| Description | Press and magazine cuttings of reviews of 'Rio Rita' with photographs and illustrations of members of the cast and cast lists; programme extract inside front cover gives cast list and has typescript dates; includes colour printed flyer [1930]; magazine extract with photographs of cast members in scenes from the musical
Performed at The Prince Edward Theatre, London, 3 Apr 1930, closing performance, 24 May 1930 (revised 30 Apr 1930); lyrics by Joseph McCarthy; music by Harry Tierney; presented by Lee Ephraim, produced by John Harwood; revised version produced by Edgar Wallace; dances staged by Edward Royce jnr; ballet by Alexander Oumansky; orchestra directed by John Heuvel; The Empire Theatre, Southampton, 17 Mar 1930
America: The Zeigfield Theatre, New York, 3 May 1927; produced by Florenz Zeigfield; dances staged by Sammy Lee
Casts: Alfred Atkins, Carl Schaefer, Victor Eynsford, Maud Zambla, George Gee, Eric Noels, Authur Gomez, Bernard Nedell, Vera Fabre, Edith Day, Mario de Pietro, Leslie Sarony, Rita Page, Geoffrey Gwyther, Alan Mountford, Margaret Campbell, Jane Sels, Elsie Percival, Iris Kirk White, Joselito, Estaban, Elizabeth Malcolm, Daisy Elliston, Howett Worster, Freddie Forbes, Wilfred Watson, Cecil Mannering, Aster Faire, Carl Schafer, Richard Teasdale, Neville Towne, Dorothy Debenham, Anthony South, Kitty Colvin, George Lowndes, Guy Pennington, Ada May, Bert Wheeler, Robert Wolsey, Marjory May Martyn, Ethelind Terry, J. Harold Murray, Vincent Serrona, The Albertina Rasch Girls, Agnes Franey, Mary Doran |