| Description | Press and magazine cuttings of reviews of 'The Sport of Kings' with photographs and illustrations of members of the cast and cast lists; programme extract inside front cover gives cast list, changes in cast member and typescript dates; includes photographs of cast members in scenes from the play
Performed at The Savoy Theatre, Strand, London, 8 Sep 1924, closing performance (319th) 13 Jun 1925; presented by [Hugh E. Wright]; produced by [Robert Courtneidge]
Revived at: The Savoy Theatre, Strand, London, 19 Apr 1926, closing performance, 1 May 1926; The Strand Theatre, London, 17 Dec 1929, closing performance [34th] 25 Jan 1930; produced by [Hugh E. Wright]
On tour: 1925: The Grand Theatre, Luton; The Royal Theatre, Norwich; The Grand Opera House, Belfast; The Pier Theatre, Eastbourne; The Kings Theatre, Hammersmith; 1926: The Kings Theatre, Greenock; The Royal Theatre, Nottingham; The Ardwick Green Empire Theatre; The Grand Pavilion Theatre, Matlock Bath; The New Theatre, Boston; 1930: The Wimbledon Theatre
America: The Lyceum Theatre, New York, 2 May 1926; presented by Carl Reed; staged by Ian Hay
Casts: Basil Foster, Frank Denton, Cecily Walper, Rosaline Courtneidge, Mary Jerrold, E. Holman Clark, Hugh E. Wright, Robin Irvine, Ena Grossmith, Hilda Scarlett, Adele Dixon, Minnie Rayner, Arthur Harding, Griffith Humphreys, W. T. Elworthy, Tilly Foulds, Montague Lambert, Terence Downing, Florence Wright, Moira Lynd, Henrieta Watson, Hubert Harben, H. J. Corner, Clive Morton, Gwen Wyndham, Margaret Watson, Felicity Seddon, Florrie Kelsey, Tony Halfpenny, Cyril Collins, Reginald Fox, Molly Hughes, Paul Blackwell, Henry Crocker, Aileen Simonsen, Marie Rignold, O. P. Heggie, Walter Kingsford, Alan Mowbray, Lester Matthews, Dorothy Freshwater, John Manuel, Edie Casson, Maisie Marcell, Jean Downs, Ida Dutton, Leslie Hall, Lindon Long, Laurie Somerville, Edgar Payne, Howard Bach, Tony Hamilton, Anthony Peter, Renee Lennox, Frank Butlin, Mary Ellis, Louie Wright, Maud Locker, Cecily Graham, Wyn Weaver, Nevill Wyatt, Minnie Willett, E. Norris, Sylvia Lennox, Laurie Ellwood, Robert James, Henry Ford, Charles Wade, James Hayfer, Patricia Cavendish, Irene Ross, Edgar Vincent, Norman Matthews, Carmen Woods, Judy Hallatt, Frank Buttin, Lola Duncan, R. A. Brendon |