| Description | Press and magazine cuttings of reviews of 'Hold My Hand' with photographs and illustrations of members of the cast and cast lists; programme inside front cover gives cast list, photographs of cast members, typescript dates and change in cast member [1931-1932]; includes magazine extract photographs of cast members in scenes from the musical; magazine article with photographs and interview with cast members Sonny Hale and Jessie Matthews; flyer on front cover [1931]; also printed flyers inside [1931]; programme extract with cast list for provincial theatre, 1932
Performed at The Gaiety Theatre, London, 23 Dec 1931, closing performance (204th) 18 Jun 1932; produced by Stanley Lupino; dances and ensembles by Buddy Bradley; scenery by F. L. Lyndhurst; music by Noel Gay; lyrics by Desmond Carter
Originally at: The Alhambra Theatre, Glasgow, Dec 1931
On tour: 1932: The Golders Green Hippodrome; 1933: The Theatre Royal, Nottingham; The Aston Hippodrome; The Grand Opera House, Belfast
Casts: Barry Aingworth, Dora Lupino, Albert le Fre, Cyril Wells, Edna Thompson, Doris Rogers, Marjery Wyn, Harry Milton, Sonnie Hale, Connie Emerald, Stanley Lupino, Frank Hector, Jessie Matthews, Ronald Brantford, Michael McConnell, Fred le Roy, Ronald Chuter, Michael Rae, Ronald Massey, Peggy de Reske, Pearl Rivers, Roma Darrell, Gladys Godby, Billy Leonard, William Newman, Cecile Maule Cole, Phil Phillips, Peggy Petronella, Billy Tasker, Donald Gordon, Fred Payne, Ann Welfitt, Charles Dickson, Olive Hammerton, Harry Moody, Nina Starace, Fred Jackson, Joe Spendlove, C. C. Charles, Noreen Hamilton, Cyril Bayliss |