14, was engaged at the 
Liverpool Repertory Theatre ; at the 
Haymarket, June, 1914, played John 
Watson in " The Golden Fleece " ; 
after the war, appeared on the cinema 
stage from July, 1920 ; at the Shaftes- 
bury, Jan., 1922, played Ralph Izard 
in "The Rattlesnake"; Mar., 1922, 
Lord Desmond Fitzgrattan in " In 
Nelson's Days " ; at the Kingsway, 
May, 1922, Peter Winscombe in 
" Life's a Game " ; he then joined 
Sybil Thorndike and Lewis Casson 
in Sept., 1922, and has remained with 
them since that date, playing Jean- 
netier in " The Scandal/ 1 Creon in 
"Medea," Giacomo in "The Cenci," 
Mervyn Jones in " Advertising April," 
Clotenin " Cymbeline," Gerald Forster 
in " The Lie," Brother Martin Ladvenu 
in " Saint Joan." Address : 97 Beau- 
fort Mansions, Beaufort Street, S.W.3. 
Telephone No. : Kensington 398. 

ANDERSON, Mary, actress; b. Sa- 
cramento, California, 28 July, 1859 ; 
d. of C. H. Anderson ; e. Ursuline 



Convent and the Academy of the 
Presentation, Louisville, Kentucky ; 
m. Antonio de Navarro ; studied elocu- 
tion under George Vandenhoff ; made 
her first appearance on the stage at 
Macauley's Theatre, Louisville, 27 
Nov., 1875, as Juliet in " Romeo and 
Juliet " ; secured her first professional 
engagement at the same theatre, ap- 
pearing on 20 Jan., 1876, as Evadne in 
the old tragedy of that name ; subse- 
quently appearing there as Bianca in 
" Fazio," and Julia in " The Hunch- 
back " ; at St. Louis, in Mar., 1876, 
played Pauline in " The Lady of 
Lyons," and at New Orleans appeared 
as Meg Merriles in " Guy Mannering " ; 
at the California Theatre, San Fran- 
cisco, Sept., 1876, played Parthenia 
in " Ingomar," and at Washington, 
Jan., 1877, played Lady Macbeth in 
" Macbeth " ; she made her first 
appearance in New York, at the Fifth 
Avenue Theatre, 12 Nov., 1877, as 
Pauline in " The Lady of Lyons," 
subsequently appearing as Juliet, 19 
Nov., 1877 ; Evadne, 26 Nov., 1877 ; 
Meg Merriles, 29 Nov., 1877 ; Par- 
thenia, 3 Dec., 1877 ; Bianca in 
" Fazio," 17 Dec., 1877, and Lady 
Macbeth, 20 Dec., 1877 ; appeared 
at the same theatre, 5 Sept., 1878, 
as Julia in " The Hunchback " ; 
at Washington, Nov., 1878, played 
Berthe in " The Daughter of Roland," 
and during 1879 appeared as the 
Countess in " Love," and the Duchess 
de Torrenueva in " Faint Heart Ne'er 
Won Fair Lady " ; at the Opera House, 
Detroit, 30 Oct., 1880, pl