| Description | Press and magazine cuttings of reviews of 'Hit the Deck', adapted from the play 'Shore Leave' by Hubert Osborne and adapted for the English stage by R. P. Weston and Bert Lee; with photographs and illustrations of members of the cast and cast lists; typescript inside front cover gives cast list, cast changes and dates; includes programme with cast list [1927]; printed flyer with cast list [1927]
Performed at The London Hippodrome, 3 Nov 1927, closing performance, 2 Jun 1928; Herbert Clayton and Jack Waller's production presented by Moss Empires Ltd by arrangement with [Herbert] Fields and [Vincent] Youmans Inc; produced by William Mollison; dances and ensembles by Max Scheck; lyrics by Leo Robin anad Clifford Grey; music by Vincent Youmans; ; The Alhambra, Glasgow, 10 Oct 1927
On tour: 1928: The Empire Theatre, Newcastle; The Royal Theatre, Brighton; The Devonshire Park Theatre, Eastbourne; The Wimbledon Theatre; The Aquarium Theatre, Great Yarmouth; The Opera House, Southport; 1930: The Royal Theatre, Hyde; The Royal Theatre Torquay
America: The Belasco Theatre, New York, 25 Apr 1927 (344 performances); presented by Lew Fields and Vincent Youmans
Australia: His Majesty's Theatre, Melbourne, 28 Jul 1928; produced by George Highland
Casts: Tom Shale, Reginald Sheridan, Alfred Cooper, George Bass, Alice Morley, Ivy Tresmand, Mamie Watson, Gerald Nodin, Nancy Pawley, Stanley Holloway, Dick Francis, Billy Rego, Charles Groves, Paddy Dupres, Ernest Graham, Rosa Pinkerton, Ma Fu, Tom Cheong, Ellen Pollock, Launcelot Quinn, Rene Dawes, George Pierce, Mary Barlow, Yvette Espinosa, Phyllis Heryet, E. Randall, Anona Winn, Billy Holland, Josie Melville, Veronica Brady, Bertram Dench, Jack MacMahon, Binks Bird, Everley Russell Gegg, Ruby Burrell, Eric Roland, Pip Powell, Pat Worsley, Charlie Rodney, Duke Morris, H. Mather, Gladys Cruickshank, Kenneth Ware, Dick Evans, Billy Nede, Arthur Willis, Tom Bennett, Will Jackson, Jack Williams, Jack MacCabi, Joan Fred Emney, Jeanne de Borde, Ede Ernst, Norah Henderson, Betty Aubrey, Dora Barnes, Amy Augarde, Harry Frankiss, Walter Baxter, Tom Barrascale, Cavenda Stanislaw, Con Rich, Doris Raymond, Frank Leslie, Ernest Eden, Eileen McCarthy, Alan Hurst, Peggy Petronelle, Ian Braestead, Doree Thorne, Stanley Brereton, Charles Cooke, Frankie Seymour, Henry Raymond, Tom Heathfield, Henry Raymond, Bert Evremond, Walter Baxter, Amy Augarde, Charles King, Stella Mayhew, Louise Groody, Charles King, Roger Gray, Franker Wood, Bryant Donlevey, Franklin Baur, Anthony Knielling, Edward Allen, Stella Mayhew, Bobby Perkins, Madeline Cameron, Annie Croft, Lance Fairfax, Gus Bluett, May Beatty, Irving Rose, George Welsh, James Hughes, Zillah Carter |