| Description | Press and magazine cuttings of reviews of 'Rain', based on the short story 'Miss Thompson' by W. Somerset Maugham; with photographs and illustrations of members of the cast and cast lists; programme extract inside front cover gives cast list and has typescript dates and change in cast member; includes magazine extract photographs of cast members in scenes from the play; printed flyer with cast list and details for provincial theatre 1942
Performed at The Garrick Theatre, Charing Cross Road, London, 12 May 1925; presented by the Reandean Company in association with Sam H. Harris; produced by Basil Dean; scenery by George W. Harris
Transferred to: The St Martins Theatre, London, 17 Aug 1925, closing performance, 19 Sep 1925
Revived at: The St Martins Theatre, London, 24 Jun 1942; presented by Reginald Fogwell on behalf of Hammer Productions Ltd; produced by Reginald Long; decor by Joseph Carl; The Embassy Theatre, Swiss Cottage, London, 10 Feb 1953; presented by Manchester Intimate Theatre Ltd; produced by Anthony Hawtrey
On tour: 1925: The Royal Theatre, Brighton; The Borough Theatre, Stratford; 1942: The Opera House, Manchester; The Wimbledon Theatre
America: The Garrick Theatre, Philidelphia [9 Oct] 1922; The Maxine Elliott Theatre, New York, 7 Nov 1922; [transferred to]: The Gaiety Theatre, New York, Broadway, New York, 13 Feb 1935
France: Theatre de la Madeleine, Paris, 8 May 1927 (as 'Pluie'); presented by Jane Marnac; produced by Gemier
Casts: Olga Lindo, Mariamna Karelina, Papai, Fred Kia, W. Kamoka, Polaali, Barbara Gott, James Byrenforth, John Rockey, Stuart Sage, Shep Camp, J. H. Roberts, Hilda Bruce Potter, Marda Vanne, Gilbert Ritchie, Malcolm Keen, Vera Stanton, Jean Norman, Lea Murphy, Mabel Twemlow, Don Avory, Lief Erickson, Manning Whiley, Fred Groves, Arthur Maude, Clare Harris, Margaret Withers, Jack Meyne, Wanda Rotha, G. H. Mulcaster, Joan Parker, Joan Fred Emney, Douglas Phair, Peter Keen, John Madison, Owen Reynolds, Margaret Raynor, Violet Coleman, Andre Belhomme, Arnold Ridley, Kathleen O'Regan, Peter Copley, Elsie Wagstaff, Francis Roberts, Marcus Barron, Frances Ruttledge, John Rockey, Rani Waller, Violet Vivian, Dorothy Radford, David Hallam, Frank Moore, Russell Sedgwick, Charles Farrell, Louis Stevenson, Ardine Coombs, Mabel Twemlow, Phyllis Montefiore, Ronald Wilson, Deryck Barns, Robert Ayres, Alastair Hunter, Marjory Hawtrey, Nigel Arkwright, Joslin Parlane, Miriam Karlin, Brian Whittle, Anthony Hawtrey, Paula Byrne, Denis Lacey, Richard Ferguson, Tallulah Bankhead, Jeanne Eagels, Vargas, Jane Marnac |