| Description | Press and magazine cuttings of reviews of 'The Show's The Thing' with photographs and illustrations of members of the cast and cast list; typescript inside front cover gives dates and change in cast member; programme extract inside front cover gives cast list and photograph of the author; includes photograph of cast members in scenes from the play; printed flyers [1929]
Performed at The Victoria Palace, London, 4 Jun 1929; presented, produced and dances and ensembles by Archie Pitt; scenery by Roy Parry; lyrics and music by Gordon Courtney
Transferred to: The Lyceum Theatre, Strand, London, 19 Aug 1929; The Winter Garden Theatre, 25 Nov 1929, closing performance, 15 Feb 1930
On tour: 1929: The King's Theatre, Southsea; The Royal Theatre, Birmingham; The Empire Theatre, Newport; The Empire Theatre, Nottingham; The Empire Theatre, Swansea; 1930: The Lyceum Theatre, Newport; The Alexandra Theatre, Stoke Newington
Casts: Archie Pitt, Gracie Fields, Tommy Fields, Monti Ryan, Harry Milton, Mary Ludlow, June Meredith, Edward Chapman, Dorothy Whiteside, Peggy Eccles, Pat May, Judith Gilmore, Hilda Farrand, Eileen Dale, Carleton Hobbs, Stanley Brereton, Polly Meadows, Laurie Jay, Horatio Taylor, Terri Storri, Eric Stuart, Binks Bird, Dorothy Ciro, Doris Hare, Malcolm Rignold, Vere Kenneth, Martin Sheilds, Cyril Denny, Betty Robinson, Priscilla Blythe, Bunty Kay, Ethel Cook, Eve Samuel, Billie Kennedy, Margot Howard, Jean Allistone, Peter Murray, Fred Heppell, Arthur Coombes |